Gabriel (Book 1)

We're Home...

June 13th, 2015 

I never thought it would be possible for me to ever get tired. I was wrong. I'm mentally dead, all I do is worry about Johanna and build her house. The house which is finally done, and just in time too otherwise I would have feared that Johanna wouldn't see it until she's a vampire. I made it huge, but not all windows like so many of our other vampire friends. It is situated on a cliff over looking the water, if I were to jump off that cliff I would find myself standing on the beach. The house has this small, home-y, inn kind of feel to it. I decided to model it after one of her favorite movies: Practical Magic. The outside is stressed wood painted white. I made the kitchen huge, because Johanna likes food, there is a huge center island and then a wooden bar top looking into the backyard. There is a refrigerator made to blend in with the cabinets and a simple white stove with brass pots and pans hanging above it. I can already tell that her favorite part of the kicthen will be the small green house I built off of it. I planted some popular herbs but she can add other vegetables and such if she wants. There is a back door leading to a wrap around porch. White wicker furniture can be found all around, in the front are two chairs, a table and a swing. If you take the set of stairs in the kitchen all the way up then you find yourself in the attic. If you take the stairs you see as soon as you walk in the front door then you are led to the 2nd floor. On the 2nd floor is our room, painted white with vines tangling around. Everything in our room is white, the comforter, the pillows, the furniture, the window shades, everything except the red bed sheets. On the other side is our babies nursery. I painted it jungle green but left it unfurnished, after all I wouldn't want to spoil Johanna's fun. There are a few more spare rooms, each one warm and inviting. I made one special for my niece, I painted it pink and brought in her favorite books and movies, she has a window seat and a big comfy bed. I figured that she would need a room seeing as we are no longer just across the field. It isn't that we are extremely far away, it isn't even completely neccesary to take a car...Sophia could use a bike. I had built Johanna her dream house and was ready to show it to her today. 

I ran back to the main house and found Johanna folding laundry in our bedroom, she was humming to herself. 

"You keep getting more and more beautiful every day." 

Johanna turns around and Nanuk stirs from his spot by the foot of the bed, yes he is my dog but he is extremely protective of Johanna. 

"You mean fat, right?" She giggles while folding her hands over her tummy. 

"Beautiful," I repeat while placing my hands over hers. 

Inside the baby taps to let us know that it feels us, Johanna and I had it worked out that if it wasn't someone else touching her tummy or that we were calm and not nervous, the baby wouldn't kick with full force. We kept the touching to a minimal, in any case, I didn't want to cause her more pain. But she hardly has any, which I thought odd. The baby has let her eat her human food, and has let her walk around normaly, it caused her a few cases of morning sickness and, I am told, a few bruises. I was thankful that this baby was being so kind to my Johanna, but I still got nervous, the only time I would know if Johanna had been hurt was if I had been there and seen it. She refuses to tell me her cases of pain or to let me look at her tummy for bruises. 

'The less you know, the better," Johanna used to tell me. 

"Come on, I have a surprise for you," I gently turn around and lead her downstairs. 

"What kind of surprise?" Nanuk slips down the stairs as he follows close behind. 

"This kind," I smile as I hold up a blindfold. 

Johanna turns around so I can tie the blidfold over her eyes. 

I gently cradle her to me as I run over the field and continue running past Jordan's house with Nanuk running behind to catch up.