Chapter 9
She woke around 9:30 the next morning, grabbed the hamper with the ring attire first and headed down the stairs slowly to the laudry room and then went back upstairs to get the other hamper. She grabbed the second hamper and returned to the laundry room. She put some clothes into the washing machine, started it, put some detergent and fabric softener in and then closed the lid. Then she put all the ring gear into twenty different dry cleaning bags, placed the bags into the dryer, closed the lid, set the dryer on the right amount of time and then went to the kitchen to fix something for breakfast. As she was searching for something she heard the front door being unlocked. She headed to the living room to see who was coming in. It was Sara with shopping bags.
"What in the world is all this?" April asked.
"Just a few things for you to have during your pregnancy." Sara replied. "Could you get the rest of the bags their in the back seat of the truck."
"Okay." April said heading out to the truck.
She opened the back door on the right side of the truck first and caught sight of six shopping bags. She pulled them out and headed back inside the house. She closed the front door with her right foot then set the bags next to the other bags on the floor by the couch.
"What exactly did you buy Sara?" April asked.
"Prenatals for your entire pregnancy and a few maternity clothes." Sara answered.
"Nine bags is not a few, Sara." April said.
"I thought that you would like some choices, plus there really cute." Sara replied.
"Alright, lets take a look then." April said exasperatedly.
"Maybe we should make breakfast first." Sara suggested.
"Good idea." April replied.
They went into the kitchen to fix breakfast. Sara started making the pancakes while april started the bacon and hashbrowns. John came down halfway through them making breakfast.
"Would you like me to set the table?" he asked.
"Yes, please." Sara answered.
He pulled out plates, cups and forks and set the table. April finished up the last of the bacon, placing the last six pieces on a platter with the rest of the bacon and asked him to place it on the table. Then she started the eggs. While she was stiring the eggs Mark and Glen came down. Sara put the last pancake on the platter with the other pancakes and placed it on the table while April put the eggs on another platter and then placed it on the table. Everyone took a seat, bowed their heads and closed their eyes as Mark said the morning prayer. Then everyone made themselves up a plate of food. Just then a buzzer went off.
"Washers done." Mark said.
"I'll get it after breakfast." April replied.
"When did you put a load in?" he asked.
"Around 9:40." She answered.
Just then another buzzer went off.
"Dryer's done as well." He replied. "Are you using the dry cleaning bags?"
"Yes, I'm doing mine and John's ring gear." She answered.
"Oh, okay." He said.
Her and Mark started eating again. They finished their food five minutes after everyone else. She went to the laundry room and John followed her. She took the bags out of the dryer one at a time folding the ring gear neatly placing it in the empty hamper. She put the bags away, moved the clothes from the washer to the dryer putting in a fabric sheet. Then she put the rest of the clothes in the washer, started it, putting in detergent and fabric softener and closed the lid. She started the dryer before grabbing the full hamper. She started to exit the laundry room with the cleanring gear but he stopped her. He took the hamper from her then followed her up to her room. Once inside her room he set the hamper at the foot of the bed, picked up his bag, set it on the bed and did the same with her bag. He handed her her ring attire one at a time and she placed it in her bag and he did the same. Then minutes later they had all their ring gear in their bags. They headed back down stairs to the living room. The buzzer for the dryer went off at the same time the buzzer for the washer went off and they went into the laundry room. She took the clothes from the dryer out one at a time folding them and placing them in the empty hamper. Then she moved the clothes from the washer into the dryer, putting a fabric sheet in, closed the lid and started the dryer. Then they continued to the living room.
"Alright Sara, lets look at what you bought for me." April said.
"You might as well sit down, it will make it easier." Sara replied.
April sat down on the couch and John sat next to her. Sara handed the bags to her one at a time. Each bag had two outfits in them making it a total of eighteen outfits.
"Thanks Sara." April said.
"I knew you would like them." Sara replied. "Here you'll need these too."
April took the last bag and looked inside. It was filled with enough prenatals to last her entire pregnancy.
"Thanks." April said again.
"You're welcome." Sara replied.
April grabbed some bags and John grabbed the rest, then they headed back to her room. They set the bags down on the bed. She went over to her closet, opened it up, pulled out a very large suitcase and brought it back to the bed. She put the maternity clothes into her suitcase with her ring gear and then closed it. Her head turned to the door when she heard a knock.
"Yes Sara." April said.
"If you want you may have my maternity clothes. There for seven to nine months. The ones I bought you are for four to six months." Sara replied. "I don't think I'll need them any time soon."
"Thanks again." April answered.
"You're welcome." Sara replied. "I'll have Mark and Glen help me bring them to you."
"Okay." April said.
"I'll help to if you like." John chimed in.
"Sure, the more the better." Sara replied.
Sara left the room and John followed her. Ten minutes later Sara returned to April's room followed by John, Mark and Glen all with arms full of clothing. They each placed the clothing on the bed one after another. April started to neatly put the clothes into her other suitcase while Sara, John, Mark and glen went back to get more clothes. She was 1/8th of the way done when Sara and the guys came in with more clothes. They placed the ones in their arms on top of the other clothes on the bed.
"That's all of it." Sara said.
"Thanks." April replied.
"Oh, by the way the dryer is done." Sara said.
"Thanks." April replied again.
"I'll go get our clothes from the dryer and bring them back up." John said.
"Could you fold them, please?" April asked.
"Sure." He answered.
He went down to the laundry room, got the clothes out of the dryer folding them in the process and put them into the hamper and then brought it back up to her room. He put all his clothes into his bag, closed it then sat down on the bed and started reading New Moon where he had stopped last. Sara, Mark and Glen returned downstairs. She continued to pack the suitcase, when she could no longer fit any more clothes in she zipped it closed, moved it over to the other side of the bed, walked over to her closet again, pulled out another very large suitcase and returned to the bed placing the second suitcase right next to the other one and opened it up. She neatly put the rest of the clothes into the suitcase and zipped it closed.
"A little help please." She said.
He put the bookmark in the place where he was currently at and laid the book on the bed. Then he went to the foot of the bed and grabbed the suitcase on the right.
"Where do you want it?" he asked.
"In the closet for now, please." She replied.
He took the suitcase and placed it in the closet, then came back to the foot of the bed.
"And this one?" he asked.
"Down there next to the purple bag." She answered. "And hand me the purple one, please."
He set the red bag next to the purple one and then he put the purple one on the bed next to her. She opened it and neatly put her clothes from the hamper into the purple bag and closed it.
"Would you put this one back where it was?" she asked.
"Sure." He said.
She started to leave the room.
"Where are you headed?" he asked.
"Food." She answered.
"That sounds good right about now." He replied.
They headed downstairs to the kitchen. Once in the kitchen she pulled out two frying pans and placed them on the stove's front two burners. She got the olive oil and a measuring cup down from two separate cabinets above the stove and to the left and right. She filled the measuring cup with water to the line that read ½ then poured the water into the pan on the right burner and turned it on to medium. She poured some olive oil into the second pan and turned the burner onto low. Then she got five packets of chicken flavored top roman out of the food pantry and crushed it into bite sized pieces. She opened them taking the spice packets out and poured the noodles into the pan with the water. Then she pulled out four chicken breats from the freezer, took them out of the freezer bags placing them on the blue cutting board. He took over cutting the breasts into bite size pieces and put them into the pan with the olive oil. She stirred the noodles with a wooden spoon and then stirred the chicken with another wooden spoon. Five minutes later she turned the burner under the chicken off, drained the oil, then poured the chicken into the noodles and then she added the flavoring to the noodles and chicken and stirred it all together. She got down two bowls and pulled out two spoons. Then she turned off the burner and dished out some of the food into the two bowls. Then she handed him a bowl and spoon, grabbed the other bowl and spoon and headed to the dining room. She sat in Mark's usual spot and he sat down on her right. They ate their food in silence.
"What smells so good?" Mark asked entering the kitchen and raised an eyebrow when he saw her in his seat.
"Our lunch." She replied. "What no one was sitting here."
"Is there enough for everybody?" Glen asked.
"There should be enough left." She answered.
"Good, I'm hungry too." Sara replied entering the dining room.
"Foods on the stove top in the kitchen." April said.
"Help yourselves to it." John replied.
Mark, Glen and Sara went into the kitchen and put some of the food in their bowls then returned to the dining room to eat. Five minutes after Mark, Glen and Sara sat down to eat her and John finished their food. They got up and went back to the kitchen. She washed their bowls and spoons and put them in the dishwasher. She looked at her watch; it read 2:15pm. She headed into the living room with him trailing behind her. They sat down on the couch and she grabbed the TV remote and pushed the guide button. She kept searching until she found something good to watch. Mark and Glen came into the room and took a seat to watch TV with her and John. Sara left to pick up the girls. Sara returned a half hour later with the girls. They put their backpacks away and came into the living room. Gracie sat on Mark's lap and Chasey sat on Glen's. Around 4:30pm Sara, April and the girls left to the movie theater. They bought popcorn and soda once they got there. They handed their tickets to the guy at the podium, got half of it back and headed to theater 4 to watch New Moon. When it was over they threw away their trash, left the theater and headed home. They entered the house, Sara locked the front door as soon as they were all inside.
"How was the movie?" Mark asked.
"Great, the Special Effects were awesome." April answered excitedly.
"Oh, you bet they were." Sara chimed in.
"That's great, I'm glad you all enjoyed it." Mark replied.
"Um… Sara?" April asked.
"Yeah, April." Sara replied.
"I was wondering how you found out I was pregnant, because they don't air Smackdown until Friday's." April replied.
"Mark called and told me just after you went out to the ring to make the announcement." Sara answered.
"Mark why did you do that?" April asked.
"Because I felt Sara had the right to know." Mark replied.
"Well, I was the one that was going to tell her." April said.
"Sorry I didn't know." Mark replied.
"Fine, just don't do it again." April said.
"Okay got it." Mark answered.
Sara, April, Gracie and Chasey all sat down with the guys and watched Smackdown. When it was over John followed April up the stairs. Once inside her room she closed the door. They changed into their pajamas and went to bed.
He woke the next morning around 7:30 and started reading more of New Moon. She woke around 9:00. There was a knock on her door.
"Come in." she answered.
The door opened and Mark stepped in.
"Just so you know we were planning to head to L.A. today after you took him too see New Moon." Mark told her.
"Okay, that's fine." She said. "It starts at 10:15.
"Then you should be out of there no later than 12:45." He replied.
"I would think so." She answered.
"The girls are coming with us." He replied. "And they have the perfect dresses."
"Okay, they can be the flower girls if they want to." She said.
"They already said they wanted to." He replied.
"Alright." She said. "Well, we better get dressed."
Mark left closing the door behind him. Her and John got dressed. She grabbed her car keys and handed them to him. She also grabbed her purse. They headed to the car. After they were both buckled in he started the car, backed out of the driveway and headed for the movie theater. They got to the movie theater around 9:45am. They went inside to the concession's counter and bought popcorn and soda. Then they went and handed their tickets to the guy at the podium, got half of it back and proceeded to theater 4 to watch New Moon. Once the movie was over they threw their trash away and returned to the car. Then they returned to Mark's. he put the car in park in the driveway and shut it off. They unbuckled and got out closing the car doors. Then they went inside. Mark and Glen were just coming down the stairs with their bags and the girls' when they spotted her and John.
"Are you two ready to go?" Mark asked.
"Yes, we just need to get our bags." She answered.
"Glen help April bring hers down, I know she has more than one." Mark said.
"Okay." Glen replied.
Glen set his and Chasey's bags by the front door and then followed her and John to her room. She entered, went over to the closet and pulled out her black bag. John grabbed his bag and her purple bag, while Glen grabbed her red and black bags and followed John down the stairs. She grabbed New Moon off the nightstand and followed them out of the room shutting the door behind herself. She stopped John once they were downstairs and put New Moon back where it belonged in the case in her purple bag. Then she went over to the hall closet and got out her dress and shoe bags as well as John's tuxedo and shoe bags and followed everyone outside. John walked to the bavk of the car, set the bags down, pulled the keys from his pocket and opened the trunk. He put his bag and her purple bag in the very back then Glen put her other two bags in next and then went back inside to get the rest of the luggage and stuff from the hall closet. She put her gown and John's tuxedo bag on top of her two bags in the front along with their shoe bags. He closed the trunk after she had everything in.
"Mark do you want me to follow you until we get into L.A. and then you follow me to my place?" John asked.
"No that's okay, I've got directions from here to your place from map quest after you gave me your address last night, so we're all good." Mark answered.
"Alright." John replied. "See you in L.A."
"Okay." Glen said. "Drive carefully."
"I will." John replied.
Everyone got into their respective vehicles and took off for L.A. Around 10:00pm her and John stopped at a Denny's. She noticed Mark's truck as they got out of the car. They stepped inside and went over to where Mark, Glen, Sara and the girls were sitting. They took their seats just as the waitress came over. Everyone ordered what they wanted. When their food arrived everyone dug in. When they were finished Mark and John paid, and headed outside with everyone else. They all took off for L.A. again. They stopped for breakfast in Las Cruces, New Mexico, for lunch in Tuscon, Arizona and dinner in Yuma, Arizona. They got into L.A. by 11:00pm Monday. By 11:45 they were at John's house. She got out of the car and went to the trunk. John followed and opened the trunk for her. She grabbed the vinyl bags and the shoe bags and then told him that she wanted the red bag out, so he got it out, closed the trunk and went to the front door. Everyone stood behind him as he opened the front door. All the lights in the house came on as he stepped inside the living room first and turned off the alarm system. Glen was the last to enter. He closed the door and locked it and then John turned the alarm system back on. John's home was a ten bedroom, seven bath house. Everyone followed John up the stairs. He put April's bag in the master bedroom. She stayed in the master bedroom while John showed Mark and Sara to the first guest room, Gracie and Chasey to the second guest room and Glen to the third guest room. He went downstairs and turned the lights off then went back to his room. He changed into his pajamas and went to bed after he saw her in bed.
