Chapter Thirty One:
"Okay sounds great mom" Jon heard Brooklyn say as he walked out to the front of the bus. They were on their way to Hartford, deciding to take the bus there since they weren't far away.
"What sounds great" he asked when he sat down next to her.
"Mom offered us to stay in the guest room while we're there."
"Do we have to" he muttered. Brooklyn giggled and moved to straddle him, her growing belly stopping her from pressing right against him.
"Why don't you want to stay there?"
"How are we supposed to have sex? Your father glares at me every time we kiss." Brooklyn giggled and placed her hands on his chest.
"We'll find a way. I mean, there is always the shower. And its only for two days before we head back to Vegas."
After they were done in Hartford, they were heading back to Vegas to gather new clothes and for Brooklyn's doctors appointment. They were set to go on the road for two weeks and they were hoping they could at least see what they were having. Brooklyn thought it might be easy to tell since she was certainly showing.
"Two days" he exclaimed. Brooklyn rolled her eyes.
"Oh relax its not like two weeks. And besides, after this week, hopefully we'll find a house that we can have sex in whenever and where ever we want." Jon looked at her and smirked.
"You're right."
"I know. And if your good, then when we get back to Vegas you can handcuff me again." His smirked grew before reaching a hand up to cup the back of her head.
"Now you're talking darlin." She smiled and kissed him softly. He moved his hands down to her stomach.
"I can't wait to find out" he said. She smiled and pushed some of his hair out of his face.
"What, so we can know I'm right?" Jon rolled his eyes.
"Colby and Joe have a bet I guess."
"On what?"
"Colby thinks we're having twins. Joe thinks just one. Whoever wins, gets to $100." Brooklyn shook her head.
"Well I hate to tell Colby but there is only one baby in here so he owes Joe money." Jon chuckled and kissed her again. She pulled away from him as she let out a loud yawn.
"Nap?" She nodded making him laugh as he stood up and picked her up bridal style before going back to their bedroom.
While she was napping, Jon pulled his laptop out and pulled up Google. Not really knowing where to start, he simply typed in baby cribs.
Tons of images and sites flooded the page. He narrowed down stores to Hartford. As soon as they knew where there were going to be living, he wanted to start in on the nursery. He knew how crazy their schedules could get so he wanted it done so they wouldn't have to worry by the time the baby came.
"Shh JJ" he heard her say in her sleep, making him smile as he placed a hand on her stomach.
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"Hey guys" Stephanie greeted as Brooklyn and Jon walked in the house with their bags.
"Hey mom" she smiled as she hugged her, before her mom moved to hug Jon. Something he still wasn't used to.
"How was the drive?"
"It was good. Someone napped almost the whole way." Brooklyn rolled her eyes as Stephanie laughed.
"B, you guys are gonna stay in your old room. The girls are at school and I have to run to the office. You think you'll be able to pick them up?"
"Yea of course. What time?"
"Vaughn is done at two, Murphy and Aurora are done at three."
"Okay."
"Great. I'll see you guys later." She grabbed her coat and keys before leaving. Brooklyn looked at Jon and smiled.
"Follow me cowboy." Jon chuckled and grabbed their bags before following her up the stairs. They unpacked and saw they had about two hours before they had to get Vaughn.
"Wanna go get some lunch? I know a great restaurant."
"Sure." He grabbed her hand before leaving. Brooklyn made sure to grab the keys so they could take her car.
"So I saw on the schedule we're heading to Cincinnati in two weeks."
"Yay" he said with little enthusiasm.
"Come on Jon. You can't let your mom get you down about going back home." Jon sighed.
"You're right."
"Wow. I'm right two times today. Better mark this on the calender." Jon laughed as she continued driving. They pulled up to a small cafe before getting out. Jon helped his fiancee out, earning him a sweet kiss in return. Since it was nice out, they decided to sit out on the patio.
"Did I ever tell you what Brad said about my ring?" Jon shook his head.
"He said I never had to weight lift again because I could just lift my hand." Jon chuckled as he rubbed his thumb over her engagement ring.
"Tell Bradley to shove it." Brooklyn giggled.
They had a quiet lunch before heading back to the house.
"We have about an hour" he said as she was getting water. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her neck, placing his hands on her stomach.
"Oh and what would we do in that hour?" She felt Jon smirk.
"I could think of some things." She smiled as he kissed her neck up and down.
"I thought you didn't want to do this in my parent's house" she said turning around so her back was against the counter. Jon just shrugged and kissed her passionately. She moaned softly and wrapped her arms around him. They were so caught up in each other, both failed to realize her father had come home.
Paul, being the funny one he was, or who he thought he was, picked up a spray bottle they used on the dog for when he was bad.
Jon and Brooklyn's tongues fought for dominance. That was until they stared getting sprayed with water.
"What the hell" she said, both turning to see her father standing there.
"I've told you before I'd get the hose. Forgive me for not wanting to see my daughter and her boyfriend making out against the kitchen counter."
"Fiancee" she corrected, making Jon smirk and Paul roll his eyes.
"Whatever. Aren't you supposed to be getting Vaughn?"
"We just stopped home to put our leftovers away. Aren't you supposed to be at the office?"
"I came home to grab lunch thank you." Brooklyn smirked as Paul set the water bottle down.
She couldn't help but laugh when Jon stood at one end of the counter and her father stood at the other. She took the opportunity to snap a picture of it and post it to Instagram.
She captioned it with Well. This is awkward.
"Well we're gonna go get Vaughn. See you later dad." She kissed his cheek before they left.
"Why was he giving me a glare?"
"Maybe because he caught us making out in the kitchen." Jon smirked before getting in the passenger seat.
"This is weird, you driving."
"Well if someone let me drive more often, it wouldn't be weird." Jon just rolled his eyes and grabbed her right hand as she backed out of the driveway.
While they were waiting, Brooklyn scrolled through the comments and likes she had gotten on the picture she posted. One caught her eye.
His mother had liked her picture. She looked over at Jon to see him looking out the window. She was debating on whether she should tell him or not. She wanted him to be excited and somewhat relaxed about going back to Cincinnati. Going against her better judgment, she deleted the comment before exiting out of the app.
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"Babysit?" Brooklyn gave him a small smile as she shut the bedroom door.
"Mom and dad wanna go out so they asked if we'd watch them."
"Can't they go to your grandparents? I was thinking we could have some fun when they left."
"No because grandma and grandpa are out of town. It won't be so bad. It'll give you a chance to see what it will be like when the baby gets older." Jon sighed and sat on the edge of the bad. Brooklyn felt bad and straddled his lap.
"I'll owe you two this time instead of one." He looked up at her.
"Really?" She nodded.
"Can one of those times get to be I do whatever I want?" She nodded. It was only fair.
"Okay." She smiled and kissed him softly. There was a knock on the door before it opened.
"Really? Again?" They looked to see her father standing there.
"Sorry" she said, blushing while standing up.
"Yea. Your mom and I are leaving. There is money for pizza on the stove."
"Okay. Have fun." He smiled and glared at Jon before leaving.
"Why did he glare at me again?" Brooklyn giggled as she grabbed his hand and pulled him downstairs.
Most of the night wasn't bad, until it was time for bed.
"Come on sissy. Please let us stay up."
"No you guys have school tomorrow and mom and dad would kill me. Come on." She walked them upstairs as Vaughn stayed downstairs with Jon.
"Are you the one that always listens?"
"To sissy, yea." Jon chuckled as the little blonder crawled up on the couch with him.
"Can I have some juice?" Jon nodded, hearing Brooklyn argue with her sisters again.
"Sure." Vaughn smiled and held her arms up, wanting to be picked up. Jon sighed and stood up before lifting the little girl in his arms. He grabbed a cup from the cabinet before filling it with apple juice.
"Here you go" he said when he was done pouring it, but Vaughn didn't take it.
"What, what's wrong?"
"I need a sippy cup." The way she said it made it seem like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Aren't you six?"
"Yea, and?" Jon chuckled. He could see she had gotten some of Brooklyn's sass. He looked through the cupboard again before finding a sippy cup. He poured the glass of juice into the cup before closing it.
Vaughn smiled and took it from him, laying her head on his shoulder as she drink. Jon put the juice away before heading back to the living room.
"Don't you wanna go lay upstairs?" Vaughn shook her head and stayed in her spot on Jon's lap. Nodding, he grabbed a blanket and threw it across them.
After arguing with her sisters for little more than half an hour, they finally were in bed and Brooklyn headed back downstairs. When she made it back to the living room, her heart melted. Jon was fast asleep on the couch with Vaughn asleep against his chest.
The front door opened, Brooklyn walked to the front door to meet them.
"Hey B, how did everything go?"
"Good. Didn't know Murphy and Aurora were so hard to put to bed." Her parents laughed.
"What about Vaughn?" Brooklyn smiled again.
"Follow me." They followed her into the living room, smiling when they saw what she saw.
"How long have they been like that?"
"I don't know. I came down just a few minutes ago and found them."
"Wow. He ever gave her her sippy cup."
"Yea well Vaughn probably gave him directions" Paul said while he walked over and picked his youngest off Jon.
"I'm gonna go lay her down." He kissed Brooklyn and Stephanie's head before walking upstairs.
"I guess I better wake him."
"Well I'm gonna turn in. Be nice when you do it." Brooklyn smiled as her mother walked up the stairs. Looking at her man, she walked over and gently shook him, suppressing a laugh when he jumped.
"Where's Vaughn" he asked as he sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"Dad just took her up to bed. You two looked pretty cozy." Jon rolled his eyes as he stood up and wrapped an arm around her waist as they walked to bed.
"She sassed me when I gave her the wrong cup." Brooklyn giggled as they walked into their room.
"Duh, she is my sister. I'm the queen of sass."
"Don't I know it." She giggled again before they changed and got into bed.
"Are you excited for tomorrow?" Jon nodded.
"Yea because I want to get settled and not have anything stress you out." Brooklyn smiled and scooted as close as she could with her stomach.
"I love you."
"I love you too.
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"Whoa" Jon said as they pulled up to the first house. It was beautiful. It was a little away from the city but that didn't stop them. In fact, they thought it would be good that way they had privacy. They got out and were met by Nikki.
"Hey guys" she said, hugging them.
"Hey Nikki. Have you looked around?" She nodded as they started walking in.
"Yes and I think you guys will love it." She opened the door and walked in. It was even more beautiful on the inside. The living room was to the left, a dining room to the right. There were stairs by the wall by the living room, leading them upstairs.
"Okay so off the living room is the kitchen" Nikki said as she led them through the house, both falling in love with it more and more.
"There is a patio, the the pool is out there." Jon opened the sliding doors and looked outside to see the big pool. Brooklyn smiled as he came back in. Both could imagine raising the baby there.
"The master is upstairs along with three other bedrooms." The master was huge. It had a fireplace, flat screen already installed, a walk in closet and a big en suite bathroom with a shower and big tub.
"What is the price" Jon asked as they finished looking at the other rooms.
"$219,000. I think that's pretty good especially since it has all the tvs and everything. Mortgage would be around $1000 a month."
"And what if we payed the whole amount up front?" Both looked at him wide eyed.
"Then paying mortgage isn't necessary since the house is payed off."
"Can we have a minute to think?" Nikki nodded and walked out of the room.
"What do you think" Brooklyn asked, looking around the room. It would be prefect for a nursery.
"I love it. What about you."
"I think its amazing. We could definitely raise the baby here but can we afford it?"
"I think so. I don't want to borrow any money and if we can buy it our right I think we should."
"Can we?" He turned and smiled at her.
"Yea. Yea we can." Brooklyn smiled and launched herself at him.
"Lets go tell Nikki" he said when they broke apart. Brooklyn nodded. Finally they had chosen a place. She told them she would let the sellers know and get back to them.
"I'm paying for half" she said as they drove back to her parents.
"No I'm paying for it."
"Nice try cowboy but I'm helping. I think we should split the bills. That way, neither feels like they have all the burden." Jon smiled at her. When they stopped at a red light, he pulled her in for a passionate kiss.
"We're buying a house darlin." Brooklyn smiled and kissed him again.
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The flight home to Vegas was a long one, Brooklyn was exhausted and was a little pissed she couldn't go home and sleep. After they landed, they had to make their way to the doctors.
"Why. Why did I make my appointment right after we landed?" Jon chuckled as they waited for their bags.
"You could have slept on the plane babe."
"Yea except for the man who kept kicking my seat and eating loudly." She glared as the man stood next to them, oblivious to Brooklyn's rant.
"Alright tiger relax" he said, pulling her to his side. She sighed and lent against him. All she wanted to do was sleep. They were set to close on the house when they came back from the two week tour and not only did they have to figure out the whole moving thing, Brooklyn knew they had to start looking at baby furniture for the nursery.
"Can I reschedule my appointment" she muttered as they made their way to the car after waiting for what seemed like forever for their bags. Jon chuckled as he took her bags from her and loaded them in the trunk.
"Come on babe. We get it done today then we have today, tomorrow, and Friday to just hang out and relax. We don't have to go anywhere. We can just stay in and sleep."
"Okay" she said, kissing his cheek before getting in the passenger seat. Jon shut the trunk before getting in and starting the car. As they drove along the busy strip, Brooklyn closed her eyes. She was just about to fall asleep when the car stopped.
"We're here baby."
"Of course we are." Jon chuckled as they got out. Making it inside, Brooklyn checked in before they sat down.
"Remind me to let Joe and Colby know if we find anything out. They've been hounding me all week." Brooklyn cracked a small smile.
"Mom and dad told me to let them know too. Maybe we should have just invited everyone." Jon laughed and kissed her head.
"Brooklyn Levesque?" Brooklyn sighed and stood up before following the nurse back. They weighed and measured her before leading her into a room.
"Hey guys. How are you feeling Brooklyn?" Brooklyn smiled a little as Jon stroked her hand.
"I'm good. I got sick again a couple weeks ago but not since then." The doctor nodded as she hooked everything up for the sonogram.
"Yea. It can come and go unfortunately. How about being tired, I know that is something we talked about last time."
"I still have my days where all I want to do is sleep. Or I just do little things that shouldn't tire me out but they do."
"Well sleep when you can and drink plenty of water. Lift your shirt please." Jon helped Brooklyn roll her shirt up. The doctor squirted the gel on there before rubbing around with the wand.
Brooklyn and Jon both smiled when the babies heartbeat filled the room.
"Ah there you are. Everything still looks good. He or she looks healthy." Both couldn't stop smiling when they saw the little human they created.
"Wait a minute" they heard the doctor say, making them snap their eyes to here.
"What is something wrong" Jon asked, his heart starting to race at the thought of something being wrong with Brooklyn or the baby.
"Do you guys hear that?" They listened closely and heard the babies heartbeat was irregular.
"Is something wrong with its heart?" The doctor smiled confusing them.
"No they're just overlapping."
"They're" Jon and Brooklyn both said at the same time. The doctor turned and smiled at them.
"Yes they're. Congratulations Brooklyn and Jon, you guys are having twins."