What Doesn't Kill Us-Ch 34
Alexis smiled and said, "wowwwwwww this pwace is bigggggggg", Derek laughed and said, "do you like it"?, she nodded her head and said, "yessssss" as she ran through to look out the backdoor. Penelope grinned as she pushed the door open and watched as the little girl ran out into the back yard and straight over to the huge swingset.
Penelope leaned in and said, "how did you manage to get that set up so fast"?, he winked at her and said, "I made a few calls and had a few friends bring it and put it together". She kissed his lips gently and said, "you are something else Mr. Morgan", he winked at her and said, "that goes double for you Mrs. Morgan"
causing her to giggle as he went in for another kiss.
They stepped out into the back yard and watched as Alexis played on her swingset, she said, "I loveeeeeee it", Derek said, "that's good sweetie", Alexis grinned as she watched Derek and Penelope walk over and sit down in the swings. She ran over and hugged them both and smiled happily up and them and said, "fank you,
fank you sooooooo much".
Derek tapped the end of her nose and said, "anything for you baby girl", she laughed as she ran over and climbed up the slide, Penelope sighed happily and said, "she seems to really like it here". Derek said, "I can't wait for her to see her room", Penelope said, "me either plus I can't wait to see all of the things that the girls got her".
Derek laughed and said, "if I know my momma Alexis got anything she wanted", Fran walked out into the backyard and said, "is this where the party is"?, Penelope laughed and said, "it sure is". She patted the swing and said, "have a seat", Fran sat down and said, "how did it go"?, she said, "it went great, she picked out a few outfits of clothes, a couple of gowns, some shoes, a comforter and sheet set the disney princesses of course".
Penelope said, "sounds like she had a great time", Fran said, "she had a blast and we even went out for ice cream afterwards", Derek said, "ohhhhhhh I bet she loved that". Fran said, "she did" and as she stood up she said, "ohhhh she picked out a teddybear and a few books that she said she hope her mommy Penelope could read to her later".
She beamed with pride and said, "I believe that can be arranged", Fran said, "well what did you think of the house"?, Penelope said, "it's gorgeous and that master bathroom and bedroom, I loveeeeeeeeeee". Fran laughed and said, "Derek said that eveything had to be perfect for his baby girl", Penelope said, "ohhhh it was, it was".
Derek said, "thanks again momma for taking Alexis shopping", she said, "any time honey, I love spending time with my grandaughter", Penelope said, "she's going to be seeing it rough without her mom so it's up to us to make sure that her life is filled with love, joy and happiness". Fran hugged her son and daughter in law and said, "I'll head out and spend some time with my hubby and let you three have some family time".
Penelope nodded her head and watched as Fran then turned and walked over and hugged Alexis before making her way through the yard heading toward her car, Derek sighed and said, "how about we have dinner and then we can put the stuff in Alexis room"?, she said, "sounds good to me handsome". Derek looked over his shoulder and said, "Alexisssss are you hungry"?, she rubbed her stomach and said, "it's rumblyyyyyyy".
Derek laughed as he picked her up and carried her toward the house, Penelope wrapped her arm around Dereks waist and smiled up at him and said, "how about after dinner and after we get the stuff put into your room, how about we have a movie night"?, Alexis said, "can we watch Nemoooooo"?, Derek grinned and said, "I do believe that can be arranged" causing Alexis to squeal with delight as they walked inside the house.
After dinner and everything was settled in Alexiss room the happy family settled in on the couch to watch the movie, Alexis crawled up and sat down between Penelope and Derek and laughed as the movie started. Derek kissed the top of her head and smiled as he watched his baby girls as they started watching the movie, about half way through the movie he noticed that Alexis had fallen asleep.
He stood up and picked her up gently and said, "how about you head on up and get settled in bed and I'll be up soon", she kissed his lips and said, "sounds like a plan handsome, I'm exhausted". Derek smiled as the trio headed up the stairs, he tucked Alexis into bed and turned on her nightlight and made sure that her teddybear was tucked under her arms before walking toward the door.
He smiled and said, "goodnight princess mommy Penelope and daddy Derek love you", he then closed the door halfway before making his way toward the bedroom that he would share with his baby girl. He stopped in the door and smiled as he saw her laying on her side peacefully sleeping, he quickly shed his clothes and then crawled in behind her.
Penelope snuggled closer to his chest and sighed happily as Derek kissed her on the side of the neck and said, "goodnight baby, I love you", she yawned and sleepily said, "night hotstuff, I love you to" before she drifted right back off to sleep. He grinned as he cuddled up closer to her and closed his eyes, after the long few days they had it didn't take long before he drifted off to sleep.