Will You Love Me?

Chapter 23

"Em, sweetheart, you have to keep that on," Ben told Emma, as she tried to take off her oxygen tubes. They've been bothering her for a few days now and it's been a constant battle with her. You had to keep a constant eye on her, especially at night. It's gotten to the point where you each had an alarm set to wake you up at random times to check if she took them off or not. 

"No, dada!" She shouted at him. He grunted and said, "Yes, Emma! If only you knew how bloody important this is!" He fixed them up and put the medical tape on the tubes on her cheeks. She tried to scratch them off but they were too sticky. 

"Ah-ha!" Ben said triumphantly. "Try and sufficate yourself now. Not on my watch!" You walked into the room with furrowed eyebrows and asked, "Did you just challenge your daughter to sufficate herself?" Ben rolled his eyes and got up from the floor. "You know what I meant," he told you. 

He splayed his hands out on your rounded tummy and kissed you soundly. "Did you look at some of the links I sent you?" He asked. You nodded, then told him, "I'm not sure about them. I mean, I know we need a bigger place, but do we need it now?"

"Honey, we'll barely have any room for when this one comes along. Em and Nate will want there own rooms soon and if we're going to keep popping kids out like this, then we should get a move on. Besides, I might have already made an offer on one of the homes...?" 

You looked at him with wide eyes. "You what?" He smiled sheepishly and said, "My dear, lovely wife whom I love with all my heart and has bared three of my beautiful children...I made an offer on a house without your consent, nor your approval, but I know you'll love it." 

You looked at him curiously, as he shifted a bit and wiped his sweaty palms on his pants. "Where?" You asked. 

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 "Ben," you gasped. "This is beautiful!" Ben parked in front of the rather large country house and gave you a school boy smile. "Told you you'd love it," he said. "Just wait until you see inside." 

You both got out and grabbed the kids from the back. Nate was asleep, so you took him and left the awake and fussy Emma to your husband. "We need to get her in to Dr. Levi," Ben told you as he struggled to walk up the path and keep Emma still. "If these tubes are bothering her this much, then we need to find out why." He finally got her settled after she realized she wouldn't be let down without a fight. She buried her face in Ben's neck and whined. 

"Shh, baby, it's alright," he told her. Before you got up to the door, you stopped and told him, "Do the count to ten thing. She always falls asleep when you do that." He smiled and nodded. "One...," he started lowly in her ear, "...two...three...four...five...six...seven...eight...nine...ten."

By the time you entered the house, she was out like a light. You and Ben gave each other a soft high five, and then started looking around. "Where's the realtor?" You asked in a hushed tone. He answered, "Not here. I told her I wanted to show you around myself." He took your free hand in his and started leading you around.

The house was amazing! It seemed a little too large, but Ben assured you that he'd hire someone to keep it tidy. There were six bedrooms, two with en-suits; including the master suite. Everything was perfect about it! The last stop was the kitchen, which almost made your heart stop at the size of it. "Jesus," you gasped with a light laugh. Ben shrugged and told you, "Not quite." You gently whacked his shoulder. You would have hit him harder if Emma wasn't sleeping. 

"It's perfect," you sighed contently. "Really, this is...wow." He hummed and kissed the back of your head, before saying, "You should take a look at the sink." You turned to him with confusion. "The sink?" You asked. Carefully, he took Nate from your arms and whispered, "The sink." 

You walked slowly towards the sink, while giving him a skeptical look. You approached it and looked at it. Nothing unusual there. It was perfectly clean, a nice silver color. You were about to ask Ben what he was getting at, but when you looked up, you saw the most gorgeous backyard you have ever seen! It was green, filled with trees, and--.

"Is that a lake?!" You ran to the sliding back door and went outside to see if your eyes were playing tricks on you. Ben followed you out as carefully as he could with two kids in his arms and said to you, "A maintenence crew comes out every month to make sure the water is clean. It's not a big lake, but it's about the size of two football fields."

He watched fondly as you went up to the lake and gasped at how clear the water was. You slipped off your sandals and walked in, ankle deep. Ben joined you and smiled at how relaxed you looked. "Does m'lady approve?" You sighed contently and without looking at him, said, "Yes she does...and she will show you how much she approves as soon as you get her home." 

It's safe to say that Ben called the realtor and put an even bigger bid on it, all while trying to get you home as quickly as possible.