The weekend after Sheamus left, Lisa held a giant yard sale, and sold almost everything she owned. She kept important stuff, a couple of sentimental things, and got rid of pretty much everything else. It was kind of heart-wrenching. Being so independent for so long, she had worked hard for everything she owned. She had never wanted to rely on anyone else for anything. If you only rely on yourself, no one can ever disappoint you. After the yard sale was done, she finished cleaning up and went back inside to start packing. Purolator was coming in the morning to pick up the big stuff, and she would take the rest in her truck in a month or so. She wandered around the empty house for awhile, running her hands along the hallway, thinking of all of the quiet nights she'd spent in the first house she'd ever owned.
She ordered Chinese delivery for dinner from her favourite place. She thought about how much she'd miss that too. It was bittersweet. She never thought she could be happy with some dude. Shit happened, the universe conspired, and here she was, pregnant, moving in with a guy that she hadn't even spent a month total with. Scary, exciting, all kinds of feelings ran through her as she perched on the arm of the couch, balancing her plate in one hand. She spent the evening on Youtube, watching some of Sheamus' old matches, random interviews from talk shows, and other things he'd done. She was amazed at how good he was with the kids from the Make A Wish program. So gentle, caring, talked to them like he actually gave a shit about what they had to say. She'd never met such a big, burly, rough and tumble dude that was also so kind before. He surprised her with it all the time.
Just before she went to bed, Sheamus called. "Hullo, love!"
"Hey, you!"
"I miss yeh already, girlie, it's not the same without yeh here."
"I miss you too. It's so quiet here."
"Any big news, anythin' new happenin'?"
"Not so much. Had the yard sale today. Got rid of a ton of shit, made a few bucks, so that was good. What about you?"
"Meh, went to a couple'a practices, the gym, had a few pints with Al last night, nothin' big. So are yeh gettin' excited?"
"I am! Nervous, excited, anxious to just get going! The realtor said I can move out anytime in the next few weeks, and I'll drive straight down to you when I leave here. First week of March, it looks like!"
"Good," he said. "I'm gettin' pretty excited to have yeh here where I can take care of yeh all the time. Time feels like it's flyin' and draggin' at the same time."
"I get that, I know exactly what you mean."
"Well love, I gotta run. It's late, and I hafta be on the bus by five in the mornin'. I love yeh, Lisa."
"Love you too, Sheamus. Have a good night, and a good trip tomorrow."
She went to bed and had a peaceful night. She fell asleep with her hands on her belly, feeling the baby roll around and kick lulled her right to sleep.