(Maya P.O.V)
A week or so after the house warming party, Bailey and I decided that a weekend of shopping in New York would be good for us. So, I was currently sitting at the kitchen table of my house waiting for Bailey to pick me up, my suitcase sitting by the front door. Zack had already left for his last day of work for the week and was going to have some 'guy time' with Woody and Cody later on.
As I sat, I thought about how much my life had changed since I had made the decision to complete my senior year of high school at Seven Seas High. I had met the man of my dreams, gone to NYU, my dream college and gotten a job with Sony Records, the biggest record label in the industry. I spent hours listening to new music, meeting the stars behind it and helping to bring new music albums to the world. Sure it wasn't what I was looking towards during high school but I couldn't imagine my life another way. I'd also made an amazing group of friends, gotten married, built and moved into my own house and now I was expecting my first child.
Bailey honking the horn out the front snapped me out of my revere and I quickly threw back the rest of my water and hurried out the front door, grabbing my suitcase and locking the door behind me. I made my way down the driveway towards Bailey's green Toyota Yaris. After dumping my bag in the back, I climbed in and we set off on the three hour drive from Boston to New York.
"How has life been?" Bailey asked as we moved through the streets of Boston.
"Alright. I feel like I'm still getting used to being married and living with Zack full-time."
"I know how you feel. I still find it strange some mornings to wake up with Cody next to me."
"Before you got to my place, I was just thinking over how much my life has changed since I joined Seven Seas High."
"Yeah, I mean, neither of us would have met our dream guys and we wouldn't have seen the world as much either."
"And look at my job. Before I boarded the Tipton, I wanted to get into some sort of sporting job but look at me now! I'm at Sony Records."
"You deserve it. And you're not the only one who went in a different direction. Before the Tipton, I thought my life would be just being a farm-hand's wife. But instead, I'm married to the best guy in the world and starting out on my career of nursing."
"We really are lucky."
"You're telling me." Bailey laughed and reached over to switch on the radio.
"Any particular station you want to hear?"
"Do you have an iPod connection?"
"Yeah. You can hook yours up if you want." I fiddled around for a moment with the connection cable but soon the opening bars of the Beatles' 'Drive My Car' filled the car. We spent the rest of the trip singing along, occasionally swapping quick comments but otherwise simply enjoying each other's' company.
When we finally got to New York, we checked in to our hotel before flopping down on our beds.
"Careful you don't mess up your hair." I joked and she sat up so I could see her full outfit of a flowy floral top and denim shorts. Daisy earrings, heart and key necklace, a floral headband and a few simple chain bangles completed her list of accessories while her feet donned a pair of white wedges and her hair was pulled back into a sleek ponytail.
"Funny. You should be more worried about your own hair."
"Please. I hardly did anything to it this morning." We laughed a little before getting up to decide what we were going to do for the rest of the day.
(Bailey P.O.V)
It's so nice to be away from everything with Maya. A whole weekend doing nothing but relaxing and shopping is just what we need before charging head first into parenthood. For a moment I just watched as Maya pored over the brochure in front of her. She'd changed a lot since we'd first met, especially her style of clothing. Today her outfit consisted of a brown and white two-tone dress with a brown belt around the middle. Brown leather ankle boots and a matching tote bag complimented the dress perfectly. She accessorized with a daisy necklace and golden leaf earrings that were shown off by her hair being pulled back into a messy side braid.
"Staten Island Mall."
"Huh?" I jumped a little as I hadn't realized that she'd finished looking at the brochure.
"Staten Island Mall. That's where we'll go today."
"Oh. Right. Sorry, I got lost in thought." I grabbed my purse and keys and we ventured out into the Big Apple. We spent literally hours walking through every mall and shopping centre in New York and by Sunday evening, we were so tired that we almost decided to just stay another night and head back in the morning. But in the end, we packed up and were back on the road by seven and made the journey home, arriving at Maya's just before eleven. She waved goodbye tiredly from the front door as she waited for Zack to come out. When he did, I gave them both a quick wave and made the short ten minute drive to my place. Once I'd parked the car in the garage, I headed inside to find Cody sitting in the living room, watching some cooking show.
"Hey, Bails. How was your weekend?" He asked, switching the TV off when he saw me.
"Amazing but tiring." I said, flopping down next to him.
"Ready to go to bed then? You've got work tomorrow."
"Yeah. Let's head up.