Her eyes drifted down to gaze at the shimmering diamond ring on her finger again. Just the sight of the ring, left her entire face into a glowing smile. She had known Eric was up to something, but she never would have expected him to propose. She had expected to find her home still covered in dust from the contractors and only half finished. Somehow, he had managed to convince them to finish the job in half the time.
She was still uncomfortable with him assisting in helping pay for her repairs. In her eyes, that was her responsibility, but his reasoning did ring true. It was going to be their home and that being said, he had a say in what could be done to it, didn’t he? He only chose the things she had originally wanted when she had hoped the insurance would cover more of the cost. Sighing she knew it was pointless to argue with it. The house was finished and she loved everything about it.Slamming the trunk door on her car before making her way back into his house to see if she had missed anything. It had been nearly three months since the fire and she finally felt as if she was heading home for good. She always felt selfish and ungrateful at the thought of only “staying” with Eric. But she could never truly feel at home in his house. It was foreign to her. Though it was perfectly suited to Eric’s needs, it didn’t have that familiar homey feeling she always had when she walked through the front door of her family’s old farmhouse.
Placing Midnight in the pet carrier, she whistled for Sky to follow her as she heads back outside. Placing the carrier in the backseat and allowing Sky to occupy the passenger seat.
“Ready to go home, guys?”
Realizing she’s talking to the animals, she laughs as her fingers move to grasp the seat belt. Pulling it tightly across her chest, her eye gaze back to the house she had spent the past several months in. Her heart aching at the fact Eric was still inside, dead to the world until nightfall. It was the one aspect of their relationship that she both loved and hated in equal measure. She enjoyed her time away from him and would never be the type who only spent time with their significant other. Sometimes one just has to get away, even for a few hours. That being said, she hated the idea that she would never see him during the day. It was truly impossible. As much as she loved waking up in his arms, sometimes she wished he could awake at the same time. Their work schedules seemed to always leave much to be desired as well. Sometimes they would go weeks without having a real conversation, just for the simple fact of the conflicts of schedules. She had begun to request Monday evenings off so they could spend one night a week together.
Sighing, she put the key in the ignition, shaking away all the negative feelings as her eyes catch the glint of the sunlight off the ring once more. She loved Eric and while things would never be simple or convenient for them, nothing would change that. He was as much hers and she was his…
