The Way We Were

The Way We House Shop in Cali

Marcy felt like a pincushion but this was the last time she'd be able to fly until after the triplets were born. It was bad enough she was leaving her other kids.

Mal took her hand. "You okay?"

"This sucks."

"I know you hate flying."

She cuddled up to him. "I don't hate you."

He smiled. "I don't hate you either."

"Well that's good. I don't know what I'd do if you hated me while I was going under the knife for your kids." Marcy had a caesarean planned for the triplets' birth.

"Worried about that?" He knew she was.

"It has to happen." She tried not to dwell on it. The practice had saved her life on multiple occasions.

He could see her retreating into her old ways and squeezed her hand. He wondered what she was thinking but didn't want to push while they were in the air. He'd wait until they were in their room.

W.W.W.

Marcy yawned. "The realtor's office isn't too far from here."

"Baby,-" Mal started.

"Come on. I want this out the way. The sooner we get the house, the sooner we can go shopping. The sooner that's out the way, the sooner we can go home to my babies."

He knew she wasn't too happy to be without Riley and the twins. This was the furthest they'd ever been away from them and would be the longest as well. He understood how she felt. But he was worried about her. "Okay."

She knew she was stressing him out so she went to kiss him. "I promise if we find a house today, I'll do that thing you like."

He couldn't help but to grin. "Well let's go!"

W.W.W.

Marcy looked between the pages seriously. "Okay, I like these three and this as a possible. What about you?"

Mal looked through the ones she'd set down. "I don't have three. I just like these two."

"Okay. We can get rid of the possible and I can narrow mine down to two. You choose between yours."

He frowned as he looked between his choices. One house was bigger but the other was closer to Pepperdine. "What do you have?"

"I don't want to live so close to either school. Those areas always suck." She hummed. "Plus this one is way bigger but somehow magically cheaper."

Mal was sold. "That one."

"What about yours?" She frowned in confusion.

"Well this one is big and away from the school."

"Good. We can see both." Marcy smiled at the realtor.

The woman smiled back. "Of course, ma'am."

W.W.W.

"Oh Mally Mal." Marcy looked around the mansion with hearts in her eyes. "It's so beautiful."

Mal loved how much she loved his pick. "But it's more than your pick."

"We'll live."

"We don't know how much you're getting for your inheritance."

"Lady got as low as $7.75 million and Mikey got as much as 11.4. As long as it falls between that, we'll be fine."

"So how are we going to pay for this house?"

"I talked to Grandfather and he agreed to give us a loan until my birthday."

"How much is the interest?" He knew Po well.

She giggled. "I got it down to .5%. He never had a chance."

He hugged her. "That's my Dove!"

She wiggled from beneath him. "We'll take this one."

The realtor nodded. "Of course, ma'am."

W.W.W.

"So what all are you doing since you found your house in one day!" Mercedes was geeked.

"Painting today." Marcy spread her hands out. "The front parlor will be cobalt, sand and white. The back parlor will be lavender and cream. The office will be black, wood and emerald. The dining room will be spice and cinnamon brown. The playroom will be a forest scene in all colors. The den will be colorful as well. The kitchen will be black and cinnamon red.

My dance studio will be white and tan while my art studio will be white with rainbow splashes. The staff will be in the basement and they'll have a color to each room but I'll have my lab down there along with Mal's lab and his darkroom. I think I want to have a music studio down there, too.

Those rooms will be dark wood and glass.

We'll have an upstairs music room that will be just as colorful as the den but in all shades. The guest rooms will be like how our rooms were at Daddy's. A color but different shades when it came to the individual rooms inside the bedroom.

The twins have a conjoined room with a shared bathroom and Mally will have red while Mickey has blue. Rye's room will be purple.

The nursery will be all shades of white up to a light grey. All the kids' rooms are on the third floor. The guest rooms on the second floor is where the master suite will be. That's being painted green, orange and white.

The library will be green and dark brown and it has a staircase in it! It's so cute! The movie theater will be black and wood brown. The trophy room will be glass and white. The halls will be white. The bathrooms will be grey and pink.

The conservatory will be like the library and be green and brown to represent all the plants going in there. The garage will be black and steel while the pool house will be blue and white. The stables will be like a normal stable."

"This sucks!" Quinn frowned as she rubbed her large stomach. "You guys have a stables!"

"Well yes. It was on our list."

Mercedes patted her wife's hand. "We can build a stable."

"Good!" The blonde nodded.

Marcy rolled her eyes. "Tomorrow we'll have the furniture delivered. We're picking it out today."

"Rou and P have a long way to go. Neither even have a house yet."

"I gave them the listings we didn't use. But you know Rou is crazy and P is indecisive."

Mercedes smiled. "What are you going to do Thursday?"

"Get everything like appliances and little things to make it homey. Then we'll go over everything Friday to make sure it's right before going home Saturday."