Dexxie's House.

[Rory McGough]

Rory was a bit confused by the fact that Dexxie didn't mind him sleeping in the same bed as her... but he wasn't about to complain. Opening his own suitcase, Rory grabbed his pajama pants and was ready to go find a bathroom to change when Dexxie just took off her pants right there. Shocked but reassured, Rory did the same, slipping off his jeans and pulling on the flannel instead. Once he'd pulled his shirt over his head and dropped it to the floor, Rory reached for his phone and opened a new message to Kyle. All he told him was "just arrived, heading to bed now. don't eat all the pudding" and then put his phone back in his backpack.

Moving towards the bed (that Dexxie had already made herself quite comfortable in), Rory stood for a moment and looked it over. He was considering how to go about this without making it anymore awkward than it already was. Well, for him, anyway. She clearly didn't care. But this was all such a careful situation in Rory's mind. Stepping closer, Rory took a seat just at the edge and slowly lifted his legs, swinging them to the side and then letting his body fall to the bed. At first, he didn't grab the blanket. He just kind of laid there, curled up with his knees at his chest. But after about freezing, he carefully tugged the sheet over his body and closed his eyes.

[Adele 'Dexxie' Dexton]

When Dexxie awoke the next morning the house was weirdly quiet. A glance at her phone told her it was eleven in the morning, so she'd managed to get a solid seven hours sleep, which was awesome! Since the twins had been born she hadn't managed more than four hours without being disrupted. The twins! Where were they? Of course in another room but ... Surely they'd be awake by this time. Dexxie was about to get out of bed to go in search for her babies when she realized a text on her phone that she'd overlooked.

Kyle is at work. Liam at School. Me and your Grandpa are taking the boys to the park. Have a day off! Love you xox

Dexxie rolled her eyes with a smile on her face, she had half expected this. With a contented sigh Dexxie lay back down and turned on to her side where she found herself uncomfortably close to the back of Rory's head. Except it wasn't really that uncomfy. The room was freezing cold due to the air-con and Rory's body heat was pleasantly nice. Curiously Dexxie propped herself up on one elbow and peered over the sleeping Rory at his face.

'Cutie', she murmured through a smile before rolling over to her side of the bed managing to make the bed creak quite a bit.

[Rory McGough]

Rory was a heavy sleeper. He could seriously sleep through the end of the world and not even know it. But for some reason, the minute that bed creaked, he was up. Like, UP. Shot straight out of bed, Rory jumped from the mattress like a goddamn ninja and landed with his feet apart, hands up, and eyes wide. When he realized, he immediately blushed and turned to look at Dexxie, dropping his hands. "Well shit," he said, laughing nervously and rubbing the back of his head. "I uh.. I might've overreacted a little, huh?" Giggling, he sat back down on the bed and scratched his chest.

"On another note... how'd you sleep?" he asked, trying to make things seem normal again. Noting the time, Rory reached a foot to his phone and smacked it with his heel, lighting the screen. There was a text, but he was too far to read or reach it, so he just left it for when he would eventually get up.

[Adele 'Dexxie' Dexton]

'Yeah maybe a little', Dexxie replied, pulling the covers up under her chin and snuggling down a little. It was going to be really difficult to leave the bed and get ready, despite how awake she felt, she was just so darn comfy. 'I slepty really well, how about you?'. Glancing over at Rory sat on the edge of the bed Dexxie felt the overwhelming urge of wanting to be close to him, and it shocked her. All she wanted to do was get Rory back under the sheets and cuddle up to his warmth and ... Dexxie shook her head, but the thought was stuck now. Would it be that bad a thing? Sometime's Dexxie missed Kegan, despite the crapiness of their relationship, but this was different. This wasn't a need for anyone this need was specific, and it seemingly came from no where. Or did it? The more she thought about it the more she realized ... She had a crush on Rory.

'Um, we should get up and do something!', Dexxie exclaimed, a little too enthusiastically, she threw back the sheets and crawled across the bed to sit next to Rory.

'My Grandma took the boys and I think we have the house to ourselves', she smiled, wondering if that sounded too suggestive.

[Rory McGough]

Rory had been just about ready to lay back down when Dexxie was flying across the bed. She'd sat next to him, and Rory only raised his eyebrows in surprise. She'd seemed so tired.. now she was like him on coffee. "All to ourselves, huh?" he said, purposely making his face into something you might find on one of those sexy Abercrombie ads or something. "Are you suggesting we.... bake brownies or perhaps make a cake for when your family gets home?" After saying it, Rory couldn't help but bust into a fit of laughter. He found himself far too funny.

Standing from the bed and still giggling, Rory put his hands out for Dexxie to take and when she did, pulled her to her feet. He'd expected her to fly up, but what he hadn't expected was how close she landed to him. Practically inches apart, Rory smiled down at her before letting go of her hands and turning to his suitcase. Squatting, he dug a bit until he came across his shark footie-slippers. Pulling them on, he didn't bother with a shirt and pressed at his phone. Kyle had left a message, something about "okay lemme know when i can have more pudding, mom". Smiling at it, Rory stood again and put his hands on his hips. "So what shall we do since, y'know, the house is all ours?" he asked, putting air quotes around 'all ours'.

[Adele 'Dexxie' Dexton]

Dexxie laughed at the idea of her trying to bake, she didn't know about Rory's baking skills but hers certainly weren't very impressive. In fact she'd nearly burnt her house down the last time she tried making cookies, but who knows they could have tasted awesome before they burst in to flames. Dexxie mentally pushed that idea to one side, though she was pretty sure Rory had been joking.

'Oh! Oh!', Dexxie suddenly very excited grabbed hold of one of Rory's hands and ran with him through the house to a back door, 'We have a pool!'.

[Rory McGough]

"Well golly gee, let me get my trunks!" Rory said in an excited tone, jumping in place to mimic how happy she'd seemed about the pool. "Should we.. eat breakfast first, though?" he asked, calming down a bit and thinking logically for once in his life. Something like toast sounded great right about now. Toast with butter. And jam. Mmmm.. jam.

"I make a mean piece of toasted bread," he started, nodding. "Its different than toast. Better. Toasted bread. Not at all like toast. Not at all." With that, Rory turned and headed in the direction of what he thought might be the kitchen. But upon coming to a bathroom, he turned back to Dexxie and said, "maybe you should lead."

[Adele 'Dexxie' Dexton]

'Breakfast?', Dexxie whined, trailing along after Rory casting sad glances back at the pool. After being led in to a bathroom Dexxie took the lead and went to the kitchen. Breakfast was Dexxie's least favorite meal of the day, although technically it was nearly lunch time, so maybe she'd eat lunch instead. The kitchen was always stocked up with food so Dexxie just gestured around, 'Get whatever you want I guess', she smiled.

Dexxie decided to just get some fruit because it was easy and she had a craving for strawberries. Besides she had her heart set on swimming and she didn't want to fill up too much and then get cramp or whatever.

'You want me to make you some waffles or something?', Dexxie asked, offering to make the only food she knew for sure she could make, 'Or pancakes, I can do those too. Oh! I could put bacon in them'. Dexxie danced over to the fridge to make sure there was enough bacon in there.

'Yeah! Bacon pancakes, making bacon pancakes, get some bacon and you put it in a pancake!', she sang, dancing along a she got out the stuff to make them deciding that she did want breakfast after all.

[Rory McGough]

Rory giggled as Dexxie danced around, signing about bacon and pancakes. That sounded odd... but oddly delicious as well. Bacon was magic, and so were pancakes, so it had to be good, right? Taking a seat, Rory chuckled at Dexxie and applauded her singing. "You have a future as a superstar," he said, putting his hands up when he said superstar and then wiggling his fingers.

"Do you want any help? I'm a pretty damn good chef," he said a bit later, standing up and moving beside her. "Kyle doesn't cook like.. ever. The only food I don't cook for him is Taco Bell and pudding. And pickles. I make most meals."

[Adele 'Dexxie' Dexton]

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'I think I can manage some bacon pancakes by myself thank you very much, go sit your butt down', Dexxie replied to Rory's offer of help waving her spatula at him in a somewhat menacing manner. If she was going to cook she would do it her way, with no distractions! The last thing she wanted was to burn the pancakes and look like a fool. Some part of her thought that she'd seem like a pretty crappy mom if she couldn't cook some breakfast without having a disaster.

Once the pancakes were done, two for her and three for Rory she plated them up and carried them over to where Rory was sat at the counter.

'Here you go sweetness, mama Delly's world famous bacon pancakes', she placed the plate down and slid it towards Rory. It seemed being back in her family home had really started to sink in as Dexxie barely even realized she had referred to herself as 'Delly', a nickname for her real name. As well as that her accent suddenly seemed more southern, matching that of her Grandmothers.