HEATHER | r.bowen✔️

HEATHER | chapter 34

Taylor puts the box down, looking around their home. Their home. God, does she like the sound of that.

She has been making up scenarios in her head probably since she was like 15 of living together with Ricky.

And now it is reality.

Cause here she is. 5 years since they started dating, she is 23 years old, 24 in a few months, Ricky is already 24 years old and she is standing in a house that she officially can call hers.

She Honestly never thought that there would be a day she and Ricky would end up together, let alone live together.

So this is kind of a big moment for her, it always will be a big moment, mobing in with the love of your life. But she didn't think she would get this emotional over all this.

She feels two arms circle around her waist from behind and a chin resting on her shoulder. "Watcha thinking about?"

Taylor smiles as she places her hands on his. "Our house."

Ricky smiles, tilling his head to quickly kiss her cheek. "Our house. I like the sound of that."

The blonde turns around in his arms so she is facing him, placing her hands in his neck. "So do I."

He notices her eyes are a bit glassy and frowns. "Are you okay, sweetheart?"

She nods her head, instantly knowing why he is asking. "Yeah, I don't know why my eyes are teary."

He hums, this time pressing a kiss on her forehead. "You have been quite stressed lately, maybe your emotions are a rollercoaster right now."

"Oh they definetly are a rollercoaster, wether it is because of the stress or not." She chuckles, standing on her tippytoes to kiss him.

Ricky can't help but smile into the kiss, this is the woman he will spend the rest of his life with, he is sure of it.

Ricky was totally into the kiss, not focussed on anything else till he feels something hairy brush against his leg.

He instantly jumps away from Taylor, looking down and lets out a sigh of relief. "It's gonna take a while to get used to a dog being here."

Taylor chuckles nervously. "Yeah, I'm sorry for my drunk self."

He shakes his head. "It's okay, I mean we did talk about getting a dog before. Goldie just got here a bit earlier then expected."

She watches as he kneels down, petting their dog. "Still, we haven't even totally finished the house yet and now we have her walkinh around."

"Taylor, I swore you were about to cry on the phone when I told you we should wait a bit before getting a dog." He chuckles. "It's fine."

"I was drunk." She points out.

"And you don't cry when you are drunk." Ricky stands back up, taking her hands in his. "You barely cry. It is annoying, really. I can see when you push the tears back."

She shrugs her shoulders. "I don't like to cry infront of people, you know that."

The skater nods his head. "Yeah, well now you can't exactly hide from me anymore."

"There's always the bathroom with a lock."

"Let's not do that." He says seriously.

Taylor rolls her eyes, nodding but still knowing there is a big chance she'll lock herself in a seperate room anyways if she will cry.

"Good. Now let's start unpacking some boxes, then order some food and go to bed." He suggests.

Taylor smiles, nodding her head. "Sounds perfect."

-

Currently it has been a little over a month later, and there house is almost ready, there are a few boxes left to unbox but besides that they're done.

Taylor is right now standing in the bathroom when Ricky yells out. "I'm home!"

Taylor instantly panicks, looking to the door. He was at work, and wasn't supposed to be home for another hour.

"Tay?" He calls out again.

She is frozen in place when Ricky appears in the door opening.

His eyes widden as soon as he notices the tear stained cheeks of his girlfriend. "Lory? What's wrong baby?"

She can't get any words out, just starring at the boy who starts walking to her.

"Talk to me. What's wr-" He instantly stops talking as soon as he notices what she is holding.

"Is that- Are you pregnant?" He asks, starring at the test in her hand.

He looks to the sink where three others are laying, all having two lines.

Taylor isn't sure how he will react to it, but her mind is making up all bad reactions. "I-"

"Taylor, Are you pregnant?" He repeats, she notices something in his eyes, hope?

"I am." She whispers. And Honestly she should have known sooner, her emotions being all over the place, the fact she was eating weird food combinations, how she couldn't handle the smell of eggs, the fact she hadn't had period for two months.

Ricky can't believe this. She is pregnant? She is pregnant! He is gonna be a dad. They created a baby, which she currently is carrying.

He took his time starring at her in awe and imagining a future with a little girl or boy in it.

Taylor however got anxious of his silence and took it as a sigh that he is not happy. "I understand if you're no-"

She is caught up when he rushes forward, picking up the girl and apinning her around with a wide smile on his face.

"We're gonna be parents!"

She lets out a sigh of relief, he is happy.

"We are." She giggles. "But baby, You're making both me and our child dizzy."

He smiles sheepisly while putting her back down. "Sorry, I got a little excited."

"I noticed." She says playfully.

"But this is for real? You're pregnant?"

"I took 4 tests, all from different brands. They're all positive." She comfirms. "I'm pregnant, Rick."

He smiles once again, leaning forward to this time sweetly kiss his pregnant girlfriend.

"This is amazing!" He says excitedly. "It's a good thing we have extra rooms in here."

"Well, we especially looked for houses with extra rooms for once we would start a family."

"Happened a bit earlier then planned, but that's all fine by me!" They had talked about it, and wanted a baby when they were 26, but what's two years earlier?

"Totally agree."

And she does, she can't wait till the little one will be born.