"Woo hoo!" Robert cried as he carried me into our apartment. "Welcome home, Mrs. Zussman," he winked and gave me a kiss.
"Mrs. Fertig-Zussman," I corrected him. "I'm not giving up that name for anything!"
That's something I agonized over when I tried deciding if I was going to change my name or not. I decided to just hyphenate it; I wasn't giving up my family history. If I lost that name, the name died.
He kissed my forehead and set me down both of us slipping off our jackets and him starting to take off his layers of clothes. "No fair!" I yelled at him and slapped his side lightly, "undo the back of my dress. It's beautiful, but I'm tired." He followed my orders then continued undressing. "You're so dumb," I rolled my eyes.
"What? I'm tired too!" I could tell he'd been drinking just as much as me because his words were starting to slur.
"The guys are going to be back any minute and find you here naked in the living room."
He waved a dismissive hand. "They said they're giving us a solid two hours before they're back, just to make sure they don't walk in on anything."
I muttered an 'oh my God' and let my dress fall off. "You've probably all seen each other naked before, anyway. You were in the army."
"You're...not wrong," he sighed in defeat. "Well, at least mostly."
I rolled my eyes and picked up my dress and shoes. I carried them to the bedroom and found some clothes to sleep in and threw them on.
I heard Robert flop onto the bed and sigh. I laid next to him and ran a hand through his curly hair. "I'll be honest," he yawned, "I'd prefer if we has sex as a married couple for the first time tomorrow. I'm tired as hell, and also a little drunk," he confessed and held his fingers up in front me very close together.
I giggled and nodded. "I am too, it's okay."
He gave me a high-five and laid back against a pillow while wrapping an arm around my wait."
"Good night, wife," he said with a huge grin.
"Good night," I laughed a little and waited for him to sleep. It was within five minutes.
Me? I went to the kitchen and opened a bottle of red wine. I knew I probably shouldn't have and just should have gone to bed, but I was on the edge of drunk, I couldn't not do it. I filled my glass up close to the top and was almost finished with it when the door opened and the guys and their girls came in.
"Oh, you're awake!" Hazel cried in surprise. Daniels had Joseph in his arms and immediately went to put him to bed. "How're you doing?"
"I'm great!" I looked at them, setting my wine glass down. "Robert went to bed a while ago."
"Typical," Aiello's girl rolled her eyes as Aiello gave a defeated "hey!"
"Why does everyone think we need to have sex tonight? It's been a long day!" I cried. When the girls gave me a look with raised eyebrows, I explained. "We decided to wait until tomorrow because it's been such a long day."
"I understand what you mean," Hazel nodded and rested a hand on my shoulder as I heard my fridge open. "Most of the guys are drunk, I'm warning you now," she whispered.
