Chapter Twenty-Four
The first thing she noticed was the smell of coffee in the air as she slowly opened her eyes the next morning.
"Good morning," Will was sitting on the other side of the bed, smiling at her.
"Morning," she mumbled, "How long have you been watching me?"
"Just for a few minutes, brought you some coffee."
"Where is it?" she asked, sitting up slowly, leaning against the headboard.
Will handed her the mug and she took a sip right away, drinking coffee in bed was the perfect way to start a Sunday morning. She took a few more sips and her mind started to work again, just to realize that something didn't feel right.
"What time is it?"
"Ten."
"What? Why didn't you wake me earlier? Where are the kids?"
"They are in the garden, with Sarah."
"So she's up already, I'm obviously too old for this lady's night thing," she rested her head a little, she wasn't feeling too bad after all, but she had obviously slept much more than usual.
"Nonsense. You are allowed to sleep in once in a while."
"I am allowed a lot of things lately, sometimes I wonder how long can I get away with it? Who am I kidding? I'm not superwoman, I can't handle everything on my own."
"That's why you have me."
"You do know that most women would kill to have a husband like you," she was tempted to add including his sister, but she didn't want to cause any trouble between Will and his brother-in-law. She hoped Sarah would be able to fix things between them without Will knowing anything about it. He had always been very protective of his only baby sister.
"And most man would kill to have a wife like you."
"A wife who wakes up with a slight hangover at 10 on a Sunday while someone else is watching her kids?"
"Sarah is happy to help out and hangover or not, you are behind with sleep anyway."
"I am behind with a lot of things lately," she sighed and Will moved a little closer to her.
"And where am I on that list?"
"I would say at this very moment you are right on top, I mean this coffee is damn perfect," she leaned forward to give him a kiss.
"Then I probably shouldn't admit that it was Sarah who made it," he whispered, looking at her with undeniable desire.
"That might ruin your chances," she said with a teasing smile.
"My chances of what?"
"Your chances of getting what you're entitled to being the one on top of my list," she kissed him again, leaving no doubt about what she was referring to.
"And what am I entitled to?" he asked nevertheless, making her chuckle, but he cut her off with a kiss.
"Well, since you've admitted you didn't make the coffee yourself, I give you a bonus point for honesty and you did bring it to me yourself."
"I did," he smiled and reached for the mug in her hand.
"Not without a hidden agenda I suppose," she chuckled as he placed the cup on the nightstand then moved close to her again.
"I just want to get what I'm entitled to, whatever that is," he kissed her even more passionately this time.
"Whatever you want," she said the last word before she completely lost herself in his arms.
o-o-o
"There you are," Sarah greeted them as they stepped outside to check on the kids and their sitter a while later.
"How can you look like that after so little sleep? I'm jealous," Diane smiled at her.
"It's the fresh air, we've been having tons of fun here. But talking about jealous, you're simply glowing."
"Sleep can do magic to me, you know," Diane tried hard not to blush or give themselves away, even though Sarah probably saw right through them anyway.
"Mommy," Em finally discovered that they arrived and ran there to hug her, "Aunt Sarah has taught us gardening."
"Gardening? Really? Can we hire you full time?" she addressed her sister-in-law again.
"Just wait until you discover what damage Nat has done to some of your precious flowers, you might send me home right away."
"Look at the weeds I've picked!" Nat showed her a bunch of green plants in his hands.
"As long as they are having fun," Diane smiled and kissed her son good morning.
"You need kids, sis, what are you two waiting for?" Will asked, without knowing that he was hitting a tender spot with the question.
Sarah looked at Diane for a moment, for some silent advice and she gave her a comforting look in return.
"We're working on it," she replied and tried to sound cheerful, "Do you guys want to have little cousins?" she turned to the kids to hide her face.
"Babies are cute, will you let me hold your baby?" Emma asked.
"Sure I will."
"Now what do you say if we all go out for lunch?" Diane interfered, because the baby-topic wasn't really safe for either of them, "I don't exactly feel like cooking today."
"I could cook," Sarah replied at once.
"Definitely not, I feel guilty enough already for having you baby sit."
"You know I love spending time with these two, they are adorable."
"That they are, I'm still waiting for when they will stop being this adorable."
"Watch out for what you wish for, you might regret it later."
"I know, they just grow up so fast," Diane looked at her children, still digging the ground, "Come on guys, you need to change before we go out."
"Let me help," Sarah offered and Diane was grateful, but she planned to spend all the time possible with her kids for the rest of the day, they were definitely the next ones on her list of people she needed to make amends with.
"I'd rather do it myself, why don't you two have some sister-brother time until we get ready?"