| Chapter 2
"You all did a wonderful job tonight! I would have to say that this was one of the best Nurse's Ball that I have had the pleasure of hosting and for that we are going to celebrate into the early hours of the morning!" Lucy yelled as everyone cheered. "Well I should say you will party till the early morning hours. I on the other hand have to leave, so party extra for me, and have a great time. You all deserve it after what you did tonight." She finished as everyone cheered more and she jumped down off of the chair she was standing on and quickly went from person to person saying goodbye. "Well I don't know about early morning hours but I'm up for partying right now." Maxie said as she walked up to me. "Maxie what are you doing here? You should be home resting, you know what the doctor said. You have to take it easy, don't put a lot of stress on your body. Kyle why did you let her stay?" I asked directing my question to Kyle who was standing behind Maxie. "I told her we should go home, but she wanted to stay, besides physically picking her up and taking her out of here, which I am about to do, I have tried everything else." He said in his defense. I had to give it to him. Maxie was very stubborn and you had to practically move a mountain to change her mind. "Listen I just wanted to find you and tell you and Dillon goodnight. I am really worn out and ready to go to bed. Stop worrying about me. Gesh, you two need to lighten up." Maxie said laughing at the matching concerned looks on mine and Kyle's faces. "Where is Dillon anyways?" "He went to call Ned and tell him he won't be in tomorrow. Mom and Mac are watching Emma for the night so this is the first time in forever that we have had time to ourselves. I almost wouldn't know what to do." I said as I looked around for Dillon who was walking towards us trying not to be ran over by the crowd. "I can think of a few things you two can do." Maxie said as she wiggled her eyebrows up and down. "Get your mind out of the gutter." I said as I shook my head and laughed. "Who's bad? What?" Dillon asked as he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. Maxie went to say something. "Nothing, we were just talking." I said as I raised my voice so she wouldn't say anything. "Maxie was just getting ready to leave, but wanted to say bye first." "Bye, we'll see you guys later." Dillon said as he looked at me "If you are ready then we can go ahead and leave too." Dillon said as Maxie looked from him to me and then back to him. "Well Dillon, I guess great minds do think alike!" I was just saying the same thing." Maxie said as I rolled my eyes at her. "Oh just go home." I said playfully. "Yes please, I'm tired and I'm not the one carrying twins either." Kyle said as he gently pulled on Maxie's arm. "Ok fine, we're going." She said as she gave me a hug and then kissed Dillon on the cheek before heading out the door. "I'll probably stop by tomorrow afternoon. That'll give you two plenty of time to get out of bed." She yelled over her shoulder as they walked out of the restaurant. "Oh my god, she is crazy." I said as I yawned and ran my hand over my face trying to get rid of the tiredness, but it was still there. "The idea of home and our bed sounds really good right now. I could sleep all day tomorrow if I could." I said as I turned around to face Dillon. I rested my head against his chest and wrapped my arms around him as I snuggled up to him. "That does sound like a good idea, huh?" He said as he rested his chin on the top of my head. I just nodded. "Ok, lets go." He said as he reached into the front pocket of his jeans and got out his car keys. "How about we leave my car here and I'll come back tomorrow to get it. You shouldn't be driving if you are that tired." "Whatever you want to do." I said as we walked out of the resaurant. I debated telling everyone we were leaving but I quickly realized that no one would have noticed if we just left. So we got into my car and headed home, the short ride there was quiet and peaceful. It was kind of strange not having Emma in the back talking 50 miles a minute. It was nice but I also missed it at the same time. "Home sweet home." I said as we walked into the livingroom and I flipped the light on, throwing my car keys onto the little hall-table. "I'm going upstairs to change. Can you get me something to drink before you come up?" I aked as I started to slowly walk up the stairs that wrapped around to the second floor. Beautiful cherry wood stairs and railings, stained to bring out the red tone in the wood. "How does hot chocolate sound?" Dillon asked as I made it to the top of the stairs. I leaned over the railing and looked down at him. "Sounds like heaven." I said as I stood back up and walked into our master bedroom. It was spacious but also very small and intimate. I searched through my drawers and found a pair of pajama shorts and one of Dillon's sweaters that I always slept in and some under garments and went into the bathroom and changed. As I was walking out Dillon was coming into the room carefully carrying two cups full of hot chocolate. I walked over to him and kissed him on the lips before I took the mug and walked over to our bed, careful not to spill the hot liquid. I set it down on the little table by the bed and got under the covers. Dillon changed into a pair of boxers and slipped into the bed beside me. I took one more sip before I scooted closer to him and laid my head on his chest. "Please don't wake me up before noon, ok?" I asked as my eye lids became very heavy. I scooted closer closing all the space between us in an attempt to stay warm. "Ok, I promise I'll let you sleep in." He said as he ran his fingers through my hair causing me to become even more tired. "Sorry that I am falling asleep so early on the first night in forever that we had alone." I said as he laughed causing my head to move up and down with the rythem of his laughter. "It's alright, I'm tired too." Those being the last words I heard him say before I drifted off into a dreamless, peaceful sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~The Next Morning~~~~~~~~~~ "The itsy bitsy spider ran up the water spout...." I could hear someone singing. It sounded like Emma but she was at my moms house. I opened my eyes and sure enough there she was sitting at the foot of our bed with her back facing us watching her favorite sing-a-long tape on our TV. "Babygirl, how'd you get here?" I asked groggily as I pulled the blankets up closer to my chin and laid my arm back on Dillon's chest. He was still sound asleep. "Gammy bring me. She getting clothes for me to stay again." She said not breaking her attention from the tape. Just then my mom stuck her head into the room. "Come on Em, you're gonna wake up mommy and daddy." Mom whispered as she motioned for Emma. "I'm up." I said startling her. "Oh, sorry. Emma wanted to stay the night again and I want to take her to the park so we swung by here to get her some clothes. I was going to call you later on, I didn't think you would be up. I'll probably bring her back tomorrow night after dinner. Is that alright?" She asked. "Yea that's fine. Come here babygurl, give me a kiss bye." I said as I carefully sat up, trying not to wake Dillon up. Emma jumped back up on the bed and made her way into my lap. She stretched her little arms as far around my neck as she could and kissed me goodbye. "Give daddy a kiss. He would be sad if he didn't get one too." I said as I straightened out her pig-tails. She looked so cute with her hair like that. "Ok, shhhhh." She said as she put her finger up to her lips and slowly crawled over to Dillon. She kissed his cheek and just as she went to pull away she squealed as he threw his arms around her and tickled her. "You thought I was asleep, huh?" He asked as lifted her into the air above him. She giggled with delight. "Just where do you think your going?" "To Gammy's house." She said in between fits of laughter. "What, you don't want to stay here and play with me?" He asked with a hurt expression on his face. "Don't worry I be back tomorrow. Mommy will be here, she can play with you." She said as she sat on his chest with her knees tucked under her. "Alright, I guess if mommy will be here I can play with her for today. Have fun babygirl, ok?" He said as he kissed her forehead and she jumped down off the bed. "Ok!" She said as she ran and turned off the tape she had been watching and ran over to where my mom was still standing by the door. We said bye to my mom and they went downstairs and out the door. "So..." Dillon said as he pulled me down on top of him "What do you want to do. Looks like I got to play with you today." He said with a laugh. I wrapped my arms around his neck and put my head on his chest listening to his heartbeat. "How about we just stay like this all day." I said wishing it was possible. "You won't hear me complaining. But Maxie said she was coming over this afternoon and it is already noon." Dillon said as he ran the tips of his fingers up my spine causing me to shiver. "Ok, I'm getting up. I'm not sure what Maxie wants to do tonight. I'm guessing Kyle is coming too. How about you run and get some things from the store while I try to clean the house a little?" I asked as I propped myself up on his chest and looked down at him. "Ok, what do you want me to get?" He asked. "Well Maxie has been craving those italian ice cups. The lemon flavored ones, so get a few packages of that. Then what ever you want to get for dinner. Oh and get some more Oreo's for Emma!" I said as I got off of him and up out of bed. I walked over to my vanity mirror and pulled my hair up into a pony-tail. I decided to wait until after I got done cleaning to take a shower or I would end up taking two. Dillon got out of bed and ran his hands through his hair before changing and was ready to leave. He kissed me before he left and I set into cleaning the house. Just as I was finished gathering up all of Emma's toys and throwing them into a big toy chest, with the music blasting I managed to hear someone knocking at the door. Little did I know who was on the other side. |