Ten months later….
Lori sat in a VIP room at the airport. She was waiting for Ben to arrive back in Connecticut after a week away playing football in Florida. They hadn't seen each other for 3 months as she had been away filming Charlie's Angels 3 in Hollywood. She had arrived back the day after he had left. Their relationship was stronger than ever and they knew their parents were eagerly anticipating the day they would announce their engagement. Yesterday Lori had been the most stressed person to walk the earth as she had been given the job of moving all of Ben's stuff and hers into their brand new, and first, $7 million mansion in Connecticut. She hadn't been off the phone all day yesterday to the removal company and then when she finally thought she had finished speaking to them her phone rang again with another problem. By the end of the day she was so worn out she went over to Ben's parents house and stayed the night which Ben's brothers loved.
So here she sat now surrounded by the other footballers girlfriends. She closed her eyes and dreamed of Ben's face when she was awoken by her phone telling her that she had a new text message. She took it out and saw that it was Logan telling her that her mother wanted her to visit her to talk about the Christmas eve fashion show. It was one week away. She had already bought everyone's presents before she left now all she had to do was wrap them. She was about to reply when she felt a strong pair of arms circle her waist and a head rest on her shoulder. She knew immediately who it was.
"Ben!" She said excitedly. "I missed you" she said smiling and kissing him passionately. Normally this would gain some attention but everyone in the room was at this point making out with their significant other.
"I missed you too" he said kissing her back. He broke away and picked up his sport bag, which he had dropped, then he grabbed tightly onto Lori's hand and led her towards the car park. He had realised while she was away that he didn't want to spend another moment of his life without her and so when passing a jewellery shop in Florida had bought a $1.5 million engagement ring. All he had to do was ask her father and he would be all set except for finding the courage to actually ask her.
20 minutes later the electric gates slid open and Lori drove up the hill and parked her car in one of the 5 occupied garages. They had spent about a month looking for the perfect house and had been unsuccessful until they found this house. It was a masterpiece. 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, gym, 2 offices and a pool house, which Lori had converted into a games room while Ben was away for a Christmas present for him. But what had really persuaded them to buy the house was the pool and the attic. The glass double doors led out into an underground cavern where a heated pool lay. Steps from the cavern led up to a balcony and off to the side a big waterfall tumbled down into another outside pool. If you went down another flight of stairs there was a glass window where you could see the legs of the swimmers dangling. The attic wasn't really an attic but more of a sun room. It was a circular shaped room with full length windows on one half of the circle with sofas that lay around the windows in a perfect curve. It was more than they could hope for.
They walked through into the living room which was filled with brown cardboard boxes mostly marked Lori- Clothes. Ben was actually surprised by how many clothes she had but then again this was Lori. He dropped his bag at the door and went to look around his new house. He just new this was the house where his children would live. After a tour around he went back into the living room where Lori was now leaning over a catalogue looking at house furniture. Then it suddenly struck him that none of the boxes were actually filled with furniture except the odd lamp. Which meant only one thing Lori would drag him shopping.
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