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After what seems like an eternity, Derika lies happily next to her love. Brushing some of the hair from her loves face she gazes into her eyes, "Oh Vishanti....you always make me feel so amazing, loved, and so incredibly lucky to have you by my side. I love you more every day and can't wait till we get back home and are able to get married." She says with absolute adoration in her eyes. Her tone reflecting all the love she feels for her beloved in her heart.
Chris startles himself awake, having dozed off with Gashka in his arms. "Oh, we better get up."
Waking up with a start as Chris wakes her she rubs her eyes, "Oh no...how long were we asleep? We need to get to the house and see if Derika and the others want to go to dinner with us at our parents house. Do I look alright?" She asks, sitting up in the bed and trying to smooth out her hair.
"You look positively radiant," Chris says with a warm smile. "It's still pretty light out...maybe we didn't sleep that long."
Gashka blushes, "Well, considering how you wore me out...I guess we should be glad we didn't just pass out for the night. Come on, we should get dressed and go check on the others." Gashka says as she gets up from the bed and starts gathering her clothing.
Gashka pauses as she's gathering up her clothes, "Oh....oh no, we should probably get a shower before we go to my parent's house." She says, her voice almost at a frantic pitch. It would not do at all for her father to smell them on each other. He held a certain image of his little girl in his mind, and until they were married....Gashka didn't want to take that from him. They just found her and Derika again, and so much had already changed....she didn't want her parents feeling that they had lost her completely.
Looking at Chris over her shoulder, Gashka gives him her pixie like smile, "Come on, if we bathe together, we'll get ready faster." She says, as she saunters over to the linen closet to get them a couple of towels.
Taking Vishanti's hand, Derika brings it to her lips and kisses it softly. Looking lovingly into the eyes of her future wife she asks, "So, how would you feel about taking a nice warm bath together now?"
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"You make that sound a little naughty," Chris replies, gathering his clothes and following Gashka.
Gashka laughs as she sets the towels down on the bench in the bathroom as well as her clothes, "I do?" Gashka giggles as she puts the stopper in the tub and adjusts the temperature of the water before starting to fill it. Looking over her shoulder at Chris she smirks, "Well, we don't have much time to make it more than a little naughty."
Chris chuckles and gets into the tub first before helping Gashka in.
Gashka smiles and takes his hand as he helps her into the tub. Settling down into the warm water in front of him, she lathers up a cloth before starting to wash herself. As she's washing herself she asks, "So, have we figured out where you'd like to have your alchemy lab set up yet? There's that basement...as long as it's not too cold or damp down there. There's also that other bedroom....if you use the basement for your lab, I guess we could find a use for that other room. We could furnish it as an exam room and you could see patients here at home....or, we could use it as a nursery...when that time comes." Gashka bites down on her lower lip as she rinses off her front and lathers up the cloth again before handing it back to him, "Would you mind getting my back for me?" She asks, her voice a little soft as the thought of children goes through her mind. Gashka wasn't even really aware herself how much she had actually thought about it until recently.
"Sure," Chris replies, scrubbing Gashka's back gently. "The basement might be the safest place. I'm pretty skilled, but there's always a chance something might happen and I'd need some place that would clean up easily."
He pauses as Gashka brings up a nursery. "That other room...would probably be the best place for a nursery...it's close to our bedroom..."
Gashka smiles to herself, "Yeah, that's a good point. So...we'll use that room for the nursery, and then if you decide to become a doctor for this area...we can figure out how to get an office for you. Maybe they'd be willing to rent out a space for you to practice out of or something."
"We'll see about it after we get back from getting people home," Chris says, finishing with Gashka's back and handing her the washcloth.
Taking the washcloth back from him, Gashka rinses it out before starting to wash her hair. As she works the the soap into a nice lather she nods, "Okay, we'll just deal with one thing at a time then."
Once she feels that her hair is thoroughly washed, she rinses out the soap. Once she's done completely rinsing herself off, Gashka grabs a towel and wraps it around herself once out of the tub. Turning to Chris she asks, "Would you like for me to get your back for you?"
"Please," Chris answers.
With the towel wrapped around her, Gashka takes the cloth and soaps it up before washing his back, massaging his muscles as she does so. After az few minutes, Gashka hands the cloth back to him. Leaning over the tub she gives him a soft, sweet kiss.
Chris finishes up, steps out of the tub and starts drying off.
As Chris gets out, Gashka uses the towel to finish drying herself off before getting her clothes back on.
Chris gets his clothes on and smiles at Gashka. "Ready to go?"
She finishes putting on her boots and stands up, "Yup, all ready. We better go check and see who all wants to come to dinner."
Chris takes Gashka's hand as they head out of the house.
Gashka calls Renard to her as they leave thed house together.
The fox gets up and follows after Gashka and Chris.
Gashka smiles as they head to her sister's and friend's house to check on them.
Vaeri walks up behind Gashka and Chris as they approach the house. "Are you here to see your sister?"
Gashka noda, "Yeah, I was going to see if they wanted to go to our parent's house with us for dinner. Do you know if they're at home?"
"They should be," Vaeri says.
"Good, I hope they don't already have dinner plans. I know Derika wasn't raised with me, and that she probably feels like an outsider right now...but I know Mama would really like to spend time with us all together. Even though they never said anything to me about her, I'm pretty sure they really missed her, and hate that they've missed so much of her life." Gashka says thoughtfully as they move aside to let Vaeri inside thed house.
Vaeri simply shrugs, unsure of what to say to Gashka, and unlocks the door. She gestures for Chris and Gashka to enter before following behind Renard.
Sensing that she had been talking too much again, Gashka gets quiet as they go inside.
Vaeri looks in the kitchen. "I think they're still upstairs."
Gashka's cheeks darken slightly, "Oh....ohhhh....well, I guess we can wait a few minutes. They might have taken a nap or something, and I don't want to disturb them. We'll just wait in the living room for a bit, if that's okay with you love?" She asks Chris, while turning her head to look at him. After a moment of thought she says, "I'm sure they'll be down soon. I'll give them thirty minutes before I go up andc knock. So, how have you been doing Vaeri? What do you think of thed town? Have you had a chance to kind of explore it yet? I mean...obviously you were out walking cuz you came up behind us." Gashka forces herself to be quiet before she sounds like a complete fool. She had no idea why knowing her sister was upstairs with Vishanti made her feel so nervous. Would they really have a baby before her andc Chris? Was that even possible? Well, with magic pretty much anything was possible she supposed. As long as Derika and Vishanti were happy, that's all that mattered to her. Well, that and knowing that Vishanti loves her sister and would never do anything to hurt her was important too. She had seen how they were together though, and how they cared for each other. They looked at each other, the way she and Chris looked at each other. To find someone who truly understands and loves you for who you are is such a rare gift, and she felt incredibly lucky that Chris foundc her and was patient enough to wait for her while she sorted out her feelings.
Derika sits up as she hears voices from downstairs, "Did yiou hear that? It sounds like someone is downstairs."
"I'm okay with waiting," Chris says, taking a seat.
"The town seems nice," Vaeri replies.
Gashka sits down next to Chris and lays her head on his shoulder.
Nodding slightly she says, "Yeah, I'm glad we came here."
After a few moments of silence, Vaeri speaks up. "Um...would you like something to drink? There's cold tea, water and some juice."
"Water sounds good."
Looking at Vaeri she smiles, "The cold tea sounds good to me, thank you. Oh...is the tea sweet?"
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Derika sits quietly in the bed for a moment before hearing what she is sure is her sister's voice. Looking over at Vishanti she says, "I'm pretty sure that's Gashka and Chris downstairs. Okay, I'm gonna go see why they're here, and you..." Derika pauses to give her a deep kiss before giving her bottom a light loving smack, "You can go get the bath started and I'll be back up in just a couple of minutes to join you. I love you so much."
Giving Vishanti one more quick kiss, Derika begrudgingly gets out of the bed and quickly dons her clothing. Sighing a little as she looks back at her luscious fiance, Derika makes her way downstairs.
Seeing Chris and Gashka in the living room she gives them a smile, "Hey, good....afternoon? What are you guys up to? Did you get everything moved into the house already?" Derika takes a seat across from the two of them.
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Looking at her sister's disheveled appearance, Gashka tries very hard not to smirk. It was apparent what her sister had been up to, but shed was an adult and with someone that made her extremely happy and that treated her younger sister well, so she would be good and not tease her about it.
Clearing her throat she responds, "Well, it's rather late in the afternoon...but yeah, we got everything we need for now moved into the house. Papa came with a cart full of furniture from the carpenter's shop that he works at. It's all so beautiful, and there's so much room. We even have an extra room that we were thinking of turning into a nursery." Gashka pauses for a moment to catch her breath before continuing, "Anyways, before he left, Papa asked if we would come to supper and I said that we would and I just know they would live it if you and Vishanti came, Anyka too if I can find her. Pretty much anyone that wants to come can. Mama always makes enough food to feed an army. So, what do you say? Would you and Vishanti like to come to dinner with us at our parent's house? I'm not sure how long we're going to be gone this time, and I just think it would be nice to just have a family dinner before we go." Realizing just how much she said, Gashka gets quiet to give Derika a chance to respond.
She talks so fast. A nursery...is she? It's very difficult to concentrate on anything else her sister says after hearing that she's going to turn their extra room into a nursery. Did that mean that she was already...but She couldn't be. They hadn't been together that long.
Finally looking up at her older sister she stutters, "I...uhh...a nursery? Gashka, are you...you know." She makes a motion over her belly with her hands as if she's pregnant.
Blinking a couple of times she shakes her head, "No...no I'm not pregnant. Not yet anyways, we're just planning for the future is all. We were trying to decide what to do with the space, and that's what we want to do with it. So, did you hear anything else I said?"
Gashka chuckles, "Sorry if I startled you with that news, but are you going to come to dinner with us at our parent's house?"
Honestly, she was a little disappointed that Gashka wasn't having a baby. She would secretly love to be an aunt, and it would be so fun to have a baby in the family. She wondered if she and Vishanti could have a child. She would love for them to have a child of their own, but that was something they could talk about after they got back from this mission.
Shaking herself from her thoughts she nods, "Okay, well...that's probably for the best right now with us going off on this mission. It wouldn't be safe for you to go with us if you were carrying a child. It will be fun to plan for though, we can help you pick stuff out and things like that if you want. I'm really happy for the both of you. Vishanti and I will join you over there as soon as we get ready. I want one more bath in warm water before we head out. I think Anyka went to go get something in town. She might have gone back to see that Ryota guy." She shrugs, "This town isn't that big, I'm sure you'll find her. I'll see you at dinner okay? I gotta get back upstairs and get ready."
Standing up, she goes to Gashka and gives her sister a brief hug before running back up the stairs.