My Son(19)
“By the way” he had said his tone still full of laughter “Do you like the car”
What wasn’t to like she thought to herself? A new top of the range saloon she even liked the colour – black.
“It’s lovely” she had responded, her eyes opening wide in shock and gasping loudly as he had looked over at her
“It’s also yours” he said smiling
“You can’t give me a car” she had exclaimed a frown knitting her brows, seeing as he had looked back at her patiently
“I’m not giving you a car” he said, hearing the proud note in her voice “I’m providing you with transport, so that you can take Max places”
“It’s just a loaner then” she had said thoughtfully
“For as long as you need it” he had confirmed
“Well…..I suppose that is alright” she had said, her eyes now taking in every detail of the vehicle while questioning him about what different buttons and knobs did like an excited school girl. The journey to the petting farm had taken only half an hour and during the trip Max had sat chewing on his toy happily gurgling away to himself.
When they arrived, Kelly was surprised at how large it was. Her local petting farm had contained a small area of farm animals, some playground facilities and a small eatery. This however, had a train, which was being pulled along by a small tractor, what looked like a fair ground, water jets and many different areas for children of all sizes to play. There were also comfortable benches and even high chairs provided in picnic areas. Marc had called it a petting farm; however, given the large amount of different animals with opportunities for interaction she would have thought it closer to a zoo.
The three of them walked around leisurely allowing Max to play in the many different areas, and he had enjoyed being allowed to walk with each of them holding a hand to keep him on his feet. When he was tired, Marc had swung him onto his shoulders causing Max to giggle with delight, as they meandered between other guests Marc holding Max’s legs with one arm, his other placed protective on her back causing pleasurable sensations to run up and down Kelly’s spine.
She had peered over at him taking in the black t-shirt he wore which accentuated his hard torso in a way that was unconscious on his part. He carried himself with a natural confidence and sexuality which had many women in the area looking back in admiration. His jeans showed off the slimness of his hips and Kelly had to stop herself from wondering what it would be like to feel that body hard up against her own. With a little flush she had averted her eyes, ashamed of the thoughts that kept flashing through her mind scowling at the realisation that she had not felt this way since…… biting her lip at the memory.
Max had enjoyed a wonderful day. He had been on the train and boats and both Kelly and Marc had snapped hundreds of pictures of him, he with his top of the range mobile and she with her digital camera. At one point when he had crawled away from them to play amongst the water fountains it had been Marc who had been tasked with the job of rescuing him getting soaked in the process. Kelly had laughed so much she was unable to help, and he in turn had come out shaking his hair to spray water all over her.
By the time lunch came around Kelly had been sent to scout out a good picnic table with a high chair, while he had retrieved the hamper, and tired but happy the three of them had tucked into the delicious spread Beth had prepared.
Max had eaten his chopped up pieces of fruit with great delight while they had created a significant dent in the mound of sandwiches, cakes and other nibbles provided by Beth. She had even provided soft drinks contained within thermos cooling flasks, which were refreshing in the heat.
Kelly had grinned over at him “this sure beats the stuff he normally gets when I take him to the petting farm”
Making Marc grin back at her
“Did you go often?” he had asked, seeing as she had nodded
“Yes, he loves the animals”
Marc had laughed tickling Max’s toes, much to his delight “so I noticed, I don’t know if that rabbit will be the same again though”
Kelly had looked at Max sympathetically “You just wanted to take the rabbit home didn’t you sweetie”
Marc smiled looking around “they didn’t have places like this when I was a kid – or at least I never ever saw them” he had said softly as Kelly had sat looking around her
“Danny used to always take me to places like this” she said stopping as she had realised what she had said
Surprised, Marc had looked at her beneath shadowed eyes
“Where did you two meet?” he had finally asked, his voice gentle