So it's been a long wait since the last story...so sorry about that but I hurt my shoulder after writing that one and was having a hard time with typing for a while, and then I was packing and getting ready to move.
Now though my shoulder is mostly better and I'm all packed up so I was finally able to get a little writing done :)
Not sure when the next chapter will be up, hopefully I'll be movie in a couple of days if all goes as planned...but since that rarely happens there's a good chance it will be a little longer until I actually move lol...but it's going to be a little busy when the time actually comes, so if it takes a little while for the next chapter, don't worry, I won't forget about you all :)
Disclaimer: I don't own much of anything, and none of it includes Revolution...
Title and inspiration for this first chapter come from the Miranda Lambert song "Love Song"
I hope you like this first chapter.
Bass let out a grunt as he opened his eyes when he felt the wait of his one year old daughter on his stomach. Instinct had him reaching out to grab hold of her before he had even registered that he was awake.
Rae smiled a drooly lopsided grin at him as he squinted his eyes trying to adjust to the light. Charlie popped her head up from beside the bed where she was kneeling after plopping their child down on top of him, and she frowned at the little girl.
"Come on Rae, where did you put mommy's phone?" she asked as she once again leaned down to look under the bed.
Bass lifted Rae off his stomach and sat her back down on his lap as he sat up and rubbed one hand over her face. "What's going on? What are you doing on the floor?" he asked as she tossed a shoe out of her way.
Charlie looked up at him and brushed some hair out of her face. "We need a bigger house." she said instead of answering his question.
Bass raised his brows and Charlie sighed as she sat back on her heels. "I love our daughter, more than anything, but I do not love sharing a room with her." she said. "She got out of her bed last night and found my phone, that I had on the dresser, and she hid it...again."
Bass nodded in understanding. This was the third time this had happened, and they weren't even sure how Rae was able to get the phone, but she seemed to find a new hiding spot for it every time.
He reached for his phone that Rae never seemed to notice, where it lay on the bedside table. "Did you try calling it yet?" he asked as Rae scooted off his lap to crawl under the covers next to him.
Charlie nodded. "Yeah, it must be dead or turned off or something because it went straight to voice mail." she said, her frustration clear.
Bass held his phone out to her. "Here, take mine for now and I'll look for yours and if I find it we'll swing by and drop it off, but you're gonna be late if you don't get going soon." he said.
Charlie had started going back into the bookstore part time a few mornings a week. Two of those days Bass stayed home in the morning with Rae until Charlie came home. But every Thursday Rae went to the garage with him, where he spent his afternoon in his office doing the paperwork he had put off the rest of the week, while she played with the assortment of toys that he kept there for her along with a pac-n-play.
Today was Thursday. Which meant after Charlie left, Bass would get Rae her breakfast and then he would get them both ready and head into the garage for the day. But first he would find that phone.
Charlie took his phone and smiled at him. "Thank you, sorry about the grouchy wake up." she said as she sat down to slipped her shoes on.
Bass smiled softly at her and reached out and trailed his fingertips down the back of her arm as she sat on the bed beside him. "Don't worry about it babe, it's not the first time and I doubt it'll be the last." he said and Charlie smirked and rolled her eyes as she playfully swatted at him.
"Shut-up." she said as she stood up.
Bass chuckled but didn't respond before Charlie leaned down to give him a kiss. She started to pull back but he reached up and put a hand on the back on her neck and held her to him for a moment longer before letting her pull away.
Charlie smiled at him and bit her bottom lip, her frustration from before already slipping away. She suddenly didn't want to leave, but knew she was going to be late. "I'll see you later." she said as she reached for Rae, pulling the covers back and smile when the little girl started to giggle.
"Come say bye to Mommy." she said. Rae climbed onto unsteady feet and reached her arms out. "Bye." she said with a grin on her face.
Charlie smiled at her mostly toothless grin and gave her a squishy kiss on the cheek. "I love you both." she said after setting Rae back on the bed.
Bass smiled. "We love you too Mommy." he said as Rae bounce on her bottom, still smiling. "Bye!" she squealed again.
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Bass found the phone. Somehow Rae had managed to tuck it behind the head of the bed, wedging it against the wall. He had pulled the room apart before finally finding it, while Rae was in her highchair eating the cheerios he had given her for breakfast.
After swinging by the bookstore and giving the dead phone and the charger to Charlie and getting his phone back, he and Rae spent the afternoon in his office until Miles came by and picked her up for some Uncle/Niece time.
After that was when the rest of his day went down hill and he was in a foul mood when he got home later that evening.
Walking in he slammed the door harder than he needed to and stalked to the kitchen where he threw his keys onto the counter before grabbing a bottle of beer from the refrigerator.
Charlie stood in the doorway and watched, her brows raised as he drank half the bottle down before taking a breath. She knew something was wrong, but she also knew he needed a few minutes of quiet before she asked him about it.
"Where's Rae?" he asked.
Charlie cocked her head slightly. "She's in the playpin, I was getting ready to give her a bath when I heard the door." she said.
Bass nodded. "Did she have fun with Miles today?"
Charlie nodded and smiled slightly. "Yeah, Miles said she was all smiles, she got a little sad when he left, but she had a good time."
Bass nodded again, but sighed. Charlie walked over and without a word she wrapped her arms around him, and when she felt his arms go around her, she leaned her head against his shoulder. "What's wrong?" she asked.
Bass leaned back against the counter, pulling her a little closer against him. "I'm sorry." he said. "I just had a long crappy afternoon. Two different part shipments got messed up and it's going to end up costing us about twice as much as we had thought it would." he said. "And after being on the phone and having such a pleasant conversation with about twelve different people trying to get that cleared up, Chuck had to leave early because his mom called and needed his help with something, so I was stuck by myself when three different people showed up at once and then I got a call from Johnny over at Sauls Tow Service, saying he had a couple of trucks he was gonna bring in." Bass sighed again and shrugged. "It was just a long day."
Charlie leaned back and looked up at him. "So it's your turn to be grouchy now, that's ok." she said. "Go sit down and relax. I'll get Rae bathed and then we can order in something for dinner after I get her to bed."
Bass leaned down and kissed her, running a hand through her hair as she curled her fingers into his shirt. When he pulled back, she smiled and raised a brow.
Bass smiled. "How about you do the bath and then I'll put her to bed?" he asked, wanting to spend that little bit of time with his little girl. Charlie nodded, knowing Rae would go down easier for him anyway. "Alright." she said.
Charlie pulled away from him and started to leave the room, but Bass' hand on her arm stopped her. Turning back and she raised her brows as she looked at him.
Bass gave her a lopsided smile. "I am so in love with you." he said and she smiled.
"Good," she said, "because I'm in love with you too."
It was a completely ordinary day. They had both had things go wrong, but nothing too major had happened, and as they sat together on the couch in their living room eating Chinese food straight from the box while their daughter slept soundly in the next room, neither one could wait to start the next completely ordinary day. Because they would be together, and as long as they were together, the most ordinary day couldn't be anything but perfect.
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