Imagine your OTP going grocery shopping together as their small child tries to help them by pushing around one of those kiddie shopping carts.
"Ryder!" Marley called up the staircase of their house and crossed her arms, glimpsing down at her watch impatiently. She'd called his name at least four times by now and he still hadn't come down. "I'm coming! I'm coming!" Ryder shouted, running around upstairs a bit before darting down the stairs with Marley and Ryder's 4-year-old son in his arms, struggling against his Dad's grip.
Marley smiled and watched the two most important people in her life run to her quickly, both glowing and smiling. "We're ready!" Ryder grinned, throwing his son, Bailey, over his shoulder. "I need my shoes!" Bailey shouted, wriggling around on Ryder's shoulder. Marley gave Ryder a smile and spun around, picking up her bag and the keys to the car. "You have your shoes on, you little idiot."
Marley sighed and walked out of the house, Ryder following her. "I need my jacket!" He shouted, hitting Ryder's back with his fists. "You have your jacket." Ryder chuckled, locking the door behind him. "Do you want me to carry him if you two are going to keep complaining?" Marley spun around, stopping in the middle of the footpath that lead down to the driveway. "Yes, take the devil spawn." Ryder chuckled. Marley frowned and crossed her arms at Ryder. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding, he's adorable." Ryder laughed, kissing Marley's forehead lightly. Marley cracked a smile and took their son from Ryder, poking her tongue out at him. "Still a child at heart." Ryder sighed, following her down the walkway.
"Why'd you call him a devil spawn?" Marley asked with a quiet chuckle, rubbing her son's hair lightly. "What's a devil spawn?" He asked curiously, raising his eyebrows and wrapping his arms around his Mom's neck. "Nothing you won't know in time, sweetheart." Marley smiled, turning around to glare at Ryder. "Sorry." Ryder whispered, sticking his hands up and jogging to the car. He opened the door on Marley's side of the car and flashed a grin at her before running to his side and opening the door for himself. "Thank you, Ryd," Marley smiled, pecking Ryder's lips lightly before crawling into the back seat to strap in Bailey. "Argh, Marley, stop flashing your booty in the air you're tempting me." Marley raised her eyebrows and backed out of the car as quickly as she could, slamming her head against the roof of the car. She groaned and stood up straighter, staring at Ryder like he was some kind of crazy person. "Booty? Seriously?" She whispered. "We have a child in the backseat, Ryder."
Ryder groaned and threw his head back. "Shopping's boring, though." He whined like a little kid and leaned against the top of the car, frowning at the neighbor's dog. "But we have to do it—and please don't make any more comments about devil spawn or my so-called 'booty', okay?" Marley whispered. Ryder huffed and mumbled, "Fine," under his breath before jumping in the car. I swear I don't have a husband—just two children, Marley thought to herself, crawling into the backseat again to put on Bailey's seatbelt."You good?" Marley asked with a large smile, poking his belly lightly. He laughed and nodded, running his fingers along the seatbelt. Marley smiled at her son and pressed a kiss to the top of his head.
She crawled out of the car and into the passenger seat at the front, taking a quick glance back at her son, who was happily distracted with his little toy hippopotamus, Molly. "It's his girlfriend." Ryder chuckled, reversing out of the driveway. Marley laughed, too, reaching across the car and grabbing Ryder's hand tightly. "I love you." She whispered. "I love you, too." Ryder replied, glancing over at her and smiling brightly.
The drive to the supermarket was only a couple of minutes away from Ryder and Marley's house, making it slightly easier to do the weekly grocery shopping—although Ryder absolutely hated doing the weekly shopping for some strange reason.
Once Ryder had parked out the front of the shopping centre, he jumped out of the car quickly (but not before kissing Marley's head lightly) and crawled into the backseat to pull out Bailey. Marley turned in her seat to watch Ryder in the car. She put her hand forward and stroked his hair softly before jumping out of the car herself and opening the boot of the car. Marley pulled out the small toy shopping cart she used to keep Bailey occupied while shopping and shut the boot again, facing Ryder and dangling the small, red cart in the air.
"Game on, woman." Ryder nodded, saluting Marley and letting a smile crawl across his face. "Are you on something?" Marley laughed, leaning forward and kissing Ryder softly and slowly, much to Bailey's disgust. "Whatever it is," Marley whispered, barely pulling away from Ryder—her lips still brushing up against his, "I want some, too."
She pulled away and walked up the ramp to the door of the shop, turning around and grabbing Ryder's hand. "I'm bored!" Bailey shouted suddenly as the door opened and Ryder and Marley took a step in. "It'll be over soon." Ryder whispered, taking the toy cart from Marley and placing it on the floor. He placed Bailey on the floor next to the cart and smiled as he took off down the first aisle, pulling the things from the bottom shelves—the only shelves he could reach—into the his cart.
"He's so adorable." Ryder asked, gazing down the aisle at his son. "Mmm." Marley hummed, obviously not paying attention to Ryder. "Seriously? Already into the shopping?" He asked. "Yes, Ryd. It's called being efficient." She chuckled, looking over at Ryder quickly and placing a kiss on the tip of his nose. Ryder smiled and glanced down the aisle at Bailey once more, laughing as he tried to pile all of his groceries into the cart, only to have them fall out onto the ground.
"Can you believe we made that thing?" Ryder whispered, wrapping his arm around Marley's waist as she pulled a packet of tea bags off of the shelf. "He's not a thing, but I know. He's adorable." Marley smirked, spinning around and throwing the packet into the trolley behind them. "Since when was the trolley there…?" Ryder whispered, staring at Marley and then at the ground. Marley rolled her eyes and grabbed onto the trolley, pushing it forward to catch up to Bailey further down the aisle. "Come on, babe," Marley nodded at her boyfriend. "Let's get this over with."
I don't think I really got into enough detail with the shopping with the adorable little kid… and this chapter is really short, too, but oh well.
For JarleyJelissaaaa! Hope you liked this and I hope I did it justice!