To the Moon and Back

Chapter 19

                                                       *Samantha`s POV*

        If this keeps up much longer ill either puke or pass out from lack of air. This woman has Pythons for arms. “Id hug you back but I can’t breathe!” I croak out only half joking.  She instantly loosens her hold on me, while giggling. After she breaks the hug she flashes me a mischievous grin. Oh joy! I knew she looked like fun. I have really good feeling about this, she just gives me extremely good vibes. I can`t help but to smile, its funny how some people just click immediately. That’s exactly how I feel about Alice, instantly comfortable with her.  “I’m sorry I just got so excited, and I just KNOW we are gonna be the best of friends.”  Alice says excitedly. Hmmm I wonder why she thinks I’ll be around enough for us to be friends. How does she know if well ever even see each other again?  “so, Alice how do you know I’ll be around  long enough to be besties?” she just laughs while pointing with her head towards John and Jason.  They’re still talking ‘Man to man’ and its one of the cutest damn things I’ve ever seen. He is just so damn good with kids.  He didn’t say anything about having kids, I hope he doesn’t, because what kind of weirdo dad doesn’t even mention his kids.  We were together all morning , no way he wouldn’t Have said he had kids if he had them. Maybe he just has  younger siblings. “Alice does he have any kids, if ao how many and how many crazy baby moms do I have to fight??” she looks at me with an almost unreadable expression. If I wasn’t so naturally gifted with reading emotions and body language I might have missed the deep sorrow that settled in her heart when I asked. “no J doesn’t have kids…” she trails off her eyes dull and she takes a deep breathe to steady herself. There seems to be a real sad story, so I decide to drop the issue and change the subject. “is he for Real? He seems way too good to be true” I practically whisper.  I still can’t believe that I somehow got this lucky. “I haven’t seen J this happy in too many years Sammy! And it’s all because of you! SOOO that means I need to properly thank you. You have given me my old friend back! And I must properly welcome you to the crew! Id absofuckinglutely Love to take you out for a girl’s night! Everything is on me I owe you a few drinks!” she says while excitedly bouncing on the heels of her feet. I haven’t been out  in a longtime and I haven’t had a genuine girl’s night in AGES! I haven’t asked my parents or brothers for any babysitting in a while so that shouldn’t be an issue. And if I’m being honest I just don’t have the heart to tell Alice no she is just a vibrating ball of excitement at this point.  “Alice that sounds absolutely amazing. I see that glint in your eye! What kind of trouble are you planning to get me in?!?” I ask throwing a wink at her.  That mischievous grin creeps up again before she responds, “ oh don’t worry it’s the kind of trouble you’ll enjoy!” she says while wiggling her eyebrows before breaking out into laughter! Soon we are both laughing so loud that Jason and john have both turned to see what the racket was.  I notice Jason eyeing Alice and me suspiciously when Alice notices him looking she starts laughing even harder, and well its contagious, because now we both have tears in our eyes  from laughing so hard.  Oh, this is definitely the start of a wonderful friendship, we share a hearty appreciation of a well veiled dirty joke.  Alice and I were so busy cracking s****l jokes that we hadn’t noticed the guys making their way towards us. Suddenly our fun is cut short by john yelling  “MOOOMMMM”  “yes Baby boy?” I yell back.  “MAAAAAAAA I AM NOTTTTT A BABY!!” he huffs. I somehow manage to stifle the giggle that threatened to escape. This allows my baby to continue telling me why he came to me. “ Mommy where is sissy? she’s taking FOREVER! She has to meet Jason!”

                                                               *Jason’s POV*

     I must admit I’m impressed by young John!  He was definitely a momma’s boy but after talking with him for a while I realized he was truly just a great kid! He was forced to grow up a too soon though you can tell by the way he carries himself, by the way he dotes on his mom. He’s self-appointed guardian of his mom’s heart.  I can help but wonder if he’s always been like this or If it has something to do with his father. I know Sammy is single she had mentioned in passing he wasn’t a very good boyfriend  and was inconsistent at best with the kids.  Just the thought of some deadbeat s**t head causing Sammy and our pups any pain made Max restless. We had only been talking for a short while and it felt so right. It was as if we had always been in each other’s lives, we thoroughly enjoyed spending time with john. Even max likes him and he can be pretty hard to impress. “He’s a good pup J! I like how he looks after our mate! And he’s brave one! Bold too! And he’s such a cute little one!” Max says with pride. I can’t help but to chuckle “Big bad Alpha wolf reporting for stepdad duty!”  I say jokingly “J ya think if I eat the deadbeat well get promoted to just ‘Daddy’ because.. ”  I interrupt whatever bad idea he is about to share “you can NOT eat the i***t. Besides, he probably tastes like s**t!” we both snicker before focusing back on John, who is still talking about his favorite  Avenger. His number one is Spiderman. He also really likes iron man and black panther, but he also really likes Black widow.  When I asked why I was surprised by his answer. “Black widow.. she’s just.. she is BAD ASS!. She doesn’t have superpowers she just made her self-hero! Not only does she kick butt SHE CAN CALM DOWN THE HULK!!!”  he says excitedly.  “Yeah bud she is pretty cool. She worked really hard to be able to fight and take down guys much stronger than she is!  She shows us that if we work hard enough and train enough anyone can be a hero” “she fights soo good!” he says in awe.  “hard work and training pay off! Just ask Alice I once seen her beat up a guy bigger than me!”  little mans jaw drops and his eyes widen. Max chuckles “lil man has got it bad! He’s totally crushin on Alice”  I just laugh at him because its obvious he’s right.  “Mr. Jason where did she learn how to fight?” “she trains with me!” “like for UFC?”  I don’t want to lie to him but I’m positive I must have the I’m a wolf talk with Sammy before the kids.  Luckily, I don’t have to say anything as we are interrupted by the sounds of raucous laughter. Once I spot the source I’m concerned, Alice and Sammy look to have known each other for years rather than moments.  “s**t”  max and I say at the same time “what is she up to” he growls now don’t get me wrong  we both trust Alice and Xena with our lives, but we know them entirely too well to not be nervous about this. To be honest I’m not sure what would have been worse; Alice and Sammy hating each other, or them being besties!  Knowing Alice’s proclivity for finding trouble I  couldn’t decide which would be a bigger headache!  I’m snapped out of my thoughts by Alice mind linking me. “I’m taking Luna out for a Girls night”