A/N Hello my lovely's I am soooo sorry it is taking so long to update, I have been in a "The Break-Up" FUNK to say the least. So I hope this takes your mind off all the spoilers and everything until tomorrow! This chapter is 1/3 of the last ones. So enjoy. :D
2 Months Later…..
"And sugar cookies…OH pickles Cor! Don't forget my pickles" Lea demanded as she laid back on the couch with her swollen feet propped up on some throw pillows.
"Got it baby" he said as he kissed her forehead and proceeds out the door to find a store close by that was even open at 2 a.m. He had been up with Lea since 10; she had been having bad Braxton Hicks contractions for hours. She just got ordered a day before to be on strict bed rest, if she had to go anywhere she had to make sure she wasn't on her feet more than 10 minutes at a time due to all the stress she had been on. She had a warm wash cloth on her head and was finally relaxed; she gave up trying to sleep in her bed hours ago. She laid there for hours watching Funny Girl and Yentl, asking Cory to bring her different types of food each time he finally drifted off into sleep on the tiny love seat he was struggling to sleep on.
He got into his car and started down the dark ghost-town like rode, he continued to rub his eyes the whole way, as he fought his sleep.
He noticed that the local grocery store was opened so he went to it and got all things he needed, a little more than he needed in case Lea changed her mind – again. It was a very quick trip seeing as the whole town was probably curled up in their warm beds drooling on their pillows and snoring loudly like he should be doing.
He pulled up in his driveway and parked his car respectively behind Darren's, he got his three brown paper sacked bags and took them inside quietly walking through the front door, careful not to wake his hormonal girlfriend who was passed out for the first time tonight.
As he finished putting all the crazy and unordinary combinations of foods away in the pantry and fridge he walked into the living room. Lea was lying on her back head barley staying on the side of the couch one hand on her stomach and another in the rim of her boy shorts underwear she was wearing, Cory couldn't help but laugh at her weird sleeping position, but whatever worked for her he thought as he covered her up with her pink blanket. He couldn't wait till this was over with and he could bring his baby girl home and him, Faith and Lea could all be a family. He made his way to the love seat and again uncomfortably made himself a bed, he began thinking of the day he would bring the baby home, and how everything would work. With Chris now living here, and him inviting his book club members over all the time, the two in and out of the house with their busy schedules, Cory didn't know how this was going to work. He loved Darren and his brother, but sometimes he just wanted to do things on his own, ya know, pay his own bills, take care of his soon to be wife and child by his self. He didn't have any bills here, even though it made everything a lot stress-free he needed to be a man and take care of everything his self. No, his daughter and fiancé wouldn't live in a big mansion-like house anymore, but they will live in what they can afford and be fine. Maybe he would just sleep on it and think about it more tomorrow.
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Darren walked downstairs around 10am with Lea flipping through channels still curled up on the couch.
"Hey babe" Darren said heading to the kitchen to pour himself some apple juice
"Hey" she said in a pouting mood
"What's wrong?"
"I just hate being on bed rest, this sucks." She said matter-factly.
"Well, you want Faith to be healthy don't ya?" he asked
"Duh" she said as she finally got to BRAVO
"Okay then." He said as he joined her under the blankets and she rested her slightly swollen feet on his boxer covered lap.
"Where's Cory?" Darren wondered
"He went to work like an hour or so ago"
When Cory left his tour a little early, it was so successful before that, that he was pretty secure with what he had in his bank. But he still knew he had a baby coming soon and a fiancé to take care of so he started working as a high paid assistant at his studio.
Darren sat his drink on the coffee table in front of them as he started giving his best friend a foot rub, "Why did you guy's sleep down here anyway?"
"Because I am a fat whale and I can't get comfortable in my bed. I had Cor running like crazy last night, I feel so bad." She said now laying on her back facing towards her feet.
"I'm sure he understands."
"Yeah, I know but still." She said with a slight pout
"Oh! Yah I got a surprise for you! We just decided last night because how busy these months have been with Theo and the bed rest and everything going on…" she said beginning to pause. After everything that happened with Theo, Darren and Cory, the two were let off of everything after the police and evidence noticed they didn't do anything wrong. Theo on the other hand was warranted two restraining orders and to take anger management classes, one month in jail and community services for housing an unregistered gun. They were more than happy with this news.
"But, I would like you and Chris to help me plan our wedding, it's happening in two weeks!" Lea said with a huge smile on her face
"One week? Lee are you crazy? How are we supposed to do that?" he asked
"Well, I don't know, we want it on the beach, simple with our closest friends; I don't really care about the dress considering I'm going to look like a big fat balloon anyways." She said bringing both her hands on her stomach.
"Stop, you are going to look beautiful, could you imagine? Everybody dresses in white and we'll be right on the beach with the tide washing up close by" he said still massaging her bare feet
"Sounds breathtaking" she said smiling trying to imagine it herself
"Well let's go pick up Chris and start the planning" Darren asked patting her on the leg
"Dare did you forget I'm on bed rest?" she asked
"We will pick u up one of those old people scooters!" he said with a laugh
"Dare… are you serious?"
"Yelp, let's go." He said giggling helping her off the couch
"We are going to look like idiots" she said slowly walking upstairs to take a shower and change with Darren steady behind her
"No, you are going to look like an idiot" he said laughing with his hand on the middle of her back guiding her up the stairs.
"Thanks Dare" she said sarcastically with a laugh
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"What are we doing here?" Chris asked as he parked on the side of the rode and saw Cory standing on the side walk in front of a little brown house with a white picket fence around it.
"Looking at a house, but if I tell you, promise not to tell?" Cory asked
"Promise." He said taking his sunglasses off
"Okay the retailer already gave me the keys earlier so let's go look" Cory said as he walked up the tiny porch steps
"So, what's this about?" Chris asked following his brother
"Well, Lea and I are planning on moving out..." Cory said
"What? Why?" he asked
"I just want us to depend on each other, I don't pay any bills in that house, we are bringing a baby into this world I just want to be the man and do this. But Lea doesn't know anything about this yet. Not till the wedding night."
"What? When are you guys getting married, does Darren know all of this? Or am I just being told last like always?"
"No, no, he doesn't know maybe about the wedding but only we know about the house, and we haven't talked about it but I don't think she will have a problem with it, do you?"
"She and Darren are pretty close, I'm not sure though, maybe ask Darren. But in the end, it's your decision; she's your girlfriend if you think she'll want this. Do it." Chris said with a smile "can we see this house now?"
"Thanks bro," he said as he opened the door and they walked inside
The floors were wooden a little scratched up but it could be fixed, the walls were all crisp white. Right when you walked inside there was the living room to the left of the house and to the right there was an arch way and the dining room was visible from the living room. In the back of the dining room was a tinier but presentable kitchen. In the kitchen there is a door that opens into the hallway; that is seen when you open the front door, which ends the wooden floors and starts with white carpet and there are three doors. Two bedrooms and one bathroom right in the middle
Chris walks into the master bedroom while Cory is checking out the bathroom space "Cory, you have your own bathroom in here too!" Chris shouts
"Cool!" Cory says in excitement as they meet in the bedroom
"You can afford this place?" Chris asks
"Well with the wedding and this it's going to be extra tight… But yea I think we can do it" he says
"Well it's nice; just don't put yourself in debt."
"Do you think Lea will like it?
"Of course, it's like a chic tiny house; it's good for starters and perfect for a family of three" Chris said looking in the closets
This left Cory happier than before, he now knew this was the right thing to do, and was so excited to share this special moment with Lea.