They walked around the shopping district of Alta and must have visited every store. Riddick was already carrying half-dozen bags filled with knick-knacks, decorations, towels, sheets and practically anything else you could imagine to make a house a home. And there was at least a dozen deliveries slated in the next week for larger items: couches, beds, fancy lights, and the like. And one of course from the local home improvement store with gallons of paint, in all shades of blues, greys and of course black. Suddenly Jack stopped in front of one of the last shops on the street. "The Stork." Riddick silently walked up behind, realizing the reason for her stare and then just walked around her and into the store.
"Brandon we don't have to go in here…" she trailed off as he walked in the door, not even seeing if she followed. She always hated calling him Brandon, but in public it was necessary. She also hated those contacts he wore, his vision was the same, if not impaired, but it hid the shine job, so people didn't notice.
She followed him in, looking around like a kid in a candy store, smiling at all the cute baby and toddler items and walked right into his back.
"What the fu…" She followed his gaze down a side aisle; he was staring at a mother holding her child. She was talking to a sales person, as the baby played with his mother's hoop earrings. She looked back at Riddick, "Baby…"
"You wanna look around?" He asked looking at her like nothing was out of the ordinary.
"If you want to."
"Sure, we're gonna have to come here sooner or later," he grinned and began walking away.
A full half-hour later they had picked out a nursery set, and even bought it, hell they had plenty of rooms, it's not like they couldn't start planning.
The set was beautiful. It had a celestial theme. Riddick was actually the one who spotted and picked it out. Jack had always had this thing about the night sky. She would sit for hours looking at the stars, learning about planets and moons. Riddick almost would have thought after T2 she would have hated it, but she didn't. And he smiled remembering the both of them watching the meteor shower the night of their birthday.
The crib, dresser, nightstands, the whole bit, was a beautiful glossy deep black. So dark it almost had blue in it. All the handles and accessories were satin silver and the set had metallic stars painted on for accents. It even came with a mobile, complete with the Padua System, in all its glory.