Changes

I woke up and stretched out, my lower back killing me. Sleeping on the floor may not have been such a great plan. I rolled onto my stomach and felt something sharp in my chest. Running my hand along my chest I seen his chain and pulled it from below me. I nearly passed out when I saw the ring. It was gorgeous, completely over the top and so Maxime’s style.

I gave him a kiss on the forehead and his smiled. “Joyeux Noel my love” he whispered.

I leaned my head on his chest. “This is completely unreal Maxime, I feel like I need to wake up from a dream.”

He laughed. “Umm so are you going to give me an answer or make me sit here nervous all morning.”

I sat up quickly. “Yeah I guess I’ll do it, do I get a free pass on being cocky now?” He pulled me back down towards him and kissed me.

“I wouldn’t be marrying you if you weren’t already Cal.” He slipped the chain of my neck and took the ring off, slipping it onto my finger.

“I still can’t believe this ring. Only you would pick out something like this. You could probably see if from three miles away.” He just smirked.

“Now there is no question as to who you are with. I could have went with something that spelled out my name, but I figured this was enough. And by the way, I asked you Dad first.” He said and wrapped the covers around us.

We stayed in the room for another hour or so just quietly talking before getting up and getting dressed. Max’s mom was in full swing, breakfast laid out, gifts everywhere. This woman got down.

Max cleared his throat and she turned around and gave us both hugs. “Good morning, Joyuex Noel.” She said, motioning for us to sit down at the kitchen table.

“Mama, we have something to tell you. “ She squealed in delight before he even opened his mouth again.

“Maxime, I can see. I’m so happy. Can’t wait to tell all of my friends. Finally my boy is getting married. Maybe you will have babies one day?” Max started to cough and spit coffee out.

“Relax Mama, no babies for a little while. I want to enjoy her first.” He grabbed my hand and held it.

After breakfast we sat down to open gifts. He handed me a big box and asked me to open it first. The box shook on its own and I laughed. I lifted the lid and a baby black lab popped his head up. “Hey pumpkin, you are so cute.” I said, lifting him out of the box. “He’s mine Max, he is so cute. Can I call him superstar?” I squealed with delight.

He laughed from the sofa. “Umm not that you are giving him my nickname. And he isn’t just yours. He is ours and he is living at my place so I guess you are just stuck moving in Cal if you want to be a good mommy to him.”

I just shook my head. “Nice form of coercion Max. I’m sure Claude will be excited, he may just eat in the house a few days out of the week.” He made me stick out my hand and he took a picture , sending it to his friends. I did the same and titled the message losing my mind.

Marc called me cracking up. “Congratulations Callee. I hope you have the patience of a saint.” Max stole the phone and the began rambling in French, something about not being allowed to flirt anymore and what he was going to do to occupy his time. He finally hung up with Marc and we got his mom to take a few of our first “family pictures” with the puppy. He seemed to be really luvable.

Max handed me another gift which I opened and blushed. “Ok, Max, you could have left this one at the apartment or something. His mom was taking video of him and I opening gifts. “Show us what you got Callee.” She said. Max cracked up and I punched him in the stomach.

I was staring at massive amounts of lingerie. Max was a complete freak when it came to what I wore in the bedroom and the stuff he picked out was definitely for his viewing pleasure. I was probably a millions shades of red. “Ummm I think I will keep that one private.” I said and quickly opened the next gift which was perfume. I threw a few packages at him. I had booked us a weekend trip to Vegas during the All Star Game. I couldn’t wait to go. I had never been there.

He opened a few more gifts, and we posed for a few pictures for his mom. His brother stopped by later in the morning and there were plenty of laughs to go around. His brothers were just about as crazy as he was. Dinner time was an event as more family poured into the house and I was introduced all around by Max and his mom. We finally said goodbye around eight o’clock and headed back to my dad’s house, Superstar in tow.

My dad answered the door with a huge smile and imemdiately picked up the dog and gave us a big hug. "Congratulations you two. Max, I decided I’m going to come down when I take some vacation time, we will have to go golfing and stuff. I’ll go to a few games, hang out for a little while.”

Max seemed excited. “Sounds great, let me know when and I will plan some stuff to do. Actually if you would like, I have a game in March for the Dads, I would love it you could come down for that one. We usually do a big dinner, all the dads attend and its fun." My dad smiled and agreed.

Soon enough we hit the bed, getting some rest before our flight tomorrow. I couldn't help but fall asleep thinking about all the changes I was experiencing. Max echoed my sentiments. "Change is a good thing babe. It's how we grow."

Notes

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