Coming Home

Chapter 12

It was around 9AM when the friends crowd started showing up. David and Cleo hugged them all as they arrived. Matt looked around the house, which was an older wooden looking house with a big metal fence in the front.

When he found David in the kitchen, he cocked his eyebrow "I'm surprised the wife isn't here yet!" He joked. David shook his head and laughed "Oh I'm sure she'll be here soon." David replied, not even caring that Matt just called Jen his wife. 

They didn't really tell the men or David's parents that they were a couple yet. Lisa had found out because Courteney accidentally slipped it while her and Lisa were hanging out with Jen, but Jen didn't mind or care, and neither did David.

If anything, they kind of just assumed it was a given that they were a couple now, but they both knew they should actually just come out and say it officially. He was glad Lisa knew. Lisa and Courteney were the ones who had gone with David to pick up the ring back in the day, and they kept the secret to themselves after all these years. He felt like if any of their friends supported it, it was Lisa and Matt. They supported it the longest, at least.

One of the movers came in, "Hey David? One of the bed sets actually did arrive today. It's yours. Cleo's should show up within the next 2 days." David clapped his hands and nodded, then went out to the truck.

When he saw the new set, he nodded in approval "Yup! That's it. This goes upstairs. As you get up, you turn right and it's the first door on the left. We'll show you anyway." David said before grabbing Matt and Matty to help bring the set upstairs.

Cleo, Lisa and Courteney were in David's living room putting some of his picture frames up. A lot of them consisted of pictures of him and Cleo, a couple of the two with her mom, but it was one frame in particular that caught Lisa's attention.

"CC, he actually framed it!" She exclaimed before holding up a picture of Jen and David. It was a picture from the reunion after party. Jen had her arms around David's neck, while David had a goofy smile and his hands around her waist, almost crossing dangerous territory as they settled just above her butt.

Courteney put her hand on her heart and pouted. "To be fair, I'm convinced they were making out beforehand and this photo is my favorite thing to exist." She admitted. Cleo just laughed as she looked at her dad's smile. "Yup, that's the face of 'I got some!' And they expected to be sneaky about it? Yeah riiiiiiiiiiight." Lisa and Courteney just laughed loudly at the child's joke.

Jen got to David's about 10 minutes later. She noticed the moving vans so she parked a little away from the house and walked the rest of the way. When she got inside, she looked around and smiled at the gorgeous wooden interior. Something about this home seemed completely different from David's style, but at the same time still screamed his name.

She heard women chatting in the room to her left, so she decided to slowly walk in. When she got to the door, she noticed Courteney and Lisa laughing with David's parents and Cleo. She smiled at the group but stayed silent.

Cleo felt eyes on her and turned around, squealing as she noticed Jen.

"SHE FINALLY SHOWED UP!" Cleo shouted before running to Jen and hugging her incredibly tight. Jen just laughed and hugged Cleo "Hey sweetie." She said quietly in the child's ear, which caused Cleo to smile even more. "Hi momma Jen." She replied, keeping her nickname for Jen quiet.

When they pulled away, Jen looked up to notice David's parents had approached the two. She felt her cheeks go a shade of pink as she extended her hand. "Hi Mr and Mrs. Schwimmer!" Jen said enthusiastically, feeling a bit nervous.

Arlene laughed, "Jen, stop with the formalities. We've known each other far too long for that. You and David might've drifted for a while, but you can still call us Arlene and Arthur, or mom and dad. I kind of miss the mom and dad, actually." The older woman admitted. Jen just pouted and pulled Arlene into a big hug, then she did the same with Arthur. When she pulled away from her hug with him, he winked at her "So you ARE the reason my son smiled at his crotch in the car last night, right?" He said, half sarcastically.