This Is Forever

Chapter 14

Chris gently rubs my back to wake me up. I squint my eyes and see that it's still dark outside.

I groan and cuddle up next to him. He kisses my head, "As much as I would love to stay here, we have to go."

He slides out from under me and I flop down on the bed.

"Rude.." I mumble.

I work my way out of bed and lethargically do my morning routine. Chris gently brushes through my hair and starts to braid it. I'm tired and he's playing with my hair...

I stand there while he French braids my hair, and when he ties it off I turn around and lay my head against his chest.

"Thank you," I mumble tiredly.

He kisses the top of my head and wraps his arms around me.

We go downstairs and he feeds Rocky, then let's her outside, and then puts her in her kennel.

"Ready?"

I nod and follow him out the door into the cool, dark morning. I'm wearing his sweatshirt, but it's still cold out.

I cross my arms as we walk to the car, and Chris opens my door for me. I smile at him, "I love you."

He smiles back cheekily, "I love you more."

We get in the car and I lay my head against the headrest and he starts the car.

"How in the world do you do this every morning?"

He laughs, "I guess I'm just trained to by now."

"And I'm trained to sleep until noon."

He kisses my hand as we drive to the studio. We make a stop on the way there and he gets me Starbucks.

"Chris.." I sigh, suppressing a smile.

"What?"

"Stop doing cute things, it makes me feel like I need to pay you back."

"No," he says, "We're married, and you're a princess; I'm going to treat you like one."

I blush and lean over the armrest to kiss his cheek. I still want to do something nice for him, but I'm too tired to think. Plus I could just give him a taco and he'd act like I bought him a mansion with a new sports car.

I shake my head. He's the sweetest person. And he's my person.

He hands me the coffee and I thank him, then he drives to the studio.

I'm slightly more awake as we walk in hand-in-hand.

I guess I fell asleep to Christian's voice in the studio, because I woke up. I sit up and see Chris sitting down in front of the soundboard with his producer.

They're talking about stuff I don't understand because it has to do with the sound board and pitches.

"Here, go back in there and sing that line one more time."

Chris stand up and sees that I'm awake. He smiles at me and walks into the sound booth.

I grab my phone and check the time. It's eight in the morning. We've been here for four hours already...

I listen to Chris sing for a while, then he comes back out and they go over it again.

"That's way better, alright, you wanna take a break and take your girl to stretch her legs?"

They both turn to look at me and I blush.

His girl.. Still gets me..

Chris nods and stands up, so I stand up and follow him. We get to the hallway and he puts his arm around my shoulders and kisses the side of my head.

"Do you want to go home?" He asks, turning his head to me while we walk.

I shake my head, "No, I'm okay here, with you."

He smiles and we walk outside and get in the car. "What do you want?" He asks as he checks the rearview mirror while he backs out.

"Surprise me."
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A/N
Just a quick update! Sorry I didn't update, I had a hectic week and then slept all weekend 😂 and I didn't have wifi so 😭 but ILY GUYS! How are my LOVELY readers doing?