To the Moon and Back

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Emerson's POV:

Justin and I finished unpacking his things before taking the empty boxes to recycling. I smiled when he pulled me close to him as we walked back. "I can't believe you're all moved in." I smiled up at him. "Me neither." "We're really starting this next journey together." I blushed when he pressed a kiss on my temple. "Are you going to cook me lunch?" I joked. "If you want me to." He chuckled, making me smile.

"We got your costumes!" I smiled at Marlowe when Justin walked to the door. Her dance recital was this weekend. She sat on the sofa as I laid out her costumes. She was in two dances, a tap dance and a ballet dance. Her ballet costume was a champagne colored ballet dress with lace flowers on the bodice and tutu and a beautiful eggplant colored bow for a belt and her tap costume was a yellow dress with colorful sequins decorating the bodice and skirt. It had a pink belt along the waist. "Are you excited?" I asked her and she nodded, touching her costumes.

"So pretty!" I smiled when Marlowe walked into the living room with Justin. She was wearing her ballet costume along with a pair of nude tights and nude colored ballet slippers. She smiled widely and twirled in a circle. She turned to face him and he fixed her hair so the matching hair decoration was put on. "You look so beautiful Marlowe." He smiled and she smiled too, hugging him. I smiled at the both of them.

"She has recital practice tomorrow and we have to be at the auditorium early in the morning." I said to Justin as I looked over Marlowe's folder. He nodded. "Can you believe that she's been in dance that long?" He asked and I shook my head. "It was like she just got into dance yesterday. She has her kindergarten recital next week." I put her folder into her bookbag before sitting beside Justin. "How are you feeling?" He asked and out his hand on my stomach. "Good, I'm going to be 14 Weeks tomorrow." I smiled and he smiled too.