I am going to update my other story at some point but this idea came to me and I just had to get writing it. It would have been up sooner but I have had some incredibly busy weeks recently. Anyway this chapter is the basis for the rest of the story so it is a little bit shorter than what I am planning for the rest. So hope you like it. Please review and let me know what you think.
Ever since Sam and Dylan had got back together they had been sharing Dylan's small houseboat. And it was for the most part home to them. It had been where most of the happy memories had been created and they had hoped there were many more still to come. But as Sam was now 5 months pregnant they knew that they were soon going to need a bigger place to call home.
House hunting was not going well and Sam was beginning to give up, convincing herself that they would never find anywhere suitable to raise their family. Rather uncharacteristically however Dylan was remaining positive about the situation. He was aware of the importance to Sam of finding somewhere she felt safe to bring up her baby, but this was not the issue that was causing their lack of success, it was all down to Sam's very specific taste in properties. It was something she had never previously been interested in. But every since she became pregnant it had be obviously to everyone, herself and Dylan included, that her priorities had shifted. She was now aware that the house she was about to purchase with Dylan would be for the long term and the fact that this would be her first proper settlement since being assigned to the army 6 years ago had scare Sam slightly. This mixed with Dylan's hatred of change was the reason finding the perfect house had been taking so long.
Last one on the list. After a long day of searching Dylan and Sam finally came to the last property on the list. The estate agent took out the key from her pocked and continued towards the front door. Dylan and Sam followed behind still unsure if they would ever find the perfect house. As they entered the hallway the estate agent agreed to let them look around by themselves for a while. Dylan marched up the stairs insisting that they looked at the bedrooms first. Sam trailed behind him reluctantly.
"4 good size bedrooms and we get out own en-suite" said Dylan enthusiastically
"Great"
For whatever reason, Sam had never been able to get as excited about the houses they had been looking at as Dylan did. Maybe this was due to being pregnant. Sam had always been active when she was a teenager but recently she did not have the energy to do anything. And although Dylan understood he couldn't help but feel tired of coping with his wife's constant mood swings and attitude problems. The couple kept looking around with Dylan paying attention to every tiny detail and Sam just going along with what her husband was saying as it was easier for her than arguing with him.
After an hour the Dylan and Sam reappeared from the Garden after having a thorough look through the whole house. Despite Sam's initial resistance they had agreed that for them they had liked they house as much as they could possibly like anything made of concrete and brick. With this the estate agent put in a call to head office and then they would have to wait for an answer on their offer. When the estate agent ended the call she informed Dylan and Sam that they would find out the answer first thing the next morning.