The man had walked into the kitchen after Charley had gotten up to take the baby to his bedroom. The man wondered when they would do the baptistism and had already set it up at the church his mother had grown up in and he had grown up in. It was a baptist church and everyone knew everyone. The man was happy that everything was falling into place, everything that is except for Renee... The man had not spoken to him since before Charley was raped and he had a pretty good idea why that was and it included him not protecting Charley. James washed the dishes quickly by hand, checking them over and putting them away once they were dry. He had been trying not to use his magic as best as possible so that way he would be able to leave his wand with Charley until he was done with Basic and probably advance training. The thunder shook the house and he glanced up at the ceiling of the apartment. As much as he liked living with Charley in the apartment, he wanted to move her to a house before he left this place.

The man had signed up for the Army a few days ago, requested his Basic be in the fall or winter so he could be there for his son, and it was granted. The man wanted to try and patch things up with Renee before he left, but he had a feeling that it just wouldn't be happening. Maybe Charley could talk to him while he was gone, they were family now, they needed to get whatever it was out in the air and if it meant going into the woods so the two could both blow off some steam, then that was fine by James. Him and his brother had done that and it had worked, though sometimes bumps and bruises followed.

"Do you want to put on a movie and just snuggle on the couch tonight?" The man finished the last plate and turned around, drying his hands and putting the towel down. "Hmm... Sounds tempting... Pick a movie and I will fix us some ice cream." The man said, offering her a wink and smiling as he pulled out two bowls, the ice cream and some hard chocolate.

The man ran his hands over the dishes while he washed them, using the sense of touch to notice any bits of food that he might have missed here or there. So far, he had only missed a few and did a re-wash each time for those. The man would put them in the rack for drying and go onto the next one, knowing that it would be good to let them dry overnight. James had already spoken to his parents today about a project that he was working on finishing up and it hadn't lasted long and they were constantly having to use codewords to keep Charley from finding out. The sound of a closing door made him turn and see her coming out and he caught her smile with his own. "He go down easy?" The man asked. Sometimes he went down easy and other times, he went down a bit tougher, but for him he was just happy that he got to help. With him leaving, he wanted to spend every moment he could helping with Luka, but he had promised he would do dishes tonight since they would take longer then putting him to bed, unless he was being stubborn tonight.

Turning back to his dishes, he saw that he had a couple of more to go and one of them was a large pot that they had used to make diner tonight, which he had cooked to give her a break. James wanted Charley to relax, she was stressed enough with her own studies. The man wanted to provide everything he could for his family and the military had done that for his family growing up. Not only did they have food on the table, they had a house over their head, medical taken care of, and to experience the world through travel. It had been wonderful for his family and he never held any resentment towards his parents for that.

"Make mine chocolate." The man smiled and finished the last two dishes quickly, but he also jumped at the sound of the thunder. Looking out the window, he watched as lightning lit the whole place up. "This storm is getting bad." James grabbed a dry towel and wiped his hands. Looking at his phone he noticed the weather in both Alabama and Louisiana were clear and he showed them to her.

"If you want we can go south until it passes. I was hoping we could take a small trip down there anyway this weekend. We can just go early." Being a witch and wizard had the perks and it didn't take long to travel to where they were going.

On certain days, he knew things weren't easy with Luka, it was why he sometimes wondered if leaving was such a good idea. The man knew it would give them a future though and he wanted nothing more than to give them everything they wanted. "Fairly, I'm just hopin' that he stays down with this storm." The man smiled and looked towards his room. "Was thinking about introducing him to some of the horses on the ranch this weekend." The man said to her as they stood in the kitchen for a moment and pulled out the bowls for the ice cream. The sound of the pelting rain was loud in the apartment, it would be louder when they had there own place and people didn't live above and below them. Every now and then, it would lighten up but then would pelt harder yet again.

"Luka just went to sleep, we can go tomorrow if you want to?" The man smiled and nodded, but we it was an option if the storm got really bad. In Alabama, tornadoes were a scary thing, he was use to the reality that they would and could come at any moment. The thunderstorms in the south were always bad and sometimes came as quickly as they arrived. "I've got some silencing charms around his window, but I didn't want to make them too strong." The man smiled at her and gave a nod. "Well, I got first shift." The man chuckled at his joke. It was there running thing to call shifts for when the baby woke up and he had no problem taking first shift most the time.

"Plus, what's more romantic than snuggling on the couch during the storm together?" The man smiled, grabbing the two bowls of ice cream, putting some hard chocolate on his own, and bring the bottle in case she wanted some as well. The man sat down on the couch and pulled her over to him before handing her the bowl he brought her. "Did you pick a movie?"