SUMMARY: After leaving for eight months, Tristan comes back home from War to find his Mary with a surprise and missing him.
PAIRING: Trory, like I'd actually consider doing anything else!
RATING: PG-13…I think.
Jackie
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Home Is Where I Belong:
"No!" Rory gasped.
"I know, I said I wasn't interested that my duty has been fulfilled and contract has expired and I belong with my family now." Tristan said, trying to explain.
"How could they do that? You're not even in the Corpse anymore! This is ridiculous." Rory yelled, venting her frustration.
"Rory, I said no." He reiterated. One of the downsides of her pregnancy was that she assumed the worst and over reacted to everything.
"I just don't understand who the hell they think they are! God, why would you even tell me they called you?"
"Um, well you asked who called me…I wasn't going to lie to you." He said calmly, trying to soothe her nerves. He walked forward and cupped her cheek.
"Rory, it's okay, I'm home now, for good." He said, in a promising voice. She bit her lip.
"I'm sorry. It's just that, I don't think I could deal with you being deployed again. Especially with all the recent terrorist threats." She said softly, tears apparent in her eyes.
"I know baby." He said soothingly and wrapped his arms protectively around her.
"I'm not going anywhere, don't worry." He whispered in her ear. She nodded against his shirt.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you." She whispered into his chest. Tristan smiled and shook his head.
"I made a promise to you about 2 years ago that I wouldn't leave again. I wouldn't break that promise for anything." Rory smiled and then grimaced.
"Can you umm—" Rory pointed and then patted his arm before she ran off. Tristan looked confusedly and looked at their son, who was sitting in his play chair. Josh giggled. A few seconds Rory came back frowning.
"Sorry."
"Are you okay?"
"Yea, just a little bit of morning sickness." Tristan grimaced and nodded understandingly. The focused their attention on Josh when he started to whine and fuss. Rory smiled and picked him up, letting the Cheerios he spilled onto his lap fall on the floor.
"Are we not paying enough attention to you?" She laughed and Josh gurgled-laughed back.
"Mama." He said as he let his head fall on Rory's shoulder. Tristan smiled admiringly at Rory and Joshua.
"You wanna go for a walk?" Tristan suggested. Rory laughed.
"Honey, I think it's still a little chilly to go for a walk."
"So, if we get cold we'll come back." Rory smiled, and shrugged.
"Sure. You wanna go get his stroller?" Tristan nodded and walked out to the door and opened the stroller. Rory sat down on the couch and lifted Josh into the air over her head.
"Look at you! So high! Are you flying?" She asked in a baby voice. Josh giggled and showed off his few teeth.
"Hey stop interrogating the baby." Tristan said laughing. Rory turned around and laughed as she stood up and walked outside with Josh. Tristan fastened him in the stroller and they made their way to the nearby park. When they got there, Tristan and Rory sat on a bench and turned the stroller to face them. Josh was to preoccupied with the spinning toys in front of him to pay attention to his smiling parents.
"You know it's not so bad today. The temperature is very pleasant." Rory observed as she settled her hand on her stomach.
"So it is." Tristan said laughing. It was on the chilly side.
"So how are you? Other than this morning when I almost made you go into preterm labor." He asked smiling.
"Overall good. I'm happy. After I get an official degree, everything will be perfect. I'll have you, I'll have Josh, and eventually I'll have whoever is inside my stomach." She said patting her belly.
"How about you?"
"Wonderful. There's nothing more I want." Rory smiled and met him in the middle for a soft kiss. Rory let out a slight shiver.
"Wanna head back, 'Mrs. It's actually quite pleasant out'?." Rory laughed and smacked Tristan softly. They got up and slowly walked back to their home. Later that night, after they put Josh to sleep they were lying in bed, with the night table light on, talking.
"You know what I learned from all this?" Rory asked softly.
"What?"
"You have to fight for what you want. Things wont always go your way, and when they don't, make the best of it. The war is most definitely not an idealistic situation but you were fighting for freedom. I respect you for that. For putting yourself out there like that, risking yourself for the benefit of your country." Rory said genuinely. Tristan let a soft smile grace his lips as he leaned down and placed a long kiss on her lips.
"You wanna know what I learned?" Rory nodded and looked up into his blue eyes.
"I learned that fighting and being a Marine is an honor, but there's only so much it can give you. It can give you pride, it can give you discipline, respect, and more…but you. You and our families and everyone we love…they can give me everything plus more. I learned that going from war to family. It's hard and I admit, I sometimes miss it, but not as much as I missed you. So even if I didn't make that promise to you, I wouldn't go back. You mean to much to me, and we have a child now, soon to be two. My family needs me more than the United States." Rory laughed softly and nodded kissing him with as much love as she could conjure up. He smiled into the kiss and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer. She suddenly pulled away with a huge smile on her face. Tristan gave her a confused look. She took his hand and placed it on her stomach.
"Can you feel that?" He let his hand linger before he felt a soft push.
"It just kicked." He said grinning. Rory nodded.
"That's the first time." He leaned down and left a soft kiss on her stomach.
"Incredible." HE whispered. Rory let out a soft giggle as she pulled him back to her eye level.
"You're pretty incredible." He fluttered his eye lids and Rory laughed and gently pushed him.
"Cocky monster." Rory said grinning.
"Hey!"
"But you're a loveable monster." Tristan rolled his eyes and laid his head on Rory's stomach.
"Life is good." Rory said quietly. Tristan lifted his head back up after a moment.
"Very good." He said kissing her again. She laughed as he kissed her more, showing her how good life was.
A/N: Well readers, this Story is finished. I don't know if you guys know this, but this is the eleventh chapter, and on my computer, I assign each story a number. This was number 9 which means that this chapter is labeled 9-11. Kinda creeped me out when I decided this was my final chapter. Anyway, thank you all SO much for staying with me throughout this story. It took me a long time to complete this, and for that I'm sorry, but I got there!
Just a quick note, next Everlasting Cloud chapter will be up soon. It is currently with my beta. :0)
I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as the rest, and thank you for helping me grow as an author. Much love and peace to everyone. (hugs and kisses)
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