-1"What about this? It will be so cute in the house me and Brian are getting." Mia said speed walking over to the powder blue crib that caught her eye.
"That's so cute. Even if you have a girl it would still be great." Charlize said with a big smile.
"Ok the room is going to be totally designed around this." Mia said officially.
"Look at these cute blue curtains." Letty said waving around the package. Lanie just stood back and watch the three.
"Lanie get your ass over here. You think this would make too much blue?" Mia asked pointing to the totally powder blue bed set.
"Maybe you should get white sheets instead?" She said unsure.
"See. I told ya." Charlize said with a satisfied nod.
"Smart Ass." Letty said with a smirk.
"I want everything in the room the blue of the crib though." Mia said looking at the bedding.
"Why don't you just get different variations of the color?" Lanie said pulling down a lighter blue and a slightly dark one off the shelf.
"That might just work." Mia said with a smile.
"We might just have to keep you around if you can help Mia like this. Usually it takes hours for her to do this." Letty said earning a slap on the arm from Mia as she threw the bedding into the big shopping cart.
"So that's all I'm good for." She joked.
"You seem to be making my brother pretty happy, too. Also not an easy task." Charlize said picking up a few stuff animals and throwing them into the cart.
"Could say the same for you." She said as Charlize lead her away from Letty and Mia and over to the car seats and buggies.
"So…what are your intentions with my brother?" Charlize asked
"I'm trying to tempt him to my side of the world where I will make him my slave." She said serious.
"I tried that with yours. Didn't work to well."
"Stubborn little man ain't he?" Lanie asked with a laugh.
"Oh he ain't little. Trust me."
"I don't want to know. Seriously. Save all that for your own little red headed mind." She said cringing.
"I couldn't help it." Charlize said laughing.
"That is so evil." She said with a chuckle. They spent the rest of the day goofing off and buying about $4000 worth the stuff.
"We got two cars. We can do this." Letty said when they finally realized how much stuff they got.
"Should I call for my truck?" Lanie asked as they started putting the bags into the cars.
"Probably a smart idea. The dressers, crib, and changing table aren't going to fit in either car." Mia said.
"Leon…Dude I need you to go to my house, get my truck and come to Baby-O-Rama…no that's not the real name of the store but you can't miss the place. It's got a huge baby on the roof." She said into her cell phone as they got most of the bags into the cars. "Just get the damn truck, butt face."
"Butt face?" Charlize asked making them all laugh when Lanie got off the phone.
"First thing to come to mind." She said with a shrug. "We got a lot of stuff."
"You going to have enough room for all this?" Letty asked as they sat and waited for the truck.
"We better. I don't want to return any of it." Mia said hugging on of the stuff animals they'd picked out.
"I thought you were suppose to get stuff at a baby shower. Not buy it all." Lanie said sitting on her trunk.
"You guys all bought something." Mia said defensively.
"Happy baby then." Letty said.
"Talk about a spoiled baby." Charlize said as Lanie's phone rang.
"4938 is the code to get in the garage. On the wall is a bunch of keys. The pair with a metal key chain that says triple x is the ones for the truck…its only like 4 blocks from my house." She said before hanging up.
"You live that close to here?" Mia asked.
"Yea. I was going to be closer but didn't want so much traffic."
"I can't believe you have been so close. Leon has always been talking about trying to find you but so much stuff started coming up and he always put it on the back burner." Charlize said shaking her head.
"I know how that's like. Me and my ma have been talking about finding him but never had the chance. I should call her and tell her. Ooh I should get her to come out her and surprise her." Lanie said as her truck stopped in front of them.
"What's that look for?" Leon asked getting out of the truck with Vince and seeing Lanie with a huge smile on her face.
"How do you feel about seeing Ma again?" She asked
"Do it." Leon said jumping up and down.
"First we need to get this stuff into the truck." Letty said pushing the flatbed towards the back of the truck.
"What the hell did you guys buy?" Vince asked amazed.
"A lot of stuff." Lanie said getting in the bed and started pulling the boxes in and afterwards strapping them down.
"We'll meet you at the house." Letty said before she and Mia got into her car and left.
"I'll go with Leon." Charlize said climbing into the truck before she and Leon took off.
"Come on." Lanie said pulling Vince to her car.
"So how was spending all day with 3 girls in a baby store?" He asked as they caught up to Leon.
"Not bad. I don't think I'd do it again but it wasn't bad." She said.
"Next time I'll kidnap you before you can leave." He said laying his arm on the back of her seat.
"You spoil me." She teased before they stopped behind Leon in front of the fort.
"I try." He said leaning over the counsel and kissing her. Couple minutes later they heard taping on the window and found Leon and Charlize laughing at them.
"Go away." Lanie whined as they got out and started taking bag out of the back seat.
"This kid is already spoiled and ain't even born yet." Vince said with both arms full of bags.
"She ain't gonna return any of it." Charlize said grabbing the rest of the bags and following them into the house where Mia was directing traffic.
"Put all the bags on the bed. When you guys bring up the furniture stuff just put it against the wall." She said before she started dumping bags on the floor to sort.
"Me and Letty will get the Crib and changing table. You boys get the two dressers." Lanie said taking the straps off the boxes. When they finished Charlize arrived with Corona's for the four.
"I bet you I can down this faster then you." Leon said challenging Lanie.
"And I bet I shouldn't bet you because I still need to drive home." She said sipping her beer.
"Aww come on. Stay. We're gonna eat soon. Can't say no to food." Charlize said
"I guess I can stay for a little while." She said.
"Good. Now we will be back in a couple minutes." Charlize said leading Leon out of the room.
"Don't you mean a couple seconds?" Vince yelled down the hall making them all laugh.
"You know where Dom is?" Letty asked Vince as they stood in the hall way when Brian came.
"He's in the garage with the Charger." Vince said before she left.
"So what are we going to do now?" Lanie said with a yawn as she slid her arms around his waist and laid her head on his chest.
"Let's go take one of those naps we were talking about the other day." He said leading her to his room in the basement. When they got to his room, he took her bottle so she could lay down.
"Just sleep?" She asked with a sleepy smile as he took her shoes and helped her get under the covers.
"Yea. For now." He said before getting in next to her and kissing her forehead.
"Okay." She said before going to sleep. Vince just watched her for a couple minutes before putting his arm around her and let sleep consume him as well.