Alien in the Family

back and roared as he erupted inside me, and I flipped so far over the edge I almost passed out.
    The feelings lasted for a long time, but finally our bodies quieted. Once my body stopped shuddering enough so I could walk, I undressed him and hung his clothes up. Then he took the garter belt and hose off me, so we were both fully naked. He slid us under the covers and made love to me again, for hours.
    Just before dawn we wrapped around each other. “I never got time to buy you a wedding present,” I murmured against his chest.
    He kissed the top of my head. “You are my present. I got to unwrap you, too.”
    “Cabo tomorrow?”
    “In a few hours.”
    “Goody.”
    Martini laughed softly. “Can’t wait for it, myself. Go to sleep, baby. Tomorrow’s the first day of our married life, and I want you rested so I can exhaust you.”
    I heaved a happy sigh. “I love being married to the alien sex god.”

CHAPTER 75

    “IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL HERE.”
    “Yeah. Glad we could get the same cabana as our first time, especially since we were six weeks earlier than I’d reserved.”
    “You passing the desk clerk an extra hundred probably didn’t hurt.”
    Jeff laughed. I was managing to think of him as Jeff about fifty percent of the time on our honeymoon and was immensely proud of myself for it, too. “You weren’t supposed to see that.” I shrugged, and he purred. “Do that again.” He buried his face in my breasts for a bit.
    Finished that round of lovemaking. I was on my back and he was on his side, head leaning on his hand, while he stroked my skin lightly with his fingers. He had a funny look on his face.
    “Jeff, are you okay?”
    “Yeah. Just thinking.”
    “About what?”
    “You. When we’re going to have kids. That sort of stuff.”
    “You want them right away, don’t you?”
    He nodded. “Always have. Once I met you . . . I’ve always known I wanted you to be the mother of my children.”
    My throat felt tight. “Same here.” I thought about it. Everything I’d done since I’d met him a year ago had been a step into the scary unknown. And, scary or not, everything had worked out all right in the end. “We can start trying right away if you want.”
    He didn’t get the excited expression I expected. He still looked kind of funny. “I don’t want you to feel rushed or frightened.”
    “I’m twenty-eight and you’re thirty-one. We have to start sometime. Might as well have them while we’re young enough to handle them. Besides, you’re going to be the best daddy in the universe, so I’m not as afraid as I could be.”
    Mar- . . . Jeff smiled at me. “I hope so. You’ll be a wonderful mother.”
    “Hope so.” I wondered if he was worried about how the drugs that had enhanced his powers could affect our getting pregnant. “I’m sure we won’t have any trouble.”
    “No. We won’t.” He sounded both sure and unconcerned, not breezy, but definite. He also seemed to be struggling with something.
    “Jeff . . . is there something you need to tell me?” I tried not to get worried, and failed, as always.
    He kissed me tenderly. “Yes. But it’s not bad. At least, I don’t think it’s bad.”
    “Okay, so tell me.” He took a deep breath. Opened his mouth, shut it, tried again, didn’t work again. “Jeff, we’re not making any progress here on the telling.”
    “I don’t know how to tell you.” He looked nervous and worried all of the sudden.
    “Just blurt it out. Before I start freaking out.”
    “Yeah, don’t want you getting upset.” His fingers were running over my stomach. Normally he drew circles around my navel, but this time I could feel he was drawing the infinity sign. “Getting upset’s not good for you. Especially . . .”
    “Especially . . . what? Do I have some dread disease you’re trying to tell me about?”
    “No, not a disease.” He kissed my forehead. “I just . . . I need to take care of you, baby, that’s all.”
    “Why? Not that I’m arguing, but you always sort of take care of me. I take care of you, too. That’s why we got married, remember?”
    “Yeah. I’m glad we had to speed it up.”
    “Well, it might have been nice to have had a few more weeks to adjust, but it was all great, so I’m glad, too.”
    He shook his head. “No, I think we’ll be happy for the extra adjustment time now.”
    “Back to totally cryptic. Would another girl get what’s going on and I’m just dense, or is it that you’re not telling me