The Village

Seth’s Perspective

We’d been on the road to Orlando for almost four hours before the kids even stirred. We were stopped for a pee break and were gassing up the minivan when Izzy woke up. The four adults were out of the van stretching. Max was in the bathroom, Zach was getting us coffee before his shift behind the wheel, and me and Brody were standing next to the minivan talking while he filled the tank. I was standing just outside the open door keeping one eye on the kids when I heard, “Hey! Zeff! Where dis?” I looked inside the minivan and saw Izzy, her hair was a mess, her eyes were half closed, and she had a confused look on her face as she clutched on to her doll Maxine, the redheaded homage to “Uncle Mac.” Her loud voice awakened the boys who were still asleep in the third row. They started asking where we were too.

Brody put his head in the open door and with a goofy look on his face he said, “We’re on a family vacation boys n’ girl.” Freddy and Theo cheered; Izzy followed suit although I don’t think she had any clue why she was cheering. “Who’s gotta pee?” Brody asked and got a collective “Me!” from our brood… they were officially awake. The next thing we knew we were unbuckling car seats and taking the three kids to the bathroom. Max and Zach were coming out of the gas station as we were heading in, Zach took the coffee to the minivan, and Max walked with me and Brody to the bathroom where the kids all took their first bathroom break still in their PJ’s. Zach came into the restroom with the clothes we had set aside for the kids to change into, and we got everybody dressed. We got back into the minivan and drove across the street to The Waffle House for breakfast.

When we were all seated at the table, we placed a giftbag in front of each of the no awake and overly excited kids. “We’re gonna count to three, and then you all open your presents at the same time. Okay?” I said. The three kids nodded excitedly, then the four adults counted out loud together, “ONE” the other patrons started to look our way. By “TWO!” Half the restaurant was staring at us. When we hit “THREE” All eyes were on us as the kids tore into their gift bags. We had ordered mouse ears for the kids with their names embroidered on them; Mickey Mouse ears for the boys and Minnie ears for the girls, We had decided to wait until we were almost there before we told them where we were going so that the anticipation didn’t kill them. Gina and Dylan were going to give Maggie and DJ their ears on the plane.

Izzy Squealed with excitement and said “Minnie eos” (Izzy-ese for “Minnie ears”).

“Cool Mickey Mouse” Theo said as he put his on.

The always thinking Freddy looked at his ears and asked, “why you giving us Mickey Mouse ears?” 

I answered, “Because….”

And The four of us adults said loudly, “WE’RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD TO SEE MICKEY MOUSE” The boys cheered first, then Izzy (I’m not sure she knew what Disney World was, but hell if the boys were excited then so was she). There were only about ten to fifteen other people in the restaurant and they cheered right along with our kids. The three over-the-top excited kids sitting there in mouse ears brought the mood of the little Waffle House up a few notches. 

We ate our breakfast and talked about all the great things we were going to do on vacation. Freddy exclaimed “This is the best food I ever had” when he took his first bite of his scattered, smothered, and covered hashbrowns, adding, “I love A-cation!” Several folks stopped by our table on their way out of the restaurant to wish us a fun trip. If any of them noticed that there were no mommies at our table, they didn’t mention it. Our first family road trip was off to a fun start.

We got back into the minivan, this time with Zach behind the wheel and the kids awake… it was a completely different vibe from the first four hours. For the first twenty minutes we were attacked with “when will we get there?” “Where will we stay?” “Can Mickey Mouse sleep in our room?” And every other question two almost six and one almost three year old could come up with. We were only on the road about a half hour before Zach pulled over at a rest stop so we could move all the seats around. The minivan had two video screens in the backseat so we finagled all three seats so the kids could all watch Disney movies (damn, that thing had WIFI and streamed everything). Max and I moved to the third row… it was actually roomy with just two of us and no baby seat. 

The kids were watching Beauty And The Beast, when Belle came on the screen, I leaned over the seat and said to Izzy, “You know, Belle and all the other princesses live at Disney World and we’ll get to see them.”

The little Diva turned back to look at me while she sucked on a juice box, “I see Belle?” Her eyes were wide as the reality of being among royalty started to sink in.

“Yup, and all the other princesses too” I said.

She scrunched her face for a moment as she thought, then asked, “Wella be Dao, Zeff?” (Izzy to English translation “Will Cinderella also be there as well, Father?”)

Then Zach jumped in from the driver’s seat, “Yup. Cinderella will be there. And Ariel, and Jasmine, and Rapunzel…”

“And Elsa, Moana, Pocahontas, Snow White…” Brody added.

“And Sleeping Beauty, Aurora, and Tiana, and Raya…” continue Max. The four of us named off every princess we could think of while the wide-eyed Izzy got more and more animated. There was an excitement in our voices too. The funny thing was, we were as excited as the damn kids!

“What about Mickey and Minnie?” Theo asked.

“Yup!” Said his daddy Max, “And Goofy, and Donald Duck, and Pluto, and Buzz Lightyear…” 

Then we named off every character we could think of, with each character name we threw out there, the excitement grew until finally Freddy exploded with the first “ARE WE THERE YET?!!” of the trip.

As soon as we said no, Theo followed up with “When will we be there?!” 

For the rest of the trip, it was “Are we there yet?!” followed by “When will we be there?!” Every fifteen minutes. Waiting until we were on the road to tell them about Disney World was a good move… hyping them up once they knew was a bad move (parenting lesson noted). The next four or five hours were fun, but full of questions, and unbearable anticipation. We tried to distract the kids with car games, like 20 questions, and I-Spy but they had Disney on the brain. At one point Zach played “What I Like About You” to get Izzy singing (making Brody and Max break out in laughter) but it was short lived and then it was back to talking about princesses and Disney characters. We did everything we could think of to entertain and distract until… Finally!!!! We pulled up to the hotel and the kids let out a collective “WOW.” They were mostly quiet as they looked around at the resort and took in their surroundings. Hell, if they were THAT impressed by the hotel, they were going to go insane when we started to hit the theme parks the next day.

When the doors of the minivan opened the kids were greeted by Aunt Gina, Uncle Dylan, Maggie, and DJ who had already checked-in and were waiting for us. The kids had no clue they were joining us and Izzy went “nucking futs” when she saw her best friend Maggie standing there wearing Minnie Mouse ears just like hers. After we greeted the Dylan James Clan, Max and I took the kids to the front desk to check-in to our rooms. We had requested an early check-in and the hotel promised to do their best but no guarantees, thank god they came through (I assumed Gina had something to do with that). We checked-in and started lugging our gear into the elevator and up to our rooms. Gina had arranged for three adjoining rooms, all with two king beds. Her and Dylan took the one in the middle with our family on one side and Brody and Max’s on the other. As soon as we were settled in our rooms, we opened the adjoining doors and suddenly we were one big happy family. The kids were running in and out of each other’s rooms while the adults sat around on the beds and chairs in Gina’s room figuring out the plan for the day while she breastfed DJ (we had all learned to ignore that).

“So, I reserved us a cabana by the pool for this afternoon so we can rest up from the day of travel. Tomorrow, we hit The Magic Kingdom early” Gina said, then she whispered so the girls wouldn’t hear, “The salon had a cancelation so I moved the girls salon appointment to 11 o’clock, oh and I made reservations for the character breakfast at the hotel on Monday.” She took a pause then added, “Oh… and for dinner tonight I thought we’d go to Disney Springs, look around and find somewhere to eat.”

“Damn, girl” Brody said, “You got this shit down. Let’s hit the pool!” 

So, that’s what we did, The kids put on their suits and we headed down to the pool. The kids were so excited to be on vacation and were splashing around in the pool, It was so much fun! The kids splashed around laughing and giggling for a while, and when they got out to take a break, Zach rounded our two wet munchkins up and we Facetimed his parents. We practiced with the kids before he made the call. When they answered Zach said, “Tell grandma and grandpa who we are!”

Izzy and Freddy screamed “We’re the Westin-Hall Family” (Of course Izzy’s words weren’t perfect but she got her point across. It came off something like “Wettinhaw”).

“And where is the Westin-Hall Family going tomorrow?” I asked.

 

“We’re going to Disney World” the two of them yelled before Theo and Maggie made their way into the picture and cheered along with them. Kelly and Nathan talked to all the kids for a while. We had talked to them right after court and they were so excited that they were officially Grandma and Grandpa. I know Kelly wanted an invite to Orlando, but this is something we wanted to do with the kids and our friends… we convinced them that we’d take another trip later. But we had to promise we’d send pics and videos, and would Facetime a lot. So, we did. After the pool we had planned on exploring Disney Springs but the girls and DJ were pretty much spent so we decided to order Pizza and stay in.

The boys were still full of energy so Gina decided to seize the opportunity. She called us into Brody and Max’s room while Dylan watched the kids. “I was thinking, since the boys are still awake and hyped up… and since they love dinosaurs, maybe I could take them to T-rex for dinner. It’s a dinosaur themed restaurant and they have an area where they can dig for bones and build a dinosaur Build A Bear style. I thought maybe we could have an Aunt Gina night, just me and the two boys… kind of a bonding night” Gina said. “So, what do you guys think?” 

“I think that’s a fucking awesome idea” Zach said. He knew she wanted to do something special with the boys, and they would both love it. We all agreed and reached for our wallets to give her some cash.

“No. This is on us. Like our version of a baby shower” Gina said, it was clearly important to her. All I could think was how awesome it was that she wanted to be close to our kids.

“The two of them together can be hell, they’ll drive you nuts. Do you want one of us to come along?” I asked.

“No. I want to do this with them, it’s my official welcome.” So, Gina packed up the boys and went on an adventure while the other five adults hung out with the girls and DJ. Maggie and Izzy ate a little pizza before passing out on Maggie’s bed watching a movie. Dylan convinced us to leave Izzy there for the night, Gina texted pics of the boys digging for fossils and said they were just getting started with Aunt Gina Night. We texted back pictures of DJ and the girls passed out.

I was tired from getting up so early (I had only gotten two hours sleep) and sore from sitting in the car all day. It had been several months since my accident, but my bones still ached. With Maggie dead to the world, and Freddy out for the night, I decided to go down to the pool and do the lazy man’s triathlon… hot tub, sauna, and steam. “Hey, anyone want to go down to the pool area with me and soak?” I asked the other guys but they all declined.

“Nah, you go. I’m just gonna kick back and enjoy the quiet until Freddy gets back. I’ll probably fall asleep” Zach replied.

I pulled on my swimsuit and went down to the pool. It was about 7PM and surprisingly dead down there. I soaked in the hot tub for a few minutes, then sat in the sauna to dry off, then I went into the steam room to just relax. I pretty much had the place to myself, the heat and moisture felt amazing on my travel weary body as I stretched out on the upper tier of the tiled platform. I wasn’t in there long before I fell asleep, it was a blissful, long-overdue slumber. I was off in a distant dreamland when my thoughts turned to sex for some reason and suddenly my sweet, magical dreams of Goofy and Disney Princesses got raunchy. I was dreaming of getting a blowjob, an amazing blowjob. Even in the heat of the moist steam room I could feel the hot mouth around cock and a hand massaging my balls as if it were real. Then I started to wake up, I was out of it… I was burning hot and still half asleep, but I had my wits about me enough to realize there was actually someone sucking my cock! ‘What the actual fuck?!’ I thought before my instincts kicked in and I yelled for help and pushed the dude off me with all the strength I could muster.

I heard a wet *thwap* as his body hit the wet, tiled floor “OW!” A familiar voice echoed through the small, tiled room, “Seth, Seth, it’s just me!” Zach said through the steam. I was still half-asleep and just piecing it all together as I jumped off the tiled bench, naked, with my hardon leading the way to Zach.

“Are you okay?” I asked in a panic. I had just thrown my husband across the wet, steamy room.

He chuckled, “yeah, yeah, yeah I’m fine… damn you’re strong.”

I shook my head trying to get the fog out of it, “what the fuck just happened?”

Zach stood, he had his swimsuit on, and a towel draped over his broad shoulders. “Gina texted and said they were having fun and would be at least another hour, so I came down here to find you. When I saw you sleeping, I got the bright idea to wake you up with a blowjob” he responded. I pulled up my suit and we sat together on the tiled platform, just then the door opened.

A deep voice asked, “excuse me, is everything okay in here, I heard someone yell.” We could barely see the security guard through the steam.

Zach was on top of it, “I just slipped, sir. I’m okay. Thanks for checking.”

“Are you sure? I can send for help” The security officer offered.

“No, no, I’m absolutely fine, just a little embarrassed” Zach responded with a little chortle of embarrassment. The officer accepted his answer and wished us a good night as the door shut. We both sat there in complete silence (save for the hissing of the steam) listening to his footsteps as he walked away, then we both started laughing almost uncontrollably. 

“Oh my god! What the hell were you thinking?!” I asked still laughing. 

“There’s no one else down here, so when I saw you laying there, I thought… what the hell? Prince Charming woke Snow White with a kiss, I just took it a step further.” he responded with an evil grin and a little laugh.

We were sitting next to each other when he started fondling my semi through my bathing suit. “You’re frigging crazy” I said without really trying to stop him. “Somebody could walk in on us.”

“I know” he smirked, “that makes it hotter… SO MUCH hotter!”

“What if a kid walks in?!” I protested, still not trying to stop him as he leaned over and pulled my trunks down to my thighs.

“No chance, this area is adults only. Plus we’ll hear them coming” he whispered breathlessly as he leaned in and took my cock in his mouth…. right there in the steam room.

“Zach, no” I said with zero conviction as I leaned back on my haunches and reveled in the unexpected pleasure.

He pulled off my hardon and laughed, “You’re not even trying to sound convincing. You know you love it.” I did. I did fucking love it. I was hot as hell (not just because I had taken a nap in a steam room) the entire scene was just … just… well, HOT! Even though no one was in the pool area, someone COULD walk in at any moment and catch us. “Lay down” Zach said. I moved to the upper tier of the tile platform and did as he commanded. He pulled my trunks further down, then pulled his to his ankles, flung his hot, sweaty body around and got on top of my sixty-nine style as if he was doing a push-up. He lowered his ample, hard, sweaty cock into my mouth while simultaneously taking mine down his throat. In the middle of the steam room. In the middle of the pool area. In the middle of the Resort. In the heart of The Magic Kingdom! I was being raunchy and dirty in one of the most wholesome places on earth… and it felt frigging great!

I worked Zach’s magic wand as if I were the Sorcerer’s Apprentice himself whipping up chaos while Zach wielded my wand as if he were Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother making all my dreams come true. We were making magic in the hot steam room when Zach pulled out of my mouth and sat on my face. Oh, my fucking god, his sweaty ass covered my face and his funk from a ten hour car ride filled my nostrils. Meanwhile his mouth continued to pleasure every inch of me (well at least the seven and a half most important inches on me). My back was basically glued to the wet tile by my sweat and Zach was going to town... I pushed up my ass to go deeper down his throat and my ass made a suction noise as it came up off the platform. Zach’s hand and mouth were moving up and down on my shaft bringing closer and closer when he lifted his ass off my face, repositioned himself, then shoved his perfect cock down my throat again. His movements made him moan around my manhood and that made me moan around his. We got caught in this loop of pleasure that motivated us both to work harder and faster at making the other cum before the immense heat got to be too much for us to take.

I blew first and it was A-freaking-MAZING! My whole body was hot and my face was flushed and burning up. I could feel Zach’s sweat dripping onto my skin as my body convulsed and my load left my balls to invade his throat…. FUCK! It was indescribable and I almost passed out from the heat, but I was determined. Determined to work through the heat. Determined to take advantage of our private time in a very public space. Determined to make Zach come and give him as much pleasure as he had given me. My tongue swirled around his magic wand as he fucked gently in and out of me trying not to smack my head against the hot, wet, tile. Well, the stars aligned and Zach shot his load deep down my throat, I swallowed every drop as if it were a magic potion and licked him cleaner than a G-rated movie.

We gasped in the heat of the steam room for a little bit to regain our composure then got up and took a cold shower (with our trunks on). After we dried off, we went back up to our room and changed. We had just finish dressing when we heard the boys out in the hallway. I couldn’t help but laugh as Theo and Freddy talked over each other reliving their night with Aunt Gina as she tried to shush them so they didn't wake up the whole floor. “Aunt Gina, Aunt Gina, remember when I found that bone in the sand….” Theo said.

“And then when the car drove into the water…” Freddy added. Zach and I opened our door at the same time Brody and Max opened theirs. The two boys were all over “Aunt Gina” and she freaking loved it.

“Did y’all have fun?” Brody asked.

“Dad, dad, Look what I made!”  Theo said as he held up the Friendasaur he built at Build-A-Dino at the T-Rex Café.

“Lookit mine” Freddy said holding his up with pride. “Aunt Gina helped us make ‘em” His eyes were sparkling and his voice was so excited. “This was the best day EVER” he added.

“YEAH!” Theo agreed. “The best day ever.” We were all smiling and laughing as we watched listened to the two boys. Seeing those two guys who got dealt a shit hand in the beginning of life smiling so big made me want to cry.

Gina went all out to win them over… and it worked. They went digging for fossils, built dinosaurs, and then she took them on an Amphicar tour. The kids almost lost it when the guy drove the car into the water and… according to Freddy… “it turned into a boat.” It was after nine, way past their bedtime. “Dads’ (that was the first time Freddy called us that), can Theo stay over in my bed?”

“Izzy’s passed out in Maggie’s bed; she’s not going anywhere” Gina said.

“You guys go get your PJ’s in and we’ll talk about it” I said. The kids ran into our rooms to change while the adults stayed out in the hallway and talked. By the time the boys got back we all agreed that the boys would stay with us, the girls with Gina and Dylan, and Brody and Max got a night of privacy. The boys were up late goofing around and finally fell asleep around midnight. The girls had passed out about 7PM.

The next morning was pure hell! Izzy and Maggie were up by 6AM and ready to take on the world, Freddy and Theo were passed out and did NOT want to get up… Izzy and Maggie were havin’ none of that. They jumped on the bed and woke the guys up. Eventually we all got up, got dressed and headed to breakfast down in the lobby and then onto the shuttle to The Magic Kingdom.

The day started out rough. As soon as we entered the park, Goofy came up behind Izzy as soon, knelt behind her, then tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to see hum on one knee with outstretched arms looking for a hug and scared the living crap outta her. Holy fuck! She screamed bloody murder and came running to me in tears. Oh my god, she was heartbroken. It was a repeat of the “Rupert incident” from Riley and Eli’s wedding. “Dat mean guy scay-oed me” (Izzy to English translation: “Goofy was mean, father. He scared me”).

“That’s not a mean guy. It’s Goofy!” Freddy yelled as he and Theo ran over and hugged the bigger than life character. We had made it to the happiest place on earth. There was little doubt in our minds that our brood would put that moniker to the test.

The boys were in heaven, but there was no consoling Izzy. That is until she magically appeared out of nowhere…

To be continued…