As we pulled out of the driveway our first stop is the grocery store. Seems that Paul still remembers my pregnancy cravings, strawberries. He goes in by himself and shortly later he comes back with a bag full of items. Makes me wonder where exactly our trip is and how long it'll take to get there but it didn't matter too much because I'm with the one I love. Paul and I have been doing a pretty good job avoiding the paparazzi ever since we moved to Canada, we tend to get a lot more attention back in Maryland but knowing that Paul and Danny will just get more famous will lead to us getting more publicity, the press making up stupid rumours just so they can start a conversation starter. Anyhow I don't let that kind of stuff put a damper in my life because in the end Paul and I know what's true and what's not.
So far we've been driving for at least twenty minutes.
"Where are we headed off to babe?" I ask
"Now now, if I told you then it wouldn't be a surprise now would it?"
"You're right about that, I'm just really curious."
"I know sweetheart but I want to make this weekend special for you."
"Okay darling, if it makes you happy that I don't know then we can keep it at that." I say to him and smile
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"Forever." He smiles and takes my hand and drives with the other.
"Forever." I say back
"How about a bit of music." He says as he puts on the CD we made together.
I introduced Paul to some of my favourite Canadian bands and so far he seems to like the same kind of music that I like. He is the only person that I'll sing in front of, I've gotten comfortable enough around him. He thinks it's cute when I get all excited and start singing and having a good time. He's the best friend/boyfriend that anyone could ever have and I'm extremely lucky to have him. I don't know if I believe in this kind of stuff but I think that it was fate that brought us together, like we were meant to meet or something. Everything just feels so right when I'm with him, he makes me feel safe, beautiful and loved. As we continue or drive, we pull up to a toys r us store.
"What are we doing?"
"You'll see, just come with me and we'll pick up a bunch of toys."
"Okay." I say ever so confused.
Were we picking up toys for autumn for when she was a bit older? I wasn't sure. I follow him into the store, him sticking by my side even though I'm a slow walker right now. We go around the store picking out toys, they had the cutest little toys suitable for autumn.
"Hey babe, can we get some toys for Autumn?"
"Of course we can silly, but just remember to leave them separate from the others after we bought them."
After that adventure, Paul drove me to another place. As we pull up, I notice the building that we just arrived to was an orphanage. Just then it clicked, we bought those toys for the orphanage. Paul carries the bags of toys as we head inside, as I walk past the toy room to the little office they had there, I stare at the children through the window they had there.
"I wonder how long these children have been here, it must be awful to have lost both parents." I say to myself."
Just then a women comes out of the office, she had to be no older than twenty five.
"Hello there, you must be Paul."
"Yes, and this is my fiancée Kailey." Paul says to the lady
"Nice to meet the both of you, my name is Lindsay. Paul spoke with me on the phone earlier this week to make sure that it was alright to bring toy donations. If you'd like you can come with me to show the children the new toys."
We followed Lindsay into the room,
"Children, we have some special visitors today. Paul and Kailey have brought you guys a special gift." She waits for the children to gather around before showing the children all the new toys. Seeing their eyes light up with excitement made my heart melt. They all ran up to Paul and I hugging our legs, a lot of the children noticed my baby bump. I had lots of questions about it. One of the little girls there came up to me, she had to be at least six years old.
"Is your baby going to be a girl or boy?" she asked
"It's going to be a little girl."
"What's her name going to be?"
"Autumn."
"I like that name." She said then hugged me.
After visiting with the children for a while, Lindsay said we can come visit the kids anytime we wanted. We headed to our next destination of my surprise weekend, this time I was only given the clue of it being food related. I could imagine what the rest of this weekend contains, I'm so lucky to have Paul, he spoils me so much. I'm honestly so grateful for him. I would never forget this weekend, I think Paul may have read my bucket list though, not that it was personal but he never ask about it. Every day I fall more in love with him, I know he's the one.
