Sorry this chapter is so short. I promise I'll start updating more regularly. Real life stuff has kept me from writing for awhile but I'm already working on the next chapters so they should be out later this week. Disclaimers and such are in the first chapter.
Chapter 2
(The Next Day)
"Toby! You ready?" Sarah called up the stairs.
She was still a bit shaken up from the dream but she hid it well....there was no reason for Jeremy to worry about her. She knew he could tell he was hiding something but he knew her to well to ask what was wrong.
They had been planning to take Toby to the park and let him play. While the hyper ten-year-old reeked havoc upon the pigeons gathered on the ground Jeremy and Sarah would find a seat on a bench to observe the people walking by. They loved making up possible lives for the people in the park and connecting them to each other. And in Sarah's town there wasn't anything much better to do.
At that moment Toby came barreling down the stairs...and the second he saw Sarah he ran straight towards her full force, hugging her fiercely around her middle.
"Mornin' Bright Eyes!!"
Bright Eyes had been Toby's nickname for Sarah since he could talk. 'Cuz Sarah's eyes always sparkled- with what he considered magic. In Toby's eyes Sarah was perfect.
"Woah Toby! What's with the big hug? I thought that was only for sissy's?" she taunted, knowing full well that he only said that around his friends.
He glared up at her and she put on an innocent face before throwing him onto the couch and attacking him. Jeremy walked in a moment later to see Toby on the couch laughing wildly with Sarah on top of him tickling him for everything she was worth. Grinning he leaned up against the door frame and watched the show with amusement. He had never seen siblings act the way Toby and Sarah acted. Of course with their father gone and Karyn...she was basically the only responsible adult around. But still...she made such a great mother. He couldn't wait till they had kids of their own.
"Ahem...children are we ready to go?" he teased.
Toby and Sarah only paused for a moment before tackling Jeremy to the floor. In a matter of moments however the tables changed and Sarah was the one being tickled.
Needless to say, they got to the park a bit later then when they had planned.
(Two days later)
"Well what about her? What's her story?" Sarah asked pointing to the woman in the business suit.
"Her...hmm...she's a teacher for preschool but when she gets home she prepares for her
other job...You see in secret she's a bartender down at McRyan's Pub...Her specialty is Red Eyes (anybody ever seen Cocktails? hehe)."
"JEREMY!! You are HORRIBLE!!" Sarah laughed, playfully smacking his arm.
"I know," he replied grinning proudly.
Sarah rolled her eyes goofily and glanced to where Toby was frightening pigeons.
"Hey Sarah," Jeremy started, "Umm...ok I knew that when we got married you wouldn't want to live in your parents house so...do you see Mr. Flanagan's house over there?"
Sarah looked at the building before looking back to Jeremy wide-eyed, "For us?"
He nodded.
"Oh my God!!! You bought us a house?"
He nodded again, "It's two stories with two bathrooms, a kitchen, den, a guest room and even a room for Toby."
Not waiting another second, Sarah threw her arms around Jeremy, kissing him passionately, trying to show him how much this meant to her.
"Ewwwww kissing gross!!"
They hadn't noticed Toby walking back over to them and broke away from each other laughing.
"Hey Squirt. Wanna see the house Sarah and me are gonna move into?" Jeremy asked, standing up.
Toby nodded eagerly and the three of them walked the few blocks to what was going to be Sarah and Jeremy's home. It was a beautiful house. The owner, Mr. Harrison Flanagan, was only selling it because he was moving to South Carolina to be near his family. Jeremy worked for Mr. Flanagan at the local newspaper and had gotten a good deal on it since he knew the owner.
The house was already Jeremy's even though the paperwork wasn't completely processed yet because Mr. Flanagan had already left town. Jeremy quickly unlocked the door, and opened it in a grand
flourish.
"Behold...the home of Sarah and Jeremy Davis!"
Sarah walked cautiously inside and took one glance around the front room...Then she fainted.
