I Want To Be With You...Everywhere

Chapter 22: Shopping and Visiting

"Thank you so much, Steph." Lindsey still had a very loving grin upon his face and he brought her hand to his lips.

"For what?"

"For letting me experience this again." He touches her belly.

"Well..." She pauses, "I couldn't have done it without you, baby, literally. So, thank you." She laughs a little.

"You're welcome, too then." He smiles.

"Could you hand me that?" She reffered to her towel hanging.

"Yep." He gets up and grabs it opening it for her. She hops out of the tub and he wraps it around her front also wrapping his arms around her. She kisses him tenderly on the lips.

"Thank you." Stevie breaks free from his embrace walking into their bedroom. He watches her as she takes the clip out of her hair, shaking her blonde locks all over. "So?" She drops the towel putting her robe on.

"So what?" He walks over as she sits down at her vanity.

"What time did the girl next door get in?" She points in reference to Ameera's bedroom, that was right by their's.

"Quarter to two." He answers. Stevie giggles slightly.

"What did she say when she came in?"

"She apologized for being so late and she worried about us having the wrong idea." He smiles.

"You liked that didn't you?" Stevie looks at him waiting to see if he'd try and squirm out of it.

"I appreciated it. I told her it was okay."

"Was that okay?" Stevie questions looking at him through her mirror.

"Yes." He admits. "I watched them from the window, Stevie." Stevie turns to face her husband.

"What did you see?" Stevie places her hands on her knees.

"I see what you see. I see love." He shrugs.

"That's sweet. I'm glad you can see that." Stevie gets all teenage girl-ish. "Did they kiss?" Lindsey looks at Stevie in a funny way. "What? These are the things we as women look forward to." Stevie says.

"Women? Please don't say that, the boyfriend thing is bad enough." Stevie laughs at her husband.

"Anyway! Did they?" She asks again and Lindsey nods with slight hesitation. "That's so great." She pauses. "You watched?" Lindsey laughs.

"No. I looked away." He looks down at the ground. Stevie stands and puts her hands on his arms rubbing them slightly.

"You okay?" She gives him a sympathetic look. Lindsey nods his head.

"It's just gonna take some getting used to. That's all." He admits.

"I know, baby." She squeezes his arms. "You just have to think; they feel the same way we feel about each other and they're happy."

"I know." He nods. Stevie sits back down in her chair getting ready. "Where are ya going?" Lindsey asks.

"I'm gonna see if Ameera wants to go shopping." Stevie stops a minute and looks at him in the mirror. "You okay?"

"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinkin'."

"Okay." Stevie goes back to doing her makeup. "What time is it?" Stevie asks and Lindsey looks at his watch.

"Almost eleven." He confirms.

"I'm gonna wake Ameera." Stevie says as she walks out.

Stevie slowly opened the door and saw her daughter asleep, soundly. She sits on the edge of the bed and runs her and over her daughter's head, combing her hair with her fingers. Stevie hesitated waking her because she was sound asleep. Ameera can sense her mom and slowly turns over on to her back. She opens her eyes a little and smiles at her mom.