Two weeks later, the house was completely finished and the family of three, soon-to-be four, moved in. Tony had not allowed Charity to see it all until it was finished. He wanted to make it a surprise.
Tony had blind-folded Charity once they were in the car. AJ sat in th backseat giggling at how excited he was to help surprise his mommy. Once Tony stopped the car, he got out and helped Charity and AJ both get out of the car as well. Tony took one of Charity's hands and AJ took the other, both leading her inside for the big reveal.
Once they walked in the door, Tony moved his hand to the blindfold. "Are you ready?" He asked playfully.
"Yes." She answered smiling brightly.
"Is she really ready, AJ?" Tony asked building up the suspense.
AJ put his finger to his chin and thought for a moment, playing along. "Yeah, I think so, Daddy."
"Alright, in three...two...one and a half..." Tony said teasingly, his fingers just on the edge of the blindfold.
"Oh, just do it already. The suspense is killing me." Charity said, excited.
"One." Tony said and uncovered his wife's eyes.
She looked all around the living room. She loved the color for the room and the way the furniture she and Abby picked out looked. "It's just as beautiful as I thought it would be." Then she turned and saw the wall above the couch.
Tony and AJ had hung up several pictures. There was one of Tony and Charity when they went out on a date. There was one the night they got engaged. There was a picture of the three of them in the hospital when AJ was born. There was yet another picture of Tony and Charity in the hospital the day they got married. Charity wore her wedding dress and Tony wore his hospital gown, sling, and borrowed bow tie.
Charity smiled at the picture. Of course there were more pictures throughout the house of their small family. Charity started to explore the house, loving how the paint turned out.
"We do good, Mommy?" AJ asked, looking up at his mom with a smile on his face.
She grinned down at him. "Yes, you did."
"Yay!" AJ exclaimed and then ran off to go play.
Tony walked up to stand behand Charity. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "So, you think you're going to be happy here?" He asked.
"No." She answered.
Tony pulled back and turned her around to face him. His brow furrowed in confusion. "What? I..."
Charity placed a finger to his lips to silence him. Then a mischievous grin crossed her face. "We are going to be happy here." She corrected.
Tony smiled at his wife. "You scared me for a moment there." He then pulled her back into his arms and kissed the top of her head.