Chapter 5
First night in our new house was two words: Not easy. First we had to put Angel to bed. We should've given her a bath since she hadn't had one in a few days, but we were all too tired. So we brushed her teeth, combed her hair, read a quick bedtime story and kissed her good night. I left her room then came in ten minutes later to check on her, like I always do. She was still awake. Normally she's a fast sleeper and is asleep bu the time I come in an check on her. But this time she was still tossing and turning around.
"Can't sleep baby?" I asked. "I don't like this new house." Was all she said to me. "Why?"-I asked going over and sitting on the foot of her bed- "It's a nice house. It's bigger and it's near your cousin's, and it's only a few miles away from the beach? Wouldn't that be fun? To go to the beach whenever you wanted?"
"I've never been to the beach before, Daddy." She reminded me. "I know, but there's a first time for everything. You'll like the beach, I promise." I said to her. "When can we go?" She asked me. "Soon, real soon. But for now you have to go to sleep, ok?" She nodded and shut her eyes. I slowly got up and shut the door.
I then went into the bathroom in me and Matty's room. She was in the middle of her shower, so I brushed my teeth and splashed my face with water. "That you, Pony?" She asked trough the curtain? "No, Paul Newman." I joked. She chuckled. "You always had a thing for him. I use to think you had a gay crush on him or something." She told me. I couldn't help but smile. "Nah I just think he's a good actor. He was cool that's all." I said.
Matty then turned off the water and stepped out with a towel wrapped around herself, even though I know every inch of her. "You taking a shower tonight?" She asked me as she began to dry herself off. "No, too tired. I will tomorrow morning." I answered. She then took a towel to dry her hair with. I slipped off my clothes until I had on my boxers and undershirt, I'd just sleep in those. I was about to put my dirty clothes in the hamper but then remembered we hadn't unpacked it yet. So I just put them in the corner where we would eventually put it.
Matty quickly took off her towel and pulled on her underwear and hooked on her bra. I love how she feels like she has to hide from me, I've seen it all. I walked over to her and began to rub her pregnant belly. I just thought, two little people who we created, who were gonna look like us, were inside her. She then pulled me a little closer (You can't get too close with a pregnant belly no matter how far along she is). I put my arms around her waist and breathed her in.
"You smell nice." I said to her. "You look nice." She said back. we then kissed one another, softly. We hugged for a few more moments before she slipped on an old shirt for pajamas. We walked out of the bathroom and into our room. I headed for our bed while she walked towards the door. "I'm just gonna check on Angel." She informed me. "Alright."
I climbed into bed, it was a little hot out tonight, so we only had two thin blankets. Matty didn't come back in for another five minutes. "Still not asleep?" I asked. "Not really. I sang to her and that seemed to help her doze off a little." She explained. Matty use to be really self-conscious about how her singing voice sounded. I never heard her sing, only along with records with other people at parties and stuff. But suddenly after Angel was born she started singing to her. At night when Angel was being fussy Matty would sing and she would calm down and fall asleep a little while later. Her voice is actually very pretty. It may not be Grammy-worthy, but it's nice. It's almost like it's soothing you.
As Matty climbed until the covers I wrapped my arm around her and she nestled herself next to me. "You know you never said why you like to sing to Angel so much."
Matty thought about it for a few minutes. "I think it's cause my mother use to sing to me." She answered.
"Oh. Will you sing to the babies?"
"Of course." She said. We didn't talk much after that. We were both really tired. We quickly fell asleep. But we were soon woken up. Around 1:00 I felt somebody shaking me.
"Daddy...daddy." Angel.
I turned on my bedside lamp to see her standing next to my side of the bed. Matty then began to wake up too, she rubbed her eyes to stop the lamp from blinding her.
"What Angel?" I asked her sounding very groggy.
"I still can't sleep." She told me. "Have you gotten any sleep at all?" Matty asked. "A little, but not a lot. I still don't like sleeping in this house." She said. "I know, it will take some getting use to honey." I said.
"Can I sleep with you?" She asked. Matty and I looked at one another. "Just for tonight." I finally said. I opened up the blankets for her to climb under. She crawled between me and Matty. Matty was originally on her side like she likes to be, but she moved to her back so her stomach wouldn't be in Angel's way. I moved to my side too. I shut off the light, put my arm around Angel and tried to fall back to sleep.
Sharing a bed with a 4 year old and your pregnant with twins wife isn't easy. But I guess it's just part of being married. Angel slept soundly, Matty kinda did, but she's pregnant. I got the least amount of sleep out of the three of us. I was exhausted from the last couple of days but I just couldn't get to sleep. I knew now how Angel felt.
For some reason this reminded me of back when me and Matty were teenagers. Whenever I couldn't sleep I'd go into her, climb into bed for her, talk for awhile and would eventually fall asleep. I kinda miss those days. Back when Matty and I were in what I like to call it "teenager love". When being in love is a new experience, and you can't get enough of another and wanna spend every waking moment with each other. I still love Matty just as much as I did when we were younger, even more actually. But once you get married and have kids and a job you don't have the same freedom you do as teenagers.
In the little sleep I had that night I dreamed of the days when me and Matty were more worried about getting jumped by Socs then paying for a new house or picking out baby names. I miss those days, but I still love where I am now. I'm a writer, a dad and most importantly, Matty's husband.
Hey everyone, i figured I'd get some MattyxPonyboy in the story we all remember and love. They haven't changed too much ;). Once again thanks for the continued support. STAY GOLD 3
