Daphne Moon… Would You Marry Me… Again by Patrick Councilor
Daphne lifted her head gently from her pillow and reached over to her husband's slide of the bed to find him missing. The morning sun lit the room in a warm glow. She looked about, but Niles was not there. "Niles?" she called out, but there was no reply.
She swung her legs around to slip her fuzzy slippers on. After donning her robe, she made her way into David's room, yet he wasn't in his bed. There was something in the air: a sweet heavenly scent.
Making her way downstairs, she found the room filled with bouquets of flowers. Niles was sitting at the table feeding David his breakfast. "Niles, what is the meaning of this?" She descended the stairs.
"Daphne." He gently set David down to sit on the rug with his sippy cup of juice. He went over and gave her a hug. "Good morning darling."
"Where did all of these flowers come from?"
He broke their embrace. "Here Daph, come sit down." He lead her over to the chair where he had her sit. He dropped to one knee. "Daphne Moon… would you marry me… again?"
She leaned over and brushed her lips across his. "Of course, I'll marry you again. But Niles, why would you want to marry me a fourth time?"
His eye brow raised. "A fourth time? We married in Vegas and at the Justice of the Peace. Where are you getting the third unification?"
"You're forgetting the wedding for Alice. She was so excited to be the flower girl, we had to have another go-about."
Niles smiled. "That's right, we did. Dad performed the ceremony."
"I suppose that one wasn't official. But Niles, why now? What brought this on? I mean, we've been married for four years now."
"Daphne, it's because I fall more deeper in love with you every day. I look at you and you still take my breath away. Because when you look at me, my heart still skips a beat. Because when you touch me, you warm my skin and your smile melts my heart away. I love you so. I woke up last night and I couldn't sleep. Over by the window, I watched you for the longest time. The moon light fell across you and that's when I knew I wanted to marry you all over again. I loved eloping in Vegas, but I want to marry you all over again. A love like ours deserves a big wedding; holding nothing back."
She kissed him again. "You are a dear man. I love you."
"I love you too."
"But Niles, how did you get all of these flowers here so quickly?"
"David and I went down to Pike's Market. I woke up at eleven last night when I decided to pop the question, so this morning, we picked up eleven bouquets with eleven different flowers in each. From roses and orchids to violets and daffodils."
"Oh Niles." She stood with him to hug him so tightly. "I would marry you anytime, anyplace, in front of anyone." She let out a little scream mixed with some laughter. "We have some planning to do."
"Yes," Niles replied.
"When would you like to… re-tie the knot?"
"Well… let's plan for about a month. That will allow us sufficient time to get everybody together."
"My family?"
"Yes, we'll fly all of them in."
She hugged him and kissed him.
"I was thinking of asking Frasier to be my best man. We could fly out to see him this weekend and spring the news on him."
"If it's all the same, you head over. I have a lot of planning to start and I'll watch over David. You go have some bonding time with your brotha."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course. Tonight, we go see Ronee and Dad to tell them and then go see Roz."
"Perfect." He kissed her cheek and then glanced at his watch. "Oh, look at the time. I've got to get running. I'll pick up some champagne on the way home tonight."
She reached out and stopped him from getting away. She slowly wrapped her arms around him and brought their lips together. It was a kiss that would steal the time of Nile's work day.