I continued laying on the flattery. "1000 stamina potions is only a fraction of the stamina potions that the Duchy produces in one day. Becca means much more to me than that. I was actually thinking of giving you even more..."
Becca's father recovered quickly and gave me a poker face. "No Nick, this much is plenty. I wouldn't want to be indebted to you."
"I'm the one who feels indebted. Starting my married life with Becca really changed my life. She has changed my mind about so many important things. I promise to take care of her for the rest of our lives."
These words seemed to trigger Becca's father. He scowled at me and growled, "Nick, can we talk in private?"
He was clearly angry, so I didn't want to deal with him alone for the time being. I wanted to at least give him some time to cool down and get over his initial shock of my personality change. Plus, I was still exhausted from the lack of sleep, so I wouldn't be able to be as mentally agile as I wanted to be to confront him in private. Therefore, I came up with an excuse to get out of it.
"Actually Father-in-law, I wasn't able to get any sleep on the trip over here because I couldn't get comfortable on the carriage seat. Could we take a rain check on the chatting? I would love it if you could point me and Becca to our room. Becca also needs a little bit more sleep. She is energized right now because she is back home, but she will get cranky later after the adrenaline subsides. She needs to sleep until 10 to be good for the rest of the day. And if I can get 4 hours of sleep until 10, I'll also be good enough for the rest of the day. So I would appreciate it if you could give as a little time to rest before we start spending time together and enjoying our trip."
Becca's mother cut in, "you want to sleep in the same room as Rebecca?!"
I scratched my head in confusion. "Of course, we are husband and wife now. There shouldn't be any reason why we can't share the same bed, right?"
Becca's father explained, "we were planning to have Rebecca sleep in her old room and for you to sleep in the guest room like you always did when you visited in the past."
I waved my hand in front of my face. "Now that we are married, I plan to always sleep with my wife. She brings me a lot of comfort when we sleep together. Right, Becca?"
I know Becca is still a little awkward around her parents, but I need her words here to help them understand our sleeping together is mutual.
"Yes, mother and father. Since our marriage, Nick and I have slept in the same room together every night. We have shared some good times together and now I never want to sleep without him. If you will excuse us, I'll take Nick back to my room. We will come find you both once we are both well rested."
"Wait a minute!"
"How did this happen?!"
Becca quickly pulled me by the hand and we left before Becca's parents could get a response from us. I wanted to sit down and have a long conversation with them to explain ourselves. However, I was too exhausted to think straight and be focused for the hours it would take to explain everything properly. I just hope that the gift I gave to her parents was enough to think of me in a slightly better light for now.
On the other hand, I was going to get to see Becca's childhood room! I was excited to see what her style was like. Any chance to see what kind of child Becca was in the past would make me happy. That was a big part of my excitement for this trip!
"Hey Becca, I can't wait to see your room. Have you had the same one for your whole life?"
Becca turned around and smiled, "yes Nick. It's the same one I have always had. I wonder if my parents have changed it since I left. It's only been two weeks since I left the house, so it's probably the exact same."
Suddenly Becca smiled turned into an angry expression. "By the way, you should have told me that you were having trouble sleeping on the carriage! I feel bad that you had to stay up all night!"
I had to laugh it off. "But you looked so peaceful sleeping that I didn't want to bother you. Plus, what would you have done once you knew I couldn't sleep?"
"I could have done two things! I could have told the carriage driver to stop on the side of the road so you could sleep and we could have continued on the trip in the morning. Or I could have chosen to stay up with you, so you had some company. I don't want you to have to struggle alone…"
Becca looked genuinely sad that I had to suffer without her knowing. However, I had pulled an all nighter plenty of times in college. I didn't really suffer all too much. I just needed to get some rest now. So I quickly had to reassure Becca.
"I'm actually used to staying up all night. In the past, when I was in school, I would always stay up all night to study before a test, so it seemed like the best option to me. As for your other two options, there is no reason for you to suffer if you can sleep well. If both of us didn't sleep, I only need 4 hours to be okay for the rest of the day, but you would need at least 8 hours and it would throw off your sleep schedule. There is no need to feel guilty about it, it's just what your body needs. As for the stopping, I thought about it, but I didn't want to keep your parents waiting. They even came out in the morning to greet us. They would have been annoyed if we got here multiple hours later than they expected. So don't worry about it. This was the best option and now we can cuddle together and get some rest before talking to your parents about our new relationship."
My logic seemed to make Becca feel better. "Fine, you can use my body as a pillow to rest."
Gulp…I have no idea what exactly Becca had in mind. But it might be hard for me to control myself.