Hey! I'm back with another chapter. I bet you people thought I fell off the face of the earth. Nope, I'm still here! Enjoy this fluffy chapter. When I say fluff, I mean fluff.
Spencer has been on many flights in her life. She's flown from Pennsylvania to Florida. She's gone from Pennsylvania to Colorado. She's flown to Washington. She's flown twice to California. There have been several times she'd have to fly to Europe when she went to school overseas. So, flying has never been a big issue for her. She's gotten used to it. Toby, however, is not one for flying. He's been on two airplanes in his life growing up (not counting having to fly to the safe house). He tries to avoid flying if possible.
"Okay, sweetie," Spencer led the way through the airport to the correct gate. "Lucy, you have everything with you, right? You didn't leave anything back at the beach house."
"Yes," Lucy nodded.
"Are you double sure you have everything?"
"Yes, mommy."
"Okay, good."
"It's really important that you make sure you have all you need before getting on a flight," Toby said.
"I know, daddy," Lucy said.
"So, you have all your clothes, those pink shoes you like, and all of your toys and stuffed animals."
"Toby, Toby," Spencer laughed and touched his arm. "It's all good. I packed Lucy's stuff together and I didn't miss anything."
"Oh," he sighed in relief. "Good. Did I remember everything?"
She smiled, "I double checked your suitcase too. You're good."
"Alright," he pointed to the left. "We should catch our flight."
"Sure, but Toby," Spencer pointed to the right. "You're headed towards New York, we're going to Philly."
"Oh," sheepishly. "Mind if I go with you to Philly?"
Again, she smiled and gestured for Lucy to hold his hand, "come on, Lucy. I think Toby needs to be guided around more than you do."
They finally caught up with the others who are all waiting for their flight to start boarding. Matthew is seated on Caleb's lap and could barely manage to keep his eyes open. Layla's awake and Aria's trying to get her to stop crying.
"What time does the plane start boarding again?" Toby asked while nervously checking his watch.
"At 10:15," Spencer answered.
"There's ten minutes. I should go to the bathroom before boarding."
"Okay, hurry back. I don't want to fly off without you."
Spencer and Lucy sat down next to Emily who was looking for something in her purse. Everyone seemed excited to finally be returning home after being away for some time. Toby returned from the bathroom and joined the rest of the group for waiting. At 10:17, their flight to Philly was called for boarding. Everyone moved along and boarded the plane making sure nobody got left behind. All the children and adults are now seated safely inside the plane ready for taking off. Aria, Ezra, and Layla are seated in the row in front of Spencer, Toby, and Lucy. Hanna, Caleb, and Matthew are seated across from Aria. Emily and Alison are seated in the row in front of Hanna.
"This is your captain speaking. Please fashion your seat belts we are about a minute away from taking off so seatbelts on, relax, and enjoy the flight."
A flight attendant stood up and demonstrated how to put on the seat belts and other important information you'd need to know when on a flight. Spencer's been on many flights so she already knows pretty well how to do things. As soon as the flight attendant sat back down, the pilot spoke up again and announced ready for taking off. Toby fidgeted around in his seat. The plane wasn't even moving yet but he could already feel a tight feeling in his stomach. His palms got sweaty and he couldn't keep still. Spencer reached for his hand and laced their fingertips together to help calm his nerves.
"It's only three hours," she whispered.
"Yeah, I know," he said quietly. "I'm just a nervous flyer."
"Toby it's going to be fine I promise."
"I know. I've only been on a twice in my life. The first time was with my eighth grade group. I grew up in Maine and our class trip was to Washington D.C. So, the whole eighth-grade class had to fly from Maine to West Virginia. My dad was going to come with me but he had to work so I had to fly alone. I was nervous about flying but I convinced myself that I could do it. The night before the trip, my dad was watching videos of plane crashes."
"Oh, no."
"That got me nervous. I couldn't sleep the night before I was so nervous. The next day, my whole class boarded a plane and it stormed the entire time. The flight was very rough and I sat next to this group of boys that kept saying the plane was going to crash. It was not fun."
"Oh, baby," Spencer leaned her head on his shoulder and rubbed his chest. "I'm sorry. This flight is going to go along smoothly. Maybe you should try sleeping and before you know it, the flight will be over and we'll be back on the ground again."
"I can't sleep when I'm nervous."
"Toby why so nervous?" Lucy asked.
He shrugged, smiling, "flying makes me nervous."
"Thunderstorms make me nervous," Lucy said. "Whenever I get nervous, mommy calms me down by telling me a story."
"A story? Really? What kinds of stories does she tell?"
"She tells a lot!" Lucy exclaimed. "My favorite story mommy tells is the one where the Queen falls in love with the noble knight."
Toby smiled at Lucy," the Queen that falls in love with a knight? How does that go?"
"Well," Lucy said. "The beautiful Queen and her princess' daughter were put in danger. Then this brave very handsome knight ran into save them. Mommy tells the story a whole lot better."
Toby looked at Spencer and smirked, "how does the story go? I want to hear the story of the very brave handsome knight saving the Queen and her princess daughter."
"Tell Toby the story mommy," Lucy said. "He won't be nervous."
"Yeah, Spencer," Toby teased. "Tell Toby the story."
"Okay," she sighed. "Once upon a time, a long time ago a young Queen and her daughter who was a princess had some things to do around the kingdom of Rosewood. The Queen made a stop at the royal bank and while they were there, some bad guys with swords ran in causing terror. Suddenly just as all hope seemed to be a lost, a handsome brave knight came into the royal bank sword in hand. 'Let the hostages go!' he roared with such brave force. Then, one of the bad guys grabbed the Queen and pulled her away from her daughter. A sword was held to the Queen's throat and she feared for hers and her daughter's life."
"The brave knight held his ground and demanded they let the Queen go. The bad man refused and kept holding the Queen in danger. Out of bravery, the knight offered up his own life in exchange for the release of the Queen. The knight's bold move was enough to save the Queen, the princess, and all the hostages in the room. And then…"
Lucy cut off her mother's sentence and decided to finish the story, "and then the knight and the beautiful Queen fell in love. The little princess was happy she had a family and they all lived happily ever after!"
Toby smiled, "that is the best story I've ever heard."
"Mommy tells me that story all the time and it's my favorite," Lucy said. "Hey! I just realized mommy's story is similar to how we met Toby."
"Well, I can honestly say that it's my favorite story."
"Mine too," Spencer said, looking at Toby. He smiled back at her.
"Mine three," Lucy said then went on playing with her stuffed animal.
Spencer and Toby shared a look and chuckled. They were both right. Spencer's story did calm Toby down. He was too busy remembering the story of how he met these two important people in his life that all nervousness about being up in the air went away.
After many tearful goodbyes with their friends, Spencer, Toby, and Lucy went home. Their real new home. Lucy's eyes grew wide when they pulled up into the driveway of their house. She's never seen a big place like this. It's not a gigantic house but it's bigger than any of the apartments they've lived in the past. It's bigger than that small house they lived in with Toby for several months.
"Alright here we are," Spencer said.
Lucy stood outside the big stone step leading to the house. Toby and Spencer began to grab their bags from the trunk.
"This is our house?" Lucy asked.
Toby stepped up to unlock the door, "yes, it is."
"It's big!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Yeah, and you know what else?" Spencer said. "You finally get your own room again."
"Yay!" She cheered.
They stepped into the threshold and took a look around the open family. The house was quiet except for the sound of the fridge in the kitchen just a few feet away from them. Lucy walked across the family room to look out the window that looks out into the backyard.
"So what do you think of the house, Luc?" Spencer asked, kneeling down beside her. "Do you think we'll be happy here?"
She nodded, "of course, mommy. I'm already happy. I have a mommy who loves me and now a daddy who loves me, what more could I need?"
Spencer smiled and stroked her daughter's hair, "that's right, baby. You are lucky."
Toby joined them by the window and said, "it's our first night in our new home, what should our first dinner be?"
"Macaroni and cheese!" Lucy exclaimed.
Spencer and Toby laughed. Toby rubbed Lucy's head and said, "macaroni and cheese it is."
After dinner, they began to unpack some of their stuff. Anything that they don't get unloaded and put away tonight, they'll do tomorrow and the next day if needed. They started by unpacking most of their clothes as well as blankets and towels. By 8 that evening, it was time for Lucy to get ready for bed. Spencer gave her a quick bath then dressed her in her Elsa pajamas. After Lucy's bath, she was given fifteen minutes to play since she hadn't gotten the chance to all day. Before bedtime, the three of them played a game of Candy Land that Toby won and Lucy came in second.
"Can we play again?" Lucy asked.
"Sorry, sweetie," Toby said. "It's past 9 so it's bedtime."
"But I'm not sleepy."
"Lucy," Spencer said. "You heard your father. Off to bed and we can play more tomorrow."
"Okay." Lucy stood up and hugged both of her parents before going to her room. After Spencer finished picking up the game they played, she and Toby went to say a proper goodnight to Lucy.
"You've got your blanket, your favorite stuffed animals, your pillow and your nightlight is on over in the corner," Spencer was seated by Lucy's bedside tucking her into bed.
"Is there anything else you need before bed?"
"A cup of water," Lucy said.
"Yeah, daddy's getting that for you."
Just then, Toby walked in with Lucy's fairy cup. Lucy reached out for the cup and Toby carefully passed it over to her. The little girl held the cup with both of her hands and took a big long gulp of her water. She drank more than half of her water then set her cup on her nightstand. Lucy laid back down in her bed and Spencer pulled the covers back up around her small frame.
"Are we good now?" She asked. Lucy nodded.
"Okay," Spencer kissed her daughter's forehead. "Goodnight, Lucy."
"Night, mommy."
"Goodnight, Lucy goose," Toby also kissed her goodnight.
Lucy smiled and said, "night, daddy."
Spencer and Toby quietly backed out of Lucy's room and shut the door behind them. Spencer could tell that Lucy would be fast to sleep in no time because her eyes were droopy. Toby sighed and leaned back against the wall opposite to Lucy's door. He looked at Spencer and said
"Now what?"
"Well," Spencer smirked and grabbed hold of the collar of his shirt, tugging him close. "Our daughter is asleep, it's been a long last few months, it's our first night… Well, second night in our new home." Toby chuckled and Spencer continued talking.
"I don't know about you but I could really use a hot steamy shower."
Toby groaned as she pressed her body against his, "that sounds wonderful."
Spencer bites her lip and takes Toby's hand leading him down the hall to their bedroom. They giggled as they tiptoed into their bedroom bathroom. Most of their clothes were already torn off and thrown on the floor somewhere. Right now all they're left in is their underwear. Spencer reaches for the faucet in the shower and turns it on until the water ran steamy hot. She turns to face Toby who's grinning at her from ear to ear. He lifts his hands up and reaches up behind her to undo her hair tie. Brown, wavy locks fall down around her shoulders and her smile is as bright as the sun. Her smile grows as she grabs the sides of his face and pulls his head down closer to her so she can reach his lips. Toby smiled against her lips as his hands worked on taking off her bra. The two stepped into the shower where things got very steamy.
Their hot shower may have come to an end but things are now heating up in the bedroom. They tried to step out of the shower to dry off and dress. Spencer took a smaller towel and started to run it through her hair. As she was doing so, she turned to look at the mirror that's just started to clear up from all that steam. Through the blurs in the mirror, she could see Toby's toned body in the reflection. There was something about seeing him bare with water droplets rolling down his chest that got Spencer all worked up again. Spencer dropped the towel she was using to dry her hair and spun back around. Toby barely got a smile out before her lips came crashing onto his. He instantly gripped her by the waist and pulled her body close to him. The towel that was once around Toby's waist somehow ended up on the bathroom floor. Spencer giggled softly against Toby's lips as he scooped her up and carried her into the bedroom.
The sheets were getting wet from their hair and bodies rolling around in the bed but they didn't care. It was like the first night they ever slept together right here in this bed only better. There was something about having sex as a married couple that made it better. In more ways than one, they're both each other. Every time Toby kissed Spencer's neck, it felt like her whole body was on fire. When he kissed her lips, she felt like a fireworks display was going off inside her chest. Everything this man did got her all worked up in the best ways. She does the same thing to him. She kisses his neck and it's like he died and went to heaven. When her lips are on his, everything else in the world stops and it feels like it's just them.
It started raining sometime during their lovemaking. They stopped just right after 1 AM and just laid there between the sheets listening to the rain tapping against the window. Toby's arm is locked so securely around Spencer she felt as if nothing else could touch her. His lips are pressed against her temple and her head is resting on his chest with her right arm sprung crossed it.
"I love you so much," Toby whispered.
"I love you too."
She kissed a spot on his chest then a place on his neck, his cheek, the side of his lips and then finally, she planted a big open mouth kiss on his lips. Toby moved his arm lower down her waist and brought his other arm to wrap around her upper back. Slowly, his one hand moved to her hair. He kissed her lips once, twice, three, four times before finally working the nerve to peel away. When he pulled back after the fourth one, she reached out to try to kiss him again. He allowed his lips to ghost over hers for a second and chuckled.
"If you keep this up, I'm not going to be able to resist another round."
She kissed him briefly and smiled, "yeah, that's kind of my plan."
"Spence," he pecked her lips. "It's almost 2 and we really need to get some sleep. We both know we have a daughter who likes to wake us up at the early hours of the morning."
"Come on," she whined against his lips. "Aside from our wedding night, we haven't been able to have much sex. Which is a total bummer because our sex is amazing."
"Spencer, Lucy starts back at school in the next few weeks. We'll have plenty of opportunities to do it then. Plus, we still have a honeymoon to plan out-"
"Fine," she sighed. She moved closer to him and wrapped one of her legs over both of his, "but promise me this, Mr. Cavanaugh, when we go on our honeymoon, every single freaking second of our time better be spent with just you and me in bed."
He looked at her and smiled, "whatever you want, Ms. Cavanaugh."
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the fluff I put into it. I'll be back soonish with a new chapter. Just make sure you comment a review and okay, bye, bye.