Side note: Sorry about the wait. So much has been happening the past week. Trips to the hospital and to placements and generally feeling wore out.
OK here goes. Where was I….. Oh yeah Jack's surprise for Sue.
Chapter 3b
Jack looked at the living room and smiled softly to himself. It looked perfect. There were candles all over the room making it look cosy. There was enough light for Sue to be able to read his lips, but at the same time it wasn't too bright. He had wanted to cook a nice dinner for two but decided against it, he didn't want to give Sue food poisoning, so he had settled for having the room filled with candles and hoped it would be enough. He would have to take her out for a romantic dinner for two to celebrate.
Jack smiled and thought It's time Hudson! He walked out of the living room and went upstairs to wake Sue. He walked into his bedroom and smiled at the sleeping form of the woman who had captured his heart. Shelooks so peaceful he thought. Jack told Levi to wake Sue up and a few minutes later he lead a curious Sue into the living room and sat her down on the couch.
"Wow, Jack this is lovely" Sue whispered in surprise. Jack smiled and said and signed "Sue when I met you I knew that you were special and I decided that day that I wanted to know you better I wanted to know your story. Over the past few years my feelings for you grew from friendship to love and last night when Bobby told me to go home and get some sleep I agreed. I was sat in my with the radio on when I heard a song that expresses how I feel about you. I knew then that I had made a mistake in not telling you my feeling sooner and that I didn't want to leave your side. Not then, not ever. I went back to the hospital and when I saw you lying in that hospital bed looking like an angel a vision the pieces of my life slotted into place like a jigsaw and I knew then that I love you with all my heart without a doubt. You complete me." He got down on one knee and signed SUSAN ANNE THOMAS WILL YOU MARRY ME? WILL YOU DO ME THE HONOUR OF BECOMING MY WIFE. Sue looked at him with tears streaming down her cheeks and suddenly launched herself into his arms saying over and over "Yes Jack I'll marry you"
Jack hugged Sue to him and thanked God for giving him such a precious gift, thanked him for letting him have the chance to be with someone as extraordinary as Sue. I don't deserve her he thought but I'm sure glad I've got her.
Sue shifted and put her good arm around Jack's neck. She was knelt in front of him. They were at eye-level. She looked at him and said, "I love you so much. I can't wait to be your wife." Jacks hands tightened on her waist and she gasped and leant into him. Jack bridged the remaining space between them and as his lips met hers he pulled her into him so that his body was flush against hers. Her moan of contentment enabled him to deepen the kiss and when they parted for air some minutes later Jack looked at Sue and returned the loving gaze he found in her eyes.
Sue nestled into him. She couldn't believe that someone like Jack could want someone like her for a wife. She thought back to her years at college when Jamie Jones the most popular and probably the most good-looking boy in college had asked her out. She couldn't believe her luck and had said yes despite her better instincts. She later discovered she thought bitterly that he had only wanted two things, sex and to humiliate her. That had been the day she stopped trusting people at college and kept to herself. It had not only made her already low self-esteem drop even lower, but her confidence had gone to pot. It had taken her friends at the F.B.I to help her rebuild that, and although she had come far she knew she still shad a long way to go. Sue pushed her insecurities away and snuggled into Jack's chest. One day she thought one day she would tell him about Jamie Jones and his cronies. One day but not any time soon.
Jack pulled back slightly so he could talk to her. "Are you OK?" he asked. Sue looked into his eyes and almost cried at the love she saw there and giving him a big smile she said, "Never better!"
They stood up and Jack pulled a ring box out of his pocket and opening it gave it to her. Sue gasped at the ring staring back at her. It was simple but elegant. A solid white gold solitaire diamond ring sat in the box. She took it out of the box and looked at it.
Jack got her attention and said, "read the inscription." Sue looked at the inside of the ring. It said, May Our Hearts… Sue looked at him puzzled and Jack smiled and took another box out of his pocket and smiling handed her, her wedding ring so that she could read the inscription on that. It said, …Beat As One Forever.
Sue looked at him and said through tears of joy "I love you Jack". Jack took her engagement ring and slipped it onto her ring finger saying, "I love you too, with all my heart". He took the wedding band and put it back in its box and smiled at her. "I can't wait for you to become my wife and wear the complete set" he said as tears silently slid his cheeks unchecked.
Phew I hope this reaches your expectations….. when I started writing the rest of this chapter I had every intention of making it short but sweet lol but Jack had other ideas and wouldn't let me keep his engagement short. What can I say I just write what he tells me to write lol.