The Thunder Rolls

Chapter 11

I woke up early Saturday morning when I realized Dean wasn't in bed with me. I blinked a few times and looked around. The door was open a little so I got up and walked out. He was standing in the back doorway drinking coffee. He heard my footsteps and turned around smiling.

"Hey"

"Why are you awake?"

"Well we need to start the roast and I have some plans for us today, here's your coffee."

" thanks,so what are these plans We have? "

I grabbed my coffee, took a sip and slid my body under his arm and against his warm shirtless torso. I loved when he wore his pajama bottoms and no shirt. He kissed the top of my head.

" well see here and Louisiana we have these things we call yard sales. And we sell the junk we don't want any more for dirt cheap. And people walk around in our yards and look at the junk we don't want and decide they want it and so they buy it. We basically apply the words 'one mans trash is another mans treasure.' I just figured you could find some small stuff or even big stuff for the house for cheap. "

"Are you serious? I'm so excited. I get to walk around people's yards and look at their stuff and find stuff for my house?"

" yes as soon as we make the roast you get dressed I'll get Stella up after we finish."

We cut all the vegetables and seasoned the meat we threw the vegetables in the crockpot and then put the meat with them. Roman played around our feet and Dean randomly kissed me. We stirred it all together and finally it was ready to turn on and set aside. We washed our hands and I ran off to shower while he went to wake up Stella. I had told him where he could find a pair of denim shorts and a black shirt to put her in after she brushed her teeth.

I showered quickly and threw on a pair of denim shorts and a white tee shirt. I put a little make up on and walked to the kitchen. Stella was standing in her chair eating her cereal.

"Momma!" She screamed with a mouth full of cereal, we all laughed.

" I'm gonna get ready while she finishes and then we can go." Dean said then kissed the top of my head and walked to the bedroom.

"Alright"

" how did you sleep baby?"

" good momma"

" Dean is gonna take us somewhere today we're gonna have fun"

"I like Deany" she said in between bites.

" I know baby"

"Is Deany staying?"

" yes baby is that ok with you? "

" yes. He's nice to me. Nicer than daddy. I don't like daddy."

" don't say that Stella." As much as it pained me to say to her I knew she never liked her father. How could she. Even at two the child saw and heard way more than she should.

"Can Deany be my daddy?"

" we'll talk about it later ok. With Dean. All together."

" ok."

A few minutes later Dean walked out and we grabbed Roman and walked to the truck. Pulling away from the house I looked over at Dean.

"So why do we have to leave at 7am. I do like my sleep, and layin in bed with next to you."

"Well this is usually the last Saturday of yard sales of the season. Once fall is here there isn't any more. So I want you to see and get all the best deals possible ace."

" alright I can deal with that. So she asked again."

"Did she really?" his eyes grew big

" yeah"

" what did you say?"

" I told her we'd talk to her together"

"And what are we going to say?" He asked not taking his eyes off me.

" I don't know. She asked if you were staying. And I told her yes and asked if that was ok. She said yes you were nice. So I know she loves you Dean. I want to promise her the world"

" I think the smart thing to do is tell her that I'm going to stick around. I'm not her daddy. But I don't want her to think that if I say I'm not her daddy that that means I'm gonna go somewhere. I mean you and I should talk about it, you have a two year old Harlow. I don't want to confuse her. I don't want to get her hopes up but at the same time I don't want her to think that I am just here to sleep in her moms room. I mean if we just flat out say no we'd lie, at least on my part, if we keep goin the way we are its a genuine possibility one day."

I was speechless. He was right. If we kept going the rate we were where would we be? I had just given him a drawer, would he next move in, then one day be my fiancé? Is that what he was saying he wanted? My head was spinning. Stella had caused so many questions to come up between us. I had never dated anyone while I had a child and it made it a very different situation. It moved faster and made you look much further into the future so much sooner than any normal relationship.

" we'll finish talking about it later." He grabbed my hand and kissed it " we're at our first one come on. "