Marjoreece - Written In The Stars

The Car Wash

Reece smiled as he woke up with Marjorie cuddled into him. Just as he checked the time, he felt her stir.

"Morning gorgeous." He mumbled, kissing the top of her head.

"Morning." She replied mid stretch before snuggling back into his side. "I know it's the weekend, but are you working today or not?"

"Nope. I'm all yours." He said, pulling her on closer.

She hummed contentedly. "Yes, you are."

They enjoyed a lazy morning, Reece getting up and making them breakfast while Marjorie fed the twins. "Any plans today, my love?" She asked as she came to join him in the kitchen.

"Not really. I was gonna take the car to the car wash, but other than that, nothing. Anything you want to do?"

She shook her head and let him carry on cooking. After a few minutes thought she broached the subject again.

"Reece? Why do you take the car to be washed? Why don't you just wash it yourself?"

He paused and turned to face her. "I don't always take it."

"I've never known you wash your car. I always used to wash Patsy. Admittedly, I couldn't afford to take her anywhere to be done, so I had to, but now you always take her whenever she needs cleaning. I just wondered why."

Reece thought for a second. "I don't know." She could see his mind working, trying to figure out if there was a reason or if it was just what he did. He smiled as he walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. "Tell you what. How about when the twins go down for their nap later, we wash the cars together?"

She pulled a face slightly. "We could get them washed somewhere and go for lunch?" She asked, causing him to laugh.

"Come on, it will be fun. May need to find you a ladder to reach the roof of mine, though." He laughed as she playfully pushed him away.

As Marjorie put the twins down for their nap, Reece went out to the garage and pulled both cars out onto the drive before getting buckets and sponges ready and running the hose pipe round from the back garden. Everything was set out when Marjorie came out to meet him. The baby moniter in her hand, ready to leave on the side.

"Which car first gorgeous? Yours or mine?" He asked, holding out a bucket of soapy water for her to take.

"Well, ladies first obviously so it's gotta be Patsy." She replied, laughing.

Reece rolled his eyes as he walked over to Marjories Peugeot, soaking his spinge as he did. They took a side each, laughing and sharing easy conversation as they started washing the car. Reece was done on his side, so he moved his bucket out of the way and went to get the hose to wash off the soap. When he returned, he spotted a mark on one of the doors he'd missed.

"Marj, can you pass me a sponge? I've missed a bit." He said, holding his hand out, waiting for her to pass it over.

Marjorie didn't notice his hand and absentmindedly threw the sponge in his direction, smacking him straight in the face. The warm, soapy water causing him to choke a little. She looked at him sheepishly. "Sorry, my darling." She couldn't contain her laughter once she'd seen look on his face and the soap in his hair.

"Mmhm. OK." He said , cracking his neck slightly. A smirk teasing at his lips as he used his hand to brush his wet hair out of his face. She backed away slightly as she saw him stand up and walk towards her, sponge in hand.

"Reece, I didn't mean it." She giggled. "You  can have the sponges. I won't go near them again. I'll stay out of the way." She laughed, still backing away around the car.

He dropped the sponge and put on a burst of speed, catching her and pulling her in close. Her trying to push him away as the water dripping from him started to soak on to her. "How about you hose off yours, and I'll start on mine?" He asked, leaning down and kissing her, leaving soap on her face where it rubbed off of him.

He let her go and walked over to his car and started cleaning that one while she washed the residual soap off of hers. They both thought they heard noises via the baby moniter. Reece stopped to listen, but Marjorie turned around to look at it while trying to work out if they needed to go to the twins. As she turned, she completely forgot about the hosepipe in her hand, taking out Reece with a direct hit across his back with the cold water. He gasped at the chill as the water dripped down the inside of his clothes.

Marjorie span back round when she heard Reece gasp, still not realising she had the hose in her hand. This time hitting him in the crotch with the water stream as he'd turned to face her.

"Reece, it was an accident." She tried to say while gasping through her laughter fighting for breath. "Honestly."

She could see him making a beeline for her, a mischievous glint in his eye, and a smirk on his face. She turned the hose on him again in an attempt to stop him from trying to get revenge. He didn't care at this point as he was already soaked through. As he reached her, he wrapped his arm around her and lifted her feet off the floor. Turning the nozzle on the hose so it stopped the water flow, he then grabbed one of the sponges before wringing it out over her head. He pinned her up against the wet car before reloading the sponge and squeezing it out on her forehead so the water dripped down her body. Laughing at the outraged look on her face. He moved in for a kiss before letting her go, still chuckling to himself. As he turned and walked away, he felt something hit the back of his head. She'd reloaded one of the sponges and threw it at him as he had his back turned.

As they both laughed at the state of the other, Marjorie again started backing away from Reece around the cars. "I think that's enough, my love, don't you?" She asked, not paying attention to her surroundings and stepping in one of the buckets behind her as she backed away. Reece saw her stumble and start to fall, so dived forward to catch her, losing his own footing on the hose pipe as he did. He got his arms around her and managed to turn his body so he landed on his back and she landed on him, his elbow landing in the second bucket and flipping it over so they both got soaked as they landed.

They caught their breath and spluttered slightly on the water before both collapsing into unstoppable laughter. One of the neighbours walking past shooting them a look of disgust as they eyed up the couple led on the floor in their driveway covered in soap and water in hysterics.

"You know you asked why I don't wash the car gorgeous? This.... this right here." Reece laughed.