A Little Sane

Chapter 13

Mercedes shuffled slowly out of her sleep. She was lying peacefully on Jerome's pillow and wrapped completely in their blanket. Jerome's pillow smelt just like him. It made her smile. Her eyes fluttered open, and she scrunched the blanket closer to herself. She slowly set up to stretch, and the blanket fell off of her. She let out a small scream and quickly covered back up. She had forgotten she was almost fully naked. The room was freezing. Jerome walked out of their bathroom chuckling to himself. 

"I'm sorry, It's ninety degrees outside today. It was boiling in here when I woke up so I turned the air on for the babies. I know you love the cold, but I didn't think of how shocked it would make you at first. I would have put a t-shirt on you, but you were so adorable. I couldn't risk waking you up."

Mercedes laughed and shook her head. She dropped the blanket and climbed out of bed. 

"No it's okay. Now that the shock is over, it feels so good in here."

 Jerome grinned as he watched his almost naked wife walk into the bathroom to pee. He leaned against the doorway. 

"So are you still going to the store today? I can keep the kids if you want. It would be faster for you to not have to get them out of the car and load them into a basket." 

Mercedes grabbed toilet paper and smiled. 

"I'm good either way. It's up to you."

Mercedes flushed the toilet and grabbed her tooth brush. She started brushing her teeth. Jerome stood right behind her. Mercedes leaned back into him while she brushed her teeth. He kissed her cheek.

"You know... after last night, I was thinking.."

Mercedes continued to brush her teeth and jokingly rolled her eyes. She leaned down to the sink and laughed after she stood back up. She rinsed and turned to Jerome and a joking look.

"Oh really? You have other ideas for me to torture you with not being able to fuck me properly?"

Jerome looked at her jokingly shocked. Mercedes laughed and pecked him on the lips, leaving the bathroom. Jerome followed her. She searched through the dresser drawer until she found the right pair of underwear she wanted to change to. 

"Is there anything specific you'd like for me to pick up at the store babe?"

She walked into the closet and grabbed a shirt.

"Actually if you could see if they have those barbecue cashews again, I would really love that. Also I think we are low on sugar for your coffee so you might want to grab a bag."

Mercedes walked out of the closet.

"I can do that."

She held up the shirt. It was v-necked with a simple flower print.

"What do you think? This one for today?"

Jerome smiled brightly and nodded. 

"You look nice in that doll face."

Jerome opened one of the dressers and pulled out a pair of skinny black jeans that had a few rips in them. He handed them to Mercedes and she looked at him slightly shocked.

"I like these with that shirt. I also like your solid black combat boots with this too."

Mercedes was shocked that Jerome actually paid attention to a whole outfit she has worn before. 

"You actually pay attention to what I wear?"

Jerome's maniacal laugh rang through the air. 

"I just thought you looked really pretty in this outfit the last time you wore it."