The Hook-up

Chapter 137

"It's so much better than I even imagined it...." She said walking toward the kitchen to run her fingers along the counter and look down at the wine cooler. "But no wine..." she said to herself going to the enlarged stainless steel refrigerator to see what was in it. "And everything is in it..." she turned around to see him sitting at the center island smiling at her. "Can we see the bedrooms?" she asked him.

"Yeah...come on..." he held out his hand for her. "Are you gonna make it? The house is really bigggg..." He joked with her. "

"Yes..." she said bumping into him playfully as he turned down a hallway. "This is for the babies...." He said opening the door slightly to see her reaction.

"Oh...wow...." She responded seeing the large room with beige carpet covered with a light purple accent wall on one side and a baby blue color on the other side with a painting of a forest with deer, rabbits, squirrels, and a sidewalk with a painted description of the two of them in the corner holding the hands of two small children with curly black hair wearing matching vintage t-shirts and jeans with baby chuck taylors on. On either accented wall was a dark oak crib covered with soft tight linens for the babies to sleep on. The cribs were accented with a set of dressers next to each with clothes laying on top along with several of the stuffed animals they had received at the shower. A matching changing table sat on the wall near the door with a set of diapers laying underneath unopened with matching diaper bags next to them. "But, Bruno...they aren't going to sleep by themselves right away...." She said walking into the large room noticing two bassinets, one purple and one green, sitting in a corner. "No one gave us these at the shower...." She said touching them lightly.

"I bought them. I knew you weren't going to let them sleep by themselves..." he said with a smile still standing by the otherside of the room.

"And the two rocking chairs...." She said sitting down in one of the matching oaks rocking chairs that looked out towards the expansive backyard. "Who did you call to get all this done while we were gone?"

"I have my ways." He said walking over to the other rocking chair to sit next to her. "Do you like it?"

"It is so perfect, Bruno. My favorite part is the four of us in the corner." She said pointing to the corner of the wall. "It's just so us." She said moving her hands to her stomach to hold the babies. "I can't wait to see you." She said laying her head back closing her eyes.

"Don't fall asleep yet! You haven't seen your room yet!" he laughed standing up watching her open her eyes. "Can I take a nap in there?" she asked him.

"Of course. I'll even nap with you..." he said to her walking ahead of her to get to the otherside of the hallway to open two heavy wooden doors. He opened the doors letting her look in the same way she did with the babies' room.

"It needs more color...." She said moving her hands against the white washed walls toward the bed. "And I liked your other stuff better." She told him sitting down on the queen sized bed that had been placed in the middle of the room.

"How did I know you were going to say that?" he asked laying his head down against hers to kiss her. "We'll get it fixed. I promise."

"I have to pee....where do I do that?" she asked him using his shoulders to stand up.

"This way..." he said holding her waist to lead her to the expansive bathroom.

"Woah...will it fit all four of us?" she asked looking at the shower.

"Three." He said reaching up to tap each of the shower heads.

"You still haven't shown me where I pee..." she smiled at him.

"Oh..right..." he pointed to a small door near an open walk-in closet.

"I could live in that closet...." She told him with a smile.

"I'm going to go get our bags. Don't get lost, okay?" he asked.

"I'll just yell for you to come and get me if I can't figure it out." She told him walking toward the bathroom.

Bruno walked down the hallway to the open area near the door. "She's going to want to put pictures on the wall...." He said looking at the big mirror against the wall. "I give it two months before you all get moved...." He said talking to the table and the flowers on top. He picked up the bags dragging them against the heavy hardwood floors hearing the clicking realizing they still hadn't picked the dogs up from Dani's house.

"Laur! We have to get the dogs tonight!" he yelled at her knowing that she wouldn't hear him. As he continued down the hallway he heard the water start indicating she was washing her hands.

"Oww." She moaned heavily and loudly enough for Bruno to hear her.

"Are you okay?" he asked dropping the bags at the front of the door to the bedroom running toward her. "Lauren? Are you okay?"

"Ummm...." She looked up at him holding onto the floating counter tops tightly.