Chapter 6: Surprise Surprise
As Alex, Bo and Kenzi headed out of the store after countless hours of shopping and hundreds of dollars later.
Bo's phone went off and she glanced down at the screen seeing a text from her Valkyrie.
Hey Succu-love! I got bored as hell listening to Dyson ramble about work and shit at the station so I went online and found a house for you to look at. You guys head to 1321 Wineberry St. and let me know what you think! Miss you! Hope you and our little baby thing are doing well! Xo
Bo couldn't help but grin as she read the message.
"I take it our Little Tammers texted you?" Kenzi said as she raised an eyebrow to Bo and grinned.
"Yes she did" Bo said with a smile, "She said she was bored at work and found a house she thinks we'll like so we should head over and look at it. From the address she sent it's close to our shack and it's on the road that's like 5 minutes from the Dal but I'm not sure what house she's talking about. Up for a road trip?"
"Tamsin.. Bored at work on the first day? Why am I not shocked.. But hells yes! I wanna see if the Valkyrie found a house better than our already badass abode!" Kenzi said as she smirked and hopped into the passengers seat.
"Gee guys, don't worry.. I'll load the bags.." Alex groaned as she slammed the truck of Bo's mustang shut.
"Sorry, you're the kid for a smidge.. I'm simply trying to let Bo see the perks of tiny indentured servants otherwise known as children" Kenzi said as she winked. Alex rolled her eyes and headed to Bo's side of the car.
"Thank you Alex" Bo said with her signature sweet smile.
"Yeah yeah. Whateverrrrr" Alex said as she hopped in to the back of the car.
"It's just cause she's gots a baby in her belly. Can't lift heavy shit and all that Baby A! I'll get the bags on the next outing" Kenzi said turning and grinning at the blonde.
"No you won't.." Bo said as she laughed.
Kenzi slapped Bo's arm playfully, "well DUH.. We know that but she doesn't!"
Alex let out a growl and crossed her arms causing both Bo and Kenzi to chuckle as they put the car in drive and headed to the address.
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"You sure about this Tams?" Dyson said as he walked around the back yard of a gorgeous house.
"Nope.. But can't blame a gal for trying can you? What's the worst that happens? Bo hates it and I simply tell the real estate agent I changed my mind or some shit.. Or I just sell this place" Tamsin said crossing her arms and looking at the back of the house.
"True.. Honestly it's amazing" Dyson said as he smirked.
"And look.. There's even a place for you to sleep" Tamsin said as she pointed to the dog house in the back yard.
Dyson couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and smile.
Tamsin couldn't hold back a giggle. "You know you're always welcome D. We have enough damn bedrooms in this place.. Seriously, no bullshitting me, do you like it? I'm not exactly the type to pick out houses and all that. Let's be real.. I lived in my truck. I don't do the whole settling down crap"
Dyson walked over and posted himself up using his elbow to lean on Tamsin, "For a first house.. You definitely picked one hell of a place. It's great T"
"Well I kinda based this off of what Bo mentioned her perfect house would look like. She told me when we first started dating or whatever what she envisioned her normal life like with kids and being married and where she wanted to live and this was as close as I could get around here. I know she doesn't want to be far from that shitty hole in a wall we live in now and she sure as hell won't want to be far from Trick so this is the best I could do" Tamsin said as she shrugged.
"I think you did a damn good job partner.. How long until Bo gets here? Is there anything else we need to do?" Dyson asked as he glanced to Tamsin.
"Actually, I think I'm going to shock everyone and be super adorable.. I know.. I've gone soft.. I'll need your help. I have a plan.. Come on mutt" Tamsin said grinning and grabbing Dyson's arm as the two headed inside quickly.
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"Holy Mother of all that is fae.." Kenzi said as Bo parked the car in front of a gorgeous white house. The driveway was one that was down the road from the Dal. It was a long gravel road that had trees on either side of it as it traveled up hill about a half mile. The gravel driveway and trees suddenly ended exposing a tall two story house that was white with dark blue shutters and a wrap around porch. There seemed to be a large amount of open land in the front yard and towards the back of the house there looked to be a white picket fence that concealed the back yard.
"Wow.." Bo said breathlessly as she slowly opened the car door and stepped out.
Alex and Kenzi followed suit and headed out of the mustang.
"This place is HUGE!" Alex said as she started walking around the large front yard.
"THIS is the place Tamsin sent us too?! IT'S LIKE A MANSION! Can she seriously afford this?!" Kenzi said as she followed over to Alex.
"Uh duh! My sister is like super mega rich" Alex scoffed as if it were a ridiculous question.
"I.. Wow.. I can't believe TAMSIN picked this out.." Bo said as she smiled and gave a love struck face.
"Your girl has some major style points coming her way" Kenzi said as she grinned.
"I WANNA SEE MY ROOM!" Alex said as she took off sprinting towards the door.
Kenzi and Bo seemed to snap out of their awe struck state and sprint after Alex smiling from ear to ear.
Alex busted through the door and was quickly stopped until she felt Bo and Kenzi collide into the back of her.
"Woah.." Alex said as she looked around the room.
"Damn.." Kenzi coughed out as she laughed.
"Oh my gosh.." Bo said as she pushed pass the two shocked women.
As they entered the front door, there was a large open space that lead to what seemed to be a family room. Their eyes fell on two large sliding glass doors that lead outside to the back yard, but they were waiting to go outside for the end.. For now they were all speechless as they walked all around the empty yet semi decorated house.
There was a large wrap around tan couch at one end of the room with an enormous flat screen TV hanging on the wall of the large open living room. As you walked into the family room, there was a bar on the left side of the room that was a gorgeous granted top. Walking through the open door to see the other side of the bar there was a gorgeous fully furnished kitchen that had all stainless steel appliances. The kitchen was massive and even had a large island counter top in the middle of the room.
Bo walked towards the other side of the room, opposite of the kitchen passing the couch and TV to a door.
"I think Tamsin's given us her version of a lay out plan.." Bo said as she grinned and turned around with her arms crossed.
"Huh?" Kenzi said as she turned around from looking through the massive kitchen in search of booze.
"Dude look.." Alex said pointing to the door Bo was standing in front of across the large room.
Kenzi's eyes widened as she sprinted to the door. Taped to the door was a sign that said "Momz". Kenzi slowly opened the door to reveal a large bedroom with a queen size bed in the middle with a black and white comforter.
There was a note on the bed. Kenzi walked around the room still in complete shock over what she was seeing. Her eyes looking all around her, she had her own sliding glass door with a large curtain in front of it that lead out to the porch. To the right side of the room was a door that was open revealing her own private bathroom with a large sink, a beautiful shower with a massive raindrop shower head and her OWN toilet.
Kenzi walked out of the bathroom with her eyes widened and slowly walked over to the bed and picked up the note that was sitting on the bed.
Momz,
If you choose to live here and we all agree on this house, I thought this could be your bedroom. It's close to the kitchen and we ALL know how mama Kenz gets without her food and alcohol. It's near the TV and couch, which minus the kitchen is your second favorite place to be so you can shoot shit on your Xbox. I figured it was time you got your own bathroom too. I know when I was growing up you talked to me about your life on the streets and you said you loved living with Bo in that shithole because it was a home and you had your own bed and your own room.. Well here's to you Kenz.. Your own room in an actual house with WALLS with your family. You deserve it.
Love you ass hat,
Lil' T
Oh and P.S. if you go look at your closet it's a walk in. You welcome :)
Bo and Alex stood in the door way smiling as they watched Kenzi sit on her bed and read the note.
Kenzi looked up and smiled as she wiped tears from her eyes.
Bo gave her a soft 'aweeeee' expression and rushed over hugging her bestie.
"Kenz you okay?" Bo said as she pulled back from the hug.
"Yeah.. I think I'm sold on this place.. Tammers did good.. Clearly I raised that child right" Kenzi said with a smile as she sniffled and laughed.
"Come on! Come on! I wanna see my rooooom!" The teenage blonde whined as she jumped up and down.
Kenzi and Bo couldn't help but laugh as they got up and followed the over excited Alex out the door and up the stair case that was on the other side of the room near the entrance of the house.
When they got up the carpeted stark case, Bo and Kenzi looked to their left and saw Alex standing in front of a door with her name on it. The blonde opened the door and screamed. Bo and Kenzi came rushing down the hall to see the teenage blonde jumping up and down on the bright red comforter on her queen size bed.
"THIS IS AWESOME!" Alex screamed flipping off the bed and running around the massive room like a kid in a candy store. There was a large window in the room that gave a wonderful view to the mountains that could be seen clearly from the house. There was a decent size closet. Although the room did not have it's own bathroom, the size of the room made up for the lack of it. To the side of the room was a small black mini fridge. There was a black training mat on the floor with free weights ranging from 10 pounds all the way up to 50 pounds laying all around it. The huge room left enough space for a decent size work out area.
Bo and Kenzi couldn't help but laugh at the young Ember jumping around in excitement.
"There's a note on the bed for you too slick" Kenzi said as she pointed to the now messed up bed.
"Read it wild woman.." Bo said with a grin.
Alex sprinted over and grabbed the paper as she flopped down on the bed.
Alright ya little shit,
Here's your room kid. I figured you deserved something badass since you kinda sorta died for all of us. I know we went years without talking and drifted apart, but you still mean the world to me little one and I couldn't be happier you're back in my life. With that said your skank ass isn't allowed to leave anymore. Got it? You're stuck with us now. For good. You may not remember your life before all this but you were a pretty kick ass person. You found a love that many people only dream of, you just don't remember it yet.. WE have a family now A.. A real family. We have Kenzi, Bo, Trick, Dyson and each other.. That's what we always wanted. We grew up in lives where we were taught to fight, kill, be dark.. But look at the life we have now. This shit is ours.. Let's live it up pyro.
Love you crazy kid,
Kaya (aka the best big sister in the entire fucking world)
Oh and you didn't get your own bathroom but you do get a badass bathroom to share with the future kid that's about to be roaming the halls.
Alex smiled as she read the note and stood up. She felt this odd feeling in her heart.. Like whatever Tamsin wrote to her was scratching the surface of her memories. She could almost feel herself trying to give in to the old live.. But something still hadn't clicked. The teenage freak out about the room was enough to completely distract her from being saddened by the lack of memories.
"Dude.. This place is sick!" Alex said as she put the note in her pocket and sprinted over to Bo and Kenzi.
"YOUR ROOM NEXT BO BO!" Kenzi yelled as she turned and sprinted down the long hallway where there was a door at the opposite end.
Alex rushed pass Bo and down to where Kenzi was standing.
Bo smiled and slowly walked down the long hall and stood in front of her door and felt her heart flutter when she read the sign, Tamsin had written "Our Room" on a piece of paper and had it hanging.
"The honors is all yours Bo Bo.." Kenzi said as she and Alex both backed up smiling.
Bo nodded and grinned as she slowly turned the handle. The brunette walked slowly in to the room and was overwhelmed with emotions.
Bo and Tamsin's room was by far the largest in the house. There was a king size bed with a deep purple comforter on it (Bo's favorite color). Bo looked around at the beautiful wide open room and was speechless. Beside the bed was a black nightstand with a picture of the two from their bonding ceremony and wedding day, Bo had no idea that the picture even existed but somehow Tamsin found it and framed it in a sleek black frame. The room was still bear minus the picture, night stand and bed but it was nothing short of perfection. All the walls in the house were white but the small things that Tamsin had seemed to do brightened everything and made it seem like a real home. Bo walked over to the bathroom and smiled when she saw the massive jacuzzi tub in the room. Bo loved her baths, everyone knew this.. But what really melted Bo's heart was the three lit candles around the edges of the tub and a fresh bottle of bubble bath that sat there. The bathroom was elegant and beautiful. There were double sinks and a long mirror that streched across the counter. Bo smiled when she saw a massive shower with a glass door in the bathroom, Tamsin was never the bath taking kind so naturally there had to be a shower in their bathroom.
Back in the room there were two separate closets, one large walk in closet with a sign that said "Yours" over it, intended for Bo of course. The Succubus turned and smiled when she saw a door to the side of the room, she opened it to reveal a small balcony with a stunning view of the horizon. It was sunset so the mountains lit up as the sun danced across them. All Bo could think about was when they had the balcony in the hotel room Alex and Kenzi got them for their honeymoon. It was so peaceful.
Bo slowly turned and walked back in and towards the bed where a bottle of Canada's finest wine was sitting beside a note on the bed. Bo grabbed the night and slowly opened it.
Hey babe,
I told D-Man I was following the philosophy of: It's easier to ask forgiveness rather than permission.. I saw this house and all I could think about was everything you told me about your dream house. I'm sure I could have found better places but this is close to that crack shack you and Kenzi insist on keeping and the Dal, which we all use for the Blood King and free booze. It may just be a kinda bear house right now but with all of us here I think we can really make it a home. A home where our kid won't fall through the floor because it should be a condemned safety hazard. I know I told you I was going to let you pick out the house but something about this place really pulled me in. It's time to start our lives together.. I hope you're ready for this hot pants.. The journey is just beginning..
If you want to know more, walk out of our room and open the second door on the right..
XoXo Forever and Always,
Your Valkyrie
Bo was in awe at how sweet and adorable everything was. Tamsin never ceased to amaze her. Bo turned, expecting to see Alex and Kenzi standing at the door way but they were gone. Bo figured they were off exploring other parts of the house and left her alone to enjoy her master suit and dwell in the fact her kick ass Valkyrie girlfriend who was often classified as a cold heartless bitch with sarcasm flying left and right went through all of this to give her a house where they could start their family.
Bo did as the note said and exited her room, walking slowly down the hall to the second door on the right and slowly opened it. The light from outside beamed through illuminating a drop dead gorgeous blonde Valkyrie leaning against the wall with her arms crossed and a proud grin on her face.
Bo immediately ran towards the blonde smiling as she jumped in the air and wrapped her legs around Tamsin's waist, both were grinning and giggling in each other's embrace.
"Like the house Succu-babe?" Tamsin asked with a nose scrunch.
"Tamsin it's perfect.. You're perfect" Bo said as she leaned down clashing their lips together in a passionate and loving kiss.
"You deserve this Bo.." Tamsin said sweetly as she put the brunette back on the ground and rested their foreheads together.
"Tamsin I can't even.. All of this.. It's incredible.. I love it.." Bo said smiling brightly.
"You haven't seen it all yet sweet cheeks.." Tamsin said as she spun Bo around and hugged her from behind, resting her chin on Bo's shoulder and her hands placed firmly over Bo's stomach.
"Really?" Bo said as she grinned and leaned her head back.
"Really really.. This room right here.. This is going to be our baby's room.. I was thinking we would put the crib over there.." Tamsin said as she nodded to the right side of the room. "And a rocking chair or whatever for when it's crying and being annoying over there.." Tamsin said as she nodded forward, "Then over there to the left we can put the millions of toys that kid is going to have.."
The Valkyrie then moved forward, turning Bo so that they were now looking out the window, "And out here, which this part you have to continue to use your imagination.. We are going to have a swing set inside our awesomely cliche picket fence, maybe even a pool, possibly a sand box.. DEFINITELY a training area with a boxing mat.. Oh and I so want a hammock"
Bo placed her hands over Tamsin's and squeezed tightly as she grinned. Looking outside at the big open fenced in back yard the Succubus saw Alex, Dyson and Kenzi all running around the yard playing with nerf guns they had bought earlier at the store, as to Kenzi and Alex's request saying 'the baby is going to love these'.. Right now, in this moment, Bo saw the life she had always wanted, with the woman she had fallen deeply in love with.
Bo turned around and threw her arms over Tamsin's shoulders.
The Valkyrie put her hands on Bo's waist and scrunched her nose causing the brunette to giggle.
"Seriously Bo if this is too much just tell me.. I know you and I are having a baby but we still have time to find a different place if you don't like this one, I just.." Tamsin's rant was quickly stopped when Bo leaned up kissing her softly and pulling her in gradually to deepen the kiss. Bo slowly drew some of Tamsin's chi, the cravings she had all day now were impossible to ignore with the blonde being so romantic and cute, making sure their lips never parted, Bo stopped drawing chi and kissed the blonde again.
"You talk too much.." Bo said with a smile as she kissed Tamsin again lightly before pulling back again, "Tamsin, I love this house.. I want this life, I want this life with you.. Let's make this our home.."
"Really?" Tamsin said giving a beaming grin.
"Yes.." Bo said as she pulled the blonde in for a tight hug.
"I'm glad you think so because I totally already bought it.." Tamsin said as Bo started to laugh.
Tamsin backed out of the hug and handed Bo a bright blue key, "I had it made special just for you Succubus.. Figured you wouldn't lose it as much if the damn key matched your eyes"
Bo couldn't help but giggle and roll her eyes.
Tamsin leaned down and kissed Bo's stomach, "And you little one, I hope you like your room.. Well I mean obviously it's not done yet but when it is you're gonna love it. Hope you like your new house kid.."
"You never stop surprising me Tamsin.. I really was right about you being one of the good ones.. Keep this up and you may just end up one of the greats" Bo said as she pulled Tamsin up and leaned forward and kissed the Valkyrie.
"For you Bo.. It's inevitable unfortunately" Tamsin mumbled with her lips still connected with the brunette's.
"I think our baby loves their new home.." Bo said as she broke the kiss and put her hands over her stomach smiling.
"Smart kid, they must get that from me.." Tamsin said with a wink as she pulled Bo back in to her kissing the brunette's lips once more.
After kissing deeply for several minutes, Bo finally pulled back.
"Come on.. let's go check on the kids shall we?" Bo said as she smiled.
Tamsin grabbed Bo's hand, interlocking their fingers and heading downstairs and out to the back yard.
Dyson, Alex and Kenzi stopped running around shooting each other and the three stood there out of breath and grinning.
"So what's the verdict Boobalicous.. Is this our new casa?" Kenzi asked as she threw her arm over Alex's shoulder.
Alex was standing there with her hands clasped together in a begging motion, which Dyson noticed and happily copied. Kenzi looked over and laughed but then just felt compelled to match it. The three set there giving pleading motions and pouty faces.
"Well babe.. Wanna tell the children?" Tamsin said as she rolled her eyes and nudged the blonde.
Bo held up the blue key and shook it in front of the three, "Looks like we're moving ladies and gent.."
Alex and Kenzi let out an outrageously high pitched squeal and sprinted towards Tamsin and Bo. Alex pouncing on Tamsin hugging her and sending them both flying through the air and landing on the grass. Kenzi hugged Bo but was careful not to show as much force to send the pregnant Succubus failing in the air like Alex did with her sister.
Bo and Kenzi pulled back from their hug and started laughing hysterically at Alex and Tamsin, who were now rolling around in the grass wrestling and rolling around.
Dyson's phone rang and he quickly walked away and answered it.
Tamsin had Alex in a head lock and Alex's arms were flailing uncontrollably through the air trying to break the hold, causing Kenzi and Bo to laugh harder.
"Guys.. That was Trick, he said we need to get to the Dal and talk to him and Stella.. it's important.." Dyson said as he leaned down helping Alex and Tamsin up.
"Funs over.. We'll come back to our new house later. Let's go" Bo said with a smile as she leaned over and wrapped her arm around Tamsin's waist and the five headed towards their vehicles.