It's My Life ~Linstead

Part 5

Erin's POV
I wake up but don't open my eyes. I just wanna enjoy this a little longer. 'This' being the feel of the warm June sunshine streaming through the window and warming my body with its rays, the sound of the city below me, and Jay. I love how we're laying right now, it's my favorite. Jays laying on his back, and I'm on my stomach with the upper half of my body on his-my heads tucked into the crook of Jays neck and I can feel his warm breath rustle my hair each time he breathes out. My left arm is stretched straight out above Jays head, and my right is clutched around Jays shoulder. Jay has one of his arms wrapped around my back, pulling me closer to him and the other is wrapped around my shoulders, with his hand still twisted in my hair from last night.

I smiled when I thought about last night. Yes, some  adult things did happen, but after that we talked, like really talked for the first time in forever. We talked about more of my past- specifically me being in that women's shelter. Jays been really interested in it ever since he found out that I'd been there, and I think he's been trying to use it as a way to get me to open up about other stuff that went on in my life when I was younger- tbh it's been working-  sometimes he'll make a comment or I'll say something that sparks a memory and I'll go off into story teller mode about how I was figuring out how to live when I finally realized that Bunny was never going to be the mother I wanted her to be, or about something from my younger days with Voight and Cammille and Justin. In return or sometimes even on his own Jay will open up about his time overseas, or his family or childhood. We may be married but there was still a lot we didn't know about each other and it's through these little talks that we find a little more out.

I was pulled out of my musing when I felt Jays breathing change and his hand shift in my hair. He squeezes me to him a little tighter and placed a soft kiss on top of my head. He started running a hand through my hair and playing with it, I considered  pretending to be asleep so it could last longer but Jay chuckled before I could make my decision.

J-"You and Alex are too much alike"

I still was tucked into the crook of Jays neck and couldn't see his face, but I know he's smiling as he says this. I was gonna say something like 'the whole pretending to be asleep thing works for her' but this came out instead

E-"That can't be a bad thing...you did marry me after all"

I said this in a slightly teasing tone and it was my turn to smile. Jay didn't miss a beat and said
J-"No, it's not a bad thing at all. I guess I did, didn't I? Hmmmm that would explain why I'm so happy right now"

I smiled and Jay rolled onto his side facing me, which dumped me off his chest and onto my side. His hand was still on my hair and my arm was still wrapped around his shoulder. Jay was just about to say something else but was cut off by the blaring from our alarm. He reached over me and turned it off and I snuggled deeper under the covers.

E-"Uuggghhhhhh do we have to get up?"

J-"Yes, we have this thing called work, ya know? That place adults go while kids are in school?"

E-"Well then I don't wanna adult today"

J-"You never wanna adult"

E-*eyebrow cocks and just my eyes up peel out from under the sheet, so my voice is muffled*" Your point?'

Jay looks at me smiling, but I can see the debate going on in his head.

J-"If you get up now we'll have enough time to stop at Starbucks"

E-"Ugh fine okay coming"

I getup and get ready for the day. By the time I'm finished Jay is all ready ready and is sitting on the couch on his phone. I walk in and he looks up. 

J-"Ready?"

E-"Yup. Let's go. "

I grab the keys and we walk out to the car. I get in the drivers seat to drive like I always do, and start the car. I almost put the car in gear before I realize that Jay is not on the passenger seat. I look out the rear view mirror and realize that he's in the trunk, apparently looking for something. He shuts the trunk and gets in.

E-"Everything okay?"

J-"Yeah. We need to take inventory of what all is back there. There's a shit ton of shit"

E-"It can't be that bad, can it?"

J-"It's pretty bad"

E-"Damn. Okay. Have you heard from Alex this morning?"

Just as I finish asking both of our phones ding. Jay looks at his and checks mine for me, because I'm driving and just now am turning into the Starbucks drive through. I get more excited than I should be when I see there's only 2 other cars in the drive thru and pull up behind them.

J-"Speak of the devil. That was her, all she said was good morning and she's really excited for today."
E-"Is she nervous?"
J-"She didn't say, and don't ask either"
E-"I wasn't going to. But why not?"
J-" Do you ask someone about to go undercover of their nervous? No! That'd just make them more nervous or nervous of they weren't already"
E-"Ok ok point proven. Ask her if she wants anything from here then"
Jay quickly fires off a text and gets a response almost immediately.
E-"What's she want?"
J-" I have no idea what this says. It's foreign to me"
I lean over and look at the phone. It's Alex's usual.
E-" That's what she gets every time"
J-"it still looks like gibberish to me"

I laugh quietly to myself and pull forward to order. I quickly fire off mine and Alex's order and then Pull forward.
J-"It still sounds like gibberish to me"
E-"It probably always will then"

We drive to the district in silence then, except for the radio playing and us occasions singing along.

Sorry not much happened here except for some LINSTEAD!!! I'm starting the next part as soon as I post this, so it'll either be up within the hour or in the morning. And sorry to get some of y'all excited by updating the previous parts, I was just updating and re reading to get my head back into it. THANK YOU for the nice comments and votes, please keep them coming, they make me happy and let me know that you guys like what I write. Remember, the story this one is based off of is on @clodagh324 s account so go check that out. And a HUGE THANK YOU  to her for the positivity in the last part of that story. Remember to comment and vote peeps.
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