Oh, this is gonna be a gas!

Mrs. Fix it

It was now mid-November and the couple had settled nicely into Kyle Texas. Lizzie was busy as ever and Jo had been enjoying some calmness. Well as calm as it can be running a million-dollar foundation with 3 hospitals while also working on film and television when asked to consult. The two had developed a good routine, Jo would wake up with Lizzie most mornings and eat breakfast with her. After that Jo would go on a run around the neighborhood then come back and do work until Lizzie came home. Whenever Jo would come home from running she would wave to their neighbor; a sweet old lady sitting on her porch swing. As time went by Jo and the woman started talking to one another, building a relationship. The woman's name is Hazel but insists Jo and Lizzie caw her Nona. She is kind, she makes sure Jo and Lizzie are doing well in the new town and always send them leftovers even if they weren't a part of the initial meal. On this particular day, Jo walked up to Nona's front stoop taking a seat beside her "Why do you always come to sit with me right after your run?" Nona asked

"Would you prefer I didn't?" Jo asked

"I wish you would take a shower first," she smiled

Jo went to stand saying dramatically, "Oh I'm so sorry. Let me go now."

Nona placed her hand on Jo's leg "Before you go, would you mind helping me some with some handywoman work?"

"Of course Nona! Write me up a Honey-do list and ill get it done,"

Nona patted Jo's leg "You are a good woman Josephine, I can see why that sweet wife of yours is so smitten."

"Thank you," Jo smiled

Jo smiled to herself as she watched Nona write her up a list:

1. Re-do flower beds

2. Paint the front steps

3. fix the pathway

4. Clean gutters

"Now Josephine, if you feel like you can't do all this that okay,"

Jo looked at the list "I got this Nona don't you worry about it,"

"You sure?"

"Anything for my favorite Texas Nona,"

Nona smiled at her "I have everything you need in the garage,"

"Perfect! I'm going to start on your steps if you don't mind staying up on that porch for a little while?"

"Oh, sugar I'm not worried about that if I go anywhere ill go out my back door,"

"Alrighty, Nona,"

Lizzie rolled in at promptly 6 pm an early night for her. Lizzie walked through the back door and into the rental calling out for Jo she peeked her head in the nursery and saw a note sitting on top of the boxes that held the nursery furniture Jo had yet to assemble. I'm out front babe xo. Lizzie made her way to the front. She was surprised to see her wife on a latter still dressed in her now dirty running clothes. "There you are," she called out

"Here I am," Jo climbed down "Wo you three are home early,"

"Well, thanks to my very talented wife's advice we have been working through my scenes really fast,"

"So you can go on bed rest at Christmas?"

"So I can stop working at Christmas and take it easy,"

"As long as those twins stay happy tucked away I'm good with that-" she thought for a minute "-not that I'm suggesting I have rules over how you live or-"

Lizzie interpreted Jo "-I know what you mean babe. What have you been up to?"

Jo reached into her waistband pulling up the folded piece of paper "I got a 'Honey-Do' list,"

"Oh, do you now? Let me see that?" Jo handed her the paper bringing her hands to rest on Lizzies hip and back.

"Well this explains the paint-" Lizzie reached her hand up wiping her wife's cheek "-and dirt."

"Yeah,"

"Well, I'm going to start on dinner while you finish up out here,"

"No, no. you've been on your feet all day. I will come in take a very fast shower then I will make dinner for my family,"

"Uhm, how about we take shower together?"

"I think that a wonderful idea,"

"You know one of these days, pretty soon, I'm going to be too big to shower with you,"

"Well, then I recommend every shower we share now, you know, save water."

"mmm, I like that idea."

Nona peaked her head out of her house "Josephine you go home and love up on that wife and babies."

Jo turned to wrap her arm around Lizzie's waist, Lizzie kissed Jo's cheek and Jo said, "If you insist Nona," as they started walking home Jo called back "Ill finish up that list tomorrow,"

"Goodnight Josephine. Goodnight Elizabeth."

"Goodnight Nona," they called back.

That night Lizzie laidback on the couch as she watched her wife sway around the kitchen cooking her long damp hair tied back, Jo looked up smiling at her wife "You can take a quick nap if you want, Ill wake you up,"

"I don't want to take a nap,"

"How come?"

"I just wanna look at you,"

Jo smiled that megawatt smile "You ain't so bad yourself Mrs. Olsen,"

"Well thank you, Mrs. Olsen,"

"God I love you,"

"I love you more,"

"I love you most,"

"Never,"

"Never,"

Lizzie rubbed her bump "And we love you two,"

"So much," they finish together

Thank you all for the sweet messages! Tomorrow is the big day! I'm going to try to crank out another chapter tonight but I'm a big fan of quality over quantity so it probably won't happen. 🤍