The White Rabbit

10.)Apartment 319

16 weeks:
The sound of packing tape fills the air as I place the last piece on the final box in Lyla and Kevin's garage space in the basement of their complex. Dean grabs the box and begins walking to the parking lot where his truck is. I take one more look in the garage space to make sure everything left is Lyla and Kevin's. I leave and lock up the metal fence door then run to catch up with Dean who's stride is twice as long as mine.

"Last box...you ready for your baby mama to move in?" I say out of breath from that short distance run I just did.
"Absolutely... but didn't we agree that you wouldn't say that anymore?" He chuckles readjusting the box to open the truck bed door.
"No...we agreed that I wouldn't call YOU my baby daddy. You mentioned nothing of calling myself your baby mama!" I say sassily.
"Well let's add it to the list." He chuckles with cringe.
"So when I introduce you to people, do I just say,'hey everyone this is my Dean.'?" I chuckle mocking him.
"Yes...that's precisely what you do. I'm your Dean and you're my Audrey." He grins with pride then laughs opening the passenger door for me.

He jogs around the back of the truck then gets in the drivers seat. I slouch in the passenger seat exhausted from going back and forth from their storage garage and Dean's car.

"Holy shit, you look pregnant." He says stare at my slouched body pushing all of my bloat and baby down.

I glance down and I indeed look pregnant. I readjust sitting back up and my bump shrinks.

"It's only grows bigger from here." I sigh rubbing my belly knowing my body is going to change forever.

He places his hand on my stomach softly rubbing his thumb on my bloated belly.

"And this baby and I are eternally grateful." He laughs then puts his hand back on the wheel as he turns out of the apartment complex.

30 minutes later:

Dean and I reach the apartment door and Dean hands me a key to the apartment.

"You need your own key now. Mi casa es su casa."He smiles.

I happily snatch the key from his hand and unlock the door. We both grab the boxes off the ground that we drug all the way up here. We both walk in, it's all so familiar from the first time I was here. I haven't been here since and we've only really been seeing each other at doctor's appointments and if I need something pregnancy related. Other than that I don't see Dean much because we really want to keep this pregnancy as mess free as we possibly can.

But now I feel the fight to keep this mess free is about to get a whole lot harder since we're moving in together. Dean leads me to my new room and it's completely empty. All that's left is some dust marks from where his roommate's furniture once sat. I place the box down in the corner of the room and exhale a sigh of relief.

"You good?" Dean asks setting his box down aswell.
"Ya... just taking it all in. I haven't had a home in a while. It's been nearly 4 months of sleeping on a couch." I admit scratching my arm nervously.
"Well...welcome home Audrey. No more couch surfing for you!" he smiles pulling me into a side hug.
"Speaking of beds...mine is getting delivered today." I smile pulling up the delivery email.
"Perfect, I'm going to go get the rest of the boxes from the truck. You go sit and relax." He grins heading back out the door.
I don't argue with that and I head to his couch to  relax and get acquainted with my new home. His apartment is painted deep dark sea blue and has lots of niche art work hanging up that I have no idea what it is or if it has significant meaning but I like it. His couch is a cognac brown color and made of leather. I grab the blanket draped on the arm and I'm getting cozy on the couch when I hear Dean loudly talking to someone down the haul.
"Ya,Tyler it's not a good time for you to drop by but come on in." Dean says loud enough for me to hear it, knowing exactly what he's doing.