The preparations in the house for the babies nursery and the change in Lita's room started. Trish and Jeff were about to start painting the nursery red two weeks ago but Lita changed her mind the last minute about red in the babies room. She decided to repaint her room red instead since it would go with the black furniture she had in there. So they went back to the home improvement store and she couldn't make up her mind so she just picked out a light green color they had originally intended to pick out before choosing the red.
"Okay." Jeff said when him and Trish made their way into the living room after they finished the last coat of green paint in the nursery. "You can't change your mind now."
Lita rolled her eyes making room on the couch for the two who just came in. "I won't. I just thought red wouldn't be the appropriate color and hey, at least now my room is freshly painted too. Trish, maybe you and Jeff can do your room next?"
"Good idea." The blonde started to think about a color that would look good in her room.
"How many times are you two gonna go to pick out paint?"
"Oh no." Lita started to say. "I'm not going with her. You are."
Jeff rolled his eyes. "So when are you getting furniture to put in there?"
"Carpet people are coming in like three days. And I have to get some stuff first. This one is hell-bent on throwing me a baby shower. I don't want one but I know she's not going to back down. So I guess I only need to get the big things right now."
"You have to have a baby shower." Trish thought a baby shower should be a requirement.
"Why?"
"Because they're fun. And, like you said before, you don't have to get everything on your own. People will actually get you what you need. Speaking of, you should probably make a registry and then people can choose one of the things that you pick." The red-head was about to say something before her friend started talking again. "Oh! I'm going to invite Stephanie. She's pretty loaded. And if you want a joint, you can invite Shane too and other lawyers from the firm. You know some of them are pretty loaded."
Lita rolled her eyes. "If you insist on having this baby shower, I am not making this a work thing."
"But they'll get you nice things for the baby!"
Lita rolled her eyes once again and turned to look over at Jeff. "You know, you can run now. If she acts this way when I'm pregnant only imagine how she will act during her time."
Trish stuck out her tongue. "That was rude."
"You two are weird." Jeff said.
"We know." The two friends said in unison.
"When are you moving your things around in your room?"
"A couple of days. After the carpet's put in."
"You need my help?" Jeff asked.
"No thanks. I think took enough advantage of you with the painting. Two rooms instead of the one."
"You know I don't mind."
She smiled at him. "I know. Thanks."
"Are you watching '16 and Pregnant'?" Trish asked in disbelief when the show came back from commercial break.
Lita shrugged her shoulders. "I guess."
"Why?"
"Because I was just flipping through the channels and it was on." She turned to look at Trish. "What if I'm a bad mother like most of these people on here?"
"You won't be. You're prepared and more mature. Not saying some of these girls aren't but most of them really aren't. Plus, some of these girls on the show are actually good mothers. Some are way too immature but some are actually good. So you'll be a good one too. Especially since this is what you really want. Stop worrying for no reason."
"Yea but-"
"No Li," Trish started to say, "Stop thinking that way. You know you're going to be a good mother. This is just a show, sure it's reality but how much is actually reality? And like I said, some of these girls are good mothers and they weren't even prepared. You were prepared for the pregnancy and you're preparing yourself now so you'll be fine."
"Okay." The red-head said. She was hoping what the blonde said was true. She was starting to get worried about what kind of mother she would be.
"You're gonna clean out your closet while we move around this stuff?" John asked Lita a week or so later as she told him, Randy, and Dave what to move and where to move it.
"I already told you guys what to do. I think I'm allowed to clean my closet."
"What if you get hurt?" Randy piped up.
"Are you planning on hitting me with something? I doubt you will even by accident. Plus, I'm going to be in the inside of my closet, it is big, until I actually throw junk away or something."
"You need help?" Dave asked his sister.
"Cleaning my closet? Vicki is helping me with that even though I don't need help doing that. But whatever. Just do what I said."
"You could ask politely."
"I did the first time. Anyways. Chop chop." Lita demanded the three men as she went back into her walk in closet and started to get rid of stuff she didn't need.
"She's such a-" John started to say until he saw how Dave was glaring at him.
"Care to finish that?" Dave said with the glare still present on his face.
"I was gonna say she's bossy."
"Yea and you were gonna add something after it." Randy added which resulted in a glare from John.
"Anyways." Dave rolled his eyes ignoring Randy. "You heard her. Chop chop. Get a move on it. I really don't want to be stuck with the two of you the rest of the day."
"Guess it runs in the family." Randy muttered under his breath which Dave chose to ignore once again.
"Why do you have so much random junk in one corner of your closet?" Victoria asked her sister-in-law.
Lita shrugged her shoulders. "I don't even remember what's in it but if it's random junk in my closet and not in that other room which was for random junk, it's private. So no going through it. "
"You know that just made me curious. Maybe we can go through it together and figure out what's in it?"
"I just said it's private. So no."
"So all we're doing is reorganizing your shoes and clothes?" Lita nodded. "So how about I do that and you can just look through your crap over there and probably organize that."
"That is a good idea. No snooping. You stay over here and I'll go to my corner." Victoria started to smirk and Lita knew what she was about to say. "Oh haha. I'm a prostitute. Shut up."
"You probably wish you were. That way you would actually be getting laid. Something you are in desperate need of my dear."
"Oh God. I knew I shouldn't have come in here to check up on you two." Dave said making his way in the closet. "Why do I always have to walk into these type of conversations?"
"Better you than Randy. He probably would have suggested helping her. She probably would have said yes."
"Didn't need to hear that." Dave said to his wife.
Lita ignored his remarks. "So why are you here?"
"To see if you need help with anything."
"Yes, my room. Now go in there and get to work. Or did you finish already? I know you didn't so don't come in here until you're down."
"Tone down the bossy, Li."
"Tone down the annoying, Dave."
"Can you two not start?" Victoria asked shaking her head. "Dealing with you two gets too much sometimes."
"And that's what you get for marrying him."
The duo chose to ignore Lita, they always did when she said something like that. "Those two out there are killing me. I could have done this myself. Asked a friend or something."
"They're your friends."
"Occasionally."
"Occasional friends?"
"With those two, yea."
"Please go back and try not to break anything."
"Alright. If you need help in here-"
"Not gonna." Lita interrupted him.
Dave rolled his eyes before leaving. "Just asking."
It had been half an hour since Dave left and joined the other two in Lita's room and Lita started to organize her random junk in the corner of her closet as Victoria folded and hung up her clothes and organized her shoes. Lita jumped back a bit when she tried to get a box off of the top shelf in the area she was in in the closet when the box came falling down at her feet.
Victoria hurriedly looked over and rushed over to her. "Are you okay?"
"It's just a box." Lita said rolling her eyes.
"Are you okay?" She heard once again when the three men joined them in the closet when they heard a loud noise.
"It's just a box." Lita repeated looking down to see what was in the box that just fell which caused her to frown. "A box full of crap."
John raised a brow as he made his way towards her. "It looks like pictures." Then he saw what those pictures actually were. "Of crap."
Dave made his way over to the other two. "What the hell are you two-" He cut himself off when he saw what the other two were looking at. "Oh. You want me to get rid of them for you? You know, I could actually get rid of him for you."
"So can I." John added.
Lita rolled her eyes. "It's just pictures. I... It's not a big deal," Lita said sitting on the floor getting the pictures of her and Christian together and putting them back in the box.
"You don't want to get rid of them?" Victoria asked when she saw what exactly they were talking about.
"I'll do what I want when I want. Now if you guys don't mind." She continued putting the pictures back trying not to look at them and remembering where and when they were taken.
"You should ask someone for help before you reach high. I heard you're not supposed to do that during pregnancy." John said.
"You heard wrong. Not true. Just an old wives' tale." Lita said not looking up at anyone.
"Well, if you need anything, we're still out there." Randy said before leaving, Dave and John following him out.
"Are you okay with-" Victoria started to ask before the red-head interrupted.
"Yes! It's just pictures." Lita couldn't help it as she put the pictures away she started to notice some of them and how happy Christian had made her once upon a time. She thought she would never have anything like that again. She kept seeing picture after picture and it made her angry. She picked up one picture and started ripping it tears now pouring down her face. Victoria saw what she was doing and closed the door the separated the closet and the bedroom and went over to her friend sitting besides her stopping her from ripping a picture one after another.
"Li, it's okay."
"No it's not. I... Look at these. It just seems so long ago and fake and stupid. I was stupid to think-"
"No." Victoria interrupted her. "You weren't stupid nor are you now. It... Stuff happens. You can't blame yourself for it."
Lita was about to say something until... "Ow."
The raven-haired woman looked at her with concern on her face. "What? What's wrong? What happened?"
Lita smiled. "I'm okay. It was just out of nowhere. But... the babies kicked. At least one of them did."
Victoria looked excited as she put a hand over Lita's belly. "I can't feel anything."
"Because they aren't kicking right now."
Victoria rolled her eyes. "Duh. But I want to feel it," she said with her hand still on the red-heads belly.
"You can get your hand off of me now. I'm sure you can feel it later whenever that may be."
"Oh!" Victoria said getting up from the floor. "John might want to feel it. Let me go tell him."
"I don't think that's necessary, he can feel it any other time, like you can, who knows when one of them will- Ow. Okay, right now." Victoria immediately put her hand back on Lita's belly which caused the red-head to roll her eyes yet again. "Just because you put your hand there doesn't mean they're going to start kicking."
"Whatever I'm not getting up until I feel it. JOHN!" Victoria yelled.
"Not in my ear!"
"What?" John said coming into the closet. "Why did you just yell?"
"Get in here! The babies just kicked!"
"Really?" He said making his way to the red-head still sitting near the box of pictures putting his hand on her belly with Victoria's hand still on there.
"Seriously!" Lita said trying to get up but couldn't because the other two forced her down. "Ugh! Let me go! Just because they kicked twice already doesn't mean they're going to kick just because you two put your hands on me." When the other two made no movement from getting up, "Fine. If you're here, help me put the pictures away, without talking about it."
"But-"
"You can use one hand." The three started to put the pictures back in the box quietly. "This is really uncomfortable."
"What are you doing?" Dave asked walking into the closet. "We're not done yet, almost yes, but not yet. Get back in here and help us finish."
"I'm busy." John replied not looking behind him.
"You have a hand on my sister's stomach." He looked at Victoria. "Actually, you both you do. Why?"
"The babies kicked and these idiots are waiting for it to happen again. They think they're going to start kicking just because they have their hands on me." Lita answered annoyed.
"Can we just go and finish. The babies are still gonna be in there." Dave said. He didn't really see the big deal of the babies kicking, it was going ot happen more than once during the next few months.
"Did you feel that?" John asked. "That was... wow."
"Duh." Lita replied. "They are kicking me."
"I was asking Victoria." He rolled his eyes.
"No! That's not fair! I was waiting longer than he was."
"Okay, so John you can get your hand off of me and leave and go finish helping Dave and Randy. Vicki, please, can we just finish here in first and then you can go back to touching me and waiting for them to kick?"
"No."
"Vicki-"
"Fine," Victoria said getting up off from the floor and going back to the clothes and shoes, "I'm almost done anyways. Are you?"
"Yea, just about finished with the pictures-"
"What are you gonna do with them?" John asked.
Lita shrugged. "Don't know, don't care right now. Anyways, almost done. Let's just finish this."
"You heard her." Dave said looking at John. "Let's go so I don't have to be around you and Randy any longer." The two left to join Randy in the bedroom and finish moving and getting rid of some of the things to make some room for the two bassinets they planned on having for when the babies came. Lita turned her attention back to the pictures and started to put them away without trying to think about them again. She was just waiting for the day she would officially stop thinking about Christian. She thought she was but she was wrong, the pictures brought back the memories she didn't want to think about.
Thanks for reading. Thanks for the reviews.
While you wait for anything that you are currently reading to update, check these out:
'Loving My Best Friend' by my time is now for a Lita/John fix.
'Turning the Clock Back to Zero' by OrchidI007711. One of my absolute favorites. Another Lita/John.
Any One Tree Hill fans? 'Hello Goodbye' by xHalesMariex. Brucas!
