Take Me Away (a fairy tail like story)

Spending the night? chapter 18

I woke up in the middle of my cat-nap and was pleased to know that Marissa was finally getting tired. I took her into her room after she brushed her teeth and got her PJ's on. She dragged me to her bookcase and handed me a small book to read to her. I sat on the edge of her bed and read the story. I was only about three quarters through the book before she finally fell asleep. I closed the book and set it on her nightstand before walking out and turning the light off.

"You're good with kids" Matt said quietly, so as not to wake up Marissa.

"Don't sound so surprised. I've said that I want us to have a couple" I said nudging him so I could go and sit on the couch and watch some Criminal Minds.

"They're a lot of work, and I don't think I'll change any diapers" he said, wrinkling up his nose at the thought.

"I know they're a lot of work. But I want some, I don't care if you don't change the diapers, I can do that. But I just want some kids!" I said in an exasperated tone.

"Whoa, kids? You preggo?!" Zach said as he walked in with a plate of food.

"No, not yet, but I want kids, and Matt's complaining about the work their going to be, and he's the one who brought this up like, what, two years ago? And I've been thinking about it ever since. How can I not? I can't wait to get married!!"

"Ok. Graduation, house hunting, marriage, honeymoon, then kids. Ok?" Matt said scrutinizing my face.

"Ok...just, what about money? My dad doesn't have much and neither does my mom. My step-dad is a total dick and we all know that..I don't know about you parents, but still! That's a lot of money to scrounge up" I said as I got up and went to the kitchen for food.

"My dad's gotten a business in the past two years, and its good. Yeah, mom's the same, but my dad has made enough to cover both the wedding and the house. But it might take a lot of asking"

"What's he doing?" Zach asked.

"He draws and paints, but its just random but always involves art of some sort. Mostly dragons, 'in my honor' he says"

I walked back into the living room with my plate of three pieces of pepperoni pizza and my glass of chocolate milk. I sat down and Matt stole a piece before I could say anything.

"He had said something to me, that first summer? Yeah, he was asking me about you. I was telling him that you were 'beautiful, funny, smart, and...all mine' and he was just all like, 'you gunna put a ring on that?' I just looked at him and thought about it and he said he would pay for the wedding at least, maybe half the house, but we got one thing covered" Matt said looking at me the entire time with a desperate look in his eyes, begging me to agree with it.

"I don't know why I'm still your guys friend. Your all over each other like a real married couple, and its kinda disturbing. Maybe there's something you been putting in my food" Zach said with a weird look on his face.

"No, I laced your hoodie with crack" I said sarcastically, but it got us laughing.

We were quiet for a little bit after that, just eating and watching TV. Zach and Matt had gone into Zach's room to play COD and left me to watch Criminal Minds by myself, not that it bothered me. I ate my pizza in silence and stared at the screen. At commercial, I went to the bathroom and looked at the hickey on my neck. I just brushed my hair and put some lip gloss on to distract myself from the bruise. After I walked back into the living room to finish my pizza, some people walked through the front door quietly.

"Shh, Marissa is probably asleep by now" the man said; I assumed Zach's dad.

"Yeah, she is. I put her in bed and read her a story" I said from my place on the couch.

"Who are you! We don't know you and why the hell are you eating my pizza?!" the lady yelled at me.

"Shh!! Zach will recognize your voice! Friend, or foe?" the dad asked me.

"Friend. My boyfriend and Zach are playing COD in Zach's room, I can go in there, if you need me to" I said quickly.

"Spending the night?"

"Umm, probably, because Zach brought us here.."

"Ok, you can stay on the couch, and we'll make sure your boyfriend gets the other"

"Thanks"

They walked into another bedroom and then I paid no more attention to them. I turned off the TV, but left a lamp on. I walked to Zach's bedroom, but the boys were coming out.

"Who was that?" Matt said as he brushed by me to go into the kitchen.

"Umm, Zach's mom and dad"

"No, that wasn't my moms voice" he said as we followed Matt.

"Well, it was your dad who told both of us to keep quiet because he said you would recognize her voice" I said quietly and looking over my shoulder, as a precaution.

"Did she look tall-ish, thin, blonde hair?" Zach said with tight lips and a pissed expression.

"About my shape, but, yeah. Sounds like her"

"Whiney?" Matt asked suddenly interested.

"Umm, yeah, how'd you guess?"

"That's my aunt. I should go in there and beat the-"

"No! No beating anybody! Especially since Marissa is asleep in the other room, and I'm not in the mood for a relapse!" I interrupted Matt. "If you guys don't mind, I'm going to go to bed now even though I know I shouldn't. Matt, he said we can sleep on the couches, but I don't know when you're coming..."

"I'll be right there. I'll just get some blankets or something from Zach" he said as he kissed my forehead.

I walked over to the couch and - not caring who was watching - took off my pants and set them on the ground next to the coffee table. I then slipped off my T-shirt because I had a tank top on under it, and laid down as a fuzzy, but thin blanket came over my head. Matt moved it off my face and looked down at me from the back of the couch and just smiled.

"Why are you smiling? Going to give me another hickey?" I asked jokingly.

"No, I'm just looking at the most beautiful girl in the world and still can't believe she's all mine"

"Don't kid yourself. In a few years, you have to share me" I smiled up at him.

He smiled back and just leaned over farther to kiss me. He came around the other end of the couch and set more blankets on the end of the coffee table and some pillows on my stomach. I put them under my head as he pulled off his shirt and pants and pushed them next to my clothes. There was plenty of room for two people to lay on the couch, but we still squished each other because we just wanted to be close.

"Mine forever. Right?" Matt mumbled into my hair.

"Yours forever" I agreed.

"Promise?"

All I had to do was turn my head up; our lips met instantly. That one kiss can seal so many promises, and this is one of them. One that will definitely last forever.