"I shall find something red. I wouldn't want to shock the celebrant."
Nikhila blushed very faintly at his leer, but still enjoyed the attention.
She would find a dress though. Nikhila would dearly liked to have her mother's saree from her wedding. But heaven only knew what had happened to it. It was possible one of her brothers or their wives had it. It would be impossible to find it in a week, if it still existed. And her turning up after all these years separated from her family would raise too many questions. She would find something else. Nachton was diverse and the shopping was excellent and failing that New York wasn't far.
She shook her head at the idea of a chartered plane, but the idea of trying to get through crowded airports with a new baby and connecting flights, and security was just not appealing. This wasn't something she was going to fight him on. Aidan was a very attentive mate, he always took care of her and now of Noah and she in turn did her best to take care of both of them. He was too good to her. The money didn't matter, she loved him.
"Maybe one or two. Let me think a bit but not many I'd rather keep things small."
They spent a while longer enjoying the sun and sand and and all together too perfect afternoon. It was a wonderful change of pace a very intimate family outing.
((OOC... all three out))
Seaside Break (invite only)
Xeph got out of the SUV and moved around to the passenger side. Opening the passenger door he helped Nikhila down, kissing her softly. Moving around to the back he freed Noah from his car seat and held him easily in one arm while he moved around to the other side and loaded himself up with three canvas bags; one full of Noah things and the other two full of Xeph and Nikhila things.
He hadn't told Nikhila where they were going, only that he was taking them out to have a little family get together. It was a gorgeous sunny day, just past noon, not too hot and not too cold with enough light fluffy clouds in the sky that they had on and off again shade.
Nikhila was tall and lithe, which made her pregnancy look a little more obvious than it otherwise might at four months. Xeph just thought she was gorgeous. Any way you spun it, she was beautiful.
"I thought it'd be nice to have a little picnic," he explained.
Transferring Noah to his mommy, Xeph rearranged the bags in his arms so he could take Nikhila's arm while they walked. He didn't want to risk her tripping and falling.
When they reached a lovely spot, in sight of the ocean, on the slight hill just overlooking the beach, Xeph put the bags down, pulled a blanket from one of them, and spread it on the grass. Then he took Noah again, held him while Nikhila settled herself, and handed him back.
As his mate watched he began to unload their lunch. With a mischievous smile on his face he said, "Just put this date into your scrapbook or something."
He pulled out items from the bags that were all of Nikhila's favorites... and not a shred of meat among them.
He might be ill... but damn it, he would choke down vegetables for her to make this day special.
Nikhila
13 years ago