Apartment hunting {Ingrid & Leo} ♥

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Living at that same old apartment that she'd shared with Chase wasn't getting any easier for Ingrid so she had finally come to the decision that she needed to just woman the hell up and find some time to apartment hunt. She'd invited her lovely boyfriend because she just couldn't imagine living anywhere that he couldn't handle spending time at. She assumed that he'd be coming over often considering their very active intimate relationship and her inability to spend too much time away from him. It was just going to be lovely when they were done with high school (maybe graduated from college, too) and they could get married and share a lovely house together. She didn't even care if it was a small shack by a river as long as they got to spend the rest of their days as happily in love as they were today even with a couple of kids though she was secretly hoping that all of their children would be girls. She didn't know what she would do if she were to ever had a son. What if he grew up and didn't appreciate his mother's way of parenting?

Why was she even thinking about parenting right now? She and Leonardo were years away from actually starting a little family of their own. "I really hope that this place is as nice as it looked in the pictures." How terrible would it be if she was leading them to some sleazy little apartment with a slumlord? She'd never be able to live it down if they were offered like crack or something but the neighborhood seemed nice enough so far. "It's affordable on my salary and I can seriously already picture how I'm going to arrange everything from the floor plan pictures." She'd been looking at this place every day for the past week waiting for their appointment to come and check them out. She was practically skipping down the sidewalk as they neared the building! They were meeting the rental agent that she'd spoken to on the phone so she didn't see much reason to hurry since she'd probably be late anyway. She was correct in her assumption and they ended up having to wait a good five minutes before the woman showed up.

She hurried them along and introduced herself as Jane as she led them up the stairs and to the floor where the available one bedroom apartment was on. She didn't stay to help them explore though - she wanted to take a call. "I like the kitchen..." She'd only seen the kitchen, she was a little scared to go look at any of the other rooms in case they weren't as nice.

[Leonardo Wilkes]

Who knew better about apartments or anything having to do with interior design other than Leo? Obviously Ingrid had asked him to tag along because she was his boyfriend but he was sure it was also because she was aware that he had excellent taste in things. Okay, so perhaps it was only because he was her insignificant other but he was bound to put in his two cents when Ingrid asked him for opinions. Leonardo usually held her hand while they walked together out in public. He felt very, celebrity and let's face it, Ingrid was extremely beautiful and he didn't fall from behind so they looked like an actual celebrity couple.

Leonardo looked to the apartment building where they were headed and his expression changed to concerned. Maybe the interior looked far better than the outside? He looked around the interior of the building once the agent let them in. When she introduced herself he nodded toward her as to show her that he was aware of her existence. "The kitchen's nice..." he commented while looking around. Leonardo enjoyed spoiling Ingrid and it was no doubt that he would remodel this whole space if she'd asked him to.

He would never let her fall or live in an apartment that was not worthy of her. However, Leonardo had opinions of many things that were worthy enough for Ingrid and cheap ones weren't on the list. "I could call my cousin Giorgio to call his interior design buddies so they can change this place to whatever you like." he said, taking her hand and rubbing the front of it with his thumb. Only the best for his girlfriend.

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Ingrid could never afford an interior decorator of her own so the fact that her lovely boyfriend was willing to hire one for her made her heart flutter with joy. Four years of knowing this man had taught her that he didn't do things like that for just anyone. There was a reason that Caroline glared at him seventy percent of the time - he could make Aubrey cry although a lot of things could probably make Aubrey cry now that she thought about it. He was a fabulous father and now apparently fiance but that didn't change the fact that he seemed to be as sensitive and fragile as a newborn baby deer. What were those called again? Fawns? She was on honor roll for God's sake and she couldn't even remember what a baby deer was called.

Eh, she was blaming the fact that the school really wasn't all that great on the education front despite the fact that they claimed to be one of the top schools in the area. She laughed whenever she heard about parents who fought so hard to get their precious children accepted when it was just a bunch of sex crazed teenagers and a handful of scared virgins. Committed relationships like her's and Leo's were few and far between in the midst of teenagers with children and couples who were oh so very sure of their relationship after a week and a half and broke up within the first year like Wyatt and Carol.

She couldn't imagine a life where she didn't have her boyfriend and she knew it after a week so that wasn't where the judgment came in. The judgment came from the fact that she hadn't said that she loved him until they'd been dating for awhile and she hadn't gone on social media bragging about it for even longer because she wanted a relationship with Leonardo not with her entire Facebook friend list so why would they deserve to know all the details? She gave his hand a tight squeeze before leading him into the main event room of the apartment - the bedroom. It had a lovely walk in closet and it was definitely large enough for all of her expensive new clothing... Not that she was just dating Leonardo because he bought her nice things, of course. "I think some nice decorating and a touch of paint and this place could be my home and maybe one day it could be our home." Had she just implied that she'd one day want to live together? It couldn't have been that surprising for him to hear considering that they had been together for so long and were currently 'promised' to each other.

She turned once more to her boyfriend and pressed her lips against his tenderly as her arms wrapped around his neck. She'd never imagined feeling like this before she met him and now everything that she did involved him. Her forehead was pressed against his as she whispered oh so affectionately, "I didn't just bring you here because you're my boyfriend - it's always because I knew that you would be honest and I respect and admire your opinions." She smiled before slipping her tongue gently into his mouth not for a passionate make out session or anything inappropriate. She just couldn't resist sometimes! Every kiss, touch and smile was just as exciting as it'd been the very first time.