Joe picks me up after shift we head home to eat and relax before we have to head out for another shift. We get in something comfortable and eat dinner from takeout containers Chinese. Then we head to bed but don't actually go to sleep. We missed each other during the day that all we want to do is connect with each other in an intimate way. Joe reaches out for me and reaches for my clit and rubs it slowly then faster as he feels me build up. I roll on my back as he shifts on top of me and I can feel he's ready for me he pulls his pants down along with his boxers and my pj bottoms. He enters me and stills before moving he builds us both up it's not long before both of us have an orgasm. A few minutes later we head to sleep and the next morning we head for shift and then we go out for lunch. I meet my mom at 1 police plaza my dad meets us at the restaurant and I text joe to see if he's coming to the restaurant. He arrives right as I'm about to send another text to him. we all eat and talk and both my mom and dad for the first time realize I'm engaged to joe. My mom and dads reactions are jaw dropping they are very excited about the engagement it's almost Christmas time by now so a proposal was what they had hoped for over the last year. We tell my mom and dad about the plan of a Christmas party. We get planning on the Christmas party and invite the Reagan family and my mom and dad Abigail and Brian Baker. The Reagan family had no clue we were engaged except maybe frank and Jamie Erin knew we were together but has now passed away Nikki was now joe and i's responsibility. We told her not to tell anyone we were engaged of course but she told frank and Jamie. The Christmas party was a total hit we had the best time and a few unrelated guests showed up to our party. We were engaged and finally happy with how things were going we knew this would be a great year once I became Sargent which isn't easy to become in only a year. Joe and I still worked together but we learned that higher rank for me meant our roles when we first started out were reversed. It was kinda of cool to watch this partnership go from the precinct to the outside world. We finally were starting to realize we found our person. Our families were starting to help plan a wedding for us and do a lot of other things to help.