Wow, everyone seemed to love Chapter Five so much. So I decided to update as soon as I possibly could. So here we are with Chapter Six.
Chapter Six: Moving Day
Two weeks later
"Where do you want this box?" Charlie asked Claire as he walked in their new apartment with the first box of things to ever be set in the apartment.
"Just set it anywhere," Claire said. She had just hung up the phone trying to get a hold of Jack and Kate who were coming to help unpack. "Charlie, where's Aidan?"
"Oh, outside," Charlie said setting the box down.
"By himself!" Claire exclaimed. Charlie grabbed her as she ran by.
"No, he's with Liam," Charlie said. Claire hit his shoulder softly.
"Don't scare me like that, he's only seven months old!" Claire said. Charlie smiled and kissed her.
"So, do you like our new home?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, it's perfect for right now," Claire said.
"What do you mean for right now?" Charlie asked.
"Well, it has three bedrooms. One for us, one for Aidan, and when we have another baby, one for him or her. But what if we want to have another child?" Claire asked.
"Well, then we'll move into a house," Charlie said. "But, let's not worry about that right now. We have plenty of time to have that life."
"You're right," Claire said. "We do need to focus on our wedding." Charlie groaned.
"Come on, we haven't planned anything," Claire said.
"Yeah I know," Charlie said.
"How about later, after everyone leaves?" Claire asked. Charlie nodded and ran to help Liam who was coming through the front door.
"Hello, I need help too!" Jack's voice called. Claire rushed to take one of the two boxes Jack was carrying.
"Hey Jack," Claire said.
"Hey Claire. Kate has Aidan, so don't worry about him," Jack said sitting the box down.
"Okay, thanks. How are you two?" Claire asked. Jack narrowed his eyes.
"What's that suppose to mean?" he asked jokingly. Claire laughed, she knew Jack and Kate were a couple, but they wouldn't say if they were or not.
"Fine, keep your secrets," Claire said. Jack laughed and walked back out to the truck.
"Hey Claire," Kate said coming in with Aidan. They hugged and they sat on the floor.
"You want to help me start unloading things from the boxes?" Claire asked.
"Yeah," Kate said.
"Okay, first, I want to find Aidan's play pen and situate him in there before doing anything else," Claire said. She started going through the boxes marked with Aidan's name on the side.
"Hey, need any help?" Karen said walking in with Megan behind her.
"Yeah, can you two help me unpack things?" Claire asked.
"Sure, Megan play with your toys while Mummy, Aunt Claire, and Miss Kate unpack," Karen said.
"Okay," Megan said and sat next to the balcony door and played with her Barbie doll. Claire in the meantime found Aidan's playpen and set it up. She placed him in and the three women started unpacking things.
"So, have you and Charlie set a date yet?" Kate asked.
"Are you kidding, as soon as I mention something about the wedding, Charlie throws a fit. He does not want to sit and plan. But we are tonight, he sort of agreed," Claire said. Kate laughed.
"Well, whenever and wherever you guys plan it, I'm sure it will beautiful," Kate said.
"I want it to be beautiful," Claire said. "But not too fancy, you know?"
"Oh yeah, you and Charlie don't seem to be into that whole big fancy thing," Kate said Claire nodded.
"Something, just small and quaint. And a very small reception afterwards," Claire said. Kate nodded.
"How does Charlie feel about that?" Kate asked.
"I'm not really sure yet. All he really wants to do is to adopt Aidan and I really want him to adopt Aidan as well," Claire said. Kate smiled. "So, how are you and Jack?"
"Let's not get off topic here," Kate said putting things in the kitchen cabinet. Claire laughed. She would get it out of one of them someday, somehow.
Later that night…
"How is he?" Claire asked as Charlie came back out into the living room.
"He's good, went right to sleep," Charlie said sitting next to her.
"Alright, now it's time for some planning," Claire said. Charlie groaned. She looked up at him. "Do you want to get married?"
"Yes," Charlie said.
"Well, then we have to plan. I can't do this all by myself," Claire said. Charlie smiled and scooted down to the floor to sit next to her at the coffee table.
"All right, first, we should pick the date of the wedding," Claire said.
"The sooner, the better," Charlie said. Claire looked over the calendar she had on the table with her. Charlie looked over her shoulder and saw the perfect date. "Valentine's Day."
"What?" Claire asked.
"Let's get married on Valentine's Day," Charlie said.
"Charlie, that's only a month away. We don't have time," Claire said.
"Yeah, we'll make time. We can do it, I don't want the date to be any later," Charlie said. Claire sighed.
"Okay, we'll shoot for the 14th," Claire said. She wrote it down on her pad of paper. "You have to find tuxes, groomsmen and all that. And you have to help me with this one decision."
"What is it love?" Charlie asked.
"I don't want a huge wedding, something small. And nothing too fancy, what do you think?" Claire asked.
Charlie smiled. "I wouldn't have it any other way. And this way, because we're getting married in a month, it won't take as much time."
"Great, my biggest decision is finding my dress. I've already picked out who I wanted as my maid of honor," Claire said.
"Who?" Charlie asked.
"Kate, she's been my only friend for such a long time, since we've crashed. And I want her in my wedding. Karen can be my other bridesmaid and I think that will be it for my side of the wedding party," Claire explained.
"Well, then I'll just have Liam as my best man and Jack as my other groomsman. Keeping the simple theme," Charlie said.
"Okay," Claire said. "There's still so much to do and in so little time to do it in." Charlie groaned and Claire elbowed him.
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Okay, I know the chapter was lame. I couldn't really think of anything to write. Just a gap filler until the wedding which is in two chapters.
REVIEW RESPONSES
MusicMonkey88- Thanks for all three of your reviews. I'm glad you like my story so much. I read your story Lost In Your Eyes and that was really good! About Claire's son's name it is pronounced…Aidan like Aid-in. It's an Irish name and I thought it sounded pretty.
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