Devon picked up Hannah on Saturday and Tom had flown To London on Monday leaving Allison alone to get her surprise for Tom ready. By Tuesday she found she missed him terribly, but working at the studio kept her mind busy. By Wednesday she had finished recording one book and started on the second. She had her surprise for Tom nearly ready as well and she had dinner that night with Elsa and Chris. She enjoyed some time with the kids before she went home, but before she left Elsa had told her she had seen an article online talking about Allison being rumored to be pregnant, so once at home Allison looked up the article. Luckily the air in L.A. had gotten cooler so she had been layering her clothes and it wasn't as easy to tell at the moment. She looked over the few pictures they had of her and Tom thinking that now she had to buy a dress for the premier she would need to find a creative way to go out to find it. She was sitting in bed reading when her phone rang as Tom's familiar voice sang to her.
"Hello handsome."
"Hello kitten, how are you?"
"I'm good. I just have a little sore throat. How are you doing?"
"I'm well, although I miss you terribly. Is it bad enough that you need to go the doctor?"
"I miss you too Tom, but you will be home soon. No, it's just from me reading out loud for hours on end, but the tea and honey is helping."
"Alright, just keep an eye on it. I can't wait to come home to you, I will be there as soon as I can. You could send me a photo to help me survive." Allison giggled as she thought about it.
"Well, what kind of photo do you want Mr. Hiddleston?" Tom laughed knowing she was really asking if he wanted a naughty picture.
"Darling, any photo of you is enough to ease my mind."
"So, will I get one in return?"
"Absolutely." They spoke until Allison couldn't stay awake any longer, but after she hung up she did send him a picture. Soon her phone let her know she had a message, and she smiled at the cute picture Tom had sent her. The next two days Allison worked, and by Friday afternoon she had finished recording and she made her way home. Once at home, she found it hard not to just call up Tom and tell him about the surprise, but she managed to restrain herself. She had gotten a message from Tom, letting her know he was on his flight and he's be home somewhere around midnight. Allison smiled as she replied, simply telling him she could not wait, then she called Ceci, checking on her friend.
"Hello mama-to-be, how have you and those babies been?"
"We've been good, just missing daddy while he's been in London." Ceci laughed hearing Allison call Tom daddy, thinking they were almost too cute together.
"So, how has work been?"
"Good, but I'm finished with it now. I hope the second half of this pregnancy goes as fast as the first, if not, I may go crazy."
"Well, just enjoy it while it last. What is Tom working on now?"
"High Rise, he should be done in a month, but after that he has another role already lined up, another period piece here in L.A. Right now though he's got a lot of promo stuff for Crimson Peak to do, that's why he's in London right now. Speaking of that, god do I wish Sue was here instead of London, I need a dress to wear to his premier here."
"I'm sure you and I can find you one." Allison smiled thinking about Ceci having her trying on dresses to find the perfect one to show off the bump.
"I'm sure we can, but the problem is that I have been seeing more and more camera lenses and I'm desperately trying to keep this bump hidden until the premier. Apparently Tom won't confirm the rumors until he has me out where everyone can see it." Ceci would have thought he would have already written in the stars by now, but this was just as sweet.
"Well, you just let me see what I can do. I have to go, mom is calling me. I'll talk to you soon though. Love you, bye."
"Tell her I say hi. Love you too, bye." Allison looked at the time, it was only three, she still had a long time to wait on Tom so she sat down to read. She was looking over some of the pregnancy books Tom had acquired when she realized she had been reading for nearly six hours. She got up to eat something before she made her way upstairs to change into her comfy bed-clothes. She laid down in bed, wanting to read more, but soon she started drift off asleep. Soon the sound of Tom coming in the bedroom woke her up.
"Kitten, go back to sleep. I didn't mean to wake you."
"Come to bed with me, I've missed you." Tom smiled as he leaned down to kiss her forehead.
"I'll join you just as soon as I get ready." Allison smiled as she waited for Tom to join her. Soon he was next to her and she curled into him, tilting his chin to look at her so that she could kiss him deeply. Tom wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close so that they could both finally have a restful night's sleep. The next morning Tom woke up alone, but the smell of coffee let him know Allison was downstairs. He made his way down stairs to find her in the kitchen sitting at the breakfast table reading over a list she had made.
"Good morning sunshine, I made coffee, would you like me to make you some breakfast?" Tom walked over to her, bending down to kiss her head before he went to pour himself a cup of coffee.
"Thank you darling, but no, you sit there and relax. What is that you're looking at?" Allison smiled, knowing she wanted to show him the surprise, but she waited for him to get a cup of coffee in him first.
"A list of baby names." Tom saw the smiled spread across her lips and he made his way over to her, asking to look at the list.
"May I?" Allison handed him the legal pad she had written them on, biting her lip slightly.
"The left column is boys the right is girls but the one's with stars next to them are my favorites." Tom shifted his eyes to her for a moment before focusing on the list again, loving how she had really taken the time to think about his. He started reading over some of the boys names first, saying them out loud to get a feel for them as he sipped his coffee.
"James,Thomas, Oliver, Micheal, Lucas, Ethan, Max, Liam, Callum, Noah, Alexander, Bray, Aiden, Edward and Finley. And for girls we are looking at Dianna, Janice, Baily, Killigan, Avery, Gabriella, Vivian, Olivia, Angelina, Piper, London, Abigale, Isla and Grace. You seem to favor Bray and Aiden for the boys and Baily and Grace for the girls. I guess I must make my list and we will compare."
"I don't know if it's fair that you got to see my list first." Tom looked at Allison, seeing the smirk on her lips let him know she was teasing him.
"I promise I will get to work on my list today." Tom took a long sip of his coffee and Allison finally couldn't take it any more.
"I have a surprise for you." Tom raised a brow at Allison as he looked her over.
"Oh really? What is this surprise?" Allison got up and started moving towards the hallway as she spoke over her shoulder.
"You will just have to come upstairs to find out." Tom took another sip of his coffee before he followed her to the stairs.
"Does this surprise involved shedding our clothes, because those are some of my favorite kind of surprised." He watched as Allison climbed the stairs, her laugh echoing in the hallway.
"No, sorry not that kind of surprise." Tom's brows knit together now as he hurried up the stairs, seeing Allison heading towards the nursery. Once she went for the door he felt an anger building up inside of him.
"Do not tell me you did." Allison whipped around to face him, his tone catching her by surprise.
"You're mad." Tom now knew she had done exactly what he was afraid of, she had done something in the nursery without him and the top boiled off his emotions.
"What in the hell made you think it was a good idea to do that without me? You know I wanted to be apart of that, I've been dying to get that room finished but you wouldn't let me. You kept telling me that we should wait until we knew the gender of the babies, but you just wanted to do it yourself. I can't believe you. I'm not going in there." Allison stood there in shock for a moment, trying not to show just how hurt she really was.
"You think that is why I asked you wait, just so I could do it on my own. You're insane, freaking crazy. No actually I wanted to do this for you and the babies, not for me at all. But what does it matter, you won't go in there so I'll just have it all undone. What the hell does it matter to me." She started to walk towards the bedroom, but something wouldn't let her leave it go, she turned around to Tom, raising her voice now as she spoke rapidly. "You know, you've done so much for me and our children and I am damn grateful. So you know maybe, just maybe I thought it was my turn to do something." Allison was fighting the tears back with all she had, but Tom wouldn't let her be.
"Your turn, you act like you don't get to do anything." Allison took a step towards Tom, lowering her voice to just above a whisper as she spoke to him.
"Tom, look around you. You did all of this for us, our children and me, and I love it and you more and more everyday, but I was feeling a bit inadequate. I mean you buy a house and a car and then you have it painted and decorated and it's just beyond anything I could have ever wanted. You made sure every detail was perfect and I wanted just once to show you how much I appreciate it. I just, I didn't want this to feel like a one-sided deal, we are in this together and I just wanted to do my part."
Allison took a step back before she walked into the bedroom, gathering her clothes before she slipped into the bathroom to shower and dress. Tom sat down in the floor across from the nursery, looking it over as he thought about what she had said. Maybe he was looking at this wrong, she did have a point, he had done everything so far, and he knew she hated feeling like she was reliant on him. He could hear the shower turn off so he got up and made his way into the nursery, amazed by what he saw. He looked over the Mural that looped around all four walls. He saw the two white cribs and dressers and the two rocking chairs there. He looked to one of the corners, admiring the real branch that hung over the corner, stuff Kaa the snake coiled around it. Below Kaa was a huge stuff Shere Khan Tiger and Tom was delighted. He now knew she had indeed done this for him and their children and then he spotted the book. It was laying on one of the chairs, a green leather-bound copy of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle book printed in 1899. He opened the book and lightly flipped through the pages, and soon a slip of paper fell out. He picked it up, tears falling down his cheeks as he read it over.
Tom, I know you will love to read this story to our children, and I will love to listen to it as well. I wanted you to know how much you mean to me and how thankful I am for all that you've done for me, and our own man cubs. I cannot wait for us to be parents, and neither can I wait to be wife. Yours Always, Allison
Tom smiled and turned to find Allison, but he didn't need to go far. She stood in the doorway, looking over him with crossed arms and pink eyes. Tom never had to say a word, he just walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her long and deep as he held her tight. Once he finally pulled his lips from hers, he held her gaze as he talked.
"I'm so sorry for acting like some jerk. You've done something so perfect, far better than anything I could have imagined and I love it. I love you Allison Thompson and I can't wait either."