"Mark...Mark..." Hannah grumbled on the Saturday morning as she pushed on his chest and he just muttered under his breath about being in a nightmare and being in a mood and Hannah began kiss him on the cheek. He soon woke up when he felt her lips go to the edge of his mouth but then she pulled away from him and looked over to her;
"So you go when the good stuff starts?" he asked her and she chuckled and began to stand up
"Sorry baby...but you were snoring and woke me up...and besides it is eight in the morning" she spoke and opened up her wardrobe and began to peer into it, looking for something to wear.
"There's also the fact I am supposed to be sleeping on that thing" Mark placed his hands beneath his head as he laid on her pillow on her single bed and looked down at the inflatable mattress.
"Hmm" Hannah said "well...I like having you close...but if my dad came in and saw he would flip"
"True" Mark agreed "what's the plan of action for the day?"
"Dad and Jess are off ring hunting and we are in charge of going to pick up the invites" she pulled out her jeans and a casual hoody before pulling her hair into a pony tail and walking back to her bedside table where she kept her purse and phone. She pushed the rings her father had given her on a chain back under her top as Mark wrapped a bare arm around her and pulled her back onto the bed.
"Mark" she complained and laughed as she fell on top of him. She began kicking and squealing as he wouldn't let her from his grasp and his lips moved onto hers.
"Hannah I hope I'm not waking you up" a sudden voice spoke after knocking but receiving no reply and then Hannah's door opened and she saw Jess walk in as Mark released her from his grasp and she rolled from him and onto the floor as she landed with a thud. Jess tried not to laugh as the teen hastily sat up and Mark watched in slight horror as he remained in her bed and helping her back upright;
"No...not at all" Hannah turned red and Jess just coughed back her laughter
"Okay then" she agreed jokingly "the invites won't be ready until one...me and your dad are popping into the precinct now and then going to look for rings...he said to tell you that he made waffles and they just need reheating"
"Right...thanks Jess" Hannah said
"You two be careful. If your dad saw that he would have flipped" Jess spoke and she shut the door on them and just chuckled to herself as she walked down the stairs.
...
"There's nothing to the desk job...just filing and computing basically" Don told her as the two of them left the precinct after telling their boss of Jess' current condition. She had grumbled her way through the questions he had asked her but she knew it was for the best. Don opened the car door for her and then they began to drive off down to what they knew as 'jeweller's alley'.
"It looked so dull" she complained
"But it is for the best" he assured her "and then you get maternity leave too"
"True...that will be better...being able to look after our child" she smiled and patted her stomach.
"Hmm" Don agreed as he looked out for places to park in New York. The two of them went in and out of jewellers shops for what seemed like years, trying on a ring and then deciding it was too plain or too jazzy. Some fitted them and some didn't. Some Jess liked and some Don didn't. In the end they tired and realised they needed to eat lunch before passing out and so just simply went into a sandwich shop before resuming their activities again.
"I like this one" Jess said and she looked down through the glass onto a golden ring.
"You don't think it is too simple? It's just a wedding band?" Don told her and whistled at the price, thinking how many carrots he was.
"But it's nice Don..." Jess told him "and it's not plain...it shines" she said
"True...well...it is kind of nice to be honest..." he said and Jess grabbed his hand and dragged him into the shop.
...
"Did you get the rings?" Hannah asked when they got home that night and Don saw she was stood in the kitchen and stirring vegetables which were frying whilst Mark sat on a bar stool at the breakfast bar and watched on. That kid is always here Don thought doesn't he have a home?
"Yes" Jess squealed and walked over to Hannah and pulled them from the bag and then opened them up from the boxes whilst Don took a seat at the end of the row and just nodded at Mark who slid a beer to him which Hannah had prepared.
"Thanks Mark" Don said and gulped on it whilst Mark handed Jess an orange juice whilst Hannah fussed over the rings;
"Thanks Mark" she also said
"They're beautiful" Hannah gushed "nice and simple but also not too simple and exquisite" she spoke
"That's what I thought" Jess said and placed them away
"And you trust Danny to look after them?" Hannah laughed and Don just groaned and Jess turned white;
"I didn't think of that...just give them to him on the day...not before...knowing Danny something bad could happen" Jess thought of all the possible ways he could lose the things binding her and Don together.