"We will get you something to eat on the way but once your done its off to bed with you." She said rubbing my stomach.
"You know I heard from Dolls he's a dick I asked him about helping me have a baby first and he said he would only help if he is allowed to raise the baby on that where ever the hell he lives." Wynonna said.
"With you?" I asked
"No not with me he wanted the baby to go through the same shit he went through and go into the Black badge I would only have my baby until the baby was about 5 then I wouldn't see them until summer visitation on day for 5 hours every year." Wynonna said
"So I take it he doesn't like that you are into ladies now." I say
"I guess I thought that a few kisses and a few laps in judgments that meant I wanted to be with him. Or Doc, I just Found out what I wanted and he is holding that against me. For someone that had seen all kinds off horrors like he has you would think he would be more open minded." Wynonna said
"Wynonna I would never take the baby from you all I ask is that the baby knows who I am and that they can count on me." I say.
"Nicole my child will know that you are its mother nothing will change that I know you will take care of them when they come to see you. Just don't make her a raging redhead like you." She said
I looked at the man she Waverly another button and what it does.
"Wynonna I have no control over what color the hair or eyes will be you just have to go with the flow. And how do you know its a girl?"
"I don't know the egg they took just feels like a girl very temperamental like us Earp women." She says
"You have to let me take care of you while your pregnant there is a nice three bed room in the community that you would love. It would be great for you and the baby and anyone you chose to be with. You can have a job at my company doing orders or something we will come up with so you can have your own money. Waverly travels with me until she cant anymore so I can come up with something for you." I say looking at her.
Wynonna looked down at her hands Waverly had told me once that she of Wynonna wasn't use to people doing things for them so when offered they had this internal battle. Even if she had not asked me to give her a baby I would have done this Wynonna looked like the type of person that wasn't happy just sitting around doing nothing.
"OK you two its time to go." Waverly said pushing the start button.
We walked around to the passenger side and climbed in, I laughed as Wynonna did a little jump to get in the jeep so I know Waverly had to use the foot bar that was provided to climb inside. I dropped the bag on Wynonna's lap before closing the door for her. I readjusted my arm in the sling and climbed in the front.
"This is much better." Wynonna said putting her set belt on.
"We wont be doing any off-roading but it will get us around during the winter months." Waverly said.
"I hope you plan to drive it more then in the winter months." I say
"Oh yeah its great for shopping and driving around town and running people over." She said turning into Burger King.
"Plus its better to drive around with a baby then those sports cars we have."
"Oh no don't for get about Lightning." I say as Waverly made our order.
"I didn't forget about Lightning I will be driving her a lot before I get too big." She said driving around to the window.
I started to drink my soda the second I got it the painkillers they gave me made me thirsty and it was starting to wear off making my pain levels go up and so was my pissyness. I started to stuff my face and Waverly rook the bag away and gave it to Wynonna and she gave me a look.
"Don't start any bullshit Nicole Haught." She said looking at me.
I turned and looked out the window sucking on my large drink.
"You in pain?" She asked
"Yeah." I grunt.
"OK lets get you home." She say as we start to roll.
"We was all the way on Laurens rd we lived a good 10 15 minutes away. By the time we got home my pain was going to be through the roof. I sat back and kicked myself for not just going home but I wanted to stay out and Let Waverly do her thing on her own. It wasn't her fault that I was stubborn and didn't want to do what I told to do, I didn't want to be locked up in the house all day. The next time I was going to go out was for Wynonna's insemination in two days. I hated being locked up unable to do anything, I couldn't shoot or clean my guns. I couldn't build my models or play my video games, everything I could do took both hands. I was stuck going through orders and the books for the farms and that got old fast.
In all my thinking I didn't notice that we was home so I got out and made my way to the door waiting for Waverly to open the door I really had to pee and I was ready to get in bed.
"I have to pee can you help me until I get the hang of this paw." I say to her as she opened the door.
"Nicole you don't have to ask me I will help you as long as you need me too." She said as the door opened.
We went to the down stairs bathroom and I did my Business before going to eat the rest of my food. Waverly sat some pills down in front of me and gave me some water.
"Take these then go lay down I will wake you for dinner." She said kissing my head.
She stood there with her lips on the top of my head for the longest moment before letting me go. I got up and kissed her on the lips before cupping her face in my hands.
"I'm going to be ok I promise." I say looking into her eyes.
I left her in the kitchen and went up to the room where I kick off my shoes and pulled out some pajama pants. I unbuttoned my jeans and slipped out before putting on the pajama pants and pulling them up with one hand. I bent to take my phone out my pocket and put it on the charger. I went about doing little things before I started to feel the pills kick in. Going over to the bed I pulled down the covers and took off the sling putting it on the bedside table I climbed in and layed my left arm on a pillow and let a sigh the pull of the pain killers pull me into the land of the sleep.
WAVERLY
I went to the store to buy Nicole some new shirts and pick up her favorite Gatorade Wynonna was walking around Wal-Mart some where and I was fearing that she would pop up with an arm full of things that she didn't need. I was shocked when she did show up she only had two things in her hands.
"What's that?"
"Its little headphones that you put on your stomach so the baby can hear music and story or whatever you have on your iPod or tablet." She says putting the down on the conveyor.
We pay for our things and made our way out to the car and I smiled. I was already a month pregnant I wouldn't have much longer til I was to big to drive this sports car. I knew that the car wasn't baby proof and Nicole would have a fit if I thought about putting the baby in this car, not that I would.
Me and Wynonna took the longer way home knowing that Nicole would Still be sleeping when we got home but I still left her a note on the TV so she could see it if she woke up.
"I'm glad that you aren't mad that I'm doing this with Nicole, I just don't know I just had the feeling to have a baby for a while now. I tried Doc but he said no that he wasn't the father type and he would just walk out."
"Lest her was telling the truth." I say.
"I even asked Dolls but he want the child to go into the black badge at 5 and I couldn't see myself giving up my baby to someone that don't doesn't want me to see my baby only once a year." Wynonna said
"Really Dolls want to do that?" I look over at her.
"Yea, I mean I thought there was a time I wanted to be with him but he was all about the black badge he didn't think about feelings. Then I saw Nicole and how she treated you and how women looked and I realized that I've always had these feeling for them for so long that I felt like I had to hide them until you and Nicole and I just fell into it and realized how happy I am." She said.
I smiled at her.
"Wynonna everything is fine I mean to be honest when I thought you was going to have to sleep with Nicole it was very odd and strange but I knew under all that Nicole would have talked you into letting her pay for it." I say.
"She isn't paying for it all she's only covering what I can't, She broke me down at told me she will pay for it if we have to do it again." She said
"I doubt that you will I mean we wasn't even trying and look at me I'm month along and its April." I say.
" When did y'all first have sex?"
"When we first moved here, March 20 is the date we conceived the baby says the doctor and its April 19 so about a month." I say
"Well lets hope I have that much luck I don't want To have to keep doing this. What if I'm not meant to have a baby?"
"Wynonna you will have a baby don't worry you will have it on the first try and you will be able to have your own little Wynonna." I say.
"No I always wanted a little girl named London."
"London Earp that's not bad." I say.
"Yeah I haven't really thought about what her last name would be but Nicole says as long as She knows who she is I can do what I want." Wynonna says.
"I will admit that this is going to sound strange to other people and even on paper but I'm willing to go through it if you are." I say pulling into the driveway.
We got out the car and Wynonna pulled me into hug when I went to the trunk to get the things out. Wy was never a very touchy feely person so when she pulled me into a hug I was a little shocked, I hugged her back and grabbed the bags. We walked in and heard someone in the kitchen and Wynonna put me behind her.
"I fucking hate this paw." Nicole said
She walked out of the kitchen with an apple in her hand, she stopped and looked at us and smiled.
"Where did you go?" She asked walking over to us
She was looking into the bags.
"Stop, I had to go get you some shirts to fit your paw so we wouldn't have to stretch your other shirts." I say pulling the bag away
Nicole went back to eating her apple and I noticed that she had a bottle of water under her arm. She drunk three bottles and her soda before going to bed early.
"Baby are you thirsty."
"All the time." She said walking to the kitchen to throw the apple core away.
I heard the sound or plastic being cracked open and I went in the kitchen to see another full bottle on the island. I pulled out my phone and called Dr. Foster.
"Hello Miss. Earp what can I do for you?" He asked.
"Nicole hasn't stopped drinking water since leaving the hospital they gave her the pain killer I gave her some when it rain out and she has drunk about 6 bottled together while she was awake." I told him
"Oh no don't Let her drink anymore she's having a reaction to the pill I'm going to call you something in to the CVS near you." He said
I took the water out her hand and poured it down the drain she tried to grab the other bottle but I smacked it out her hand and Wynonna grabbed it out of the air.
"OK I just called her in a different kind of Painkiller it should be ready in 15 minutes." He says
"Good thank you Dr. Foster." I say.
"Your welcome if you should need something just call the nurse on call she will get in touch with me." He said
"Ok thank you." I say before hanging up
"Wynonna if I let you drive Lightning you better not get a speeding ticket and only go to the CVS up the street ." I say holding the starter key to her.
"OK I wont." She said
"Its under the name Nicolas Haught". I say giving her Nicole's birthday.
"Ok I'll be right back." she said walking out the house.
I grabbed Nicole and sat down at the table.
"You stay there While I cooking ok."
"Yeah I'm not a kid." She said
"You want water to much I don't want you to get into it." I say laughing
Nicole put her head down on the table and I noticed that she was still tired, I was just going to let her sit there while I cooked. But she sat up and had the biggest smile on her face.
"I have been thinking about names for the baby." She said as I cut open the boneless chicken
"What names have you come up with?" I asked
"Well there is Gwen Gia Juniper Kasi Asher Kate Dylan Leeland Celine Matthew Jacob Lance Lizzy Cole and Gus. That's where I stopped because the TV ads started to bleed into my dreams." Nicole says.
I smiled that how Nicole was willing to name our baby after Gus. I wouldn't pick the name because that's not what Gus would have wanted but the fact that she put the name in her list was enough for me. Texas and Vegas ran around my feet and I couldn't help but think about our time in Texas.
"What about Dallas August or Charlotte Jude or Stephanie." I say popping the chicken in the oven.
"I like Stefani." She said moving to the Island
"No I'm not giving the baby a last name as a first name Nicole. What about Brian." I say.
A dark look came across her face and I took a step back.
"No Brian Lynn Kelly Derick Nick or Mary." She said in a deep dry tone.
"OK we wont use those names I will be sure to tell Wynonna." I say grabbing her hand.
I knew by the look on her face that those must be the names of her family's names but if that was the case why was she so proud of her last name. She must of read my mind because se gave me an answer.
"My Grandmother was married twice her first husband's last name was Bolden that's my fathers last name. My Papa the one that loved me His last name was Haught, so when I was 17 I got the money and changed my last name to Haught It was a pain in the ass with The paper work In the Marines but they let me do it." She said
"Papa Was a marine too I followed him into the Marines." she added
"Well I'm glad you did or we would have never meant." I say kissing her fingers
The front door opened and Wynonna walked in whistling some tone and walked into the kitchen.
"Sorry it took so long I was looking at that house across the street they are moving out and she said its a three bed room. I still have some money left over from the sell of the homestead I was thinking I will put in a offer." She said
"Do you want it?" Nicole said
"Yes I want it its cute have you seen the inside?" She asked
"Yes we have that's one of the houses we looked at before be picked this house." I say.
Nicole got up and made her way to the door.
"Nicole what are you doing?" I ask
"You have to put in your offer in before other people get to it." She says walking across the street.
I watched as Nicole talked to the man that was holding a box, a woman walked over and he turned to the woman and spoke to her. They turn to Nicole and the man held out his hand and shook her hand before the woman shook her hand. She said something and he shook his head and she smiled and turned around and started to walk her way down the walkway.
"There, we go over the papers tomorrow and you should have a house in the next 30 to 60 days." She said walking into the house.
NICOLE
This week was a week Wynonna signed the papers for her house I gave her the money to buy it and she haden't stop thanking me. Now I stood next to her as they implanted the egg into her, it didn't take long but i was watching her closely as they worked. Wynonna layed completely still looking at the doctor between her legs.
I smiled and tapped Wynonna on her shoulder when the doctor pulled away.
"There you go all done, now come back in two weeks so we can give you a pregnancy test. No hard working and as much as you want to do not take a pregnancy test it could be wrong and say your not and you are and the other way around. Now lay here for 30 minutes to be sure it took then you can leave." She said standing.
She left us alone in the room so I start to talk to Wynonna's stomach just like I did Waverly. Wynonna started to laugh.
"You laugh but it worked on Waverly." I say dodging Wynonna's hand
"Nicole I want to thank you for all this the job the house the sperm all of it. I always thought it was going to just be me running around trying to find where I fit in when the whole time I was fitting in where Waverly was, I just couldn't stay in that town anymore. It was like all they could see was the little girl who shot her father they didn't care that it was an accident they didn't see that there actions made me do the things I did." she said
"Wynonna the only thing that matters now is you and what you feel, you have the rest of your life now to live the way you want to live with out judgment or fear of being judged by what you have done. You and that baby is all that matters." I say
I couldn't help but rub Wynonna's stomach I have a hand at creating another life. A life that I was going to show all the things I was never shown give everything that I was never given but most of all be there no matter what.
"Hey that's getting a little creepy." Wynonna said and I pulled my hand back.
"Sorry I was just thinking about how I was going to make sure this baby knows I love them." I say.
"You don't mind being on the birth certificate?"
"You want me to be?" I asked shocked that she would ask.
"Well its your baby too why wouldn't I want you to be?" She asked.
"I sure will." I say
I didn't think Wynonna wanted me that much into the baby's life. But for her to ask me to be on the birth certificate was just yelling for me to be the father/mother.
"Thirty minutes are up you can get dressed now." A nurse said poking her head into the room.
Wynonna sat up and I turned around to give her space to put her clothes on. I knew she didn't care who saw her naked but I didn't want to see her naked.
"Did I tell you I have a date with this really hot Doctor this Saturday?" She asked
"No."
"Yea her name is Mindy Brooks and she use to be in the Marines too." She said.
I turned around just as Wynonna was zipping up her jeans.
"Mindy? about 6 foot green eyes blonde hair?" I asked
"Yeah How did you know?"
"That little bitch, She was the Medic in my unit I had no Idea she was back let alone here." I say smiling.
"should I be worried?" Wynonna asked
"No not at all she is as sweet as they come very calm under pressure full of jokes and just what you need in your life." I say
We gather our things and make our way out the room. Waverly had stayed home because she had a headache but that just gave me and Wynonna time to get to know each other. We had lunch and went for a walk downtown she told me the name that she as picked out for the Baby was London Earp, Well now I know its London Earp Haught. We went to the Rooms To Go and put some things on back order for her house and shopped a little for some things for her to wear while she still could as she says. I on the other hand got Waverly a new necklace to replace the one she lost. It was a diamond locket that was in the shape of an heart.
Wynonna helped me find one that was as close to the one She lost as I could get. her old one wasn't diamond and Waverly never owned a Diamond anything so this was going to be todays surprise.
"I think she is going to love that necklace Nicole but did you really have to kick out $2,000 for it?" Wynonna asked as we drove.
"I wasn't planning to I was going to get the other one but it wasn't a locket the way I wanted, I didn't think the diamond would be as big as it is." I say putting it in my bag so she wouldn't see it.
I wanted to give it to her tonight while we are alone just me and her.
"You do know that we are both going to have to get a new car, The batmobile isn't made for babies and my jaguar is only a two seated. And you don't have a car." I say
"Yeah I know good thing I have great credit because I'm trying to save money for the house, And I don't want you to buy it I want to do it. Plus I know you are going to crazy over these babies." She says.
"Your right I will but I have to trade in my jaguar for something more baby proof." I say as we pulled into the driveway.
When We walked in we could smell the grill going and the French doors was open.
"Waverly?" I called
"Back here!" she called and we walked outside to see her flipping steaks on the grill. Texas and Vegas was running around the back yard while Waverly cooked.
"I thought I would grill up dinner while you two was out spending time together. The backed potato's are in the oven and the corn is on the grill." She said opening the other side to show us the corn.
She plated the meat and went for the corn and = we went indoors once she turned off the grill. She made plates and I held up my paw and she pulled out A knife to start cutting up my steak. Wynonna pulled out everything we would need for the baked potatos and sat them on the table. I grabbed my plate and walked over to the table and sat down.
We sat having dinner while talking about the day and what we did Wynonna told her about her order and how she wanted to make the baby's room a neutral color but wasn't going to start on that until she found out if she was pregnant or not.
I was the first one to finish and I just sat back and listened to Waverly and Wynonna talk. My hand started to hurt and a grunted but pay it no mind, I wanted to give Waverly her necklace before I fell to sleep.
"Wave baby can I talk to you upstairs I'm in pain but I want to give you something before I go to sleep for the night." I say walking over to the sink with my things.
She stood up and followed me up stairs I stopped only to pick up my bag and heading up the stairs. We walked into the room and I sat my bag on the bed and started to look through it. I found the box and turned around and held it out to her.
"What's this?" She asked taking it.
"A gift open it." I say with a smile.
Waverly looked at me then looked down at the velvet box. She opened it and her hand went right to her mouth.
"I remember you telling me in an email that you lost one just like it so I had Wynonna tell me what it looked like and I found the closest thing to it that I could find. Its a Locket, I thought maybe you could put something in there." I say smiling.
Waverly took the necklace out and put it on and looked up at me, she stepped closer to me where she kissed me.
"You are just to good to me what did I do to get you?" She asked.
"You answered a lonely Marines email." I say kissing her back.
TWO AND A HALF WEEKS LATER
WAVERLY
I opened my eyes and looked at the clock it was past 10 am and I was shocked we was still in bed. Ever since she had been on the pain killers Nicole had been sleeping until 10 10:30 and that was unlike her she was always up before the sun working on something. But it was times like this that I loved Just me in Nicole's arms feeling her pull me closer her soft snores and the little smile she has on her face now. I could always tell the kind of day we was going to have by if she was smiling or not. If not that normally meant she was going to have a hard day with her zoning out or thinking about her time over seas. But she didn't let that get in the way of us being together.
But back to now, now was perfect the house was quiet minus the sound of Wynonna's phone down the hall that only meant that her door must be open too. But I just blocked that out and kissed Nicole with little kisses until she woke up with a bright smile.
"Hi." She rasped.
"Good morning did you sleep well." I say.
"I had a bad dream but it wasn't bad enough to wake you up. I got up and just got some water and came back to bed." She said kissing down my neck and up under my chin.
"Hey you two up?" Came Wynonna's whisper
"Yeah come in." Nicole said sitting up.
I sat up too and we looked at her with confusion, Wynonna never came into our room.
"I just got a call from the fertility clinic and I was scared to listen to it alone." She said biting her lip.
"Ok well lets hear it." I say.
Wynonna dialed into her voicemail and she let it play.
'Hello Wynonna this is Jenny Alter from South Carolina Fertility and I just wanted to call and tell you congratulations your pregnancy test came out positive and you about three weeks along right about now. Your hCG levels are high and everything looks good Dr. Mason set you an appointment for your first sonogram next week on Tuesday at 2pm. Again congratulations and we will see you soon.'
The line went dead and we all sat there looking at each other, Nicole was the first wone to move. She jumped out of bed and ran over to Wynonna.
"Your going to be a Mom!" She yelled pulling her into a bear hug and I got up and gave her the biggest hug I could give her.
Wynonna wrapped me in a hug and for the first time she cried, Wynonna never cries about anything. but I think all this just got to her. Nicole walked into the closet and came back with clothes in her hands.
"What are you doing?" Wynonna said
"Well I'm going to take my babies mamma's out for something I have been planning since you and I went for your insemination. So get dressed and dress in something cool and comfortable." She says going into the bathroom. She came back out and picked up her phone and hit a few numbers before going back into the bathroom.
I went to pick something out as Wynonna left to room to do the same, I was wondering what Nicole could possibly be up to then it made me think about the long phone calls she would get and she would leave the room for. I picked out a nice sun dress and sandals and went into the bathroom to take a shower. Nicole was already in the shower with her plastic water bag over her arm. Her last trip to the doctors they took the large puffy paw off her and put her in a plastic cast that gave her fingers room to move. She was able to take it on and off at night and hand more mobility with her hand so the first thing she did was drive, I never seen her so happy.
"It's all yours." She said stepping out.
By the time 11 hit we was on the road to some where she wouldn't say, she just put a zipped up back pack on the floor between my legs to keep Wynonna out of it and we started on our drive. The more we rode the more I noticed that we was going out of the city and into the country we was on the road for about an hour when we pulled into a park lot full of people. I could make out water not far from us and hear kids laughing and splashing about.
"You did not bring us fishing." Wynonna said when someone past us with fishing poles.
"No I didn't I bring you out to the Lake because you said that the one thing you two did when anything good happened in the summer was go to the lake in spend hours on the boat just talking. So I got that so we could ride on the lake with out being bothered and relax." Nicole said pointing to a yacht out in the middle of the water.
"How in the world?" I ask looking at Wynonna.
"Come on we have a day of relaxation a head of us." Nicole said grabbing the bag from me.
We followed Nicole down to a dinghy where a man in all white waited for us. Nicole helped us in before climbing in herself. We rode out to the yacht where other people had started to slow down there boats to take a look.
"This is just amazing." Wynonna said as I climbed up
I was helped on to the yacht by who I assume is one of the workers Nicole climbed up and kissed my head before taking my hand.
"I got us bathing suits so we could go swimming if we want." She said holding up the back pack.
I looked over the side to see that the little boat was gone but the driver of the little boat came into view from the back of the yacht. The yacht started to move slowly and I trued to give Nicole a kiss.
"Come on lets go change." She says turning us to the inside of the yacht.
I was the last to come out the room and when I got up stairs Wynonna ways laying out on the back deck taking in sun with a glass of oj. I took the glass that was offered to me and I went out to sit in the chair next to her pulling my sunglasses down over my eyes.
"I remember the first time I took you out on the boat I got in so much trouble because Willa told daddy but you was so happy and you layed with me just looking up at the blue sky. When we got back Willa was so jealous that she told daddy, It hurt to sit for a week but it was worth it."
"I don't think Willa ever liked me." I say for the first time ever.
"I don't think so too she was always so Jealous over our connection that she was always telling daddy about one thing or the other. She wasn't Happy until Daddy started keeping you indoors and then I was forced to play with her but even then I didn't I would play alone or not at all." Wynonna said.
"I remember when my birthday would come around everyone would forget but you and you would take me out on the boat and we would share a ding dong after you would sing happy birthday. I say
" I will never forget that that was your 4th birthday." She said
"I know I wasn't around for many birthdays but I'm here now and I'm not leaving Miss 30 year old." Wynonna added.
"Hey is this a private party or can anyone join."
We turned to see Mindy standing in her bathing suit, Wynonna went over and hugged her and I smiled. There was a time where I was on Dolls team wanting to two to end up together and live happily ever after but even before I knew what I know now I knew that wasn't going to happen he was to wrapped up in the Black Badge that he couldn't see what he had in front of him. Doc was the only one of us that cared enough to point it out, that or he just wanted to be a thorn in Dolls' side. Anyway you put it Dolls knew he had a chance at Wynonna and he picked His mystery job over her. I'm glad Wynonna stopped hiding herself he's just mot worth it.
Looking around I noticed that Nicole was no where to be found, so getting up I went in search of my girlfriend finding her on the upper deck with roses and a smile.
"It took you long enough to come looking I thought I was going to be standing here all night." She says Handing me the roses.
I sniffed them.
"You know I…"
I took Nicole in she was down on one knee holding open a ring box.
"The first time I layed eye's on you in the airport I told myself I was going to marry you, Hell if I'm honest it was the first time I got a look at that photo you sent me. I was am in love with you and there is no other person in this world that I would rather spend the rest of my life with. It took me so long to find you that I don't want to let you go. So I ask you Waverly Earp will you marry me?" She asked
There was no thinking it over.
"Yes." I said it so fast that I don't think she had a chance to get her last word out.
She jumped up and wrapped me in her arms and spun me around before putting me back on my feet and holding out the ring.
"I had such a hard time trying to pick this out I wanted something that you would love and that would match your wedding ring so I got this, nothing grand just simple the way our life is." She says putting the ring on my finger.
It was a simple platinum band with a diamond set in the band it wasn't big the way I knew Nicole could get but it was simple the way she lived her life.
"Baby today isn't simple You have a million dollar yacht in the middle of Lake Hartwell a man made reservoir just to float along the water."
"OK your right this isn't simple but we are there is nothing fast about our lives. When I left the Marines I wanted someone that I could have a simple life with every now and then send money on and start a family with. You are that someone you keep me grounded and honest. Some single Marines aren't lucky to have that. They drink and go on this dowered path where its all flash backs and lose women." Nicole says softly.
I smile and kiss her.
""Lets go show Mindy and Wynonna." I say
NICOLE
Today was a long day full of laughter and happiness Mindy Got called in but she promised to see us for Saturday or Sunday dinner. After that I just sat back and listened to more stories of Waverly and Wynonna's past they talked about the revenants and I wished I was there to hunt them down with them. They talked about how things would have been different if we had stayed in Purgatory. I had to but in and say that the homestead would have looked a lot different then it did in the pictures. The tiny house would have been upgraded to a 4 bedroom ranch style home with a large wrap around porch and heating and air.
We left the lake just as the sun was setting the driver of the yacht said they would stay the night on board and the yacht and crew would be picked up in the early morning. I was driving when I heard a rumble from the back seat then from my right.
"Babies are hungry you have to feed us." Wynonna says
"I want Zaxby's." Waverly says as we came into the city.
"Ok you two cant use the baby card whenever you want some thing all you have to do is ask." I say
"We are asking but the baby says she wants Zaxby's." Waverly says.
"Do you want to go inside or the drive thru."
"Inside." The say as I pull into the lot
We got out the jeep and made our way into the restaurant and up to the counter where the two ordered all kinds of things for all of us. We found a table to sit at an wait while our food was being made Waverly was giving Wynonna a better look at her ring when a shadow was casted over us. I looked up and cocked my head to the side.
"Can we help you?" I asked
"You can't redheads aren't my thing but you two How about you come over to my table and we can talk." He said to Wynonna and Waverly.
He sat down in the booth next to me and I turned in my spot pulled up my feet and kicked him out. He landed on the floor with me standing over him.
" Why don't you be a gentlemen an go fuck off."
"What's your problem red are you mad I didn't invite you." He said standing up.
He didn't even reach my height of 5'9", he backed you when he noticed I was taller then him.
"I don't take kindly to people hitting on my women so why don't you run along and eat your dinner you fucking asshole." I say stepping into his space.
He backed up and walked away his friends laughing at him. Our number was called and I went up to get our things and going back to the table where Waverly had moved over to my side of the booth. I sat down and Wynonna went to get the drinks before coming back and giving me a hip bump. Waverly ran her fingers through my hair to calm me down.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to get so possessive, I just hate when people do that they just push there way into your space." I say
Wynonna grabbed my hand.
"Hey better you the me I would have done more then just kicked him out the chair." She said then handed me a plate of fries.
We ate our dinner talking about this and that but I couldn't get my mind off of how possessive I became and so quickly. Waverly must have know that it was what I was thinking about because when we got up to leave she gave me a kiss right in front of the man.
"It's a shame you don't like red heads because she is a hellcat in bed and she's ours." She said
Out of nowhere Wynonna licked up the side of my neck the pulled me out the door. We all busted out laughing when we got into the Jeep and it took me a minute to calm down enough to drive. We started back on the road to home and within minutes Waverly and Wynonna was fast to sleep. I drove no not making a sound just thinking about my actions back at the restaurant and no matter how Waverly tried to spend it I wanted to do more to that man. I wanted to beat him and put him in his place and if I was alone I would have. You don't make me look weak or stupid without there being a come back.
He made me look like and fool for speaking to him in front of Waverly and that just wont do. I was the ones that made the rules and other people follows them not the other way around. And that's what got to me the most what if Waverly or the babies goes against what I say one day and I just lose my shit, Wave would leave me and rightfully so. I would end up like one of those washed up Marines that can't keep there families together living there life like they was still in the Marines, up a dawn with nothing and no one to do or be with.
No I had to find a therapist.
I pulled in the drive and just sat there looking at Waverly she was the reason for me doing a lot of the things I do and I just couldn't let her down now.
"Hey you two we are home." I say shaking Waverly
Green eyes slowly opened and she sat up an looked around she reached back and pinched Wynonna .
"Ouch what the fuck Waves?" Wynonna said sitting up
"We are home." She said .
I opened the door and slowly climbed out and closed the door walking around to Waverly and Wynonna's door and opening them out and I hit the lock button once the doors was closed and went to the front door and in locking it and flipping on the inside light. They went right up stairs to the rooms while I stayed down stairs tending to the animals I was about to go up stairs when there was a knock at the door. I looked through the glass and saw the last person I wanted to see So I didn't so I didn't answer.
"Go away Lynn there is nothing you can say that's going to make me help you. I say walking up the stairs with the pets following me. She started to ring the door bell and I ran back down the stairs and pulled the door open. She must have taken that as a sign to come in because she tried to walk past me.
"What do you want?" I asked
"You're a hard person to find." She said
"That's hard to believe since I wasn't hiding from anyone now what do you want." I say
"I came because your father needs a kidney transplant and you're the only match."
"Oh I should have know that you wanted something, No" I say
"We cant afford the surgery Nicolas." Lynn says
"It's Nicole and I'm not giving you anything not after the way you treated me all my life and how you continue to treat me. You see me as a cash cow that you only care to worry about when you need something. Well let me tell you something I have a family now and I'm happy and I have more to worry about then whatever scam you are pulling now." I say seeing right through her.
"OK ok your father is in bad we have no money and the IRS is coming after us for in paid taxes."
"You have one house one car you wont be homeless, get a job and keep it they wont take all your money."
"Nicole you ok?"
I turned back to see Waverly making her way down the stairs She walked over and looked between the two of us.
"I'm just fine Lynn was just leaving." I say
Lynn's face contorted in anger and I pushed Waverly behind me.
"So you can let an whore live with you but not your family your just selfish what she spending up your money? The Bitch….."
I Slapped Lynn across her face.
"Don't you let me hear you talking about my fiancé and the mother of my child like that ever again. Now you just take yourself back to Nevada and you live your life, You and Brian can forget where I live for get my name. In fact pretend like I was never born like you did all those years before grandmother gave me all this money." I say
"Mother of you child hun so I take it she knows what kind of a freak you are Nicolas, How much money did you have to flash her way to make her over look that?" Lynn asked
I slammed the door in her face and locked the door I turned to Waverly and walked up stairs I passed Wynonna on the top step. Instead of going to our room I went to the guest bed room and shut and locked the door. It wasn't anything that Waverly did I just needed to be left alone for the night. There was a light knock on the door.
"Not to night Waverly I promise we will talk tomorrow just not right now." I say
I heard a soft ok the it was quiet, I sat on the edge of the bed and just looked at the wall this was all I needed. I was already having issues with my anger to other people now this Lynn just showing up out of nowhere to ask me for money like she always did when they find me There was no IRS they lived off the government there was no kidney issues or heath issues the only issue they have is liver issues or should. They drunk more then Wynonna could ever drink or want to drink.
I couldn't help but let them get to me was they right was Waverly only with me because of what I could give her, did she only want what I could give her. I got up and left the room to find Waverly she wasn't in the room so I went down stairs to find her in the kitchen making herself some tea.
"Why are you with me?" I asked
"What?" She asked looking up from her hands.
"Why are you with me?"
"Is this because of Lynn? Nicole don't worry about what she said its not true." She said
"But why are you with Me?" I asked again
"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU DAMN IT!" she yells at me.
I looked at her and the down at the floor. Waverly was the only on that would give me an order and Id take it or make me feel childish for my actions.
"I love you and nothing is going to change that nothing. To me you are Nicole Haught the woman I meant all those years ago the woman I fell in love with, What she said was a lie I don't care about what you have or don't have you are the love of my life." She said walking around the island and taking her hands and cupping my face."
I looked into her eyes and losing myself in her eyes.
"Don't you ever lock me out of anywhere ever again." She said.
"I think I should see someone, I think its time." I say softly
WAVERLY
Today Nicole went to see a therapist before we help Wynonna move into her house and I was a ball of nerves . She said she didn't what me going with her so I stayed home to get some work done, See I started on my first novel about Purgatory. Well it wasn't call that but it was about that town starting from the beginning and working our way up to the end. I had a good 3 books in me about the damn town maybe more if I stretch it. But I didn't want to make the readers bored with the whole thing.
I hade enough memory to get me through the first five chapters of my childhood with thing put in here and there to make things interesting. I sat back in the chair and looked at the screen I had a good number of pages per chapters and I was up several hundred pages by now. I started to work on Wynonna's troubles when she came walking into the room.
"Hey don't mean to bother you wile your working but do you think we could go car shopping to day when Nicole gets back, and give it we have time from the moving in and everything. Know what we can do that tomorrow." She said
"Your not bothering me I need to take a breather. I don't see why we cant go shopping it couldn't hurt tomorrow would be best." I say looking at the laptop.
I popped in the new portable zip drive I just got from apple in the mail today and let it save. Once I was sure it saved I got up and followed Wynonna out the room and into the kitchen where she started to make her a sandwich. I sat down at the island and watched her put it together the cut it in half giving me a half and biting in to her half.
"I think you're going to do great with those books, I mean who doesn't want to hear stories about evil undead things. But be careful about what you put in there the last thing you want is the Black Badge breathing down your neck." She said
"Oh trust me Black Badge is nowhere near this story or any one of them in fact. Its more or less about us and how we handled the revenants it has nothing to do with Doc or Dolls Or even Wyatt." I say around my sandwich.
"Good Idea leave them out." She said
"Why wright about it any way why not just leave it back in Purgatory?" Wynonna asked
"Guess its my way of dealing with it getting it out of my system ." I say as the front door opens
Texas and Vegas go running to the door barking happily and I could hear Nicole laughing and then the thump of her boots coming closer.
"Hey baby what do you have." She asked putting the keys down in front of me.
I held up my sandwich for her to take a bite, she took a bite and kissed my head before moving over to the cabinet and pulled out pop tarts and sat down.
"I got a call on my way home from the furniture store they told me they should be here in the next 45 minutes." Nicole said
I finished of my sandwich and got up I took the open box and put it back in the cabinet.
"You cant lose your figure now that's why I feel in love with you for, those hot hot hot abs you have." I say rubbing her stomach.
Nicole flexed her muscles and I could feel her abs through her shirt and she laughed when I moaned.
"Oh come on you to I just ate." Wynonna said moving to leave the room When the door bell rung.
I followed her to the door and froze when the door was open.
"Doc?"
