this chapter went a completely different direction then i was originally intending. hope you all enjoy it. Read and review.
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The morning brought, clarity and an odd sense of calm. Nathan woke up and saw Haley still sleeping soundly, her large baby bump nestled in between them. Without waking her he slid out of bed and tiptoed into the kitchen, and began pulling things out of the fridge. He reached and grabbed Haley's recipe book, intent on making her favorite breakfast waffles with lots of strawberries and whipped cream. He glanced at the recipe and decided that it couldn't be that difficult even though he was completely hopeless in the kitchen. Following the directions exactly he began measuring ingredients. Everything went smoothly until it was time to cook them.
Haley awoke to the smell of smoke. Immediately panicking she jumped out of bed and ran into the kitchen where the smell was emanating from.
"Damn it." Nathan said exasperated.
"What are you doing?" she asked trying to hold back laughter at the sight of Nathan attempting to cook.
"Trying to make you breakfast. It's not working out so well." he admitted.
"Let me help, before you burn down our apartment." she said walking to where he was standing.
"How do you do it?" he asked.
"well first of all you don't need it on full heat." she said turning the dial back a little bit.
"Oh." he said.
"Then you pour the batter into the waffle iron and close it. Wait a couple minutes. Ta da perfect waffle." she said grinning producing the perfect waffle.
"You are amazing. Maybe I'll just leave the cooking to you for the rest of our lives together." he said.
"Nuh uh. You are going to learn to do this baby. If I had known earlier that you were so hopeless, you would have been standing here in the kitchen with me every night I cooked." she told him firmly.
"Fine. So since we have an extra long weekend, what are we doing today?" he asked.
"I don't know." she answered.
"Well you choose. I'll do whatever you want. Sort of a start to make it up to you for being such an ass yesterday and the night before." he said.
"You are already forgiven. But now that I think of it, it might be nice to have you for my virtual slave." she said tapping her chin.
"At your service ma'am." Nathan said.
Haley giggled as she helped herself to her waffle with a generous topping of whipped cream and strawberries.
"Holy crap, how much whipped cream do you need?" he asked seeing the huge dollop on her waffle.
"Shut up. I'm pregnant, I can eat what I want." she said.
"I could think of much better things to use that whipped cream for. It doesn't all need to go in your stomach, some could go on you." he suggested winking. As he expected Haley's face went a deep red at his suggestion which caused him to laugh.
"No. I am not wearing the whipped cream." she told him glaring playfully.
"Damn." he said.
"I get to choose the activities for today mister." she reminded him.
"Fine. But I think make up sex is in order." he suggested.
"I think not. I need to go back to the grocery store, since I missed most of my list the other day. And then I want to read for a bit, take a nap, take a bubble bath, watch a move, eat ice cream. There's a long list of things I need to get accomplished today." she told him.
"I like the bubble bath idea. Maybe I could join you." he said.
"Maybe. But I have work to do first. Need to find something for dinner, need groceries. We have no food, all I picked up yesterday was milk, eggs and bread. We have nothing else. I need to cook dinner and we really need to clean the apartment. All that gets done before I can even think about a bubble bath. Besides the bubble bath was intended for just before bed." she told him.
"What if I helped you with all your chores today?" he asked. "Even cooking?" she asked smiling brightly.
"Even cooking." he answered reluctantly.
"Great. Lets get to the grocery store." she said grabbing his hand and her purse, while he fished out his car keys.
Nathan had his arm wrapped firmly around Haley's waist as she pushed the cart down the aisles of the grocery store. She stopped down the cereal aisle and looked at all the varieties. Immediately she grabbed a box of cheerio's. Before continuing on her way. They stocked up on fruits and vegetables and other household necessities before going to the checkouts. After paying the pushed the cart back to their car and Nathan loaded the bags into the backseat. While Haley hopped in the passenger seat. Once they got home, Nathan carried two of the bags into the apartment while Haley carried one. He then went back outside to get the rest of the bags.
"Okay what's next?" he asked placing the last of the groceries on the counter.
"We put the groceries away. I'll do the fridge, you do the cupboards since I cant really reach." she told him. They worked in silence for a couple minutes until they were finished.
"Okay now what?" he asked.
"we clean." she answered. For the next couple hours they cleaned the apartment from top to bottom. Once they were done Nathan collapsed on the couch.
"Are we done yet?" he asked exhausted.
"We need to cook supper. Now you know how I feel, except you don't have to carry a something that resembles a basketball in your stomach." she reminded him.
"Oh yeah. You much he exhausted." he sympathized.
"Oh yeah. I'm ready for a nap. And my back is killing me." she told him.
"Well lets just do dinner, then I'll give you a back massage. How's that sound?" he asked.
"Heavenly." she answered before walking into the kitchen.
For the next couple minutes she instructed him how to make pasta, deciding on something easy for his first time cooking.
"How exactly did you survive before I moved in?" she asked.
"A steady stream of takeout." he informed her.
"That is disgusting." she told him.
"It wasn't that bad." he told her.
"really." she said.
"You're food is much better though." he told her.
"Right answer." she said giving him a quick peck on the lips.
"Why are we making dinner so early?" he asked curiously.
"Because I want to get all of this done. And we can just heat it up when we get hungry. I just want to relax for the rest of the day. I think I may even leave the dishes for tomorrow." she said.
"Or I could do them." he suggested.
"You are amazing." she said between kissing him.
"So I've been told." he smirked.
"How is it that you're ego even fits in this apartment?" she wondered.
"Ha ha. Are you ready for your massage?" he asked.
"Oh yeah." she told him walking over to the couch when she laid down on her side.
"I've never done a massage in this position before." he noted.
"I cant lay on my stomach." she told him.
"I know that." he said rubbing her stomach affectionately. He slid her shirt up her back and undid her bra so he had an uninterrupted view of her back. He started kneading out her sore muscles and rubbing lotion into it. It didn't take her long to fall asleep from his ministrations.
He glanced over at her a couple minutes later and saw she was asleep. He kissed her cheek softly before going to sit at the foot of the couch draping the blanket over her sleeping form. She stretched out a couple minutes later and her feet ended up in his lap. So he started massaging her feet.
"That feels so good." she mumbled half asleep.
"That's good." he answered. He watched as she lapsed back into slumber, loving watching her sleep. It was while she was sleeping that an idea came to his head. He realized that this was what he needed to do, and what he wanted to do. He moved her feet out of his lap and walked over to kiss her forehead which woke her up.
"Just go back to sleep okay baby. I just have to run out for a second." he told her.
"Ok where are you going?" she asked.
"I just have to run out for a second. I'll be back in a little while." he said kissing her forehead.
"Okay don't be long. I miss you too much when you're gone." she smiled.
"I'll miss you too." he said kissing her lips once before leaving.
It only took Nathan a couple minutes to find the store he was looking for. He walked in and went directly to the salesman.
"Okay I don't have a lot of money so show me what you have in my price range." he told him.
"well we have these." the man showed Nathan.
Haley woke up to find Nathan still not home. She wasn't awake long when he walked in the front door.
"Buy anything?" she asked curiously.
"Nope." he told her lying.
"Oh. Where'd you go?" she asked.
"I just had to look at something." he told her.
"I'm hungry." she said.
"Well then lets have dinner." he suggested before getting up to dish out some of the pasta they had made earlier and pouring some of the sauce on top.
"Okay so about that bath?" he asked.
"Do the dishes then you can join me." she bargained.
"Deal." he said. They finished eating and then Haley went to run her bath water. Once it was the perfect temperature she undressed and climbed in. Nathan walked in the bathroom a few minutes later with a slightly nervous look on his face.
"Nate what's wrong?" she asked concerned.
"I just want to ask you a question quickly." he told her.
"Nathan whats wrong? You already know that this baby is your regardless. You know that right?" she asked panicked.
"No its nothing to do with that. I told you that I was over that, and I am." he told her.
"Then what is it?" she asked.
"Now I don't want you to feel pressured or anything. But at this moment there is nothing I would want more than for you to be my wife. So Haley will you marry me?" he asked softly producing the small box from his pocket.
"Oh my God. It's beautiful." she cried when she opened the box with the small diamond ring nestled in it. It wasn't much but it was beautiful.
"So will you marry me Haley?" he asked again when she didn't answer.
"Yes. Yes I will marry you." she cried when he slid the ring on her hand.