colored stars

salsa & apple slices.

<>coles pov<>

i walked in the house from practice to see colette at the kitchen table eating.

"what you got?" i asked before kissing her forehead. "the fuck is that?"

"salsa and apple slices."

"fucking what?"

"hey." she said.

"no when youre eating that i can cuss." i said.

"try it."

"no. i think ill pass." i said looking her. "are you okay?"

"yeah."

i pointed to the meal on her plate that gordon ramsey would throw a fit over, "whats happening here?"

"well i was craving salsa & apples so i combined them and it is so good." she said.

"do we need to go grocery shopping? you know you can get whatever you want delivered to the house, i dont care."

"i know."

"well thats disgusting. what are you looking at?" i asked, sitting at the table next to her.

"umm jobs." she said shyly.

"what?"

"im looking at jobs. i cant teach here but-"

i cut her off, "yeah no."

"im getting a job." she stated.

"yeah when stars at least a year old." i said. "so job searching while 5 months pregnant is pointless."

"cole i can work from home." she said.

"we can talk about this later. right now you're a stay at home mom." i said.

"im not a mom."

i pointed to her stomach, "did you swallow a watermelon seed?"

"im a mom but not yet."

"you're a mom, colette. dont tell me you aren't when youre carrying my child." i said and pointed to her stomach again. "baby girl is making you a mom."

"no job & im a mom." she said, closing her lap top.

"we can discuss working from home later. right now you've got a lot on your plate and time is winding down til shes here. when i go back to playing after shes born and im on the road, i want her home with you." i explained.

"i understand." she nodded.

i kissed her, "good."

-

"callahan." i told colette, walking into the living room where she is sitting.

we just ate dinner and i cleaned up the kitchen while she laid on the couch, because i told her too.

"huh?"

"baby name, write it down." i urged.

she typed it into the list on her phone.

"and carleen."

"got it."

the list is growing as fast as star is.

"what do you think about cassidy?" i asked, taking her snack of strawberry gummy bears and getting some.

"hey those are mine." she complained.

"theyre really good." i said with a mouthful.

"give them back." she reached for them while sitting on the couch.

"tell me your thoughts on cassidy." i said.

"not my fav." she said, reaching for the gummies.

"really?"

"what if the babies a boy?" she asked.

"the babies a girl." i said.

"but like-"

"colette, we're having a girl." i said.

"i gotta find a doctor here." she said.

"my mom wasn't lying about pregnancy brain." i chuckled, handing her the gummies back.

"thank you."

"what are you doing?" i asked.

"looking at cribs and bassinets." she said. "we'll need a crib for the nursery, but do we need both a crib & a bassinet for the master?"

"whats the difference?"

"bassinets are good for newborns, recommended for newborns through 6 months or until that out grow it. we can get one that rocks or swivels. a bassinet is smaller. and it seens to be better for newborns because it has a lesser chance of suffication."

i nodded, "get both for our bedroom."

"you sure? i feel like-"

"get both." i said.

unlike other pregnant women, were not having a babyshower or making a registry, so lots of things we're having to get on our own, which is perfectly fine except that this is our first kid...we have no idea what were doing. so other than our moms were on our own to figure this out.

"i think im going over board."

"youre not." i said.

she turned her head and looked at me, "how do you know."

"id rather us be over prepared than under prepared. plus once shes here, i know the wags will be lined up with help & gifts for us." i said.

"what if they dont like me? or think that i baby trapped you?"

i took her face in my hands, "you have got to stop thinking that way." i told her.

"they will, wont they?"

"if they do they do. we both know its not like that." i confirmed.

"okay." she nodded.

i picked her up, surprising her and she squealed.

"ahh! cole! what are you doing?" she laughed as i walked into the bedroom.

"i need to get all these worries out of your head." i said.

i laid her on the grey bedding that will be replaced soon with a pink one.

i pulled her shirt over her head, her boobs spilling out of her bra.

i carefully took her bra off, shes told me her boobs hurt.

i then took her pants off.

"can i?" i asked for permission.

"yes." she said.

"can we?" i asked.

can i means ill pleasure her.

can we means ill fuck her so we both get pleasure.

"yes please." she pulled my shirt over my head.

i leaned down and kissed her.

"i love you."

"i love you more." she said back.