Our Kind of Love
A/N: Based on the song 'Our Kind of Love' by Lady Antebellum.
The following weekend Taylor and Chad got in the car and went to look at their top three homes.
Throughout the week Chad had been sending Taylor links to different houses that he believed they could make their home.
Originally their plan had been for Chad to scope out the places and make the purchase. That was until Taylor managed to get the weekend off from her chaotic schedule.
Taylor had chosen three out of the twenty that Chad had found.
Taylor's three options were very similar in location and size.
All three were located near water, close enough to walk to the lake but far enough away to not cost a fortune.
All three had four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a games room, family room, dining room, big kitchen, and study.
All three also had large backyards.
One house had a small theatre room.
One house had a pool.
One house had a hot tub.
Taylor knew she had to see all three houses in person before she could make a decision.
At first Chad had felt like she didn't trust his judgement but Taylor had insisted that she couldn't agree to a house without seeing it first. Chad understood, if they were going to choose a house to be their forever home she needed to see it. It needed to be the right fit for them.
So it was that that led them to looking at their top three homes on the Sunday.
They were both feeling excited to finally be back on track with planning their future.
You wear your smile like a summer sky
Just shining down on me and you
I swear your heart is a free bird
On a lazy Sunday afternoon
The drive to the first house had been quiet, they were both too nervous about what the house would look like in person. If it would live up to their expectations.
Their drive to the second house was more lively.
"That was not at all what I expected," Taylor said with a frown.
Chad nodded his agreement as he drove, "I agree, it didn't feel right."
"It wasn't just that it didn't feel right, it didn't look like the many pictures we saw online," Taylor sighed.
Chad chuckled, "yeah I think we can rule that one out. Two more to go."
"Hopefully one of these will be what we want," Taylor said nervously.
"Tay I'm sure one of them will be," Chad said as he removed a hand from the driving wheel to clasp her hand, "if not we'll look elsewhere. We can expand our search further out of Albuquerque."
Taylor squeezed Chad's hand, "I know I just really want to be back here. Albuquerque is home."
Chad smiled, "it was the first house we've looked at Tay. Don't feel so disappointed yet."
"I know it's stupid to be so worried but I just really want to start our future," Taylor admitted.
Chad smiled widely, "I know Tay. Come on where's that excitement? We have two more houses, one of them is bound to be what we're after."
Taylor smiled softly, "you're right."
Chad chuckled, "would you mind saying that again. Maybe a bit louder?"
Taylor let go of his hand and smacked his arm, "you wish."
Chad laughed openly, "I'm sure that there's a rule somewhere about not hitting the driver while he's driving."
Taylor shook her head, "you deserved it and there's no one around. I was being gentle and made sure you were in control before I made my move. No one was in danger."
Chad rolled his eyes, "yeah except my arm."
Taylor rolled her eyes back, "your arm will survive dearest."
I love the way that you were up for anything
Never worried 'bout what people say
That's right, oh that's right
What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway
Never knowing what we're gonna find
Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up
Whoa, yeah, that's our kind of love
Mm that's our kind of love
The second house was exactly as they had imagined it to be.
Taylor fell in love with it as soon as they drove into the driveway.
Chad knew it was their home as soon as he saw the backyard with the pool.
They both knew that the other loved the house when they went for a walk to the lake and found that it wasn't a long walk and the area around the lake had sand like a beach.
It was like having their own personal beach, that they shared with six other homes around the lake.
There was no house right on the edge of the lake, that was area for the surrounding forest.
Each house had a pathway down to the lake from their backyards.
The atmosphere was exactly what they both wanted.
An enchanted wonderland, a great place for them to raise a family.
Skipping rocks and leaving footprints
Down along the riverbank
Always holding hands, never making plans
Just living in the moment, babe
They found a tyre swing hanging from a branch of a tree that was near the lake but far enough away that if one were to swing from it they wouldn't end up in the lake.
There was however a thick rope hanging from the branch of a tree on top of a small hill that you could swing on to jump into the lake.
Chad gave Taylor a cheeky grin before lifting her up and running up the hill to the rope.
"Chad! What are you doing?" Taylor squealed.
"We're going for a swim," Chad grinned evilly.
Taylor let out a scream before Chad threw her in the water.
Once he was sure she was okay Chad jumped in, cannonball style.
Taylor was laughing as she and Chad splashed one another.
"I think we've done it," Chad said with a bright smile as he pulled Taylor into his arms.
They were both soaking wet and had given up on their splash wars.
"Done what?" Taylor asked curiously.
Taylor knew that this was their home, they wouldn't be able to find anything better. She just hoped that Chad agreed.
"We've found the one, our forever home," Chad said as he softly kissed Taylor on the lips.
Taylor smiled brightly as she kissed him back with as much love and passion as she could.
You get me laughing with those funny faces
You somehow always know just what to say
That's right, oh that's right
What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway
Never knowing what we're gonna find
Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up
Whoa, yeah, that's our kind of love
That's our kind of love
"We can raise a family here and still be close to our parents," Taylor smiled.
"This is it," Chad agreed.
The couple returned to the house to talk to the real estate agent.
"The couple are willing to accept your offer if you can move in immediately. They're going through a divorce and this is one of the things they are splitting," the real estate agent said an hour after Chad and Taylor had returned to the house.
"We'll take it," Chad agreed.
"Great, I'll get the papers drawn up. Can you meet me at my office at 4? I should have everything worked out by then," the real estate agent said.
"We'll be there," Taylor smiled.
They all left the house and Chad and Taylor went for a drive to a park they had spent a lot of time in growing up.
During high school it was their favourite place to go to when things were difficult or they just wanted to be alone.
"Our new home is only ten minutes away from this place," Chad said as he pulled the car up to the curb, "I think it's fate."
Taylor laughed and nodded, "yeah, something like that."
Oh that's right, baby you and I
What we got is
Just like driving on an open highway
Never knowing what we're gonna find
Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up
Whoa, oh
They got out of the car and Taylor ran to the swings.
Chad followed close behind and laughed at Taylor, he should have known that would be the first thing she'd want to do.
Just like driving on an open highway
Never knowing what we're gonna find
Just like two kids, baby, always trying to live it up
Whoa, yeah, that's our kind of love
They had been going on a rollercoaster for so long that Chad knew he had to do something special for Taylor.
He needed to propose to her again.
He had to make up for their past few months of uncertainty.
Buying a house together was their first step.
Getting married would be their next step.
Oo, that's our kind of love
Oh, that's our kind of love
Chad just had to plan the next proposal.
He wanted it to be more magical than the first and to mean more than the first.
Chad wanted Taylor to know that he was deadly serious about wanting to marry her and have a future with her.
1,2,3, here we go!
Oo, yeah
That's our kind of love, girl
Dontcha know it
Now he just had to figure out how to ask her.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know it's been a while since I updated.
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