How I Learned to Love Myself{DISCONTINUED}

Untitled Part 22

Tony and I came back from Germany almost 3 weeks ago. Today, I was going to training for teaching. They'd bring me in right after winter break. Their old science teacher decided to call quits a week before holiday. It made me suspicious of the kids in the classroom, but I'd pull through anyhow.

I say bye to Luna and Tony, heading out to my car. The drive to the school was short. I park in the faculty area, and head inside.

*~*

The training was hella long, and I didn't like it one bit. Of course it was a main just, going over the curriculum, but I wasn't going to be the ordinary teacher to them. Oh, no. I already had plans on to make this the best rest of the year for these kids. They'd just have to cooperate.

I get home, and Luna runs to me as I push open the door and step inside. I smell something being cooked as I walk fully into the house.

"Tony?" I ask, my voice going through the house. Silence. I walk into the kitchen and find Vic at the counter, chopping onions, and the skillet on the stove. He had headphones in. I tap on his shoulder and he turns, giving me a smile as he sees me. He takes his headphones out of his ears.

"'Sup, Kai?"

"Um... nothing much. I just came back from my training. I start teaching next week. How are you?"

"I'm good, and I'm happy for you. Taking up teaching. Tony should be here soon... He went to get some wine."

"Why?"

"Um... He didn't tell you? The boys are coming over with their girls. It was supposed to be a celebration for getting taken up for the job." I laugh.

"He didn't tell me. But it's cool." Just then the door opens. Tony walks in, bags in hand, and Luna following his steps.

"Your dog is going to make me trip." Tony says.

"My dog? She's our dog, Tone." I say in response. He laughs, and puts the wine and several other snacks up in the cupboards and the counters.

Vic just continues to chop up vegetables.

*~*

At the end of the night, I saw Vic and Dani, Mike and Leah, and Jaime with Vicky. Kellin showed up with his wife and kids, but they left right after dinner. Mike and Leah were the last to leave, around midnight.

Now, Tony and I were in the kitchen cleaning the dishes and putting leftovers away. Which was barely any, since the guys eat like wolves. I would scrub the dishes, and Tony would rinse and hang them in the drying rack next to the sink.

When we finish, I head upstairs to shower and get ready for bed. I come out and put Luna to bed. Tony walks with me up stairs to bed.

Under the comfort of the covers, Tony pulls me into his arms. I fall asleep quickly.

*~*

I wake up to something jumping on me. I sit up immediately to find Luna licking my arm, and Tony in the doorway, laughing at my reaction.

"Really?" I ask rhetorically. He continues to laugh. I roll me eyes, and playfully push Luna around on the bed.

She starts running circles on and off the bed. The house is filled with our laughter and Luna's snorting and jumping.

When we all calm down, Tony talks again.

"So, you start tomorrow, right?"

"Yup. I'm excited and nervous at the same time."

"They can't be too bad, right?"

"I don't know. The teachers talk about the kids like they're animals, but I could handle it. I know that much."

He shrugs. "I'm making breakfast. Want some?" I nod in response. He leaves the room, patting his leg, which beckons Luna to follow. I get up and get dressed.

Walking down the stairs, a smell of waffles goes straight to my nose. I walk into the kitchen. "Waffles, hmm?"I ask.

"The best type too!" He adds fake enthusiasm. I laugh along and sit at the table. We talk while he cooks breakfast. When Tony puts my plate in front of me and kisses my cheek, I don't hesitate to grab my fork. After eating we just sit in the living room, on the couch, and Luna lays her head near the window. All of us in a comfortable silence.

"I'm going to miss this." Tony brings out of nowhere.

"Miss what?"

"Us being home like, all the time unless tour, or practice, or recording comes up." 

"Well, I'll be with you on the weekends, plus I get summer off. Not only that, but I'm sure you could visit when I don't have a class."

Tony sighs and nods in response. Luna sits up, and jumps on the couch, arranging herself so her body is in Tony's lap, and her head is on my tummy. I hear a gleeful squeal come from outside. Luna lifts her head, and runs to the window. It's a father and daughter. The girl being tossed in the air, squealing every time she goes up. 

I look at Tony, who looks longingly at the two people from our window in the living room. It takes a moment before it clicks, but it does click. 

He wants kids...

A piece of that makes my heart practically explode on that find. I find myself smiling, when he breaks contact away from the window. He looks at me with a smile upon his lips.

"What?" He asks.

"You want kids." I answer.

"Yeah... I want- wait, what?" He sounds surprised that I figured it out.

"Tone, I saw the way you were looking at them. I see it in your eyes." He turns his head in response, blushing slightly.

"But, like..." He trails.

"Of course we won't have a kid now, Tone. But soon, when both of us are comfortable, yeah?"

"Yeah." He says, a smile back on his lips. We spend the rest of the day sitting around, talking, watching movies, and playing with Luna until I decided I needed to get to bed.