Broad Love

Chapter One

~Phil~

"Dammit!" The glass heart I was holding shattered on the floor scattering it's bits and pieces everywhere.

"Phil, did you drop it?" My wife giggled.

"Uh...no." I quickly found a broom and started to sweep up as much as I could before Cat could come in and see the mess I made.

It'd been three months since our wedding and we were moving in to a new house to start our life. It was more near central London and packing was rough. I had been sharing a flat with her ever since I moved out of Dan and mine's and we decided it was time for a change. The new house had three bedrooms when we really only needed one or two, but Cat had insisted on taking this one. In truth, we talked about having kids. I've always wanted to be a dad, and Cat thinks she'll make a great mum, so we might try soon.

"You are so clumsy, you know that?" Cat walked into the kitchen and wrapped her arms around my waist, pressing kisses into my neck.

"Yeah, or so I've been told." I spun her around and held her in my arms whilst looking into her beautiful brown eyes. My wife, I thought. All mine.

"I love you, Mrs. Lester." I smiled.

She laughed. "And I, you Mr. Lester." She kissed me sweetly and it seemed to last forever until she pulled away. "Come on. We've got to finish unpacking."

"Oh yeah. And I hope you don't mind but a few people are coming over to help us."

"Really? How many?"

"Two I think. They should be here any minute now-" As if on queue, the doorbell rang and I ran to the door to answer it.

"We're here to rob you! Give us all your money!" PJ lunged at me laughing, first trying to steal my wallet then just to give me a hug. Behind him was Dan, my best friend, standing there and smiling awkwardly.

"Peej! Dan! Glad you could help!" I walked over to Dan and gave him a hug as well once PJ released me from his grasp.

"Well we had to take time out of our outrageously packed schedule, but we found a couple minutes to spare." Dan joked.

"I'm so honored. Why don't you come into the kitchen? We have some coffee if you want some."

"That'd be great." I led them into the kitchen and directed them to a keurig with instant coffee cups sitting beside it.

"Oh Phil, still a loser with instant coffee, I see?" Dan laughed.

"Hey! It's not my fault if it's easier than grounds!"

"I see the help is here?" Cat walked in from around the corner and eyed Dan and PJ.

"Oh yeah. Cat, you remember Dan and Peej from the wedding?" I asked carefully.

"Yes, it's nice to see you again." She didn't say it in her usual soft tone of voice but I elected to ignore it. "Well the lounge needs to be unpacked so you should probably start there." With that, Cat turned on her heel and walked up the stairs to finish our bedroom.

"Yes mam." PJ remarked before marching off to the lounge. Dan followed him and so did I soon after. I'm not one-hundred percent sure why Cat was icy towards them, but I think it had something to do with her suspicions they were a couple. I wouldn't call her homophobic, but she wasn't as accepting. She looked at them as if they were different than her so she treated them so. I only mentioned it once to her, but she denied that she thought that way. There wasn't really anything I could do to fix that.

Whilst we unpacked, we talked about our YouTube videos, favourite shows, and other things that we would usually talk about. It was nice, seeming normal. I felt safe and secure like nothing ever bad would happen again. That's the way friends make you feel, I guess. Like you're finally home.