CHARLES CLAIRE KALISTAChapter 35
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When they saw us walk up to their ticket windows, there was a scream from within, and they called their supervisor who gave us all free passes for the day. Ever-present Sarah showed me she had autographing pens with her.
First thing we did was to take the Behind the Scenes Tour that showed off their zoological support area, and Jonathan, our guide, made a prideful point of mentioning all of the endangered species they had at their park.
After the Tour was over, our guide, Jonathan stayed with us and showed off his knowledge of the park, while directing us to the rides. For late March, the park seemed rather full, with many people recognizing us, and asking for autographs.
The first ride we went on was the Journey to Atlantis, a sort of roller coaster and water ride. Kalista was plenty tall enough to ride, which had concerned her, but the Moms stayed off while the three of us got rather wet, but it was a warm enough day to dry us off before too long. Next we got on an inverted steel roller coaster called The Great White, during which all three of us screamed our heads off.
We stopped and went to lunch at the SeaFire Grille, a place with burgers and chicken strips. After that, we walked and look around for a bit. We stumbled across the One Ocean - Shamu show; which was quite the spectacle. We sat far enough away to not get terribly wet by Shamu’s belly flops. After that, decided to call it a day at that point, thanked Jonathan, who had rarely taken his eyes off Kalista the whole day. I leaned into him and told him how young she was, and he quickly shuffled his feet and thanked us for coming to Sea World. We got a golf cart ride all the way to our vehicle and left back to the hotel.
We’d had a day full of fun and merriment, and I announced I was planning on taking a nap, at which everyone chuckled. Claire offered a backrub, and I took her offer. After I changed, I climbed on the bed face down.
Claire’s hands had developed into the most marvelous massage hands, maybe better than her mothers, and I fell asleep before she got very far up my back. She climbed in, enclosing me within her arms and we both fell asleep. Kallie had joined us.
After our nap we got up, felt ready to dance, so after everybody changed, we headed to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and found Michael and his posse of magnificent musicians.
The moment Michael saw Sarah, his eyes lit up. I told her to let him down gently. I held everyone else back, so they could have the private conversation Sarah needed to have with him.
He seemed a bit disquieted, but he smiled and we went on. There would be no changes to the set list. Michael and Sarah started things off with their new duet. The rest of the rehearsal went well. Instead of going home, like we normally do, we all sat and watched Michael at work.
Michael started to sing a newer song to the set called ‘Daddy’s Little Girl.’ I saw Claire feverishly changing into her ballet slippers.
She went out and started a totally adlibbed ballet routine, and Michael instantly broke into tears, while still singing. Even when the song went to a faster two-step beat, Claire was still performing up to her usual excellence. When the singing stopped for a while, Claire kept on going from jeté to jeté, with a wonderful flair, and at the end of the song she spot-spinned and went up to Michael giving him a wonderful peck on the cheek, in tempo of course, at the end of the song.
Michael gave her a fatherly hug. Claire came back to us, who were all sobbing, and Kalista gave her a huge hug. Michael was feverishly rubbing his eyes as he asked, “Claire - can you do that again tonight for everybody?”
“Sure Michael,” she said, giving him that dimpled smile I thought was only reserved for me, but she turned to me and gave me a nice kiss.
“What caused that?” I asked.
“You looked worried, hubby to be,” she said, still looking straight into my heart as she often did. We hugged each other for a while.
We left and came back the next morning ready to raise the roof. You should have seen Michaels face when he saw the Paradise Pink dress Sarah was wearing. I’d swear I heard a gulp from him. The girls and I are staying in our same outfits the whole set, with the girls only changing into their slippers for a couple of songs.
Mom came up to me and said, “You and ‘your girls’ sure seem on top of the world these days, honey. I don’t have the chance to say this to you as often as I’d like, but I love you, Charles.”
I put my arms around her and hugged her for all she was worth, saying back to her, “Married or single, a boys’ first love is his mother, and always will be.” We started crying in each other’s arms as Claire came up to us, noticing us.
“Is anything wrong, Charles?” she asked.
“No Claire-Bear, everything ... is just Perfect.”
The usual announcement was heard, “The house is opening in five minutes.”
We all scooted off to backstage, waiting for the show to begin.
The orchestra started ‘Crazy Little Thing,’ and there was a voice that said, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Michael Bublé and Miss Sarah Rollins.”
They got into the song and they both were swinging to the beat, as well as sounding wonderful. My first impulse was to get out there and dance, but I wanted this moment to be Sarah’s. The song was over, the crowd applauded loudly and whistled at Sarah, who gave Michael a chaste kiss on the cheek and left the stage to rousing cheers.
We went on and the next electric moment came during ‘Daddy’s Little Girl,’ which started with Michael alone. The moment Claire went out, there was a charge that went through the crowd, as Claire danced all over the stage, using mostly little moves, but had a few Rondés and Jetés thrown in. It still looked more off the cuff then organized, but I know she and K worked on it offstage. It was quite well received as well, with Claire smiling and waving to the crowd.
The next seminal moment was during ‘I’m Not That Girl.’ This song was recorded, but the orchestra started to play it instead? After the music started and Claire and I danced our portion, a tall leggy brunette came out to sing, it was Idina Menzel.
Oh my gosh!
Nevertheless, Kalista came out and was clearly magnificent, as I was beginning to expect from this most talented young lady every time she was on the dance floor. She was floating above the stage as I started to tear up, with Claire sniffling as well, as the song and the dance were ending.
The audience was as shocked, as were we. I knew what was expected of me, so I pulled myself from Claire, and yelled above the din, “Ladies and Gentlemen, Tony Award winning, Idina Menzel.”
The crowd went crazy, as my girls both came up to her and they all hugged, as we left the stage.
Michael came out and said, “Let’s hear it again for Charles, Claire and Kallie, and the wonderful and delicious, Idina Menzel.”
We all came out again and bowed.
Michael motioned his orchestra to start and ‘Stardust’ began, which we didn’t dance to, and we all gathered offstage. Oh my god, while Sarah is a beautiful star, Idina is from a different galaxy. When the evening was over, when we were giving out autographs, I got one from her!
Annie took some pictures of each of us with her, including a group shot. Idina gave me a kiss on the cheek, and I blushed for the first time in a while. She wanted to see ‘the ring’ and Claire showed it to her.
She looked over at me and said, “Very nice, Charles.” She went over to Sarah and said, “Be careful of Michael dear, his hands are bigger than his eyes - I know.” She left, waving to everyone.
We gathered up all of our stuff, as Michael came over to me and said, “You are not the only one who can surprise the audience, Charles,” he said messing up my hair like my girls like enjoy doing. I leaned into him asking, “Is she available next October 15th?” He smiled and said, “I already asked her, and she would love to surprise you, again.”
“Thanks, Michael - all of my girls were suitably impressed, including Sarah.”
“Is Sarah seeing anyone?” Michael asked.
I gave him the short version of what had happened to Sarah, and he said, “I am sorry for her and I understand, Charles - She’s a remarkable woman, does she massage anyone else but you?”
Sarah interrupted us by saying; “There isn’t enough money on the planet for me to massage anyone but my Charles. Let’s go, my back is sore, I need your hands on mine ASAP, Loverboy?”
Michael just looked at us leaving and gave me a big double thumbs up.
Our second night didn’t quite have the pizzazz of the first, but it was still a great set of songs and dances. We had already checked out of our hotel and left for,
3rd City
Dallas, TX
Two Nights
Hotel Indigo
We were staying in downtown Dallas. We were coming in rather late, but they were still very welcoming to us. We checked in and had side-by-side rooms with two doubles each. We were all so tired, we just went to bed, with Claire and I sharing a double. We made out for a while but fell asleep in each other’s arms.
When we awoke the next morning, Claire was rubbing my chest, which caused a ‘reaction’, and I turned away from her, as she mumbled, “I love you, Honey-buns,” I mumbled something back to her as we fell back to sleep.
When we finally woke up, I badly needed a cold shower, so I grabbed my clothes and ran into the bathroom. The girls were taken aback a bit, since I practically always gave them first access in the morning. I am going to need Annie or Sarah to give me some other options to take care of this ‘problem.’ It’s happening more often and it’s inevitably going to happen during a dance with one of my young ladies ... I just know it.
I came out renewed and refreshed, although both girls had their arms crossed and looked a little peeved - Erections happen!
After a bit, the Moms came in, dressed for going somewhere as the girls came out of the bathroom, looking very nice.
Annie announced, “The trip to Victoria’s Secret is leaving in three minutes.” Claire and Kalista jumped for joy.
“Girls, prepare to be refitted for bras. I am absolutely certain both of you have outgrown what you have been wearing,” Sarah said.
The girls squealed again.
I was about to ask if I could stay behind, but a look from Annie and Sarah told me to ‘shut my mouth.’ When we got to the store, of course every employee in the store as well as the few customers that were there, recognized us.
A beautiful woman, with dark brown hair walked up to us and said, “Hello guys, my name is Kyra, who’s shopping today?”
I spoke up saying, “My two dancing partners here, Claire and Kalista, need to get ... er, uhm - well...”
“We need to be sized, our breasts have grown, much to Charles ... dismay - we want to find some sexy dresses to wear, as well?” Claire said, K giggled.
I walked over to another part of the store, while they did this. Mom came over to me and said, “What happened, Charles? I have never known you to get so tongue-tied like that?”
“Mom, I had an erection while Claire was in the same bed with me last night. I had to rush in and take a cold shower this morning. I suddenly felt uncomfortable just now, explaining what I was trying to say, that’s all.”
“I may have to explain a couple of other methods for ... but now isn’t the time. Buck up, buster - smile!”
Mom put her arm through mine and we walked back to the girls being finished.
They both came out in matching smiles declaring their new sizes.
“That’s great girls, now what are you buying today?” I asked crossing my legs.
“We need to replace all of our underwear, so can we look at a catalogue to see the different colors and designs, Kyra?” Claire asked.
Kyra brought them a catalogue and they started to Oooh and Awww. I knew they were going to ask me my opinion, and I was preparing to figure out how I was going to avoid giving my opinion.
“Charles, we asked you which colors do you like? Come over here?” Kalista asked.
Mom saw my dead-man-walking look on my face, and said to the girls, “Men don’t know what to like, and they’ll just pick anything, to see you try it on.”
“We can try them on ... here?” Claire asked, amazed and blushing. Kalista jumped and squealed.
“Yes, dear - Victoria’s Secret is known for you being able to try on anything before you buy, isn’t that right, Kyra?” Sarah said.
“That’s exactly correct,” she responded with a snicker.
They all surrounded the catalogue while I sat down, waiting to look at the dresses, when they get to that point. Tuning them out, I started looking at the different kinds of dresses they had, perusing a complete catalogue I found. With all of my girls having a marvelous silhouette now, I went to the section called ‘Sexy Dresses.’ I didn’t find much they could dance in.
I found the Multi-Way dress that Sarah got before, and I realized that both Claire and Kalista would look just as luscious as Sarah does, and I pointed it out to Annie, and suggested that both girls get all four colors in this dress, for dances. It would work since the dress had a party flair at the waist. They could Jeté or anything else, provided they had on their show panties.
I also thought, since I am a guy, they could get matching strapless dresses. I got up and showed my idea to Sarah, who thought it was a good idea, but nevertheless said to me, “Which brain picked that out?”
Blushing, I rejoined, “Can’t you tell?”
I did get to see the girls in each of the styles I picked out. The fashion show I received was truly remarkable, surprising me a little. Lastly, they quickly each got some newer, smaller and sexier swimwear. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see that in a Fashion Show.
Darn it!
Three hours later, we all left the store. I had the hand of each of my girls, while they each had a big bag of brand new clothes to take and wear in their other hand. Mom and Sarah tagged along, talking and tittering amongst themselves about something or other.
Back in the hotel room, the girls wanted to go somewhere and show off their new outfits, so Sarah looked up Dallas Restaurants on the computer and, of course, 40 red dots appeared on the screen.
“Do you just want a restaurant, or a restaurant with a dance floor, Charles?” Sarah asked.
“We haven’t eaten in over 24 hours for some ungodly reason, so just a restaurant is OK by me?” I said.
“Here’s a nice upscale place, Dakota’s Steakhouse - it’s only a couple miles away,” Sarah said. “Annie and I can wear our yellow dresses and the girls can both wear their new dresses; which color, Charles?”
“Don’t you all have a black dress, Sarah?” I asked.
“Yes, with what the girls just bought, we all have a rather sexy black dress now,” Sarah said as she winked at me.
“Make it happen, please - Sweet-Lips?” I said.
“You haven’t called me that in quite a while?” Sarah said with a sultry smile on her lips.
“Too long,” I said, giving her a peck on her cheek. She sighed.
In less than a half hour; dresses, hair, make-up and shoes were affixed to these four gorgeous women. I changed into my black three-piece suit as well. Annie drove, while Sarah navigated and we got there and found valet parking. When Annie got out of the Chevy, the slit in her dress showed her legs and the young man was practically drooling as she gave him the keys.
We walked up to the front door with Claire and K to my left, and Annie and Sarah to my right. There was an outdoor Concierge. I walked up to him and he asked, “Do you have a reservation, sir?”
“No, we decided very last minute to come here. We’re Charles & Claire, and party - perhaps you have heard of us?” I asked.
“Yes sir, we’ll make you a table right away, five is it?”
“Yes, my good man, five it is.” I looked to my ladies who were all giggling over my affected attitude I’d put on. A young lady, dressed to the nines, took us to the glass-canopied elevator, which took us well below street grade to the restaurant proper. Claire pointed out the waterfall to everyone, Kalista just giggled. We were taken to a nice large table and we were seated, with me in the middle, Claire and Kallie on either side of me, and the Moms on either side of the girls.
We were handed a menu as we got settled, I was also handed a wine menu, which I gave to Sarah, who looked it over and quickly said, “Simi Cabernet, a glass for me and the lady on the end, please?”
The waiter responded, “Will that be a glass or would you prefer a bottle to share?” Sarah looked over at me, and said, “Just a glass, please?”
“Thank you, I’ll be back to take your order in a few minutes?” and he started to leave.
“Excuse me, you didn’t ask what the young ladies and I wanted to drink, do you have any soft drinks to choose from?” I asked.
“I am very sorry, Sir. Yes, we have The Coca-Cola line of drinks, what would you and these young ladies like?”
We gave our selections and he left to get all of our drinks.
Looking at the menu for the first time I asked them all, “What looks good to you, ladies?”
En masse, they said, “Our escort,” and they all giggled over that, having apparently set that up at some point.
Our waiter came back with the drinks and took our orders, a little bit nervous as he served Annie and Sarah, who were both showing a large helping of cleavage. Kalista and Claire were absolutely stunning in their matching black dresses that they’d gotten only hours before. They too, have some breast meat showing, but were being precocious about it.
Although I read somewhere that it’s bad luck to toast with water, I raised my glass and said, “To Charles & Claire, the Sparkling Kalista and the most beautiful women in this restaurant right now.”
We enjoyed each other’s company so much, talking about the wedding plans, the upcoming cities on the Tour, the International Tour, and other things as well. Sarah had slipped me the Corporate Visa Card.
Our dinner arrived and it was still smoking, which is impressive. I got my 24oz Porterhouse, Claire and Sarah ordered to share a Natural Roasted Half Chicken, and Mom and Kalista ordered a Rib Eye Steak, and a New York Strip, both 14oz. The waiter asked if anyone needed his or her drink topped off. We all said ‘no thanks’ to that as we enjoyed an evening out, dressed up, neither being surrounded by autograph seekers, nor expected to dance.
After a while, we were done with our dinner. I handed our waiter the card and he returned quickly with a bill to sign for of $171, to which I added a tip for a total of $200, and we got up and left. We found our way to the elevator up, and as I prepared to pass the Concierge on our way out, I took a twenty and stuffed it in his breast pocket saying, “You perform your job very nicely, thank you.”
He nodded in appreciation as we went to the valet. While we waited for the car, Annie and Sarah discussed who was driving back. When the car showed up, I helped my mother up into the driver’s seat and Sarah, Claire and Kalista in as well. We traveled back to our hotel, and everyone really enjoyed that.
I opened the door to Annie and Sarah’s room, giving them each a nice kiss goodnight. I proceeded to open the room the girls and I were sharing, kissing first Kalista, and letting her go inside; I cut loose a kiss for Claire unlike any kiss we’d had in quite a while.
When we separated, she asked, “Thank you, that was as extraordinary a kiss as we had before, Charles. You were so charming and dapper this evening, this is what being married to you’ll be like, isn’t it?” she gave out a quite marvelous sigh.
“All of this and more,” I said as I winked at her as I opened the door.
We walked in as Kalista was coming from the bathroom already changed for bed.
“I’ll be back in a couple minutes, Loverboy,” Claire said, grabbing some stuff and going into the bathroom to change.
Immediately, Kalista came over to me, pushing me on the bed, and sitting on my lap. “I had such a marvelous time tonight Charles. It seemed different somehow, but I just wanted to tell you how much I love you. I always will.”
Claire came out and Kalista got up off me. They gave each other a look as I went to change for bed. I came out and they were both in bed, with Claire slapping the bed for me to get in with her. I did, and she scooted over and gave me a kiss on my neck, placed her hand on my chest, and we fell asleep.
The next morning, I was up early, wanting to talk to Annie and Sarah. I had a key card to their room, so I walked in.
Before me were Annie and Sarah making out, savagely kissing each other with as much vigor as I’d kissed Claire last night. Sarah was on top of Annie as I turned the corner and purposely made a noise and walked in, “Good morning ladies, it appears that you two have become ... much closer?” I may have blushed.
They both scrambled to cover themselves with the blanket, although neither one of them appeared to be naked.
Annie was the first to say something. “Please don’t tell the girls Charles? It’s not like we’re lesbian lovers or anything like that. We have just grown to ... enjoy the other’s company and we kiss when we think we’re alone.” She added emphasis on the last part of that remark. “Sarah, stop that,” mom added.
I couldn’t tell what just happened, so I tried my best to ignore it.
“I actually thought this could happen, ladies. Two gorgeous forty-something’s each left behind by stupid men who didn’t realize what they had,” I remarked.
“I should just sit down and watch you two for a while. Maybe I could pick up some pointers watching the two of you kissing each other,” I said with a grin.
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“I am in a spa with four very healthy and attractive women; my mother, my girlfriend, my soul mate and my potential mother–in-law. The last thing on my mind is having fun. Wait a second ... that didn’t come out quite right.” “Charles,” Claire said swimming over to me, “Do I make you nervous right now?” “Not n-nervous, Claire. More uh — uhm, well ... uncomfortable,” I lied. Claire started to walk towards me with water dripping off ... everything. “Claire,” said her mother, “Don’t tease...
The next couple of days were something of a haze, with the practices, the new routines and such. Mom repeated that the musical guidelines for time are, to avoid a penalty, between 150 and 210 seconds. “Annie’s Song” was 180 seconds, but a song that goes 223 seconds, like “Footloose” does, might be stretching it just too much. Claire told me that Josiah could trim music from the front or the end of the song to make it fit the 210 maximum. So, I asked her to have him cut the opening eight...
Breaking the mood, Sarah said, “He’s not the greatest dancer ever, but he’s darn close. Thank you for stopping by,” she added, rubbing my back saying, “She’s not too far from the truth, Charles?” I leaned into Sarah and cried for a bit. Fed, showered, and dressed - we showed up early for our second Carnegie Hall Performance, these folks paid $2,500 each to see us, so we really needed to be jazzed and ready. Walking up to Michael, I saw he’d actually put on the T-shirt we got him. “Hey...
“Back to the Countdown, all right?” I hopefully asked. That settled them all down, at least a little. Claire said, “You were at 14, Charles.” “Thanks honey,” I said with a kiss. “Number 14;” 955,000 Sarah “Marilyn Monroe” pose “What’s that mean?” Kalista asked. I said, “There was an actress in the 40s, 50s and early 60s named Marilyn Monroe, Kalista. She exuded sexuality and one of her many famous pictures was with her bent over in a low-cut all-white dress, with her ‘girls’ pushed...
“Let’s get back to the hotel everybody,” Annie said. “Michael, when do we leave for Russia?” “In three days, we fly from here to Novosibirsk, Russia, about 2,950 miles, then on to Moscow, an additional 1,730-mile leg, after that to St. Petersburg, our final Russian stop,” Michael said. “Good, I might just sleep for the next two days Michael,” I said. Claire leaned in close and said, “Not without me, you won’t?” The realization of the previous evening, hit me when I woke up. I had my arms...
What was that? Did they say we had moved on, or were they telling us to leave the floor? The crowd was stunned and started to applaud very loudly. I guess that meant ... We made it! We waved back to the crowd, and Claire took me by my collar and kissed me in front of everybody there. I knew this was likely to come back on me, but I responded and kissed her back causing the other dancers around us to start applauding as well. We broke up both equally embarrassed, but happy as can be — we...
FIFTEEN YEARS LATER (2032) “Charles?” K said, now 28. “Yes, Princess?” I responded, now 33. “Everybody’s gone, leaving us alone.” “Where did they all go to?” I asked. “Claire, Annie and Sarah with Rose and Michael, along with Ken and his brood, went to check on the newest Charles & Claire Dance Studio in Pittsburgh. On their way back they were going to Columbus for the day, to check on the studio that Brian and Susan, and their family, are in charge of.” “That leaves us all alone,...
Well, again, Tuesday night couldn’t come soon enough for me. This week, Brian’s mother took us to Cotillion getting us there early so Claire and I could confer with Jimmy. We told him about the BBQ and about all the steps we learned. Mr. Bradshaw looked at us flabbergasted and said, “You have learned The Natural Turn Progression? I usually don’t even try to teach that to anyone under fifteen; they ... just can’t grasp it. You two really are something special, you know. Next week, I will be...
We got up, showered and met up with the group for a small and quick breakfast. Sarah got us a room in the hotel to practice in, we went through all of our newly restored routines two additional times letting the girls flash them up a little. We took a cab ride out to Wembley Stadium to check it out. We saw a very large dance floor being setup, it was maybe 80ft across by 100ft deep, easily the biggest we’d seen so far. As fast as they were setting it up, Michael and his merry men were...
That caused Jimmy to smile big as he said, “Now ... Charles & Claire will show us all, the Tango,” starting “Hernando’s Hideaway,” a different version than we had danced to before, but quite lyrical. Claire turned to me and said, “Charles remember, No rise and fall!” What a wonderful dimpled smile was on her face. We proceeded to Tango ourselves into a lather using steps that we know Jimmy wouldn’t be teaching tonight, but when you love to dance ... you do what you do, and what you...
“OK, last subject – turning professional and going on this tour. I am beginning to believe, that we are going to like dancing for people on this tour more than anything else, so I suggest we all turn professional right away, informing the NDCA at the proper time. We go on this US Tour, and maybe even Michaels’ World Tour as well.” “Then we maybe find out about going on the World Dance Council International Tour, or starting our own Tour, something along the lines of ‘The Claire and Special K...
“Ooooohhhhh — That was a joke, Charles? That was my soon to be fourteen-year-old sons’ idea of a joke. Ha-Ha. Hmmm ... you knew I was behind the door, didn’t you? Well, you got me pretty good there, Chuckles. I must admit.” She started laughing with us; so, I guess she was OK, but I am going to start being more careful, generally speaking. RING “Hello, this is Charles Newman, who may I ask is calling?” “This is Kalista McArthur, Mr. Newman. Calling to see how you are doing?” “Kalista. So...
Not having been there for over five years brought back memories. It was an all-new orchestra, with a new conductor, Herbie must have retired or passed on. After getting everyone settled, I walked up and introduced myself and met the new conductor, Harold Watson, better known as Hal. He was aware of who we were and had a large number of our music ready for us. There was no live singer this evening, just a nice meal and dance music. I sat between my wife and my daughter. “Daddy,” Rose said...
The next morning, after working out and coming back to take a shower, I looked at our list of cities we’d gone to so far and determined that we have been to 30% of the total cities, and we’re about eight months into our 24-month long Tour so far, which ... matches up. We’re less than two months from Kalista’s 12th birthday. Our second Anaheim performance was as electric as the first, then we had a day off, then Fullerton for a single, the next day was our ‘Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon...
I chuckled, put the phone down and ran to Mom in the kitchen asking her if Claire could come over in the morning to practice. Of course, she said, “Are you ready to be a proper gentleman this time, young man?” I bowed my head and said, “Yes, ma’am. I have got Claire holding on the phone. Could we get her this time, instead of one of her family having to drop her off, please?” That probably sounded a bit needy. “That was the perfect amount of groveling. Go tell her we will be coming to get...
The performances the next four days in Sydney, were quite outstanding. Kalista was extraordinary, and Claire was at the top of her game as well. I’d begun to go to the gym now and work out every morning. I did look up the latest news on Happy Birthday, finding that only three weeks earlier (On September 22nd) a judge in Los Angeles ruled that none of the companies that have collected royalties over the years, held a valid copyright claim. An attorney for the plaintiffs, Randall Newman (No...
Claire said, “I guess we’ll find out who wins the battle of the chesticles, won’t we, Mom?” Sarah did a shake and said, “In sheer size, dear – there’s no comparison.” They all laughed and snorted. “All right let’s go ... Dammit! The stat site is down, I need to call Ken about this!” “Oh,” Sarah said. “We got a request from Disney to make our posters available in the non-USA Parks. Without running it by anyone, I said to go ahead, but only in Japan. I figured we could find out how...
“Both of our mothers, along with our future stepdaughter, would kill us both if we did something as stupid as that,” she responded. “You’re right Claire, and when you are right – you are right,” I said, first looking over the delicious body of my soon to be wife, then starting another kiss. “I am so horny, and you are so gorgeous – a deadly combination, my dear.” “I am up for a little ‘afternoon delight,’ Charles?” she said grinning at me, reminding me again of that wonderful June evening...
After we got home, I changed into a swimsuit and practically jumped into the spa. Being that everyone else was of a like mind, within a half hour, I was joined by my entire C.A.S.K of ladies. Kalista came up to me and asked, in an alarmingly sexual tone, “Whatcha doin, Loverboy,” and she sat down on my lap, spreading herself out in a leisurely manner. “Well, Special K, you sexy lump of clay, you, I was looking at the final leg of our US SST tour.” I had my laptop on a stool...
“Can we wait and not have sex, until we’re married? Too many kids rush into their first time and end up regretting their decision.” “Absolutely Charles, that’ll make it that much more exciting, when we finally do make love to one another, for the very first time.” Of course, that was exactly when Sarah walked in, knocking and saying, “I want the two of you to know something about love. There’s lust, and it is a very powerful and strong emotion, that can break up friends forever. It can ruin...
“I am so excited,” Annie said. “How do you calm down when you get this excited.” Michael knew, so he walked over to her and gave her a nice kiss, possibly the best kiss they had yet shared. She touched her lips and seemed calmer. “He certainly takes after his father,” Kallie said. “Charles did that to Sarah once, and she was never the same again.” “Five minutes please,” our tech girl announced through my headset. I passed that along to the gang. Turning to my wife, I said, “Ready for...
We all laughed for the next hundred miles or so as we headed towards our, 31st City Salt Lake City One Night SLC Marriott City Center We arrived in Salt Lake City about three am. Sarah had gotten us a large suite with two queens and a rollaway. We’re performing at the Salt Palace the day after tomorrow. We were emotionally drained from the last six hours of things happening, so Kalista got in the rollaway, provided I give her a goodnight kiss, which I did, and I crawled into bed with my...
Eventually, we all changed into rehearsal clothes again. We had less than four full months before we leave on ‘The Next-Generation Tour’, and these routines needed to be automatic. I introduced the third set into our regimen, two weeks later we added set number four. Six weeks later all seven sets were worked into the rotation. Sammi was right — the kids were catching on, smiling as they were barely out of breath after a day’s rehearsal. My daily workout did its job; I was back in the best...
The rest of the day was a blast, the farthest thing from dancing we could do. Occasionally, Sarah grabbed my hand as we walked to the things we wanted to see and accomplish. We’d gotten tired, and let our guide give us a mini-tour, while we stayed in the cart. We weren’t being bothered for autographs that much, but if someone asked, we’d stop and gladly do it. We were all dried out now. I’d seen a place on the Park Map I wanted to go to, so I asked to go to Topper’s Hat Shop. I got a light...
I opened the door to a wonderful scent, thank you Ken, and Claire and I quickly started a load of laundry, then stripped and got naked into our spa. I got a text from K, “Can I spa with U?” I asked Claire and she said ‘Sure’ and I texted K back. She was over in a flash. I was planning on putting on some boxers, but my legs felt so good, I stepped into the spa, naked. K came in already in a suit. “Princess, right now - naked only.” She got in, put Claire between us and stripped herself...
“Kallie?” I said pulling her to where we could talk and not be heard. “Yes dear,” she replied giving me again that smile that radiates love. “I found an ALS Research Center in San Francisco. They are expecting records from your doctor regarding your preliminary diagnosis. I have emailed you their information and would love it if you took care of doing that in the next 24 to 48 hours,” I asked. “It isn’t that important, Charles,” she said. “It is to me, please, Special K, do it for me,...
Things were breaking up and our group quickly surrounded us, as we exchanged hugs and kisses. I looked around and didn’t see Kalista anywhere, at least not until she was in the air, on her way to me and I caught her. I won’t be able to hold her much longer, she has gotten taller and thus, heavier; I certainly wouldn’t say that to her face. She went for the deep kiss, but Annie and Sarah were there in time, to stop it from happening. After signing autographs for over half an hour, Annie...
We laughed all the way down to the kitchen. I pulled the chair out for Claire and we went about our business. I made her a salad and brought it to her, then made us each a cheeseburger and grabbed some chips and took it to the table. Lastly I poured us a couple glasses of water and realized I was the only person moving at all. The ladies seemed perplexed over Claire’s ‘ensemble,’ but nobody actually said anything. Claire looked up and said, “Are Charles and I the only ones having lunch...
Our Three Sports Stadium Performances were not technical sellouts, but they were the loudest frikking amounts of people we ever had, with Dan the Man in his elements. Well, back to the Tour: 40 cities left in California; starting in Oxnard, then Ventura and Santa Barbara for 3, Santa Maria for 2, Bakersfield for 3 (In a new multi-use stadium capable of holding 125,000), followed by Visalia, Clovis, and Fresno for 2, Modesto, Stockton and Sacramento for 3. We were planning an extra two days...
“Yes, a Terrible Tango routine,” I said. “Must find just the right music,” as I started rummaging through our music collection. “What about ‘Hernando’s Hideaway,’ Charles? We have practiced to it a couple of times?” Claire suggested. “No, Claire ... it’s a great song to Tango to, but I want something that works for only you and me ... so nobody else will dare dance to it, after we do.” “Aren’t we getting a little full of ourselves, Charles?” mom asked. “No Mom, the music is important;...
Finally, we went back to dancing. I thought we could now practice the Cha-Cha and the Tango. Those were the dances we were expected to know for Cotillion later. We went back over the four Basic patterns, the New York step, along with both the Spot and Walkaround turns again. I added to that, the Crossover steps, and a really cool derivative step called The Chase. After going through this without music, I looked at their selection. They had the Eliane Elias version of “Oye Como Va;” a perfect...
Disney’s Hollywood Studios was impressive. With twenty attractions to choose from, including Rock ‘n’ Roll Coaster, Star Tours in 3D, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, that Annie and Sarah wanted nothing to do with, Toy Story Mania, the newly refurbished Fantasmic, and a 25-minute long Live truncation of ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ with five of the wonderful songs from the movie, including the Oscar winning ‘Be Our Guest’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ We also watched the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt...
She pounced on my slightly diminished erection, enjoying it like a kitty cat that just got a fresh plate of milk. She got me clean and pushed me on my back. She dropped her butt down on my erection, causing her to practically scream bloody murder. I threw her a pillow, as she performed at first a ‘Cowgirl’ then without stopping turned it into a ‘reverse.’ I pulled out and got her on her hands and knees and I plowed right into that beautiful butt of hers, again doing most of the work. Only...
My girls all came up to me wondering exactly what I was going to say. As usual, I said that I didn’t know yet, I’d planned to wing it. The cameraman was getting instructions through his earpiece and I got Claire and Kalista on either side me. He backed up a bit and gave me a 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1. The reporter handed me her mike, and I said, straight into the TV camera in front of me, “Ladies and Gentlemen, and kids of all ages, from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Welcome to the Columbus Mall, in...
We got back to Caesars about twenty-five minutes before things started. The same gentleman we’d spoken to before helped us to our seats. The lights dimmed. As part of her show, she does many of her most popular musical selections, including practically all of her music that we had. After her first couple of songs, she took her microphone and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, last fall I was lucky enough to be part of a very special wedding event. It was at a football stadium in Columbus, Ohio....
“I plan to ask her to marry me at graduation, not to marry me at graduation. I know many teenagers as well as older folks seem to think two or three months is plenty of time to be engaged. I hope to be engaged for two full years so when we turn twenty, that year’s McArthur Family BBQ could become our Wedding Day.” “I know you usually hold it in June, Sarah, but that year it could be the Sunday between my and Claire’s birthday’s in July. Could that be planned? Maybe you can get that dunk tank...
We landed in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the first of four performances in the 49th state. Fans in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Juneau all loved our Next Generation Tour. Our hop from there to Hawaii was wonderful. Our Tour of Pearl Harbor was amazing. Michael explained it to his ‘girls’, causing all three of them to cry a little. Sammi did the same with Lily. My Great-great grandfather, Richard Noble Newman, was shipped to Pearl Harbor during the late summer of 1941. By the grace of God, he...
The next night’s performance was something of a letdown. Michael Bublé performed flawlessly, but every one of us fumbled something. After saying goodnight to him and getting our money, I called a meeting for when we got back to the hotel to pick up Sammi and her crew. After we all assembled outside our vehicles, I said, “What happened tonight was totally unacceptable! Even I messed up!” That garnered a laugh. “In the entire history of Charles & Claire, that has never happened. I don’t...