The problem with Ex's is they know you too well....

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The problem with Ex's is They know you too well....

Sara Black by shtteredprnces, Reg Black by Shtteredprnces, Blaise Zabini by Amorentia

"So..." Reg began at my kitchen table, "You popped out the kids, you got that rock on your finger....You and Blaise are really happening, huh?"

I laughed that he was just coming to that realization, "Yep, We're really happening."

"And you don't think your rushing it?" he asked quizically.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean you two haven't been serious for all that long.  Not even as long as you and I were when we gave it a go."

"This is different," I replied with a pout.

"How is this different?" Seems like your normal routine to me.  You and me...we ended up in bed after what?  Our second date?  And Marcus, did your ring even finish disolving before you hopped into bed with him?"  I gave him a middle finger as my response, "And now Blaise.  That was what?  A 20 minute conversation in a bar before you two hit the sheets?"

"Oh, come on now!  I've known Blaise almost as long as I've known you!" I said defensively.  He was really making me feel like a whore, I've been with a whopping 3 men in my whole life, it's not my fault I knew I wanted them when I saw them!

'Yeah, but until recently, he knew you as my girl and to you, he was just my friend."

"Your extremly hot friend." I threw in.

"Whatever, you thought I was hotter!"

"oookkkk.." I answered with a grin.

"Anyway," he stuck his tongue out at me before continueing, "You guys started out as fuck-buddies, friends with benefits, boyfriend/girlfriend, and moved to engaged in no time flat.  Having sex everyday, several times a day," he raised a brow at me, "I bet that didn't stop"

"It did too!"

He gave me a knowing look, "When you got put on a limit?"

"We knocked it back to three times a week."

"How long did that last?" he asked with a smirk.

"3 days..." I mumbled,

"Exactly.  And then you were told what, once a day?" I nodded, "Uh huh...how often did you try for more.  Use other methods?"

I looked at him, "You know way too much about my sex life," I replied.

He grinned, "How long have you actually gone without sex?  By choice?"

I frowned, trying to think.  I was sure there had to be some time, other than the few days after my attack, when we hadn't, "You shouldn't have to think that hard." he said, laughing as I flicked him off again, "Zabini is the same way, he's not known for his patience.  He jumped into the first marriage for bragging rights.  That failed miserably.  Marriage number two?  He was hopelessly in love with Peni, wanted to be with her forever, she was everything that made his world seem right.   She was his chosen, remember?" he raised a brow out me, "They were gonna live happily ever after. Sounds familiar, huh?"

Ok, that part stung.  Reminders of Blaise's devotion to Peni were always hard to swallow, even harder the memory that inspite of it, he still walked away.  Reg wans't finished, "And now you.  At least he's waited a few months to actually marry you.  I'm kinda surprised by that.  Usually he stakes his claim before now."

"He doesn't have to stake his claim," I whispered, "He knows I'm his."

Reg gave me that dogs grin again, "And how does he know that?"

I sighed, shaking my head, I didn't want to hear anymore of this line reasoning, "New subject."

He laughed, "When's the wedding?"

"Couple of months," I said with a sigh, much as I loved Blaise, but the whole idea of round three was terrifying.  Reg's line of reasoning was only making it worse.  What if after all this, I pledged myself to him, said forever, only to have it all come crashing down on me because the sex gets old and he realizes that's all he was really here for in the first place?  It's not like my giggly, silly, playful, loves to work, listen to muggle music, movie watching, flirty self had a whole lot in common with him.  For me, it was his differences from everyone else that drew me in, but what if it wasn't the same for him?  "Why?"

"I was just wondering...your not wearing white are you?"

"I was planning on it..." I answered, confused.

"I think there's a rule against people boinking like rabbits wearing white on thier wedding day...isn't that supposed to be virginal?  Your a long way from that."

And that was all I could take of him and his mouth, just as I opened mine to tell him where he could shove his asshole remarks, Blaise came around the corner and Reg began to really grin, saying "Your boyfriends back and I'm gonna get in trouble."

Blaise POV

Ember and Talon were both back asleep in their bassinette's. When I told Sara I can't remember ever being happier then now with her, it was the truth. I only had a day with Bliss after she was born. Anytime I've ever found contentment, something always came to steal it away. Together, with our kids, and Brailee, things were wonderful. I couldn't be happier. I should have known to be watchful.

Walking into the kitchen to start sterilizing the twins bottles, Reg grinned at me saying, "Your boyfriends back and I'm gonna be in trouble." As he left, I saw Sara was red faced and thoughtful with a small pout. That didn't bode well. Reaching over to stroke Sara's neck I asked her, "Hey, what's wrong? What did he do?"

Out of nowhere she saked, "I'm not a ho right?"

I had to do a double take to really believe what she just asked me. "Of course you are not." I told her. "Did he call you that?"

"Not in so many words....," Sara said sorrowfully. "Just kinda made me feel like one."

"Reg?" Standing up, his grin grated on my nerves. Trouble was an understatement. I asked, "What did he say?"

"Nothing that wasn't true..." Sara shoke her head at herself, giving me a blow by bow of Reg's words. Looking at her I could see that she took every word of it to heart with the twisted meaning Reg added to everything he said. He could be a dog. Reg could be a rogue bastard. But this was an all time low. I tried to think how to undo the damage.

Taking a deep breath, Sara kissed me lightly, looking uncertain as she spoke, "If I told you I wanted to something that might sound kinda crazy, would you do it?"

"How crazy?"

Sara laughed, "For us apparently really crazy"

"What is it?" I asked feeling even more angry with Reg.

"Not have sex until we're married...." Sara said without looking me in the eye. My jaw set knowing Reg was at the root on unsettling Sara's surity in herself, in us, and in the happiness we both were experiencing.

Raising my eyebrows I leaned back asking, "This is important to you?" Emphasis rested on the 'you.' I didn't care what was important to Reg. Seeing his agenda for wrecking our family infuriated me. Sara was important to me, as was what she wanted.

Her brown eye met mine saying, "When I get married again, when we get married, I want it to be for good, I want it to be different then all the other times.  I don't want it to be something else I rushed into with my eyes closed you know?  Reg made a good point, we've never really done that, not with eachother.  Most of what we do ends in sex." Sara bit her lip showing her uncertainty. "You love me for more than the sex stuff right?"

"Sara, sweetheart... I love you for who you are." I told her. This morning she never would have questioned when I said that. Now after Reg's handy work she had trouble accepting what I said. "We started off having sex. Because of everything that is you, I fell completely in love with you. Everything changed, even the way we made love. I'm not going into this with my eyes closed. My eyes are very much open and on you as we plan our future together."

"See, we jumped straight to the sex because of 'everything that is me'." She heard what she wanted, what Reg told her, instead of what I was saying. "I swear, I'm a ho."

"No," I tried to clairfy. "I feel in love with you because off all that is you."

Reaching over I took her hand as she asked again, "So, you'd still love me without the sex stuff?" Her mouth turned into a small smile, "Can we test that?"

Swallowing, I had to think for a second before I answered. It wasn't her request that bothered me. It was the root of it. The tangle of emotions Reg created in her for his ruthless agenga. "If it's important to you, sweetheart, absolutely." I assured her. "You mean the world to me I want you to know that."

She leaned against me, kissing me deeply, letting me know this was going to be a test for us. "I'm torturing you, aren't I?" She asked.

Looking over her face, I rubbed her back telling her, "It's not the most important thing in our life. The children, us... that's what's important."

"Thank you," Sara seemed happy as she kissed me, leaning back into me. "Will you still sleep with me though?"

How I hated Reg. Hated him with a passion. Blinking a couple of times, I looked at her seeing she was serious. Now we were forgoing intimacy in our relationship because Reg said so, but nothing else was changing. Part of me wondered if he was trying to drive a wedge in between Sara and myself. That wasn't going to happen. Stroking her hair I told her, "If it's important to you."

Sara read the statement completely wrong as she bit her lip saying, "You don't have too.."

"Sara, I always want to be close to you." I clarified.

"I'll even buy pajama's." Sara smiled.

With a light kiss I knew her sleeping naked in my arms every night until after the wedding was going to be pushing testing celebacy to a whole new level. Again, my thoughts turned vengefully toward Reg as I answered, "I would appriciate that. It might help."

"What's the matter, gorgeous?" Sara laughed. "You don't wanna look at me naked?"

"Love, if you want me to keep my hands off of you until the wedding, pressing your naked body against me won't help that." How did Reg still have the power to come in to unsettle our relationship? The better questiones was, who did he think he was?

Pressing agains me Sara told me, "I didn't say you couldn't put your hands on me.." Reaching for the front on my pants she tapped lightly saying, "Just other parts of you anatomy."

I was going to kill him. Reg was going to die. Shaking my head I told her, "Sara....... if we're going to do this you have to help me out a little bit here."

Leaning up to kiss me, Sara smiled, "Project born again Virgin can start right after my party..."

My thoughts traveled to where they always did when she kissed me like this. Pulling back, i wasn't sure if she was serious or if this was a test. At this moment my thoughts were fixed onto one thing: Regulus Black was going to die.

"Hang onto that thought." I told her.  "I just realized I forgot something at the Night Stand." Rubbing her arms I added, "I'll be right back, alright?"

Leaning back she starting undoing her shirt as she said, "Ok, but if your not back soon, I'm starting with out you."

Talk about mixed messages. But anytime she wanted to make love, I was open. I loved her with everything in me. I wanted to show her however I could. First, I needed to handle some business with the person who stirred this pot of trouble.

"Just one minute, okay." I held my finger as a reminder. "I'll be right back."

Sara's shirt hit the floor while she started removing her bra as she walked to the stairs smiling at me. Over her shoulder, she blew me a kiss asking  bare chested, "Hey, while you there, we have a product called 'All-Night-Long' pick that up ok?"

When I got my hands on him.

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