Die For You

Shopping

Joe woke up the next morning feeling energized and happy. He looked at Jon, who was still sleeping, and smiled. He quietly got out of bed and walked downstairs to the kitchen, starting breakfast.

Jon woke up a few minutes later when he smelled food, his stomach growling. He wandered downstairs into the kitchen and sat down at the table, smiling. “Morning, Joe.”

“Morning sleepyhead.” Joe said, finishing breakfast and dividing it onto two plates. He handed a plate to Jon and sat down with his own plate, taking a bite. “What do you want to do today?” He asked Jon.

“I don't know...what do you want to do?”

“I don't know, either. Hmmm...” He paused, thinking for a moment. He got an idea. “How about we go shopping for baby stuff?”

“Okay.” Jon said as he finished his breakfast.

“Where do you want to go first? Home Depot to get paint? Or Walmart to get the other stuff?”

“Either one is fine.” Jon said, rubbing his stomach. “Hopefully I won't get sick on the way there.”

“I can always pull over if you need me too, love.” Joe said, walking with Jon upstairs to get dressed for the day.

“Mhm.” Jon said as he followed Joe upstairs, walking to the dresser. He picked out one of Joe's hoodies. “I'm gonna wear this so I can hide my stomach. Your hoodies are bigger than mine.”

“That's fine, love.” Joe said, wrapping Jon in a hug, kissing his forehead. “I love you, my angel.”

“I love you too, my love bunny.” Jon said, kissing Joe back gently.

“You ready?” Joe asked as he grabbed the keys off the nightstand.

Jon put the hoodie on and got his shoes on. “All ready.” He said, following Joe out to the car. Joe got in the car and started it up. “Now if you need me to pull over, just let me know.”

Jon nodded. “Don't worry I will.” He said, shutting his door. They started driving to Home Depot. Jon looked at the floor and rubbed his head as he groaned, trying to not get sick. Joe looked over at him and asked, “Need me to pull over?”

“I think so.” Jon said, rubbing his stomach.

Joe pulled over and Jon got out, hunching over a bush, gagging for a minute. “Ugh...I think it was a false alarm...”

“Take all the time you need, love. We have all day.” Joe said as he felt a migraine starting to form. “Shit...” He said, rubbing at his forehead. “We're gonna have to get some Excedrin or Tylenol at the store...fuck...”

Jon got back in the car, leaning his head against the window, staring out it. “Sleepy, love?” Joe asked him.

“No...I'm fine...” He mumbled.

They arrived at home depot, parking near the entrance. Joe suddenly felt a wave of nausea come over him as he opened the door. He bent over, resting his head against his knees as he tried to not get sick. “You okay, Joe?” Jon asked him.

“Yeah...the migraine is just making me feel a tad bit nauseous. I'll be fine in a minute.” He said, gagging. He groaned as he vomited all over the concrete, the acid burning his throat and nose. “Can you see if there is a bottle of water in the backseat, Jon?” He asked, vomiting some more. Jon found a bottle of water and handed it to Joe. “Can you also see if there is any napkins or Kleenex in the glove box?” Jon looked and handed the Kleenex to Joe, who was finally done vomiting. Joe took a sip of the water and rinsed his mouth out, spitting it out onto the concrete. Next, he took the Kleenex and blew his nose to clean it out. He looked at Jon, who looked worried. “It's just the migraine, I promise. I just need to get some Excedrin and take a couple. But we can't get that until we go to Walmart. I'll be okay.” He said, putting his legs back in the car and shutting the door, starting it up. “What are you doing, Joe?”

“Finding a different place to park. I don't want to get out of the car and step in vomit.”

“Oh...”

Once he found a different spot, he parked the car and got out, Jon following close behind him. They went into the store and went to the paint section. “What color do you want to get? I'm not really that into pink, but a couple other girly colors are purple and yellow. What should we get?” Joe asked Jon.

“How about purple?”

“I was hoping you'd say purple.” Joe said, smiling. He grabbed 4 cans of a lavender shade of purple and put it in the cart. Next he grabbed brushes and paint tins. They went up to the front of the store and paid for the items, pushing the cart out to the car. Joe put them in the trunk and shut it, leaning against the car for a minute, closing his eyes. “You okay, babe?” Jon asked again.

“Just a bit dizzy, that's all.” Joe said as he opened his eyes.

“Do you want me to drive until we can get some pain meds in you?”

“Yeah I think that would be best for now.” Joe said, getting into the passenger seat. Jon started the car and they made their way to Walmart. Once they parked the car they went into the store, going directly to the pharmacy section and found some Excedrin. Joe got a pop to go with it and paid for the two items right before shopping for anything else so Joe could take the pain meds. Once paid for, Joe took two Excedrin and swallowed them down with the pop, putting the bottle into his pocket. He put the pop in the seat of the cart. “What should we look for first?” He asked Jon.

“I don't know...maybe a crib?” Joe nodded as they walked to the baby section of Walmart. He looked at the selection of cribs before finding a purple crib. “How about we get this one? It'll match the walls.

Jon laughed. “Sure, let's camouflage the baby's furniture.” He joked. Joe chuckled and grabbed the box with the purple crib in it and put it in the cart. “What next?”

Jon thought for a minute. “Diapers.”

“Okay. Which should we get? Huggies, Pampers, or Luvs?”

“I don't know. Pick the cheapest kind.”

He grabbed a few boxes of Luvs off the shelf and put them in the cart. Next they looked at outfits and picked out several adorable onesies and dresses for Aya. They came to the bottles. “Are you gonna...breastfeed or should we get bottles?” Joe asked Jon shyly.

“I don't know. I've never really thought about that. I mean, I could...I just don't know at the moment. I might breastfeed for the first few days after she is born and then switch to bottle-feeding after a while. So grab some just in case.”

Joe grabbed several bottles and put them into the cart. They found a car seat with a purple cover with zebra print and put it on the bottom of the cart. “I think we're good for now. I mean we will get more stuff when we have a baby shower.” Joe said to Jon.

“Ehhh..” Jon mumbled.

“What? You don't want to have a baby shower?”

“Not really...” Jon said, looking down.

“Why not?”

“I just don't want a lot of people seeing me like this...”

“Oh...well...even if we did have one, it would only be like probably a few of the guys from work...Colby, Matt, Aaron, Tyler...And a few of the divas as well maybe...Danielle, April, Brianna, Nicole.

“Ehhh I guess we can have one...just as long as there isn't a lot of people there...”

“Alright...well...let's go. I'm getting tired.”

“Same. And my back is killing me.” Jon said, groaning.

They went to the front and paid for all the items and walked out to the car and put them in the trunk and backseat. Then they drove home. When they got home they put everything in the nursery and laid down, going to sleep for the night.

6 months later...