A New Role in Life
Ch 1
"New Start"
When they came home from their honeymoon he unlocked their front door and Brittany smiled.
"Oh Alvin you were right the furniture is here. How did you pull it off? Who stayed here while we were away to get the furniture?"
Alvin smiled and responded.
"Simon and Theodore did me a favor and stayed here. Don't worry they both went back home. We're here alone; just like we're supposed to be. Are you doing alright?"
She sighed.
"Yes I guess it's just going to be a little hard to adjust without my sisters in the rooms next door to me. How are you dealing?"
He stared and shrugged.
"I'm not sure yet; I'm also missing my brothers, but I also know we're married now. Brittany we'll get through together I promise. Are you ready to go pick up your stuff from Ms. Miller's? Or would you rather look at the rest of the house with the new furniture?"
She stared and smiled.
"Hmm let's go get my stuff at Ms Miller's and then we'll look around the rest of our new house. Wait Alvin I still have to sign the papers don't I?"
He looked and hit his head.
"Oh yes honey you do. Let's go down to the office so you can sign the papers. Thanks you just reminded me. Then I'll get your keys made for the doors too. Come on then."
They exited the house and he drove toward the office so Brittany could sign the papers and they could hold onto them. When he pulled up to the office he grabbed her hand and signed in to wait for the realtor. After a half hour wait the realtor called their names.
"Mr. and Mrs. Seville this way please. Newlyweds I see."
She handed him the contract and title to their house and he read over it and let Brittany read it over also. He signed the top and Brittany signed the line right below his. She took his hand and they waited until the realtor gave them the folder with everything they needed. He shook her hand and so did Brittany. Then she made a suggestion.
"Mr. Seville I think you should get the locks changed on the house before you 2 officially move in. Have a nice day and enjoy your new house. Good day Mrs. Seville."
They exited the office and Brittany looked.
"Yea I think she is right Alvin. Maybe we should get the locks changed the bottom one doesn't really lock Simon left a note for you on the counter. Then we can get the keys made so we can get ourselves settled in. How about it Alvin?"
He sighed and drove toward the Home Improvement store. Then they went inside and did a little shopping. He bought the new lock and she bought a shelf for the master bathroom. He looked and shook his head.
"What am I going to do with you? Anything else you feel like buying for our house before we leave today so you'll feel at home? Please don't tell me you want the house painted red and pink? Brittany don't you dare."
She sighed and looked at him.
"No but we could get red and pink carpet in the master bedroom since obviously they are our favorite colors. Oh please Alvin honey?"
He shook his head.
"Ok you win…don't go overboard. Brittany now what are you getting?"
She smiled and stared.
"Oh picture frames to hang some pictures. Oh and some things for our bathrooms."
He just watched as she stocked the cart and said nothing. Then he went to pay for it and they exited the store. He put the stuff in his trunk and looked at her.
"Do you want to go anywhere else before we go home so I can put the new lock on the door? Hello husband talking here; Brittany?"
She looked and thought for a second.
"Hmm we need pots so I can cook don't we?"
He sighed and drove toward the store while Brittany stared at her wedding band. Then he parked the car and armed it. She took his hand and they entered the store while she tried to choose which set of pots to get. Then she got some glasses and silver ware. They finally finished shopping and then headed back home.
When he pulled up he tried to lock the bottom lock and shook his head.
"Oh man Simon is right you can't lock the bottom lock. I'm going to change the lock and then we'll go pick up your stuff at Ms. Miller's house. Brittany where are you now?"
She called from the kitchen.
"I'm in the kitchen. Just putting the cabinets together. Alvin are you hungry? Maybe we should also think of getting a security alarm? I mean it is Beverly Hills honey."
He sighed as he went in his tool box.
"Yea I know it is…Britt we already have one look on the wall the panel is right there. Yea sure what are you cooking? I still have to go grocery shopping….ouch…damn screw driver hit my hand. Oh you have to program it with a code and write it down somewhere so we don't forget it. Can you please bring me a band aid I hurt my hand."
She shook her head.
"Men are big babies I swear! I'm coming let me just wash my hands. "
She ran to the hall bathroom and pulled a band aid and some Neosporin from one of the first aid kits she just bought. Then she handed them both to Alvin and he thanked her.
"Thank you Brittany. So what are you making for lunch?"
She sighed and stared.
"Well right now all I can put together is a salad we have lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, and salad dressing. Is that a good snack for you for lunch?"
He smiled.
"Yes sounds good. I'm almost done with the locks. Lucky for me I watched Dave as he did some home improvement in our old house after we made it big. Actually he had my brothers and I help him fix up the house. What an experience that was; Simon broke the pipe in our bathroom and we had to sleep in the spare room for a few weeks. Mind you 4 guys sharing our father's bathroom and shower. Not fun at all if you ask me?"
She laughed.
"Oh then that explains why you were combing your hair in the bathroom at school that whole week. I always wondered why you took your comb to school with you. Don't understand why you cared you always had that stupid cap on your head."
He looked up and stared.
"It's not stupid; it is my lucky cap and helps me stand out. Besides that's just me; what is the big deal?"
She laughed.
"Boy talk about touchy? You are so gullible."
He looked and stared.
"Oh really you think so? We'll see how gullible I am when we get into our first fight as a married couple"
She stared into his sky blue eyes.
"Oh Alvin we already did on our honey moon when I bought up Chelsea after we made love. Sorry about that; I guess I was thinking you had before the 1st time we did because you hit the right spots when we did."
He stared into her ice blue eyes.
"I did though I was a nervous wreck. Maybe watchin those movies helped me a little."
She smacked him.
"Don't you dare go there and tell me you watched that filth. Especially when you had a girlfriend."
He stared at her and said.
"What was I supposed to do; every time I was chilling with my friends that's all we watched? Like you never watched that garbage?"
She stared.
"No I never did; I walked out of the room. So there you were wrong?"
He stared into her eyes.
"Yea OK whatever you say! Hello the cheerleaders always watched that garbage at the sleep over you girls had in school. So don't even lie to me."
She glared.
"Oh really and how did you come to that conclusion Mr. Big Shot Basketball player! Well!"
He stared at her and gulped.
"Umm I'm not revealing my sources I just know OK!"
He shook his head.
"Ok now this is stupid. We're fighting over high school immature things we did? Britt we're married now; and grew out of that garbage. Why did that come up anyway? Brittany now where'd you get to?"
She exited the kitchen and handed him lemonade. He took it and thanked her after he took a sip. She smiled at him while she sat on their red leather couch.
"Yea I wonder why that even came up. Why did it?"
He shrugged.
"You bought it up 1st not me. I must've really surprised you the 1st night we made love for you to even bring it up. Or was that because of the remark I came out with?"
She looked.
"I think your response to that made me bring it up. Because that never came up until that remark you made. I'm waiting for you to finish up so I can give you the salad. Oh Alvin what kind of dressing do you want? We have creamy Italian, regular Italian, and ranch."
He made sure it was tight and went out front to try the key. Then he entered the house and cleaned up his mess on the floor. Then he took his tool box to the garage and went back inside the house. He washed his hands by the sink and dried them off. Then he took his lemonade and sat at the dining room table. She took her lemonade into the dining room and asked again.
"What kind of dressing do you want?"
He looked up from his lemonade.
"Oh Creamy Italian sorry about that honey; I'm just looking at these patterns you picked out for the carpet in our bedroom. I like the idea of red and pink, but how to pull it off that's the only problem."
She took his salad and set it in front of him. Then she looked over his shoulder.
"How about that pattern? It goes pretty well and has the right way to blend the two colors in the carpet."
He smiled and nodded.
"Yea it does and would also look good on the stair case too don't you think? You want to keep the tile in the kitchen and dining room right or do you want carpet?"
She shook her head.
"Oh no the tile is fine in the kitchen and the dining room it's Roman tile. Can't get any better than that. No the only rooms I want carpet in are the rooms and along the staircase. Let's not worry about the other rooms yet. Let's just get our room together and then worry about the other rooms. I mean we are just starting out and will have college to worry about…then by Thanksgiving we can worry about the other rooms. I mean we're not planning on having kids anytime soon are we?"
He shook his head.
"Oh no way not until we graduate from college. Britt I would like to have a steady job before we even think about kids wouldn't you? I mean yea we have our music, but in a few years we might grow out of it and start families. Not saying it'll happen but we know how Simon and Jean are? They are more into school than music and both their majors are no where near music. Same with Theo and Elle they want to open a restaurant when they're older and their major is culinary arts. You too your major is Fashion Design and my major is Criminal Justice and minor study for me is Music Management. None of us know if we'll be in music in the future. Though when we saw the future years ago I was a solo singer and we had 2 boys."
She smiled at that thought.
"Yea I know we did have two boys; that took right after their father. Alvin let's not think about that right now. I just don't think it's wise to think about kids right now though we are married and the chances of me getting pregnant are more than common; unless you rather not make love at all."
He gulped.
"Whoa hold the phone; don't say that. Please don't threaten me like that. Don't stand there and tell me you won't make love to me your husband because you're afraid to get pregnant. Britt I'll go ballistic if you do that to me and I'm not kidding either! I will literally lose my mind if you refuse to make love to me."
She laughed.
"Oh yea like that will happen. Now we both know I will not avoid making love to you. I was just making a point Alvin. I'm just saying I'm more likely to get pregnant now because we're married that's all! You worry too much I swear! Now eat your lunch; we have a lot of moving to do you'll need your energy and so will I."
He ate his salad in silence and took his dish to the sink to wash it. Then he finished his lemonade and ran to their room to change his shirt. He put his black muscle shirt on and jean shorts. Then he descended from the stairs and looked at her.
"Yea I know. Don't remind me. I know we have a lot of moving to do. What about you? Finish your lunch."
She finished her lunch and they headed over to their houses after Alvin locked the door behind them. When they pulled up everyone was outside and waiting.
"Hey look it's the newly weds. How was the honeymoon?"
Alvin looked.
"It was relaxing until our security guard was arrested for Driving drunk and the cops had to break up the fans waiting for us by the hotel. Dave please fire Lou man he nearly got us killed! The Hawaiian cops had to come out just to escort us to our hotel. Simon and Theodore make sure you specifically state PRIVATE wedding so you don't go through the stress we did on our wedding day and honeymoon?"
Dave looked and knew who Alvin was mad at.
"Ok Alvin I was wrong! I should've listened to you and had a private wedding. You were right this time now stop shoving it in my face I am still your father young man. I'll still knock you right out married or not. I made one mistake now enough ALVIN!!"
Brittany just stared and helped her sisters put some of the stuff on the small moving truck Simon picked up. Then Alvin looked and stared.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you; but man we had fans bugging us even on the honeymoon. Besides our security guard failed to protect us. I just had a bunch of bad luck because of the stupid paparazzi! Besides we got into our first fight on our wedding night and again this afternoon at the house."
Dave stared.
"That's married life Alvin. It's over now you have to relax. Remember this is the day you two start a new life in a new house and not with your brothers and sisters. Just you and Brittany at your house as a married couple. You'll have bad days and good days. It'll just take awhile to adjust to it; you'll be fine.