Life Just Gets Better {Louisa}

[dwain]

November 28th 2009

Dwaine looked around at the apartment that he and Louisa lived in right now. It was still comfortable enough for them, but since they had been barried now for five months, it was just time to upgrade. Also if they wanted to start a family, what better time to move now. At this point in time, the publicity of the new album had died down a bit, and it left Dwaine with more time for his own life. Not that he didn't love the band, being a part of it was fantastic, but he needed to have his life back somewhat, and he wanted to enjoy his time with Louisa.

So now, he was up to just clearing away the breakfast dishes, and placing them in the dishwasher. Looking at the time on the microwave, Dwaine knew that they had to get going, or they would be late to meet up the with real estate woman. She had been helpful, but they still hadn't found anything that they really liked, or anything that really made them think that it was the house for them. But somehow Dwaine felt that today was the day that they might find the one that they both would fall in love with.

After all the things were cleared away, Dwaine made his way to the lounge room, and sat down. He then called out to Louisa. "You ready yet, Lo. It's almost time to go." Dwaine then picked up the newspaper next to the chair, and started looking through it to see if there were any houses in there that might just catch is fancy.

[louisa]

{ooc - sorry it's so short - but new character, first thread - hopefully it will build}

Louisa was blissfully happy, she and Dwaine had been married for five months now and she really couldn't be happier. She loved her life right now, she loved her job and she loved her husband, everything was pretty much perfect. There wasn't much wrong with their current apartment, but Louisa knew that it was time to look for something better, especially if there came a time when they might both want to start a family. It was something she had been thinking about over the past few weeks, although she was still pretty much into her career, she wouldn't rule out a family if Dwaine ever asked her.

Louisa was in the type of job she could easily take maternity leave from if necessary, however, the actual conversation of starting a family hadn’t been brought up as of yet, only the mention of finding a more suitable apartment or house. Louisa had then gone to the bedroom to change out of her night clothes after having a shower and got ready to go out with Dwaine. She had just finished fixing up her hair and splashing on some perfume when she heard Dwaine shout asking if she was ready to go yet.

“Yep, just coming honey.” She said in a very sing song voice as she made her way from the bedroom into the living room. When she walked in as she finished fixing in her earrings she saw Dwaine was looking through the newspaper at the real estate page. Obviously having a look to see if there was anything there they might want to go and have a look at. She sat down next to him and leaned in to kiss him on the cheek, “So, seen anything which might suit us yet?” She asked, as she tried to glance to see if anything stood out for her, but she wasn’t too fussed, as she would just be happy with whatever made Dwaine happy.

[dwain]

After he had called out to see if Louisa was ready, she called out to him, saying she was coming. Dwaine continued to looked through the real estate section, thinking that he had seen most of these places already. He wondered how long it would take to sell the apartment they were in now. It was still a fantastic apartment, in a fantastic location, but really, it was time to move on. With what he would be making now, what with being part of the band, they could find a very comfortable house that they would both share. Though really it had to be close to everything that they needed, for examples schools, when it came time for them to have kids, and of cause Louisa's office, so that travelling wasn't an issue.

Soon enough Louisa was there, placing in her earrings. Dwaine had noticed her in the corner of her eye, but he was too busy reading about the last house that was for sale. Though he then felt her sit next to him, and felt her lips kiss his cheek. Dwaine turned and smiled at Louisa, kissing her quickly on the lips. Louisa then asked if he had seen anything that might suit them. He shook his head, starting to fold the paper in half. "Unfortunately, no. It is the same ones we have already looked at, or most of them are anyway. Some don't look that crash hot, or they are just too out there, price range or just the size of the place." Dwaine shook his head a little, as he placed the paper beside the chair.

"I have made more points in my head of what we should ask, in relation to location to certain things. Hopefully this will help us in our search of houses." Dwaine got up out of the chair, and put his hands out for Louisa to take. Once she was up, Dwaine let go of her hands, and wrapped his arms around her waist, and just smiled at her. "I just have this feeling that today is the day that we find something. I hope that I am right, cause really we only have today and maybe sometime tomorrow, as next week we are off to L.A. to do some talk shows, but only for three days. So I will be back on Wednesday night at the latest."

Dwaine then kissed Louisa for a few seconds, and then pulled away, leading them towards the door, to head out to his car. He hated being away from her for too long. But unfortunately that was part of his job, which he loved just as much as he did louisa. He opened the passenger door for her, and then once she was in, Dwaine closed her door, and headed around to the driver's side. The real estate was only a couple of blocks away, but if they needed to get to any places that the woman had found for them, they could by their own car. Dwaine started the engine, and then turned to Louisa. "Fingers crossed, and all that." He smiled, then drove the car in the direction of the real estate office.

{ooc - a bit longer. And either of us can npc the real estate lady - might call her Veronica lol}

[louisa]

After Louisa had kissed Dwaine on the cheek when she sat down next to him, he turned and smiled at her before kissing her quickly on the lips. She kissed him back, even if it was a brief one, she just loved these tender moments between them both. She had then asked if he had found anything decent in the paper for them. She felt a little downhearted when he folded the paper over, saying no. He went on to say most of them were ones they had already looked at, or weren’t too good or were out of their price range. “That’s a shame; I was hoping you might have found something for us this time.” Not that there was anything wrong with the place they currently had, but she knew they were both thinking of the same things when spoke of upgrading their home.

Dwaine then spoke some more talking about points he had made in his head to ask about location to certain things to suit them. She nodded her head smiling, “That’s a good idea, hopefully we will be able to find somewhere suitable.” She knew she needed to be near her office and Dwaine had to be in close contact for the rest of the boys in the band. Dwaine then got up from the sofa and held his hands out for Louisa to take which she did and soon she was on her feet also. He soon let go of her hands and she felt his arms around her waist, so she automatically put her own arms up around his neck. He then said he had a feeling that today would be the day they would find something. She smiled at him warmly, “I hope so, I can’t deny it will be nice to be able to start planning things you know?” Then Dwaine mentioned about only having a short time before he had to go off to Los Angeles, telling her he would be back by the Wednesday night at the latest.

That was the only downside to Dwaine’s career, she missed him a lot when he was away doing interviews, but she was happy for him, and she loved him so much she would never get in the way of that. She was usually fine on her own, and it wasn’t as if they didn’t talk on the phone when he was away, it was either that, or they spent half their night sending texts to each other. “I’m sure I’ll be able to cope without you until then, but getting a house finalised before you have to leave would certainly be a weight off of both our minds.” Dwaine then kissed Louisa and she kissed him back for a few seconds before he pulled away. She then gently wiped at his lips with her finger to remove the smudge her lipstick had made.

Dwaine then began to lead them out the door to his car and soon he was holding the door open for her, she smiled at him and then stepped into the car and he closed the door when she was inside. She then pulled the seatbelt over and soon Dwaine was inside and started the engine, he turned to her and said fingers crossed and all that, and then smiled before driving off. Louisa smiled at him back, and then held up her fingers crossed, “If I keep my fingers like this the whole time, maybe we might just get something.” She laughed a little then, and left Dwaine to concentrate on driving, she seldom spoke to him when he was driving, as she didn’t like putting drivers off their concentration, she only spoke if she was spoken to first.

[dwain]

Dwaine gave Louisa a half hearted smile. "I am sure that Veronica will be able to show us the place of our dreams soon enough." He casually looked around, knowing and hoping that they would find it today. There was no immediate rush, but really with his schedule, most of their free time was put towards house hunting. Dwaine had then spoken about the points he was looking at for when looking for a place for them. Louisa agreed, which made him happy. "Great. I know that we need to be near where we have to be during the day, like where you work, and so forth. So will be sure to mention the points today as well."

Once they were up up, Dwaine had mentioned that he had a feeling today would be the day they found something. He gave Louisa a warm smile, when she replied, and nodded. "I know that we have lots of things to plan, one of which has been on my mind for a little while." Dwaine looked at her all serious. "Might have to have a nice long chat after we find our dream house." He so couldn't wait to have a talk about the family aspect of our their new life together. His family was big to start off with, so he knew he was going to want a lot of kids, as long as Louisa was in the same frame of mind.

After he mentioned about going to Los Angeles, and being back by Wednesday night, Louisa commented, which made Dwaine nod in acknowledgement. "I know. I do still have that feeling that we will find somewhere, and then we can both rest easy." After they shared a moment, he grinned at her as she wiped away any traced of her lipstick off of his lips. Dwaine could have easily have done that himself, but he still loved her doing that little move. It was cute in a way, and he was never embarrassed by it at all.

After they got settled in the car, and Dwaine started the engine, he commented about crossing fingers and all that. He had to smile, and chuckle a bit, when Louisa held up her fingers which were crossed. "Maybe you should, but don't strain yourself." Dwaine shook his head, smiling to himself, and then headed them towards the real estate office.

Soon enough they were there, and Dwaine opened Louisa's door, and held his hand out for her to take. They were soon walking hand in hand into the office, and Dwaine smiled at the woman behind the main desk. "Hi. We have an appointment with Victoria Hamilton." The woman nodded, and directed them in the direction of the waiting area chairs. "She will be with you in a minute." Dwaine nodded, and then sat down. He turned to Louisa, taking one of her hands in his own two hands. "Since we are waiting for a minute, I wanted to ask you something? How do you feel about having..." But that was all Dwaine got out when Victoria came out.

"Hi you two. How are things going?" Dwaine gave Victoria a smile. "Good thanks. But things could be great if we found our new place today." Victoria smiled. "Well I might have found a couple of new places for you to look at. Let's go." Dwaine continued to hold Louisa's hand in only one hand this time, and followed Victoria out of the office. He opened the door for Louisa to get into the passenger seat, then Dwaine got around to head into the driver's seat. He then started the engine to follow Victoria in her car. As they followed her, Dwaine briefly looked at Louisa. "This is it. I just have this feeling."

[louisa]

When Dwaine said he was sure Victoria would show them the place of their dreams soon enough Louisa smiled at him, “I am sure you are right.” At least their current place was decent enough, it wasn’t as if they were living in a bad house and had to get out immediately. Dwaine continued to say he would mention the points again today with regards to finding somewhere close to where they both needed to be during the day. She gave Dwaine another smile. She had faith in him, she always had and always would, they would get something, she was sure of it.

When Dwaine mentioned they had a lot of things to plan and one of them being on his mind for some time Louisa raised an eyebrow wondering what he was referring to, although she had a fair idea as she had been thinking about it as well, only she was also thinking about her career and how the two would mix. Dwaine then mentioned they might have to have a long talk when they find their dream house. “Well, hopefully we will be having this long talk sooner than later.” She wanted to know if she was right about what had been on his mind for some time. She knew that Bradley already had a young daughter and she knew Jackson had a daughter and a child on the way; it wouldn’t surprise her if the big thing was talk of children.

After Dwaine repeated he was sure they would find somewhere that day they had shared a moment, which led to Louisa wiping the smudge of her lipstick mark away from Dwaine’s lips. She never knew why she did that, but it was an automatic reaction any time she had kissed him after applying lipstick. When he grinned at her, she smiled back at him.

Once they were in the car and on their way, Louisa crossed her fingers and said if she kept them that way maybe they would get something. She had to laugh even more when Dwaine told her that maybe she should but not to strain herself. “Oh, don’t worry, I know my limits.” Keeping her fingers crossed the whole way was something she had to stop it was beginning to hurt. Besides, if today was to be their day then it would be despite having fingers crossed or not.

It didn’t take them too long to reach the real estate office and Dwaine was soon leading her into the office where he told the girl at the desk they had an appointment with Victoria Hamilton. They were soon pointed in the direction of the waiting area and Louisa followed Dwaine and sat down with him. Soon he was taking one her hands in both of his own and began to speak and she had a fair idea what was coming, but Victoria soon arrived and Dwaine stopped in mid sentence, she figured they would get back to it a little later. Louisa smiled at Victoria but let Dwaine do the talking. When Victoria mentioned she had a couple of new places for them to look at Louisa nudged Dwaine slightly with a warm smile. “Maybe it will be one of those?” Once more Dwaine led her out to the car and they were on their way to the first house Victoria was going to show them.

When Dwaine said that this was it and he just had this feeling, Louisa smiled brightly, she certainly hoped he was right, even if there was nothing wrong with their current place, just getting the weight of it off their shoulders knowing they had a bigger place would be good. “Well, time will tell, but I have faith in you, so I also have a feeling.” She grinned as they continued to follow Victoria in her car to wherever the first of those new houses were she had to show them.

{ooc - four hours it took me to write that pathetic short post don't know what's wrong with me tonight - the one time I wanted to get caught up before having others - and I still have 5 to do gah lol}