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CHAPTER 7

Batcave?

-You are kidding right?!- Spencer said as she looked at me like she wanted to kill me.

-I mean it, Spence- I said as I put my serious face on- I wasn't the only one, the girls from the field hockey team, were afraid of.

-Come on, S! - Hanna said- you can't pretend how spooky you really are in front of us.

-I'm not! - She said as she put her head into her hands- I mean, I am strong but I'm not spooky.

-Raise your hands all of those who have been scared by the Hastings factor- Ezra's hand was already in the air as he said this. Then everyone's hands but Spencer's flew to the air.

We all laughed and, as we all still were making fun of Spence, I paid attention to the details: Hanna and Caleb were holding hands and glasses, Aria was cuddled up in Ezra's arms, Spencer was laying her feet in Hanna's legs and I was holding Emily in my arms. This moment, was perfect… Us, our friends and our lovely new house (or the Batcave as Em had said a couple of hours ago).

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Of course I wanted to tell her where we were going. But not yet…

-Please, please, please. Just tell me… I recognize this place but it's too dark.

-Of course you recognize this place. You love this place. - I said not lying. Somehow she loved to visit me at the studio… I still don't know why, but she did.

-Damn it, Paige! I don't like surprises- I turned around and give her my best "bitch, please" face- ok, ok… I love surprises. But I'm dying to know.

-Look at that corner.- I pointed to the nice coffee shop a block away from the studio- It'll tell you a lot.

-We are going to the studio? – She asked with a boring voice.

-Nope, my love. We are heading there- I said as I pointed to our new house.-That, Emily. That is the other part of the surprise.

-Our dreamed Batcave? - She said as I laughed because of the Batman reference- why are we here?

I was already parked before answering her question. I took her hands kissed them both and then looked her in the eye.

-You are right, Em. It's our Batcave… Ours. - I said before leaving the car and walking to the passenger's door to open it for her.

She was shocked. She didn't say anything when I took her hand and started walking towards the house… then she started crying. She cried for about 4 minutes as she mumbled something about the lines of "where did you get the money?" and "are you a drug dealer now?"

-I didn't do anything bad for this. I worked hard, Em… this is why I wanted to wait. I wanted to give you our dreamed house so we could have an easy life. One guy from the studio just signed a major contract to design a house for some important person. We are getting so much money out of it and I decided I should give you this as a reward for your patience- I said as I wiped the tears off her eyes- and I already paid for it. It's ours, Emily. This is our new house…

She continued to cry for another couple of minutes before the girls noticed we were there. They walked out of the house to catch us.

-What did you do, McCullers? - Caleb asked as he looked really serious- why is she crying?

-You suck, Paige.

-Calm your tits, Ezra. And don't McCullers me, Caleb. I didn't do anything but satisfied my woman, unlike you two.

-Hey! - Hanna and Aria shout at me.

-She's just kidding, girls- my friend defended me- that's the way she defends herself.

-Why you crying, Em? - Aria asked as she rubbed my fiancée's shoulders.

She mumbled something about the house being too much. I took her hand and headed straight (more like gay) to our new place.

While the girls were mesmerized by the house and how big it was, I called our parent to drop the good news. They were short calls cause they already knew this thing. I set a date for all 6 of us to meet and celebrate.

For 30 minutes (that seemed like days), the girls tour the house with Emily. Sometimes we could hear them say things like "that sofa needs to get out" and Emily being the interior designer that she was, start taking notes on her phone. She was making this place our place in less than a week.

Meanwhile, the boys and I were talking about how we missed the Laker's game. No big deal, but we agreed to watch the re run next Friday…

-Paige, this TV… It's like the biggest TV I've ever seen. - Caleb said.

-I second that. I think it's too much. - Ezra was bewitched by the only thing I wasn't gonna let Emily take away from the living room.

-Do you want me to get rid of it, guys? - I asked knowing the answer was a big no.

-Are you out of your mind?!

-Where else we are going to watch sports?

-Maybe in some other place because that TV is going out, my love- Emily said as she walked down the stairs- I'm just kidding, Paige!- she said as soon as she saw the shocked and anger in my face.

-You better be. Otherwise I'll reconsider my fiancee's choice and I'll ask the TV to marry me.

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-Aria. - the ring from Aria's phone was the perfect excuse to stop laughing so hard at Spencer.- Yes, mom.- I turned at Caleb and he nod to me so I nod back at him. We stare deeply at Aria, like we were fascinated with her phone call. The rest got the message and soon we were all staring at the shortest from the group like she was really interesting- these dorks are staring at me, mom. They are freaking me out… I'll be home soon. Yeah. I love you too. - She hung up and we continued to stare at her. Even Ezra joined the game- Stop you, peasants. It's freaking me out.

-Why do you think we are doing it, Aria? - I said as Hanna lost self control and started laughing- Awesome timing, Han. My eyes were almost dried out!

-Well… it's been an awesome evening, but Ezra and I gotta get moving. We are the ones that live farthest to town.

-Yeah, Hanna and I want to make babies so we better get moving.- Caleb said as Hanna throw a pillow at his head- And I didn't need to give so many details according to my wife.

-And I don't want to stay over to listen to you guys "celebrate" your engagement. Also, Jacob texted me. He wants to see me tomorrow morning. - Spencer said with a big smile on her face that could only meant that he had apologized to her. Poor Jake… He was a lucky patient bastard.

Everyone get up and start picking their stuff. We hugged and everyone congratulate us one more time before leaving. Em and I stayed at the porch of our new house to wave them goodbye as they left us behind… alone… and horny.

-So- I hugged Emily from behind and whisper in her ear- where were we before Spencer interrupted us?

-I think you were about to show me our bedroom- she turned around and caught my lips between hers- and our new bed.

-I was, I was. You command, I obey. - I said as she climbed in my back and we entered to the Batcave… we were going to celebrate. In our way…