The three woke up early, Connor started breakfast as Ashley showered and Murphy stayed laying in bed, smoking a cigarette. When Ashley got out she wrapped her towel around her and walked over to Connor who was standing by the stove. She pressed up against his naked torso and kissed his shoulder "you excited for our date today?" He turned his head and kissed her forehead "of course sweetheart."
She made her way to the bed and starting pulling clothes for the day, a pair of jeans, a simple white shirt and one of Murphy's plain black sweaters. She crawled back onto the bed and layed beside Murphy with her head proped up on her hand. "So what are you gonna do while we're gone?" Murphy shrugged, snuffing out his cigarette "probably clean up if we got people comin over tomorrow." He said as he looked around the apartment.
"If you wait til we get back we can help." Murphy shook his head and kissed her quickly on the lips "it's okay love, I got this." He smiled as he jumped off the bed, just as Connor was done with breakfast.
After they ate Connor showered and got dressed "what time are ye two meetin 'em?" Ashley glanced at the clock. "In like two hours, Mary's got to work today, but they still wanted to see the exhibit."
Once Connor was dressed the two made their way to the museum, having to catch two busses without having a car. They got there a little early and decided to enjoy a hot chocolate from the coffee truck across the street. Ashley stood in the park across the street from the museum while Connor got the drinks. It was pretty mild today, snow would be coming soon.
As she looked out into the park, she smiled. Christmas lights would no doubt fill every inch if this space come next week. She remembered when her and Rachel were kids, they'd go with their parents to a park down by the lake and walk the park, looking at all the lights. Afterwards they'd grab pizza at this little hole in the wall and argue about which display had been the best.
"I got ye marshmallows in yours lass." Connor said with a big smile on his face as he approached her, arm outstretched, handing Ashley her drink. "Thank you. I love marshmallows." He leaned in kissing her ever so lightly "and I love ye." He said. She bit her lip trying the reign in the too big smile that was plastering her face. "So what were ye thinkin about?" He asked as he followed her gaze into the park.
"Just when I was a kid, me and Rachel used to walk the park at night and look at lights. It was my favorite part of the holidays, better then Christmas morning. It was this whole tradition we had, right up until we went to college. Life got crazy after that and we never did it again. I miss it." She said with a sad smile.
Connor wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close, kissing the side of her head. "I'm sorry sweetheart." Ashley shrugged. "I wish she could've met you two." Ashley smiled and rolled her eyes. "If it was up to her she would've made me make a move way before I did." Connor chuckled looking down at Ashley as she stared off into the park, watching the people there. "Sounds like I woulda liked 'er." Ashley turned her head up to Connor and kissed him deep. "Yeah I think you would've."
"Hey! Where's Murph?" The two heard Rocco from behind them, coming out of the park. Rocco hugged Connor, then Ashley. Mary hugging Ashley and waving to Connor. "He decided to stay home, wants to plan a different date just the two of us for next week." Ashley said, waving it off. It was funny how it happened, the walk across the street. Rocco and Connor walked together towards the museum while Mary and Ashley hung back a little.
"So how's the date so far?" Mary blushed. "He picked me up early this morning and we went to breakfast, a small little diner I've never heard of, then we got coffee to go and we walked the park. It's been nice." Mary said, biting her lip. "Look at you two love birds." Ashley elbowed Mary. "Stop." Mary whined with a smile.
The exhibit was amazing, all the different types of colorful butterflies. Each person was given a small paper cup of nectar. At points in the exhibit, they would stop and be super still with the cup resting in their hand and more often times then not butterflies would land on their hands, or on the cup to drink from it. Ashley hadn't stopped smiling the entire time, watching Connor's curious face as he watched the butterflies tongue roll out and drink.
The face he made when the butterflies landed on his hand, him hating the feeling of their little legs brushing against his palm. Ashley even caught sight of Rocco making his move and kissing Mary while litteral butterflies flew around their heads, unlike the metaphorical ones she knew Mary was feeling. After they were done the two parted ways from the new love birds as Rocco walked Mary to work.
Ashley and Connor stopped by the diner, saying a quick hello and grabbing lunch, being sure to take some home for Murphy. When they got home with the food, Ashley was surprised to see how clean the place was. She had never seen it so clean in all the time she knew the twins. What surprised her more was the shower curtain that hung by the shower and the fold out divider that stood blocking the view of the toilet.
Murphy sat on the couch watching TV. "What's this?" Ashley smiled at him. He shrugged with a smile "ye said ye didn't wanna see me taking a shit no more." Ashley laughed at his statement. "I love you." She said as she pulled of her coat. "Ye have a good date love?" She nodded and kissed him "the best." Murphy looked at her smuggly "not for long, ye have our date next weekend." She laughed as the phone rang.
Murphy rushed to answer it "Hey Roc! Yeah, sound good. A'right bye." He hung up the phone and kissed Ashley on the cheek. "I'm gonna go see Roc, he thinks he found a car ye would like." Ashley perked up at the thought of a new car. "We can come! I wanna see it!" Murphy shook his head "nay love. Yer dates not over." He said, kissing her lips pulling on his coat and waving a goodbye to his brother.
She furrowed her eye brows as she watched him leave "What's he mean?" She asked turning to Connor, who had stripped down and threw on pajama pants. "Thought we could have some alone time love." He said as he sat beside her, putting his arm over her shoulder and pulling her close. "Ye wanna change into yer pajamas lass, we'll cuddle an watch a movie. Yer pick tis time." He chuckled.
She smiled up at him and nodded, leaving him on the couch to change, opting for warm pajama pants and one of Connors oversized shirts. She scrolled through the TV listings, picking a romance movie she'd seen a few times. A few minutes into it she got up "popcorn?" Connor reached out pulling her hand to his lips and kissing it "sure sweetheart you need help?" She shook her head no with a smile and strolled to the microwave.
She opened the package and stuck it in the microwave, waiting for the beep. She watched the back of his head as he watched the movie, definitely not into it but getting through it for her. She bit her lip as a little plan spun and formed in her head. By the time the microwave beeped she was sitting on the table in nothing but her bra as her clothes sat in a pile under her legs that were dangling off the edge.
"On second thought, I think I need your help." She said with a smile as she bit her lip. Connor looked over his shoulder from his place on the couch and him eyes almost fell out of his face. He was on his feet in no time taking her in before even moving. He walked over to her closing the distance, his hands cupping either side of her face. "Are ye sure? We don't have ta, this wasn't what dis was lass." She smiled at him and nodded.
"I know, but this is what I want it to be." She said as she leaned forward searching for his lips with hers. She was willing to give Connor more control then she gave to Murphy right away. It almost made her feel guilty, like she was favoring one over the other, but at the end of they day, they were two different people no matter how connected they were, and Murphy had a tendency to be more aggressive when it came to sex, so she needed to set the pace. With Connor, sex with him was almost always slow and passionate, so right away she gave him more power.
