I laid my head on the door frame of the battered old Blue beetle listening to the engine hurry along the empty roads, the darkness interrupted by the waves of the streetlamps light that rushed over the head of the car. I tried to sleep but the trip had been taking so long that I had slept so much it was getting hard to stay asleep even if I was tried. I could hear occasionally tapping as Benny tabbed his rings against the wheel when he drove down the road.
"Y/n? are you sleeping?" He asks
"I was." I sighed
"Sorry"
"what do you want?"
"We're almost there"
"You could have woke me when we where there"
"... I said I was sorry wifey" He says pulling me to rest my head on his shoulder, I smiled a little getting cosy on his shoulder with his nice soft shirt
"You're boney"
"thank you? I... I really don't know how to respond to that. Yes I am"
"You're a dumb husband"
"I know" He smiled giving my head a kiss
"How much further to your house?"
"Apartment" he corrects
"apartment?" I asked and he nods ".... what floor?" I asked carefully
"..... a basement"
I took a breath sitting up straight, "We are going... to a basement apartment?"
"Yes"
"We are not living in your apartment"
"why not? it's great"
"We are married"
"We're newlyweds. little basement apartment it's perfect for us"
"Fine" I sighed "Until we have the money for a house"
"We are not going to get a house in new York y/n"
"Yeah we will"
"No we won't, it's ridiculously expensive. Rentals are insane why do you think I live where I do?"
"I'm not renting." I pout "What about when we are not newlyweds anymore? when we are a married couple, with a baby? You think I'm slumming it in some little cracker box with a baby?"
"No of course not if you get pregnant then we will get a house"
"If?"
"...When"
"Yeah I will" I smirked
"What about your place? I haven't actually ever heard you talk about it?"
"I live downtown with my friend Lisa. it's a first floor apartment with parking and a gardren"
"we could live there... that would be good actually I don't have parking"
"Lisa's not moving out any time soon"
"Fuck"
"Yeah"
"we could trade?"
"How so?"
"We move into yours Lisa has my old place?"
"we don't wanna live at my place, there's a lady with rat's next-door"
"So?"
"Like a lot of rats. like she has an open sewer and just feets what turns up in her garden"
"Ooohhhh.... yeah no"
"Why don't we move out of new york?"
Ooohhh that hit a nerve, he glared at me like I just fucking bitch slapped his mother "No"
"Why not? It's expensive, parking is a joke, it's either rainy or cold ninety percent of the time, and it's full of rats"
"and go where?"
"anywhere? you're a chess player, I am a poker player. Practically speaking we can live anywhere"
"I guess so"
"Didn't Beth just buy that big two bedroom house?"
"I am not moving to bum fucking Kentucky?" He argues
"Why not? all your friends live there?"
"I am not moving to Kentucky"
"Even if we could afford like a two, three bedroom house for our children?"
"No. I am not going"
"Fine" I sighed "But somewhere" I sighed
"somewhere... I'll think about it" he sighed "but we are staying here for a while" he says
"Yeah, for a while" I smiled "This place better be clean benny"
"....uhhhhhhhh"
"Well then we know what your doing when we get home"
"Okay" he sighs "To be fair when i left the apartment the situation was... considerably different,"
"Yeah it was"
"when I left I was single, and lived on my own, and didn't really intend on bringing a lady back so"
"So it's a trip"
"Well you'll see"
"And now your coming home with a wife"
"It's been a weird week"
When we parked up I gathered my stuff carrying my suitcase and my coat, I glared at benny a little as he picked up throwing his one bag over his shoulder he slightly rolled his eyes and picked up my other suitcases for me
"Thank you husband" I giggled
"Yeah, yeah" he sighed locking his car so I smiled and took his arm
"Lead the way husband"
"Are you going to keep calling me that?" He sighed and I nod "Fine, Come along then wifey" he smirked slapping my butt as he headed down the stairs I followed down into the darkness seeing a few doors
"WHich-" I began
"Down here" He calls from the other stairway down
"Really?"
"Yeah?"
"I am not going up and down these lugging groceries, Hell no" I sighed as I wondered down trying not to touch the foul smelling wall and less said about the handrail the better. the one light outside a dark metal door shining so brightly with that artificial sting, he unlocked the door pushing it open and flicking on a light switch, I followed him down as he put out stuff down on the floor slipping his jacket and hat onto a rack by the door, I peaked in seeing nothing but darkness. He wondered though clicking more lights on revealing the apartment and My now home.
it was fairly large I couldn't deny, the large door to my right, a small metal pole protecting me from the small drop down of about two steps, the rack of jackets and such on the wall with the light switch. I could see the little kitchen even if there wasn't much of it, a small four person dining table, books and book shelves on every surface, a old tattered leather chair and ottoman in what I would guess as the living space, with various black and white cushions. a few lamps stern around, as there was only maybe three beaten up celling lights, But the thing that drew my attention was the clutter around the place, clothes, chess books and various just... stuff.
"so?" He says rubbing the back of his neck a little "Welcome home wifey"
".... you expect me to live here!"
"Yeah"
"Why! is the shower! in the living room!"
"I'll be honest. I don't know"
"the sink and shower is in the living room, ohh god no what is the toilet in our bedroom?"
"no, the toliet is in there" he says point to a door to my left
"Oh thank god," I sighed "Bedroom? or do we sleep on the floor like hamsters?"
"There is a bedroom" He sighs showing me to the bedroom "Hang your clothes up in the closet. here's the bed and my tiny tv" he explained
"why is there a window in the bedroom?"
"I don't know" He shrugs "watching people have sex?"
"Benny!" I argued
"what! other then pervy reasons can you think of any reason for putting a window in a bedroom?"
"I guess if you had kids, so you can watch them without getting out of bed"
"But then they can also see you... making there siblings"
"true" I sighed "we are not going to be living here long"
"If you say so wifey" He shrugs "You wanna divorce me?"
"I'm not gonna lie.... I'm thinking about it" I sighed "I need to powder my nose"
"Alright, I'll get dinner going" he says so I headed over to the bathroom seeing the little toilet and sink, having a look
"AHHHHHH! BENNY!" I screamed
"what's wrong?"
"YOU ARE CLEANING THIS BATHROOM THIS ISTANT! OR YOU ARE GETTING THE MOST CUT THROAT! TAKE ALL DIVORCE!" I scream running from the bathroom
"Ooooh? giving me a divorce so early darling?" he smirked
"Clean.. or I will make your life a living hell"
"Yeah how?"
"I will fill this apartment with femanine nick nacks and scented candles faster then you can beat luke at speed chess now clean this bathroom!"
"No" He smirked
"Clean it... or I am never sucking your dick again"
"You've never sucked my dick"
"I haven't?"
"Not that I recall"
"Then I won't ever suck your dick"
"Nope"
"Benny... clean the bathroom"
"No"
"Husband!"
"wife!"
"Clean it" I sighed "and you can have sex with me"
"what kind" He said clearly thinking about it
"Missionary, mild forplay, and I'll let you go without a condom"
"... Deal" He shrugs going to get the cleaning stuff out from under the sink
"Umm all good marriage is compromise"
"Or bribery"
"and you just lost your without condom privileges"
"Oww!"
"should leave leant to keep your mouth shut benny" I giggled taking my stuff to his bedroom and starting to make myself at home putting my stuff everywhere making space for all my stuff once the bathroom was clean I actually powdered my nose had some food and headed to bed with my book
"so... this is life now?" He asks leaning on the door frame
"Yep"
"... we are really married and living together"
"Yep" I giggled "Feel free to divorce me at any time Benny"
"Ohh no, you got so close to divorcing me already no way I'll break before you" he laughs coming in and starting to get undressed
"Ohh just you wait till I get pregnant"
"You think I'm getting you pregnant?"
"You will," I giggled
"will I now" He smirked climbing into bed with me "Hi"
"Hi"
"sooo... I believe there was? wifely promises of sexual favours if I cleaned the bathroom?" he smirked trying to kiss me
"There was" I smiled shutting my book giving his lips a kiss "But I have a headache" I smirked putting my book on the side laying down and stealing as much cover as possible "welcome to having a wife Benny"
"I hate you" He sighed pulling the cover away so he could spoon me
"I hate you too" I smiled giving him a kiss before getting as cosy as I could in his bed.