Picture Perfect

chapter ten

Kai'lani I. Perez

It's been three weeks since I've been temporarily staying with Chris and it wasn't really that bad. Ms. Joyce and Aliana were in the process of moving here to Los Angeles and I was excited for them. Chris was right about the paparazzi. Anytime I went somewhere alone and they were there, they would try anything to get me to answer their questions.

"Babe? Are you ready to start on the nursery?" Chris inquired. We've been dating for the past two weeks and it's been wonderful.

"Yes baby, I'm ready." I told him. We walked upstairs to the empty bedroom. We've painted the bedroom light grey. We were waiting for the custom made crib to be delivered. We had light pink curtains hanging in front of the windows.

"The chair and rug arrived this morning while you were at work, I put them in the closet." Chris told me. I nodded and walked over to Royalty's closet. I opened it and pushed the chair out of the closet. I picked up the rug and sat it on top of the chair.

"So the rug will go in front of the crib, which will sit in front of the mirror. So we just place the rug in front of the mirror for now then when the crib arrives, we'll move it." I told him. He nodded and placed the rug in front of the mirror.

"The chair is going to sit beside the crib so I guess we just sit it against the wall for now." He suggested. I nodded and looked around. We couldn't really do anything till' the crib was delivered.

"We can't do anything till' the crib is here so let's just go in the bedroom and chill." I told him. He nodded and picked me up. I giggled and laid my head on his chest. He walked out of the nursery and right next door to his bedroom. He laid me on the bed then walked into the bathroom. I grabbed the remote and went to Hulu. I scrolled through till' I had gotten to Empire. I smiled and clicked on the first episode of the second season. Chris walked back into the bedroom and sat on the bed.

"What is up with you and this show?" He inquired.

"It's a good show Chris, you just don't allow yourself to get interested in it." I told him. He shook his head and took out his iPad. I grabbed it and sat it down on the ground.

"No electronics baby, we're supposed to be spending time together."

He nodded and wrapped his arms around my waist. I laid my head on his chest and watched TV. Twenty minutes into the episode, I heard a snore. I looked up to see Chris was asleep. I sighed and got up from his embrace. I grabbed my phone and walked into the bathroom. I dialed CJ's number and waited for him to pick up.

"Hello?" He inquired.

"Hey CJ, what are you doing?" I inquired.

"Nothing interesting. Why?" He inquired.

"Can you come over to Chris's house? He fell asleep and I'm bored out of my mind."

"Of course, I'll be there in fifteen minutes."

"Okay I'll see you when you get here." I told him before hanging up. I walked through the bathroom to the closet. I changed into a Penn State sweatshirt with black compression shorts. I put my hair into a bun before walking out of the closet. Chris had taken his shirt off and laid in bed asleep. I covered his body with a blanket and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I walked out of the bedroom and downstairs to the kitchen. There was a knock on the door. I walked over to the front door and unlocked it. CJ walked in holding two Dominios box; one big, one small.

"I wouldn't be a good best friend if I didn't bring pizza and wings." He stated as he walked to the kitchen. I followed him and took a seat on the counter. He sat the pizza and wing box on the counter. I opened the pizza box and grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza.

"How's the relationship going?" He inquired.

"It's going good." I told him.

"When are you moving back to your house?"

"Soon, the paparazzi are slowly but surely backing off of me." I told him. He nodded and bit into his slice of pizza. We ate in silence for about thirty minutes until we ate all the food we could tolerate.

"You want to watch a movie?" He inquired. I nodded and got down from the counter. I walked into the living room and sat down in the recliner. I turned on the TV and went to Netflix. Both CJ and I loved horror movies and Netflix was a good place to watch them.

"Let's watch Contracted." He suggested. I nodded and turned on Contracted. I laid back and watched the movie.