Banded Reunion

Part 6

"Oh you're here!" Cindy Roth squealed as she wrapped an arm around Leo before moving to hug Emma, a grin lighting up her face at the sight of her son and soon-to-be daughter in law.

"Hi mom." Security took longer than anticipated seeing as Leo was wearing his prosthetic leg which caused the metal detector to go off more than a few times. But at last they had finally made it to the Roth house, which hardly changed since the last time they had came to visit over the previous summer.

"Hi Mrs. Roth." Even after all these years Emma still acted polite and proper-even when she didn't need to be.

"Oh please dear, call me Cindy by now. Mrs. Roth is Steve's mother."

Emma simply nodded in understanding, not sure of what else to say.

"So how was the flight?"

"Not too bumpy." Leo shrugged with a smile.

"Oh good, good. So can we be expecting any grand-babies in the near future?" She asked, changing the subject rather suddenly.

They laughed whole heartedly at how blunt Cindy was. She never failed to amuse them.

"Mom-we haven't even sat down yet." Leo groaned as he finally peeled off his coat.

"A mother can dream can't she?" A giggle was followed after her reply as the woman sent a wink in Emma's direction.

"I don't think it'd be a good idea to have to alter the wedding dress in any way." Emma explained with a laugh as she hung up her coat.

It felt awkward having a conversation about such a topic with your fiancé's mother. Truth be told Emma and Leo were trying to start a family, have been for a good while now, luck just hadn't been in their corner yet.

"Well I have the guest bedroom all set up if you want to head on over and get settled in." The blonde older woman smiled at the couple before retreating into the kitchen. "I'm going to make you two some welcome snacks. You could probably use it in place of the bad airplane food."

The guest bedroom upstairs was rather tiny, yet had everything that they seemingly needed: a connecting bathroom, more than enough closet space for the both of them and a king sized bed in the middle of the room.

"Your mom seems a bit overly excited that we have come down to visit for the holidays." Emma commented as she sat down on the bed besides Leo.

"Well it is the first time we've actually seen her in person since I proposed to you." They made sure to call everyone but hadn't gotten the chance to see any of their families in person-Emma's included. So no doubt was Cindy thrilled to see that the two of them had finally began to officially settle down together-even though they had been living together for the past three years.

"You know my mom did have a good point though."

"And what is that?"

"She should be expecting grandchildren sometime soon."

Emma raised an eyebrow in response as she set down the magazine article she was focusing on.

"Maybe we should start trying right now." Leo smirked, his voice dropping to a husky tone as he started trailing kisses down her neck.

"Leo Roth are you seriously trying to seduce me under your parents' roof?" She suppressed a laugh but a soft giggle escaped from under her breath.

"That depends Emma Chota -is it working?"

"Possibly." Taping a finger to her chin she rolled her eyes slightly before pressing her lips to his.

"And it's going to be Emma Roth soon enough." He whispered with a growing grin plastered onto his face.

"I like the sound of that." She breathed out with a beaming smile to match the one he was currently sporting.

"Me too." He sighed in content before leaning back in to capture her lips once more.