fanfic_name = Ricks Rain
chapter = 16
author = Adam Scott
Rating = AP
Type = Alternative Universe
fanfic = Chapter 16
Lisa had just gotten home when I arrived. I had made a stop by the florist on the way and picked up a dozen roses, not red but a hybrid called Fire and Ice. They had a deep red interior petal with a pure white almost blue exterior petal. They were Lisa's favorite.
She was busy putting away groceries and muttering to herself but I couldn't tell about what. I surprised her from behind with a kiss on the cheek and wrapping my arms around her belly. She almost came out of her skin; she wasn't expecting me to be home for several more hours. She almost got mad and then I presented her with the flowers and her anger turned into a smile. She took the flowers and breathed them in deeply and then she looked at me and grinned again. She found a vase, filled it with water and placed the flowers in it. Once that was done she came over and launched herself into my arms and whispers in my ear "I knew you weren't an insensitive buffoon, thank you, there beautiful". She then pulled back and asked why I was home so early. "I'm sorry about earlier" I replied, "I was just in shock. That's why I came home early. We need to go out and celebrate tonight". We invited Max and Miriya to join us. Instead of cooking we decided that a quite candle light dinner was more in order. We made reservations for 7:30 pm at one of Lisa's favorite restaurants. A little place called The Classic Cup. It was a quaint bistro just off the square near the center of town.
In the meantime Lisa and I spent the afternoon decorating the baby's room. We had waited until we knew exactly what sex it was before we did. Lisa and Miriya had almost bought out the store when they went shopping for baby things a few weeks back and so we had broad selection to choose from. Of course our main theme was blue with little stars and hearts. Lisa loved that pattern; in fact our room was decorated with a similar pattern only in differing shades of gray and green with touches of pink. Lisa had wanted the room to be pink like her old bedroom had been but I drew the line there. But she still managed to get some into the scheme. It really didn't look bad though, it kind of fit. While I was fussing with putting together the bassinet, Lisa was hanging the wall paper. She was so meticulous about it too. She would measure the wall and then cut a piece of wall paper exactly 4 inches too long. She then would match up every little design on the new piece with the one she had previously hung. Then she would mark the new piece at the top, take it down and then apply the past. She would then re-hang the piece of paper being ever so careful to match the seams. After it was aligned to her liking she would take a roller and roll over the newly hung paper to ensure it was smooth, then and only then would she trim the excess from the top and bottom. It took her an hour and a half to do one wall but I have to admit it looked good. You couldn't see a seam anywhere but the floor looked like we had just had a New Years Eve party with all the strips of paper lying around. Of course I didn't have much room to talk; in the time it took her to do one wall I had barely put half the bassinet together. Who designs these things, my Veritech is less complicated?! I decide to leave the basinet as it is and persuade Lisa to call it quits for the day. We got ourselves cleaned up and then headed for the restaurant.
When we got to the restaurant Max and Miriya were waiting. The restaurant was empty!? Apparently Max had decided to reserve the whole place for the evening after we had talked with them. I hate to think of what he spent to do it. We were then escorted to our table by the maitre d'. The table was set with candles and fine china. There was a bottle of white wine chilling and a fresh, warm baguette setting off to the side. Lisa and I came here often but had never seen this kind of service. We took our seats and immediately starting talking about the baby. It was a wonderful evening of food and friends. Talking, laughing and telling stories. The entire wait staff was at our beck and call. I could get really spoiled by this, I thought.
Towards the end of the evening the mood turned a little serious. Lisa and I had never been very religious and for that matter neither had Max and Miriya but we had decided to ask them to be the god parents of our child. Max was ecstatic and Miriya was a bit confused. She had no idea what a god parent was. Max explained as best he could and after that Miriya could barley contain herself. She said it was the greatest honor she had ever been bestowed. Max and Miriya had always been a part of our family but now it would be official.
It had started raining during dinner, I had Lisa wait for me at the door and now I had to scurry to the car. It was a typical spring storm, lots of thunder and lightning and bouts of heavy rain. I pulled up to the door and Lisa quickly got into the car. Even soaked she was beautiful, the green of her eyes really stood out. It started to rain harder and the noise on the roof was almost deafening. More thunder roared and then the distinct ping of hail could be heard. The entrance to the restaurant was on a busy street so I decided to wait until the rain slowed before pulling out. I never had a chance, after setting there for a few minuets I saw headlights directly behind us. They were moving fast and swerving. The car slammed into the back of ours at nearly 50 mph launching our car into the nearby intersection where we were t-boned on my side by another car. We went spinning into the curb and the oncoming traffic. Everything became a blur and the only thought I could muster was for Lisa and our yet to be born son. I blacked out before we had stopped moving, Lisa screaming my name rang in my ears. "I love you Lisa" was my final thought.
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