Closed: Lavender - Did that happen? (Maeve & Lily later?)

[rkdavies]

When he first woke up that morning, Roger had buried his face in Lavender's hair and tried to hide from the stripes of sun that were sneaking in through the curtains. Slowly, things had come back to him. Through the feelings of a hangover tugging at the edges of his awareness, Roger remembered celebrating with Lavender - giddy that the

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[lavender_x]

Lavender woke up a few hours later, well into the early afternoon despite her usual schedule, with a dull throbbing building behind her eyes. She stretched and reached for Roger but found an empty pillow instead

[lavender_x]

Even though he was talking about takeout, which usually made her mouth water at the thought of egg rolls and pork fried rice, she could only focus on Roger's movement. It felt so casual and natural to them.

There were butterflies in her stomach.

The ring caught the light and sparkled more than she realized any ring ever could.

"We're married and you're my husband now," she giggled, watching him, "And you got my favorite takeout for lunch. What a perfect day."

[rkdavies]

"The very perfect day," Roger agreed. He slipped his fingers around hers, pulling her toward the door and the kitchen.

"Lily's coming later, by the way," he told Lavender, figuring he should get that out of the way. It was, after all, the biggest thing they needed to figure out, according to him.

[lavender_x]

It wasn't the first time Lily had crossed her mind that morning. She knew that Roger's daughter was the first person they were going to have to talk with.

Her stepdaughter.

Lavender squeezed his hand and nodded, a puff of laughter escaping her.

"And we'll have to tell her that I'm her step-mum-" she said, actually liking the way it sounded. She hoped Roger did too. "How do you think she'll take it?"

[rkdavies]

As they stepped into the kitchen, Roger stopped and framed Lavender's face. "She's going to be ecstatic. I had a talk with Maeve on Chistmas about how Lily's been running around telling everyone you're my girlfriend. anyway. She adores you."

But that brought up another point. "I'll need to tell Maeve first. She should know before we tell Lily, and she's going to see that ring."

[lavender_x]

"Roger, love, everyone is going to see this ring-" she told him seriously, her eyebrows arching.

It even felt heavy on her finger, but in the best way. It was a constant reminder of the best thing in her life.

"How do you want to talk to them? Alone? Or should I be there now-"

It was going to take a little getting used to for Lavender, especially when it came to Lily. She was going to have to find a balance that made them both comfortable.

[rkdavies]

Fair enough, he thought, laughing a little and ducking his head at her mention of the ring. Okay, he possibly went overboard. He didn't care.

He had to actually give the method some thought. "I think I'll talk to Maeve alone." It was no secret that Maeve and Lavender still had problems - namely Lavender had a grudge and Maeve had insecurities."

"Then we'll tell Lily together?"

[lavender_x]

"I think that's best," she told him, reaching up to kiss his cheek before pulling away.

Lavender headed into the kitchen to grab plates and forks for them. Her stomach was starting to make uncomfortable noises now that she could smell lunch.

"I guess it's a good thing I know my way around-" she mused, glancing at him over her shoulder. "Since I should probably- you know, move in?"

[rkdavies]

"Mandy's not going to like that," Roger snorted. Mandy was like the sister he never had, but he couldn't feel bad about this.

"We'll get you fully moved in whenever you want." His voice was bright, more than a little excited about that part. They'd definitely done this backwards, but he wasn't complaining.

[lavender_x]

"Oh, no- Mandy," she groaned, her head falling back as a puff of laughter escaped her. There were so many things about this that they hadn't thought of.

Though, she didn't feel guilty enough to not pack her bags and move in that very night. Lavender was fully prepared to start waking up every morning next to Roger (unless he decided he had a few last minute errands that needed running-).

"I don't have a lot of stuff, anyway. Well, I do. But I have plenty of charmed boxes to fit it all in. You won't even notice."

[rkdavies]

"Take up as much space as you need," Roger told her with a shrug. "I don't even care as long as you're here."

He didn't bother with plates, handing her a fork and pulling out the stools that pushed up against the kitchen island. That's when he realized he honestly didn't mind. Anything was fine with him. He had all he'd ever wanted. For the first time in years - the last moment being when he'd first laid eyes on Lily - Roger felt like his life was starting to make sense.

[lavender_x]

Lavender climbed onto the stool next to him, already reaching for an egg roll. Chinese food always tasted better straight from the container anyway.

"It feels like there's so much to do, doesn't it?" she asked, the list already growing longer in her head.

It was one thing to break the news to their friends, but there were legal things to take care of as well. Was she going to change her last name?

Of course.

"Lavender Davies-" she breathed, mostly to herself.

[rkdavies]

There definitely were a lot of things that needed to be done. This was probably going to be a complete nightmare once he broke it to his PR team. That was going to be fun times.

He had a fork full of rice mostly to his mouth when he froze to grin at her words. "Do you think you'll change it?"

[lavender_x]

She turned towards Roger, the egg roll halfway to her mouth, and grinned over at him like a goofy idiot.

"Do you want me to?" she asked, tilting her head to once side. Her blonde hair spilled over her shoulder.

[rkdavies]

Roger leaned over to brush a few stray strands off Lavender's shoulder.

"I like the way it sounds. Lavender Davies," he repeated, a little dazed sounding. "But it's your name."

[lavender_x]

"Yeah, it is. My new name," she grinned, winking over at him.

It sounded even better somehow when he said it. She wasn't going to skip out on the opportunity to introduce herself as Lavender Davies ever again.

"It's settled. We're so good at this, all these big important married life issues."