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A.N. I updated! I suck, I know, it's been way too long but I'm still not sure how many chapters I want to make this, and how to finish it. But there will be a sequel when this is all done, whenever that may be, and I already know what I'd like to happen in that. Hope you like this.
P.S. Thank you all for reading and waiting, it means so much that you like this :)
Senior Year Chapter Twenty-Five: Surprise
A week had passed, and thanks to two very helpful parents, Miley and Lilly had almost completed furnishing their home. Trucks seemed to be coming in shifts, and before anything was delivered a crew of painters worked almost all day to freshly paint and change the colors to ones that the girls picked out. Diplomas were picked up and framed, all the banking and paperwork had been sorted and the girls were fully equal on paper and each had access to anything the other did. Heather and Robbie fully stocked their kitchen, down to every last thing they would need: food processers, blenders, juicers, Panini grills, you name it, they had it. It was tuning out to be an amazing home.
"Man, I had no idea that moving in and getting everything sorted out would be so much work." Lilly said as she lay back on the bed. Their room was decorated in soft earth tones and a giant king sized canopy bed adorned the center of the wall to the left of the door.
"Yeah, well we started from scratch, it's not like we moved from another house and had existing furniture Lil, I mean, if that were the case all we would have had to do would have been cleaning and painting. If you ever want to move it'll be easier." Miley said, the thought of moving doing something funny to her stomach. She loved this house.
"Move? I don't think so; this is my dream home Miles." Lilly said as she elbowed her lover in the side.
"Good, cause it's mine too." Miley rolled over and kissed Lilly soundly. Their parents were currently making them dinner downstairs in the kitchen, the first official dinner they were having in the house. The girls decided on taking a little nap because they had been up early while the last of the backyard furniture had been delivered. The yard now had a beautiful gazebo type structure that housed the massive outdoor table and a giant hammock for two was on the shady part of the grass, and eight lounge chairs surrounded the pool. It was perfect – everything was perfect.
Miley looked at Lilly thoughtfully. "Are you happy baby?" she asked.
Lilly rolled on her side and snuggled as close to her lover as possible. "Happy? I'm beyond happy Miley – I have an amazing woman who I'm so in love with and she bought me a beautiful home – even if you didn't buy the house, I'm so in love with you that you're all I need." Lilly kissed Miley slowly and passionately, wordlessly conveying the depth of emotions she had for her with just her kiss. After napping for about an hour, Heather knocked on the door and told them that dinner was ready.
"The house is wonderful; you did a great job with it." Robbie Ray said as he held up his glass in a toast. "We love you both so very much and are so proud you, cheers." Everyone clinked their wine glasses together before digging into the feast before them.
"Mmm, this is delicious, thank you so much for all your help, and you didn't have to stock the kitchen for us." Lilly said.
"Aw honey your welcome, and we wanted to do something nice for you. Consider it your housewarming present." Heather said. For dinner she had made a giant pot of sauce with gravy meat, guaranteeing some would be left over and the girls could freeze it for another time. The house was done like a traditional beach home by the sea. It was warm and inviting and fit their personalities perfectly.
"So, what do you have left to do?" Robbie asked.
Miley swallowed and sipped her wine. "Well, next week at some point I want to start looking for studio equipment, actually dad if you want to come with me, I um, don't really know where to begin."
Robbie Ray laughed. "Sure darlin' no problem. I'll call the label, I'm sure they'll be more than happy to help also."
After dinner, everyone went outside for dessert. Robbie baked a cake and made some cappuccinos. The sun was starting to set casting a warm glow over everything. Miley looked around and smiled. It finally hit her; this was all real.
"What are you thinking about sweetie?" Heather asked her as she handed her a piece of cake. Miley took Lilly's hand and kissed it before answering. "I was just thinking that it finally hit me; this is real, and it's so much better than I could've imagined. I have an amazing family, a girl to love for the rest of my life and a home of our own. You all love and support me and I just, thank you for everything, I mean it."
Everyone had tears in their eyes as they all crowded around Miley and hugged her.
When Lilly was on her second piece of cake, she nodded to Robbie Ray to cover for her for a few minutes.
"So have you thought what kind of cars you want to get?" Robbie Ray asked.
"Not yet, we're going to go car shpping next week. I'm thinking it will be good to get a car and an SUV, or get two SUV's and a car to go out it, I don't know." Lilly said.
"Yeah, I really like the new Range Rover and Lilly likes the Mercedes and we both really like classic cars so we haven't ruled out the possibility of a 65' Mustang. There's so many options." Miley said.
"Well, cars are the only things you guys are missing; you've got everything else you need." Robbie said, giving Lilly her que.
"Oh I don't know, something's still missing." Lilly said and stood up. Miley had a panicked look on her face and the blonde hated seeing it but wanted so badly to surprise her. "I'll be right back, I've left something next door that I want to show you."
"Do you want me to-" Miley started to say but was cut off.
"I'll be right back Miles, you sit tight." Lilly lightly pecked her on the lips before disappearing into the house and grabbing her keys for her parents' house.
Miley looked panicked. "What could possibly be missing? Is she not happy?"
Robbie Ray instantly tried to squash her worries. "Darlin', trust me, everything will be ok, Lilly probably just wants to buy something, don't worry. I'm going to the bathroom, I'll be right back."
"Calm down sweetie, don't cry." Heather said when the brunette girl looked to be close to tears. She reached across the table and squeezed her hand lightly to reassure her.
What Miley didn't know was that Lilly had a surprise for her. Three days ago she had come across some puppies and dogs for adoption and fell in love with one and realized that Miley would love it and she wanted to surprise her. After calling Robbie Ray to make sure she wasn't allergic, she went about adopting. She set the home visit up when she was sure Miley wouldn't be there the next day and when everything checked out, she told the home visitor that Robbie Ray would pick the dog up today – three hours ago to be exact. She got the immediate necessities: a doggie litter box, wee-wee pads, two squeaky toys and a small bag of kibble and a cheap bed. Everything was stashed in the garage of their own house while Taffy was waiting next door. Instead of going to the bathroom, Robbie Ray got everything from the garage. He put the wee-wee box in the corner, filled the bowls with food and water and put them on the floor. He saw Lilly walking back with the dog as he made his way back outside.
"Your mommy is going to love you, yes she is." Lilly said to Taffy. The dog was licking her face and snuggling into her. Lilly grabbed the two small toys and stuffed them into her pockets before going outside and looking straight at Miley.
Miley's expression went through three stages: first, her eyes widened, then her mouth dropped open and finally, a huge, wide grin appeared on her face.
"Oh my god Lilly!" was all she managed to say as she got up and ran over to her.
"Surprise sweetheart." Lilly handed the puppy to Miley and watched happily as the dog licked her entire face while wagging her tail.
"When did you – how did you-"
"Let's start with the basics first. Her name is Taffy, she's a year old, wee-wee pad trained and she's already fixed. When I went to the market the other day there was an adoption van outside and I went in and fell in love with this little girl and I knew you would too. She's a Jackrussel Terrier mix and fully grown – she's around eleven pounds. I filled out the paperwork, arranged for the home visit and made sure you wouldn't be here yesterday when they came." Lilly said.
Miley put Taffy down and kissed Lilly. Lilly took the two toys out of her pocket and threw them down for Taffy, who happily took them and started playing.
"I put food and water in her bowls for her on the floor and put the pad in the box. You can move it if you want to but make sure you show her where you put it." Robbie Ray said as he and Heather went to sit on the ground next to the girls.
"I only got what we really needed immediately; food, those two things she has, a cheap bed and the bowls. Tomorrow we'll go together and pick out stuff for her." Lilly said as she threw the small squeaky steak for Taffy to fetch.
"What about a leash and collar?" Heather asked. She hadn't seen the dog until now because when Robbie Ray went to get her, she was cooking dinner here.
"She has a basic ugly one; it's on the counter inside. We'll get that tomorrow too, and a nice I.D. tag and we have to make a vet appointment."
"Taffy, c'mere" Miley drawled out and the happy doggie ran and jumped into her waiting lap. Lilly smiled when she saw this. "She knows her name Lil, and she seems right at home."
"Well good, she is home." Lilly said as she leaned over to pet their dog.
After playing with Taffy for a while, the cheerful little dog ran to the grass to pee. "I forgot to tell you, she goes outside too."
"This is awesome, you not only got a dog, you got a trained one as well." Miley said.
"Why don't you show her the house and we'll start cleaning up." Heather said as she got up and Robbie started bringing the dessert leftovers inside.
"We'll help you." Miley said, grabbing the tray with the mugs on it.
"No that's ok, you and Lilly get to know your Taffy and we'll take care of everything."
Taffy followed right after them and immediately went to her box and peed on the wee-wee pad. Then she ate a little and drank some water. She was walking all around the first level of the house and Miley and Lilly followed her everywhere. She was afraid to go up and down stairs so for now they would have to carry her and work on teaching her to do it on her own. When it was time for bed, they carried the wee-wee box to their bedroom and decided to leave it in the bathroom with the door open so if Taffy needed to go in the middle of the night she could. Her bed was placed next to theirs, but Taffy seemed to want to cuddle for a while and when she was asleep, they didn't want to move her.
"I can't believe you got me a dog, Lilly, I love her, and I love you." Miley said leaning over and kissing her lover. "She's perfect."
"She is, isn't she?" Lilly said looking at the small furry friend sleeping peacefully between them. They were both so content that they didn't hear Taffy start to snore away.
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