Speak Low If You Speak Love

Coby looked up at the house in front of him. It really wasn’t a house, it was a mansion, and to Devyn it was a castle.

“We really get to live here?” Devyn asked. Zoë moved so she was eye level with her.

“Yeah, you really get to live here, and you can sleep in any room that you want as long as it isn’t mine.”

“Really?”

“Really, you want to go pick a room?” Zoë asked.

“Yeah, can I dad?”

“Did Zoë say you could?”

“Yes…”

“Well go.” He said and the child took off as the door was opened by one of the maids. The woman laughed as the child ran past her.

“Morning Jenni.” Zoë said.

“G’morning Miss Zoë, Coby.” She glanced towards the stairs the child had taken off towards. “She’s really excited, what she eat?”

“I don’t know if that’s the whipped cream and chocolate covered pancakes or the fact that she and Coby are moving in.”

“Might be a little of both.” Jenni said and closed the door behind them. “I’ve been waiting for you to come back. Your Aunt keeps calling, demanding that you or Paige call her. Apparently Paige hasn’t gotten her messages that she has left at the Beach House.”

“I don’t want to know if my Aunt calls. I don’t want to deal with her. She continues to call, tell her I said I will call the police and file a complaint because she is harassing us.”

“My pleasure.” Jenni said and walked away. Coby shook his head and took her hands as they went to find his daughter. Zoë laughed as the child ran from one room to the other as they got upstairs. She had locked the door to her grandmothers room and only she had the key to it. She and Paige had agreed to go through the room eventually together. When Devyn popped out of a room five doors down from the one Zoë had chosen and looked at them they waited for her to speak.

“This one!” The two adults walked down the hall to the room and peeked in. The room was empty save for a bed that had no sheets or anything and a dresser that Zoë was sure had been there for quite some time. Coby walked into the room and noticed that the closet was huge as well and the one thing he was glad about was that there was no bathroom attached to the room. Mainly because he didn’t think she needed her own at her age. After all she was only four.

“Well, at least it’ll be easier to decorate for her.” Zoë said and Coby turned to look at her and she only smiled.

“She’ll have fun with that.” Was all he said.

“Yeah. And she’s not all that far away from…”

“Our room?” Coby asked. Zoë nodded. “So, how long do you think it’ll take us to move?” he asked as the trio walked down the hall Devyn in the lead.

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Zack sighed as he pulled into the driveway to his house and glanced beside him at Andi she smiled at him and leaned over the center console and placed her lips gently to his. He smiled as he pulled her into his lap and slowly deepened the kiss. When her arms snaked around his neck and she pressed against him causing them both to moan.

“Not here baby.” He said pulling away from her. She looked in his eyes and grinned. She slipped back into the passenger seat and grabbed the keys from the ignition and then her purse before getting out of the car and darting for the door. He grinned and followed her. He got inside and locked the door behind him before glancing up the stairs where he knew she had gone. He made his way up to his room and shook his head as he moved to her and wrapped her in his arms.

“I love you Andrea Sanders.”

“I love you Zachary Baker.” She replied and pulled him down on the bed with her.

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Paige sighed as she walked through the front door of the house that they had shared for the past five and a half months. She raised an eyebrow at the hole in the entry way wall.

“Who’s fist did you dodge?” Paige asked turning to Matt.

“No one’s.” Matt muttered and moved past her. She looked after him and followed him, her eyes widening when she saw the picture of them together laying out of it’s frame on the stand they usually set their keys on. She looked at I and picked it up. The corner was torn and there were some scratch marks on it. She carried it into the living room and stared when she saw the comforter from their bed and her pillow on the couch. She glanced around and shook her head when she saw yet another hole in the wall by where a picture of her and the girls used to hang. She wondered where that picture was.

“Matt?” She called out.

“In the kitchen.” He yelled back. She shook her head and walked that way. She just stared when she got to the kitchen. There were at least six empty bottles of Whiskey on the table and he was pulling a pizza from the fridge.

“How old is that?” She asked him.

“Last night. There’s one from the night before too, I think it’s meat lovers, not entirely sure, didn’t really give a shit. You want some?”

“Matt, do I even want to go upstairs?”

“Probably not.” He said. “Although I really haven’t been up there, except to shower in like a week.”

“So the holes in the walls?”

“There’s probably some in the bedroom too.”

“Again, who’s fist did you dodge?”

“No ones. I did it. I was pissed at myself alright! I was a fucking idiot and I don’t deserve you and I was pissed. I stood there and just fucking let you leave! I didn’t know what the hell to do, I had just lost you and thought you were never coming back and that I ruined my entire fucking life! I didn’t exactly realize there was a chance of getting you back and I was pissed because I didn’t end it eight months ago when I met you and I continued to see her. I was fucking miserable! I haven’t fucking slept good in god only knows how long and…” He didn’t realize that he had raised his voice and was yelling at her. Not until he looked at her just standing there leaning against the wall staring at him.

“Wow!” Was all she said and walked to him wrapping her arms around his neck and looking up into his eyes. She leaned up and pulled him to her gently touching her lips to his. He wrapped her in his arms and deepened the kiss. When they pulled back he didn’t let go of her, just held her there in his arms. She rested her head on his chest and just stood there in his arms.

“I love you so much Paige. I’m so sorry. So fucking sorry.”

“I love you too Matt.” She said quietly and then looked up at him. “I forgive you, but only because you were as miserable as me and the hormones are making it hard not to.”