Ch. 15
I woke up the next morning, and Danny was still sound asleep. I sat up and got a good look at him. He was lying flat on his back. One arm was around the back of his head, the other was sitting on his stomach. He was snoring lightly. I smiled down at him. My heart soared. I loved this man more than anything in the world. I was so happy. I got out of the bed and headed to the shower.
I didn't know what Danny had planned for that day. I decided it was best to go with something dressy casual. I put on a pair of dark, faded jeans, a black, silk, tank top, and a pair of black heals. I wanted to be prepared for anything. I decided to let my hair dry on its own. When I did, my curls would turn into soft waves. I liked it best that way.
When I had finished getting dressed, Danny was still asleep. I didn't want to disturb him, so I went into the kitchen to start breakfast. I owed him that much. I put on a pot of coffee, and I had decided to fix French toast with link sausage. Just as I was setting the table, Danny had walked in and over to me to give me a hug. He had the biggest smile on his face.
"Good morning, gorgeous. Something smells good."
He gave me soft kiss before pulling away and raking his hand through his hair. It became a habit of his when he was nervous, or hiding something. I didn't push the subject, though. I figured it had something to do with the surprise he had for me today.
Danny looked good. I could tell he just got out of the shower, and he smelled like men's cologne. He was wearing faded jeans, a white button up, and a pair of boots. He looked amazing.
I just smiled at him with a sparkle in my eye.
"Sit down. It's almost ready, and your coffee is sitting on the table."
He gave me a big smile back, a quick kiss on the cheek, and then sat down.
"You know me too well."
I just chuckled and went back to cooking.
The whole time we ate, Danny kept glancing at the clock. It was like he was willing a certain time to get here. The fifth time he looked at the clock I finally spoke up. I was aggravated.
"Danny. Are you in a hurry to get out of here or something? That really bothers me."
He sighed, and looked at me with anxious eyes. He smiled, though.
"As soon as we're done eating, we have to meet up with someone. We have to be there in about thirty minutes. It will only take ten to get there. I'm sorry. I'm just excited."
He showed me his thousand-watt smile. I knew this was going to be something good. I could tell. I pretty much inhaled my breakfast as soon as he said that. I didn't even worry about the dishes. We needed to get going.
When Danny saw me hurrying to eat, he followed suit. He knew I was just as anxious as he was to find out what was going on. Although, he already knew what was happening. I didn't. As soon as we were both done, we cleaned up a little, and he drug me out to the car. He hurriedly opened my door for me, ushering me in. I laughed a little, but I was annoyed at the same time. I hated being rushed by someone. I joked with him.
"Would you calm down? We have plenty of time to get wherever it is we're going if it's only ten minutes away."
He ran to the other side of the car and got in. He leaned over really quick, and gave me an apologetic kiss on the cheek. He then smiled at me. He talked while he turned the key, and started driving.
"I'm sorry. I just can't wait for you to find out what's going on."
I let out a sigh, but I smiled as well. I couldn't wait, either.
Sure enough, ten minutes later, we pulled up in front of a small house. It looked to be about the same size as mine. There was a for sale sign in the front yard, and another car in the drive way. I was getting nervous. I gave Danny a curious look. What was this?
When we got out of the car, a man in a suit walked up to us and smiled. He held his hand out to both of us, introducing himself.
"Hello, my name is Bob Wheeler, you must be Mr. Walker."
Danny smiled and shook his hand.
"Yes sir, but you can call me Danny."
Bob then turned to me. He gave me a quick look over before extending his hand to me.
"And who is this lovely lady?"
Danny put a protective arm around my waist. He already didn't like the way Bob was looking at me.
"This is my fiancé, Alyssa."
Mr. Wheeler looked kind of disappointed, but smiled nonetheless.
"Well, it's very nice to meet you, and congratulations. Come on. Why don't we take a look inside?"
He led us to the front door. While we were walking up the path, I turned to Danny and whispered.
"What is going on, Danny?"
Danny just smiled, and shrugged my question off. Mr. Wheeler had opened the front door.
It was an okay house. The door opened right up into the living room. It was small. Something like what I already had. I wasn't happy with what was going on. I could see damage to the ceiling and walls. The kitchen was directly attached to the living room. It was all open, and there were no appliances. I looked around while Bob talked to Danny.
"Now, the two bedrooms are down the hall, the bathroom also. It's a bit of a fixer upper, but with some care, it'll look good as new."
Danny nodded. I decided to go take a look at the bedrooms. I finally figured out what was going on. If Danny wanted to buy a house together. This wasn't what I wanted by no means. There was only one bathroom. One less than what my place had. If this was what he was looking at, we were just better off paying the rent at my house. I looked in the master bedroom. It was spacious, but the carpet was all tore up, wires were sticking out of the walls, and the color was a terrible pink with the ugliest wall paper trimming at the top. I was disgusted. No way in hell. I didn't know what Danny was willing to spend, but with the work this place needed, I'm sure we could afford something that was actually in decent shape. I could hear Danny's footsteps in the kitchen. I looked around the room one more time. I also saw roaches. I ran back down the hall towards Danny. He saw the look of disgust on my face. He looked at the realtor then back at me. He knew it was time to get out of there.
"I don't think this is for us. It's kind of small, and I don't think it's big enough if children come along. What else do you have?"
Bob just nodded and got the biggest smile on his face. I could tell we were going to spend the day doing this.
We went and looked at a few other places. The seemed to get better and better. The problems were, there was either not enough bedrooms, not enough bathrooms, the yard was too small, or they weren't entirely move in ready. Still they were better than the first. Danny, didn't like any of them. Bob started getting exasperated with us. That's when he showed us the last house for the day.
We pulled down this long winding driveway. There were trees on each side, but beyond the trees were big fields. I liked it already. When we pulled up to the house, I was astonished. It was a two story, white vinyl siding, blue shutters, and a wraparound porch. It was the perfect southern home. I could see an in ground pool in the back yard. I was in love with it, and I hadn't even seen the inside yet. Danny saw the look on my face and grinned widely.
"If there's nothing wrong on the inside, this could be it."
I blushed and smiled back at him. When we finally pulled up, we both eagerly got out of the car. We were just waiting for Mr. Wheeler to open the door. He could see the anxious looks on our faces, so he hurriedly unlocked it.
The inside was just as beautiful as the outside. The door opened into the living room. The living room was spacious with dark hardwood floors, big bay windows, and a corner fireplace. There was an archway that separated the living room from the kitchen. The kitchen was just as gorgeous as the living room. It had plenty of counter and storage space. There was already a refrigerator, a stove, and a dishwasher. All black. It had dark, marble counter tops, with a light, colored wood for the cabinets. I wasn't paying any attention, but I could barely hear the men talking about the house.
"There is an in ground pool, there are 4 bedrooms. The master bed is on the main floor with a master bath, and a half bath for guests."
I droned them out. I wanted to see the rest of the house. I was still in the kitchen looking around. There was a window above the sink where you could see out into the back yard. There was a sliding glass door that led out to the porch. Off of the porch was an extra deck that had a hot tube, and it led down to where the pool was. I was in complete aw. The kitchen was big enough to hold a table and chairs off to the side, without interrupting anything that was going on in the kitchen. Off of the kitchen was the laundry room.
"Well, what do you think, Alyssa?"
It was Danny talking to me. I already knew what I thought, and I hadn't seen the rest of the house yet.
"Can we look around here some more? I'll give my final answer after I see the rest of the house."
Danny and Bob both chuckled. They could tell how excited I was.
"Yes, I'll come with you."
The realtor nodded. He wanted to give us our space to look around.
"Okay. If you guys need me. I'll be on the back porch having a look around."
We both smiled at him, and walked away.
We went back into the living room. There was a small hallway off to one side. There were two doors, one on each side. At the end of the hallway was a staircase. We looked into the door on the right, first. It was the half bath. Nothing too special about it. Just a toilet and a sink with a small window looking into the front yard. Danny closed the door, and we went into the room across the hall. It was the master bedroom.
It was huge. There were two giant windows that overlooked the back yard, and another window, to the right, where you could see the side yard. On one side of the room, there was a giant, walk in closet. I knew we would need that with all the clothes I had. On the other side of the room, there was another door. It led to the master bath. We were both in amazement when we walked in there. There was a stand up shower with a small light overhead. Right beside that, was a garden tube with, what looked to be, some granite counter tops surrounding it. There was a double sink with a giant mirror, and granite counter tops to the left of the door. It had four hanging lights over it. To the right of the door, was a small closet.
"Danny, I don't really like the color of the bedroom, but that's just paint. Why don't we go look upstairs really quick, and then we can make our decision?"
Danny smiled at me knowingly. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him.
"You know; we could make use of this bedroom right now if you wanted."
I rolled my eyes, and laughed some before giving him a kiss on the cheek. I lightly slapped him on the arm.
"Would you stop, please? There is present company here, and we have to make a decision."
He gave an exasperated sigh. He already knew what the decision was going to be. He could tell.
"Fine, but once this is ours, you owe me."
He gave me a big smile. I just rolled my eyes at him while pulling away. I went up the stairs. Immediately in front of me was the bathroom. It was a normal every day bathroom. A sink, toilet, and bathtub with shower. To my right there was a bedroom. It was also spacious with a big walk-in closet. To the left there was a small hallway. There was one door on the left, one on the right, and one straight ahead of me. Both the doors on the sides of the hallway were bedrooms. The one in front led to a larger room. It was bigger than the master bedroom. Danny walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. He rested his chin on my shoulder. He whispered to me.
"You know, I was thinking. This could be a playroom."
I immediately turned in his arms. It was like he knew something that I didn't. I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"You know, you're right. Why don't we go tell Mr. Wheeler our decision?"
Danny gave me the biggest smile, and kissed me softly on the lips.
We met Mr. Wheeler on the back porch. He was sitting on the steps just looking out at the pool. When he heard us walk out, he got up and met with us.
"So, what do you guys think?"
Danny and I both just grinned at him. We looked at each other before we both spoke.
"We'll take it."
Bob just smiled and handed Danny the keys. I had a look of shock on my face. Wasn't there supposed to be paperwork we had to sign before getting the keys? I was so confused. Before I could say a word, Mr. Wheeler spoke.
"Congratulations on your new house."
He shook our hands and walked out the front door.
After he disappeared, I turned to Danny who had the biggest smile on his face. He was waiting for me to say something.
"Danny? What was that all about? Shouldn't he be doing a credit check, or drawing up paperwork, or something?"
Danny just smiled at me. He sat down on the steps of the back porch. He patted the spot beside him. He wanted me to sit down.
"I had my eye on this place for a couple weeks now. I didn't want to take a look at it, because I didn't know how I would afford it. I didn't have a job yet. When I heard about the opening positions at the airport, I begged Rafe to come take a look at it with me. I knew we would all get those jobs. We were more than qualified. See, Ms. Leslie didn't tell you that all of our histories pretty much stayed the same. In this time, we all still have military experience on our record. Nobody questions it. So when Rafe and I came to look at the house, I immediately knew that you would love it. I signed all the paperwork yesterday. I just had Mr. Wheeler play along for your sake. I wanted this to be the biggest surprise ever for you. I…"
I cut him off with a big kiss. I didn't need to hear anymore. What he had done was amazing. I loved him for it. I had tears of joy in my eyes before pulling away from him.
"Thank you, Danny. For all of this. This is truly amazing. I love it. I love you."
He gave me a big smile, and took my hands in his.
"I love you, too. Now, why don't we go check out that bedroom one more time?"
He pulled me up, and we headed to the master bedroom. I looked around once more. Before I knew it, Danny was spinning me towards him. He kissed me passionately. We made love right there on the floor. We made love for the first time in our new home.