Sweet Child of Mine

Chapter 2

"Be careful with that!" Alice called out to the moving men as she watched them step through her new threshold with the last of their furniture.

The day had been beyond stressful, but what was important was that she and Hal were finally settled in to their new home. This was the very house she had dreamt of living in since she was a child, and the fact it was all becoming a reality was beyond surreal to her.

The last of the furniture had been placed and positioned, and she felt as if a weight had finally been lifted off of her shoulders, the hard part was over and she could finally work on making this house a home.

She closed the door behind the last of the removal men before walking over to their brand new kitchen to find Hal sat at the island, ending a phone call.

"Who was that?" She asked as she leaned against the wall.

"With any luck, the people who are going to help us with our first story for the Register." He said with a gleaming smile.

Her eyes widened in surprise, happy to hear about that their first story was possibly coming together. "That's great." She said with a beaming smile. "What's the story for?"

He paused before a suspicious and weary look donned upon his face. Gripping the phone anxiously, he decided to dodge her question, rather than answer completely. He didn't want her to know who was on the other end just yet.

"You know? This calls for celebration." He says with a slight smile, successfully changing the subject and placing the phone onto the counter.

She narrowed her eyes and watched on suspiciously as he moved towards the cupboard, collecting to two champagne glasses and a bottle of the fine stuff from the refrigerator.

He approached her with his shoulders strengthened, a seemingly charming smile upon his face before taking his arm that held the champagne glasses to the small of her back, directing her towards their newly placed couch in the living room.

"You're not gonna tell me who it was?" She asked softly before taking a seat.

She looked up at him as he handed her her glass and rested his on the table before he pulled the champagne cork, watching the smoke fall out of the bottle.

"It can wait Alice." He said sternly as he pouted their glasses before seating himself next to her. "Right now, we're celebrating."

She knew he was hiding something and trying his hardest to avoid the subject, but she decided to push it to the back of her mind, whatever it was, she'd get to the bottom of it eventually.

"To us!" Hal said cheerily as he rose his glass in the air towards hers, Alice smiling softly as she followed suit and they clinked. "And our amazing life together, our stellar careers and our beautiful home."

The two grinned as they brought their glasses to their lips, quietly sipping the beverage with pride. This really was the start of something great.

"-With far too many rooms for just us two I might add." Hal continued suggestively before placing his glass down.

She shifted her gaze towards him as she gulped, the glass still fixed in her hands as she widened her eyes in curiosity.

He took the palm of his hand and rested it upon her thigh. "I might wanna think about making you a Mommy." He said with a hint of seduction in his voice before leaning over to neck, preparing to plant a trail of kisses before Alice stopped him, pushing him back a little.

He was puzzled. This wasn't the first time she had done this but that was usually because she wasn't in the mood, which usually annoyed him, but this time it was something else wrong.