Save me from myself

Settling Down

Sam had liked their privacy so far. She knew that the more they were public with everything, the more people would comment and assume things. But she also understood that it would be better if Ronnie would just answer the questions and state the truth about them, about his fatherhood. Otherwise people would assume more about random pictures taken by random people on the street. The last interview had to happen. Little did she know that they wanted more from them. They wanted photoshoots from them, people asked more personal questions on the streets. Questions like "Are you living together?"; "Are you gonna propose?"; asking to pose for the cameras. Being asked all of this while out running errands, holding a baby in his arms was a rude invasion of privacy and was getting on Ronnies nerves a lot. He would hide Willow by holding her against his shoulder, making sure Sam was getting through from the invasive crowd too.. Only to read the comments afterwards "Is Ronnie hiding the kid because people wouldn't see that the kid isn't his?"; "Is this kid even his?"; "Maybe she's ugly baby?" ;"Is he trying to smother his kid to death?" Those comments made him mad and act out in the social media. So when they first agreed that there's not gonna be an exclusive interview, they were re-thinking it.

"Are you sure about this?" Sam asked when they were looking through the dates.

"Completely. Let them see us in full glory. Let them.. let them hear our story." he said cocky.

With that they booked a date for the photoshoot and the interview. This all made Sam nervous. It was clearly more that she thought would come when she let Ronnie take part of their lives.

Fortunately, their home-searching was enough of a distraction for her. They went through all the open-houses until they found the one. They walked in the house, Sam already taking it all in. She stood in the middle of the livingroom, holding Willow on her hip. She felt she was home. Ronnie had talked with the real estate agent and was coming to them.

"You like?" he murmured. She looked at him and he could see she was happy, excited. Seeing her like that made him want to kiss her and he pecked a kiss on her cheek. Willow mad an eager voice, reaching out her hand.

"You want daddy to kiss you, sweetheart?" Ronnie asked and pecked a kiss on her forehead. Sam looked at him, in amaze. It was so unbelievable that he was the same man who had taken a piss on the back alley, had been drunk and high, mad out and had done god-knows-what with girls. That the mess he used to be was gone, well, almost gone. He was becoming a man he thought he was never able to be.

She was pulled out of her thoughts when Ronnie pulled away from them and looked around, visioning things, pointing his hand towards walls "We could take this down, and look.." he pointed towards the window "...this would bee seen there." he was excited about his visions.

It was all wonderful, future with them living in that beautiful house was all so-so wonderful, but also a bit overwhelming. Honestly, she would have been happy with him where ever they were. They had been happy in her tiny apartment. Although she had to admit they needed a bigger place, she could've never imagined this big for them three. But he wanted the place to be big, open spaces and a lot of spare room.

"For the merch." he said smirking when they stood in one of the spare rooms.

"Of course." she said rolling her eyes.  Tho, Willow was the most precious thing she had ever achieved, having more kids in the near future was out of the question. For her relief, he seemed to think the same. They had so much plans, so many dreams, goals and achievements. Sam being pregnant would have only complicated things. At least that's what she thought. Being pregnant and alone had left her a lot of sad memories. She smiled, seeing him walk before her, looking over his shoulder. She followed him, hearing his ideas.

"Great! I'll get the papers ready." the real estate agent said glad when they walked outside "I'll let my assistant call you."
"Thanks." Ronnie said shaking his hand. They stood infront of the house and when the agent left, he said to Sam "Take it all in, baby. Next time we come here, we'll be moving in."

"Can't wait!" Sam said. It would be the most exciting thing happening while Ronnie's on tour.