A Thousand Years

Its Just the Beginning

Callen dropped me off after the baby shower and helped bring in all the wonderful gifts.

I didn't realize until after Callen left, is that I don't actually have a nursery.

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"Hello and welcome to Baby and You. How can I help you?" A lady asks as soon as I walk in the store.

"I need a crib, some blankets and a rocking chair. And I'm going to look around to around for some other essentials."

The lady looks at me from head to toe.

"Don't you already have a crib?" The lady rudely asks.

"No, actually I don't. My husband is deployed in Afghanistan." I fire back.

"I'm very sorry, ma'am. I didn't know..." She trials off and sends over another associate.

"I'm very sorry, I'll help you find what you need."

After about an hour of choosing a crib, rocking chair and a changing table I head to the front of the store to pay for my stuff.

After I pay, I'm given help to load up my SRX. Everything just managed to fit in the back of my car.

"Thank you so much!" I say as I get in the drivers seat. I drive to the paint store and park at the front.

I get out and lock my car and head into the store.

I head to the back of the store and pick out a couple of colour samples

I glance at the samples for a long time, until I decide to go with the colour blue. It's a light sea blue, that would work for a boy or a girl.

I was thinking because we live on the beach and both Deeks and I love the beach, why not share the love?

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I get home just around five o clock. I carry in my four cans of paint, and place them in the empty room closest to the master bedroom. The room is large and empty and in less than three months, a little Deeks or Kensi will be sleeping in here.

I walk into the master bedroom and throw on a pair if sweatpants and an old shirt. I run downstairs to the garage and grab a couple of paint brushes, a screw driver and a couple of old newspapers. I put them all in a box and run back upstairs to the soon to be nursery.*

I start to place the newspaper around the hardwood floors to save any paint drops.

I carefully pour one of the many cans of paint into a tray, and dip the newly purchased roller into the paint.

As the strip of colour is painted on the wall, it actually becomes real that I'm going to become a mother. It becomes real that I have another human being growing inside of me. It becomes real that Deeks is not here to share the excitement and anticipation of having a baby. The emotions of realization flood over me as I continue to paint, when another memory floods my mind.

"Deeks!!" I scream as he picks me up and swings me around.

"Your hands are covered in paint!!" I say as he puts me back on the ground.

"You still look beautiful even if you're covered in paint, babe." Deeks says with a laugh.

I look down at my white shorts and pink tank top. Deeks' handprints are all over my outfit.

"Marty Deeks!! I actually wanted to save this outfit! Unlike you I actually stay clean!!" I serious state as I run to the kitchen sink to try to run off the handprints.

"Touché!" Deeks giggles as he picks up his paintbrush. "That's not going to come off, Kens. You might as well help me finish painting the living room." Deeks says as he paints the wall sky blue.

"URG. I hate it when you're right." I say as I grab back to the living room to help Deeks paint.

"I love you, Kensi." Deeks says out of the blue.

"I love you too, Marty."

I didn't realize I had finished painting. The whole thing was a blur. I glance down at my watch and see that it's only eight I clock. It time for me to eat.

I head downstairs to prepare myself a meal. I grab a bowl out of the cupboard and place it near the fridge. I grab yoghurt from the fridge and scoop into my bowl with with a spoon from the drawer.

I grab my bowl and sit down on the couch. I balance the bowl on the stomach and begin to eat dinner alone. Again.

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* The picture posted above is going to be the central idea behind the nursery. Because I have Densi living in the beach and their house is beach themed, I thought I would continue the beach look. And I'm also going to have Kensi paint pictures of starfish, seahorses, turtles, etc.

Thank you so much for your support 😘 It means a lot.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!🎉🎊 I wish you all the best in 2015