Leah
After a few days of basically being waited on hand and foot by Chase, even after my constant objections, I was beginning to feel a little bit of cabin fever. Chase was with me almost every minute which I didn’t mind at all but I wasn’t used to having everything done for me by someone else. When he couldn’t be around, he made sure to enlist the help of some of his sisters and his mom, Mary which I probably couldn’t have lived without them there. Caleb had a little bit of the cabin fever too. He was used to going to daycare or running errands with me so he had so much bottled up energy, he was constantly bouncing off the walls.
I really did enjoy their company and it helped to pass some of the time with the girly stuff that Chase just wasn’t into. They fought over who got to paint my nails and play with my hair. And Caleb insisted his nails be painted too so he convinced us to at least do one of his toes.
Chase wasn’t too happy about that when he got home explaining to Caleb that real men do not have painted anything and he helped him to remove it. I even let my favorite of the brood, Belle, deck me out with her princess makeup and accessories. Chase couldn’t contain his laughter when he came home late that night from a performance to my clown like appearance from letting a three year old do my makeup.
Mary loved to come over and take care of me especially. She was constantly in the kitchen whipping up some new creation or tidying some kind of mess. And with Caleb there were plenty of them. She had more energy than anyone I’ve ever seen and she always did it with a smile and not a hair out of place.
I had plenty of downtime to study for exams though and Remy came over to help me out with the classes we had taken together. Her and Ally had both left the night before after our goodbyes to head home since they didn’t have any classes on Friday. Even though I was only leaving the house to take exams, I was excited to get some fresh air.
“You about ready to head out baby?” Chase calls from the kitchen as he sets all three of our cereal bowls in the sink. I tuck my calculator and a few extra pencils into my bag before zipping it up and Chase walks in to grab it for me, setting my crutches down in front of me. “All set. Ally said my first instructor is expecting me around 9:00, so we should be heading out. Who knows how long it’ll take me to get around with these things,” I say as I lift myself cautiously and balance on the crutches. Chase zips up Calebs jacket for him and grabs his small backpack. He was going to keep him occupied while I was taking my exams. “I’m ready Mommy!” He squealed out grabbing one of Chases hands and pulling him towards the door. Yup he was definitely ready to get out too.
“You sure you don’t want me to just carry you, it’ll be easier that way.”
“No Chase I’m good really,” I laugh out as I hobble to the door. He follows behind me with my bag and quickly passes me so he can make sure I make it down the stairs alright before opening the front door for me.
I hadn’t gotten a chance to see his new truck that he had picked up from the dealership the day before and I breathed in the new car scent as he helped me in. The truck was one of those extended cabs, so there was a small backseat that Chase already had Calebs brand new car seat strapped into.
“Well at least you got one thing out of the accident. I think I like this more than the jeep,” I say as I examine the brand new leather interior.
“Trust me if I wanted something new I would of gotten it, we didn’t need you getting hit by a car for it to happen,” he replies with a wry smile as he throws the truck in reverse for our short drive to campus.
He stops at the curb to drop me off at my first building after I insisted I could get there by myself. He was heading out to finish up some last minute shopping which I hadn’t even gotten a start on. I’m sure that would be interesting with Caleb. “Bye buddy. You be good for Chase, no running off okay?”
He nods his little curls at me with a smile and a wave. “I’ll be good. Promise. It’s our guy time, Chase said.”
“Okay well no picking up any ladies while you’re out. See ya in a few hours,” I say as I lean over and give him a quick kiss. “I love you.”
His green eyes twinkle at my words and a smile lights up his face. “I could hear those words from you over and over and never get tired of hearing them,” he says as he returns my kiss. “Good luck babe even though I know you don’t need it. Love you.”