I Dream Of You

Chapter Twenty-Two.

As Cher's due date quickly approached them, Pauly and Meryl buzzed around the secret nursery in order to have it finished before the baby was here. How they had kept it secret from her all this time, they weren't sure but they had planned on keeping it that way.

As they finished the last touches on the room, Pauly said, "Let's go get her and show her the nursery."

Meryl shook her head, "No, we promised that we would surprise her after the baby is here. We can wait just a little bit longer."

Pauly whined, "Okay, fine."

They stood in a comfortable silence as Pauly looked around the room, admiring their work. The Pauly said, "Can I go get her now?"

Meryl sighed before she let out a laugh, "Okay, fine! Go get her since you can't wait any longer."

Pauly giggled and ran out of the room like a little kid. She said, "Cheralina! Come out, come out where ever you are."

Cher was in her bedroom. She had just finished getting ready, as she had put it off until midday. She could hear Pauly calling out for her and she could tell she was excited about something based on her tone. She called out, "I'm in my room."

Shortly, Pauly was in the room and she said, "Come on Cheralina. Meryl and I have something to show you." 

Cher said, "Where are we going?"

She said, "Now. That's the surprise for you. Cover your eyes."

Cher glanced at her, giving her a questioning look, but eventually decided to go along with it, covering her eyes with her hands. She let Pauly lead her out the room, realizing that they hadn't gone that far once the had stopped. Pauly said, "Almost there, keep your eyes covered."

She walked with Pauly into the room and stood there waiting somewhat impatiently before she was told that she could open her eyes. As she opened her eyes, she looked around in awe at the gray and subtle pastel pink room. She saw a few elephants decorating the room, as well as a few mandalas that looked like flowers. She loved the room so much. She couldn't help but cry happy tears when she saw her daughter's name in cursive on the wall above the crib. 

Seeing her tears, Meryl asked, "Are you alright?"

She nodded, "They're happy tears."

Pauly smiled, "Do you like the nursery?"

Cher wiped her tears, "I love it. Thank you."

The two women spoke at the same time, "You're welcome."

Cher asked, "When did you guys do this? And how did I never find out?"

Pauly said, "We've been bringing stuff in here ever since we found out you were having a girl. We kept the door locked and slowly worked on it. We were going to surprise you with once she was born."

Meryl laughed lightly, "But someone over there couldn't wait any longer."

Pauly laughed, "Guilty."

She laughed before she moved around the room, looking at everything. A few moments later she spoke, "Andy has to see this, let me go get him."

Cher walked to the living room where she knew Andy was watching tv. She chuckled when she noticed what he was watching.

"Why the heck are you watching that? My Dress To Kill concert?" She asked resting her hands on his shoulders.

"Because I love watching you, especially you as a sexy vampire" he said chuckling before he took one of her hands and kissed it.

The final part of the concert was showing when the male dancers was close to her. Cher saw how serious Andy got and laughed, "Honey, don't tell me your jealous of one of my dancers?"

"He has you way too close to him. What kind of professionalism is that?" He calmly argued.

Cher giggled and went down to kiss him on the cheek "Do both of us a favor, stop watching that so you don't start fuming with jealousy and come see our daughter's room."

Andy turned around excited to face her "Really?"

"Yeah, Pauly and Meryl just finished it. Come on." she replied.

 He quickly stood up and immediately wrapped his arms around her from behind as they walked. She smiled and guided him to the nursery. When they were in there, she could tell he loved it just as much as he did based on his facial expressions. 

Andy looked at Meryl and Pauly, smiling, "Thank you both, so much. We are forever grateful."

They both smiled as Meryl spoke, "You're welcome. It's the least we could do for you guys."