Sheo's Story

Chapter Sixty

Shai's POV:

I start thinking about the wedding and my dad not going, I didn't really expect him to come but I need someone to give me away and I was thinking of asking Tanner. He's always looked after me and the only guy in my family close enough to give me away, although the more I think about it the more I want it to be my mother. She's been the one who has given me a home to grow up in, food, opportunities and supported me through bad and good times. She's the one who would really be giving me away. 

I know Theo's been working on our honeymoon and I'm so intrigued to find out where he has planned but I know how much he wants it to be a surprise so I make sure not to talk about it around him in case he feels like I'm trying to make him tell me. He's actually out right now with his family making arrangements as they have to travel to and from London a lot for the wedding, so he's probably suggesting they stay in America. I already started on my vows the other day but it was just a page of little ideas that I keep adding to, so I decided to sit and add some more ideas. I love thinking about what I'm going to say because it feels like one of the only right times to fully let him know just how appreciated and loved he is in my life. I would usually be so embarrassed saying things along them lines in front of so many people as it's our private life but with Theo I don't care, I just want everybody to know just how happy I really am with him. I know some people must judge it as we have got engaged quite soon, and there is an age difference and we are coworkers, but to be fair I think all that just adds to how brilliant we are. 

I look down to my ring and the way it sparkles when the sun hits it. It covers it's surroundings in tiny speckles of light reflected from it and it makes me smile. I tilt my hand in different ways until I've seen all the angles and light shapes it can make and I walk to the window that's letting the light in. After all the time I've been living here I've never fully absorbed the view out of this window. The road has a consistent flow of cars but never traffic and there's always people walking down the street, most of the time with an ice cream as there's a parlour just on the corner. I turn around and lean on the window, looking at the living room. Theo and I really need to start buying some things together because the only thing I notice is that it hasn't changed a bit since I've moved in. Everything is still Theo's, nothing is ours. 

Theo's POV:

I told Shai I was going to be with my family for a few hours, but it only took 10 minutes to make arrangements with them. They're going to go back to London as they need to get their stuff but then come back a month before the wedding (in two weeks) and stay as they'd love to explore America. The rest of the time Shai expects me gone I'm going to be going to different housing shops and look at what's for sale. I'm determined to find the perfect house to make our new home and to represent the beginning. 

After going in 3 different stores they all seem to be showing the same houses apart from a few, that are  exclusive, and only one has stuck out to me. It's about an hour drive from where we are now, and makes us an hour closer to Shai's mother. It's a big 3 bedroomed house, with a balcony out the back looking over a 60 foot by 30 foot garden. Definitely big enough to do so much in, for ourselves and for any children when we have them. I ask the sales man if there's much chance of this house selling any time soon and he doesn't expect so, but he very kindly takes it out of the window so nobody can see it unless they see the actual house itself. I know I should probably talk to Shai about this as it's impossible to make it a surprise, but I want to wait a bit longer as she's still meant to be recovering from the ulcer. 

After looking at some more houses I decide it's time to go back to Shai as I don't want to get carried away and end up buying a house without discussing it first. For all I know Shai doesn't even want children, and as much as that would break my heart, I could never leave her for it. So we'd just have to make my house more homely. 

I go to unlock my door but realise I left my keys with Shai in case she wanted to go out at all so I knock on my door and wait until she opens it, I love seeing her face in the morning, when she smiles and hugs me. It's like she glows and feel it when she touches me. 

"Hey you" I say lifting her up and walking us into the living room.

"Close your eyes a minute" She says and I do, wondering why she needs me to close them. I feel her get off my lap and walk over to the table. Then I hear her doing something with some paper and leaving the room. The next thing I know is she's kissing me and telling me I can open my eyes again. 

"What was that?" I ask.

"I was hiding my vows, I started making a plan of them" she reminds me. I totally forgot about my vows, I know we have a while till they need to be read but I want them to be perfect, I definitely need to start them at some point. I just smile along as if I haven't forgotten them because I don't want her to worry or think that I don't care about them, and I don't think now is the right time but I can't get it out of my head so I ask Shai a big question. 

"Will you ever want kids?" and the silence is barely a minute but it feels like an hour. 

"Will you?" She asks raising an eyebrow and I can't tell if this is good or bad.