Pretty Little Lives - Chapter 2
**LATER THAT DAY**
MIKE's POV:
I arrived at the all too familiar door and knocked on. Toby answered and invited me inside. I asked if his father was home and he came out of his study at the end of the hall with his glasses on, and said 'Ah, Mike! Sorry, just doing the taxes, what can I help you with?' I showed him the ring and he lifted his glasses up, he smiled at me and said 'You actually wanted to ask me,' I nodded and told him that it meant a lot to have his blessing. 'Well, Mike of course, you make my little girl happy , that's all I could ask for.' He passed me back the ring box and saw me out Toby waved as I got in the car to pick Nic up. We were going to the real estate office at 2, we had a long chat and had decided on the second place we saw, it was a two story, three bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment.
She was waiting on the sidewalk with a folder full of samples and got in the car as soon as I had stopped. God did she look gorgeous today. We got to the office at 2:01pm and Jason invited us into his office. He offered us both some water, Nichole took some however I didn't. We both had to sign some papers and I gave Jason a cheque for the apartment. He handed us the keys and escorted us out. We wouldn't actually be moving in until all the furniture was bought and it was decorated. Everyone already said that they would help so we had it covered, we got back in the car and drove back to Nichole's. Toby and Spencer was sat in the sitting room looking at houses and Nichole went to go show them pictures of the new house we had just bought. I went into the kitchen and grabbed some popcorn to heat it up, since we were going to watch a film in her room.
NICHOLE's POV:
Mike and I went upstairs and watched '10 Rules for Sleeping Around', it wasn't our usual pick but it was in our recommended on Netflix, so we gave it a go. We got changed after the film and I sat there texting Emily then eventually fell asleep.
Aria was visiting Alison tomorrow and asked me, to go with her. I said yes, me and Ali are okay now.
**MONDAY MORNING**
MIKE's POV:
I got up at 6 and took a shower, then put on some shorts and a band t - shirt. When I came out of the bathroom Nichole was singing downstairs. She can't sing for the life of her, but god was it funny. I went down and started to brew the coffee whilst Nic made the pancakes and bacon. After we ate I washed up and we went to the store and bought the wallpaper and paint, and to look at flooring samples.
For the family room we chose a minty green, and for the two spare rooms we chose duck yellow and the bathroom we chose blue with coffee brown for the kitchen.
We went over to the apartment and called everyone over to help, me and Mike were doing the bedroom, Spencer and Toby were doing the 1st spare room, Ezra and Aria were doing the other spare room, Alison and her current partner; Dr Rollins were doing the bathroom, Emily and Paige were doing the family room and Hanna and Caleb were doing the kitchen.
We had finished the first coat by 3pm and myself and Ezra went and bought some beers and juices for the others. We got back at 4, it took 20 minutes to find a parking spot.
We grabbed some 'Coors Light' and some cordials and wine for the girls and the others coming round later. We went to get the takeout from the 'The Grille' and drove home to eat.
When we got to the flat the portable table was popped up, with a table cloth and the paper plates and plastic cups all laid out. Nichole ran up to me and hugged me then gave me a slight peck on the cheek. We all sat down and ate, we all spoke about our plans and when we would be going on the next big night out, Halloween was approaching fast, and Nicky and I would be in the house by then, we were thinking about throwing a party the space was definitely big enough, we spoke to Aria about it and she agreed, Hanna seemed distracted and kept on getting up a lot for water.
After everyone left, we went back to my house with Aria and Ezra, as it was family game night. Penny was in her travel crib that stayed at my parents. We decided to play 'Monopoly' after about 2 hours of playing, Nichole finally won. Aria and Ezra took Penny home and Nichole and I went to bed.
**THREE WEEKS LATER**
NICHOLE's POV:
It was two days until Mike and I's anniversary, it was our 6th anniversary and I still remember the day that he came round with all the nerves and I saw him at the door and called myself a slut for pulling down my top.
I had asked Spencer for the lasagne recipe she had used for her and Toby's 1st anniversary. I was currently in the store buying the ingredients for the lasagne, Spencer also gave me the name of the wine that she bought, unfortunately Spencer's effort went to waste, but I'd much rather forget why. I also bought some other stuff, and some boots from the mall across the street. Mike was meeting me in half and hour to go and look for some furniture, we needed the furniture for our bedroom, a single bed for one of the spare rooms and the other would currently stay empty incase a nursery was needed in the future, we also needed an actual dinging table, cutlery sets and other appliances. My dad and step mother were buying the refrigerator and cooker and Mikes parents were buying the family room seating. We needed all other stuff like towels and all the extra things, but Hanna was helping me go shopping for all that as she was now an interior designer.
We went to the cashier and ordered all the furniture that we decided on to my house, it would currently stay in the garage. We had decided on a vintage silver set for the bedroom; and the dresser was being delivered offline, we also bought some mirrored doors from the DIY shop so we could have a sliding door wardrobe, To y was doing most of the building of the furniture, with our help of course. We took the things we could fit in the car to the flat and then went to get a Thai dinner.