After Naomi dealt with the charges against her, the team tried to go on with their lives. They had a successful homestand against the West Coast teams, and then prepared to head off on a California trip. During this period, Naomi was attending treatment, gaining back weight, and trying to mend fences with both her husband and children. She was not expected to be able to pitch until July due to her surgery and arm rehab, and at that point had no contract and it wasnt clear whether she would pitch at all that year.
In the meantime, Mitch and Naomi were attentive parents to their kids and civil roommates during that week, with nothing more than a kiss between them. However, on a Saturday night after a game against the Dodgers, that all changed. Mitch walked into their room after putting the kids to bed to find Naomi coming out of the bathroom, naked. At first, he felt awkward, but she walked up to him and began kissing him. "You dont have to feel awkward, its nothing you havent seen a thousand times before. I was thinking maybe you would be interested in doing something we havent done in a while. After all, we are husband and wife. We live under the same roof, sleep in the same bed. I'm lonely, I cant stand this roommates thing between us anymore. Dont you love me?" She asked. A lump formed in Mitch's throat:" Yes, I do, and I wouldnt be here if I didnt. You hurt me and did things, but yes, I still love you" He said. "Then stop having that guilty look on your face like you're going to be betraying Adrienne if we stay together or you make love to me, that is sick, and I wont stand for it forever. I'm your wife, I had two kids with you, and Iam willing to make it up to you for the rest of my life, but you need to help me. I know I owe you debts it will take me a long time to repay, but I have the rest of my life to do so. We have to start somewhere. I'm not going to sit here and beg you to do the normal thing between husband and wife. I just want you to think of how happy we were before the last several months. I learned my lesson, I almost lost my marriage, my kids, my job, almost went to jail, and I almost died, Mitch. The rebuilding has to start somewhere. If you trust that I wont do drugs anymore by staying with me, then you need to trust me as a full partner, and that includes sex. We cant have a normal loving marriage if you dont ever touch me" she said. "Okay, a couple of things that you should know. " He said. "Anything" "First, I know we never do, but I want to use a condom for a while, and I want you to get an AIDS test. You were with some pretty seedy characters, and didnt always have full mental facility. I just wanted to be sure" He said. "Done, whats the second thing" she said. "Honey, you should know that while you were off, Adrienne and I, well, we ah" Mitch fumbled. "You had sex with her. I dont have a problem with that. I deserted you, left you with the kids, was a drug addict. and abused you and our kids. I didnt expect you to be cellabate. I deserved it" She said. There was silence. "Okay, are we done with the interrogation and the guilt? You have your wife who you say you still love standing next to you, naked, and saying she wants to make love to you. Take off your clothes, putz, and let the reconciliation begin, we have to start somewhere" Naomi said in jest. She went to kiss him:"I love you so much, and I would do anything for you." So, for the first time in months, Naomi and Mitch did make love. It was more of a relief that anything else. There was a little tickling, but nothing more than a playful poke of the foot or goose of the ribs. More important, they needed time to heal.
The next day, when they got to the ballpark, Naomi was beaming. Adrienne knew something was up, and that Mitch and Naomi were probably going to stay together, and it was excruiating. In fact, that day there was an unpleasant scene in the clubhouse that was difficult for Adrienne, Mitch, Naomi and the entire team. When Mitch and Naomi got to the ballpark, Adrienne was like a volcano ready to erupt. She knew they were still living together and when she saw the look on Naomi's face, walked up to Mitch and confronted him, loudly, in the clubhouse. "You're going to stay with her, arent you? She cheated on you, endangered your kids, took drugs, got arrested, almost died, and her reward is that her husband stays with her? You are out of your fucking mind! Look at all the pain she caused you, your kids, and this team. How can you stay with her? You are not a saint. I bet you fucked her since you two are back also!" Adrienne seethed. Mitch was quiet. "Thats great, you are pathetic" Adrienne said. Naomi had heard enough: "You know what, Adrienne, stop trying to destroy my marriage. Yes, we are going to try and work things out, we still love each other, and whether or not we made love since Iam home is none of your fucking business! I take full responsibility for my actions, and Iam getting help. I love Mitch and he loves me. Deal with it, and stop playing scorned woman. I know you hurt, but if you love Mitch, be happy he has his family back" Naomi said. "Happy? You dont deserve him. You cheated on him, took drugs, and endangered his kids. You should have lost everything. You had it all, woman, and you deserve to have it all blow up in your face!" Adrienne said. "Well, it isnt going to. He loves me, and wants the family together for his kids, live with it. " Naomi said. "Dirty tramp, I hope you relapse so he leaves you for good. He deserves better than that" Adrienne said. "Adrienne, thats enough! This is my kids mother, to wish her to relapse is to wish harm on my kids, I wont stand for that" Mitch said. Then, suddenly, Naomi walked up to Adrienne and delivered a hard slap across her face: "You dirty bitch! How dare you wish those things! Take that!" "Naomi! The two of you stop this!" Mitch yelled, standing between them Then, Lee Sniderman came over. "Naomi, technically you are not on the active list, so I can ask you to leave the park, but I wont, the two of you have to stop behaving this way. It's bad for the moral of the team" "Yah, well I'm through talking about this. Fuck you all. I dont care what happens, oh and Mitch, the next time she relapses, dont come crying to me" Adrienne said.
As Mitch stood next to his locker to dress for the game, he whispered to Naomi: "The two of you behaved like scorned high school teenage cats." "Dont give me that. I will not stand by while someone wishes my marriage to go to hell. I know I have a lot to make up to you, but I dont have to listen to that" Naomi said. That afternoon, no one's head was into the game, as Mitch struck out 4 times, and the Good Guys lost in the 9th as Mandy spit up a lead. They were headed to California, and Mitch and Naomi would take a side jaunt to Las Vegas on the off day, before joining the team in San Diego. After all that had happened, they needed time to be alone away from the kids and the team, even if just for less than 48 hours. Now that Naomi was better, seeing the team play made her yearn to get active again, but she couldnt until her arm was all healed, and she was reinstated from the inactive list due to the drug thing.
In the meantime, the team did hold a Saturday night tickle party that week. The featured guest of the party was a casino host at the hotel who took care of the Good Guys needs while they attended their Saturday night parties. A vivacious redhead, although she normally didnt like to be tickled, she decided to be a good sport due to the fact of the team's stature on the island, and that they were very special customers. She was tied hands and feet to the bed as her ler, the team second baseman, Russell, began the tickle on her neck with fingers as the attractive redhead began to writhe and the giggles started: Hehehehehehehehehe! NO! Then, Russ moved down, tickling the redhead on her underarms, sides and belly as she thrashed some more: Hehehehehehehehehehe! NO! NO! Working his way down her body, Russ tickled the redhead on her inner thighs, causing her to buck. Then, He made his way down to the soles of her pretty feet. Russ tickled the vivacious casino host on her soles and bottoms of her toes with fingers, feathers, and the ever dreaded electric toothbrush. This drove the casino host nuts! She flexed, pointed and wiggled her toes every which way as she filled the room with hysterical girlish laughter, begging for mercy: Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! I give up! Please no more! NO! NO! NO! Hehehehehehehehehehehehe! Finally,the host was untied and dressed.
Things seemed to be getting back to normal for the Good Guys. Mitch and Naomi seemed to be rebuilding their marriage, and the team was playing well. Adrienne was hurt, and scorned, but with the situation with Mitch wanting to remain with Naomi, that was not surprising. Would there be a quiet rebuilding period where things went smoothly after all the turmoil, or would there be more trouble? Stay tuned.
Mitch
In the meantime, Mitch and Naomi were attentive parents to their kids and civil roommates during that week, with nothing more than a kiss between them. However, on a Saturday night after a game against the Dodgers, that all changed. Mitch walked into their room after putting the kids to bed to find Naomi coming out of the bathroom, naked. At first, he felt awkward, but she walked up to him and began kissing him. "You dont have to feel awkward, its nothing you havent seen a thousand times before. I was thinking maybe you would be interested in doing something we havent done in a while. After all, we are husband and wife. We live under the same roof, sleep in the same bed. I'm lonely, I cant stand this roommates thing between us anymore. Dont you love me?" She asked. A lump formed in Mitch's throat:" Yes, I do, and I wouldnt be here if I didnt. You hurt me and did things, but yes, I still love you" He said. "Then stop having that guilty look on your face like you're going to be betraying Adrienne if we stay together or you make love to me, that is sick, and I wont stand for it forever. I'm your wife, I had two kids with you, and Iam willing to make it up to you for the rest of my life, but you need to help me. I know I owe you debts it will take me a long time to repay, but I have the rest of my life to do so. We have to start somewhere. I'm not going to sit here and beg you to do the normal thing between husband and wife. I just want you to think of how happy we were before the last several months. I learned my lesson, I almost lost my marriage, my kids, my job, almost went to jail, and I almost died, Mitch. The rebuilding has to start somewhere. If you trust that I wont do drugs anymore by staying with me, then you need to trust me as a full partner, and that includes sex. We cant have a normal loving marriage if you dont ever touch me" she said. "Okay, a couple of things that you should know. " He said. "Anything" "First, I know we never do, but I want to use a condom for a while, and I want you to get an AIDS test. You were with some pretty seedy characters, and didnt always have full mental facility. I just wanted to be sure" He said. "Done, whats the second thing" she said. "Honey, you should know that while you were off, Adrienne and I, well, we ah" Mitch fumbled. "You had sex with her. I dont have a problem with that. I deserted you, left you with the kids, was a drug addict. and abused you and our kids. I didnt expect you to be cellabate. I deserved it" She said. There was silence. "Okay, are we done with the interrogation and the guilt? You have your wife who you say you still love standing next to you, naked, and saying she wants to make love to you. Take off your clothes, putz, and let the reconciliation begin, we have to start somewhere" Naomi said in jest. She went to kiss him:"I love you so much, and I would do anything for you." So, for the first time in months, Naomi and Mitch did make love. It was more of a relief that anything else. There was a little tickling, but nothing more than a playful poke of the foot or goose of the ribs. More important, they needed time to heal.
The next day, when they got to the ballpark, Naomi was beaming. Adrienne knew something was up, and that Mitch and Naomi were probably going to stay together, and it was excruiating. In fact, that day there was an unpleasant scene in the clubhouse that was difficult for Adrienne, Mitch, Naomi and the entire team. When Mitch and Naomi got to the ballpark, Adrienne was like a volcano ready to erupt. She knew they were still living together and when she saw the look on Naomi's face, walked up to Mitch and confronted him, loudly, in the clubhouse. "You're going to stay with her, arent you? She cheated on you, endangered your kids, took drugs, got arrested, almost died, and her reward is that her husband stays with her? You are out of your fucking mind! Look at all the pain she caused you, your kids, and this team. How can you stay with her? You are not a saint. I bet you fucked her since you two are back also!" Adrienne seethed. Mitch was quiet. "Thats great, you are pathetic" Adrienne said. Naomi had heard enough: "You know what, Adrienne, stop trying to destroy my marriage. Yes, we are going to try and work things out, we still love each other, and whether or not we made love since Iam home is none of your fucking business! I take full responsibility for my actions, and Iam getting help. I love Mitch and he loves me. Deal with it, and stop playing scorned woman. I know you hurt, but if you love Mitch, be happy he has his family back" Naomi said. "Happy? You dont deserve him. You cheated on him, took drugs, and endangered his kids. You should have lost everything. You had it all, woman, and you deserve to have it all blow up in your face!" Adrienne said. "Well, it isnt going to. He loves me, and wants the family together for his kids, live with it. " Naomi said. "Dirty tramp, I hope you relapse so he leaves you for good. He deserves better than that" Adrienne said. "Adrienne, thats enough! This is my kids mother, to wish her to relapse is to wish harm on my kids, I wont stand for that" Mitch said. Then, suddenly, Naomi walked up to Adrienne and delivered a hard slap across her face: "You dirty bitch! How dare you wish those things! Take that!" "Naomi! The two of you stop this!" Mitch yelled, standing between them Then, Lee Sniderman came over. "Naomi, technically you are not on the active list, so I can ask you to leave the park, but I wont, the two of you have to stop behaving this way. It's bad for the moral of the team" "Yah, well I'm through talking about this. Fuck you all. I dont care what happens, oh and Mitch, the next time she relapses, dont come crying to me" Adrienne said.
As Mitch stood next to his locker to dress for the game, he whispered to Naomi: "The two of you behaved like scorned high school teenage cats." "Dont give me that. I will not stand by while someone wishes my marriage to go to hell. I know I have a lot to make up to you, but I dont have to listen to that" Naomi said. That afternoon, no one's head was into the game, as Mitch struck out 4 times, and the Good Guys lost in the 9th as Mandy spit up a lead. They were headed to California, and Mitch and Naomi would take a side jaunt to Las Vegas on the off day, before joining the team in San Diego. After all that had happened, they needed time to be alone away from the kids and the team, even if just for less than 48 hours. Now that Naomi was better, seeing the team play made her yearn to get active again, but she couldnt until her arm was all healed, and she was reinstated from the inactive list due to the drug thing.
In the meantime, the team did hold a Saturday night tickle party that week. The featured guest of the party was a casino host at the hotel who took care of the Good Guys needs while they attended their Saturday night parties. A vivacious redhead, although she normally didnt like to be tickled, she decided to be a good sport due to the fact of the team's stature on the island, and that they were very special customers. She was tied hands and feet to the bed as her ler, the team second baseman, Russell, began the tickle on her neck with fingers as the attractive redhead began to writhe and the giggles started: Hehehehehehehehehe! NO! Then, Russ moved down, tickling the redhead on her underarms, sides and belly as she thrashed some more: Hehehehehehehehehehe! NO! NO! Working his way down her body, Russ tickled the redhead on her inner thighs, causing her to buck. Then, He made his way down to the soles of her pretty feet. Russ tickled the vivacious casino host on her soles and bottoms of her toes with fingers, feathers, and the ever dreaded electric toothbrush. This drove the casino host nuts! She flexed, pointed and wiggled her toes every which way as she filled the room with hysterical girlish laughter, begging for mercy: Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! I give up! Please no more! NO! NO! NO! Hehehehehehehehehehehehe! Finally,the host was untied and dressed.
Things seemed to be getting back to normal for the Good Guys. Mitch and Naomi seemed to be rebuilding their marriage, and the team was playing well. Adrienne was hurt, and scorned, but with the situation with Mitch wanting to remain with Naomi, that was not surprising. Would there be a quiet rebuilding period where things went smoothly after all the turmoil, or would there be more trouble? Stay tuned.
Mitch
