Holly was so happy to see her girl that she practically fast walked over and hugged Gail tightly then pulled back and said "What is going on here babe?" the only reply she got was:
"It's all for you."
Gail then proceeded to pull away and walked over the table where she grabbed the microphone, "I asked you all here to ask this woman, before you, the love of my life to be..."
Gail had to leave to compose herself to prepare for what she about to do, she had slipped out after she had brought the doctor up to the roof and switched on the lights. She came back down to their apartment and headed straight for the bedroom and sat on the edge of their king size bed. She had been nervous all day but now that it was getting so close she had to take deep breaths just to calm down. After what had seemed like forever her breathing steadied and she got up went over to the gun safe, she turned the combination lock until she heard a click then opened it. There it was, something so small but it would bind them together forever and she couldn't think of anything else she would rather do. She didn't even have to think about it, there was nothing else in the world that she could see herself doing.
The box was small enough to fit in the palm of her hand, it was teal in colour, her girl's favourite colour. Gail blushed whenever she thought about the older woman, she had an effect on Gail and although she wouldn't admit it the doctor had the same problem. She used her free hand to open the box and there it was the medium that would make Holly hers forever and with that thought a single tear trickled down her cheek. She wiped the tear away and went to the bathroom to check her makeup and ready herself. It was now or never, her nerves were getting the best of her. She inhaled and exhaled one last time and made her way back up to the roof.
Before Gail was even able to finish what she was saying, she looked back to the doctor and saw that tears were beginning to form from behind her glasses. Gail did only thing she thought she could do, she walked back over to her girlfriend and lift her chin so that Holly was staring directly at her. "Baby, why are you crying? Is something the matter?"
The doctor's response, "I'm okay, I'm just so happy." Gail placed the mic on a nearby table, turning back to the person in front of her and taking off her glasses, also placing them on the table.
She leaned in and slowly wiped her girlfriend's cheek. Gail then kissed her; it was intended to be a quick peck but the older woman lingered for a moment longer, it seem as if they forgot about the people around them. When they pulled apart the younger woman gave a look, silently asking if she was ready, Holly immediately nodded that she was okay, so blond stepped back to the table picked up the mic and glasses. She handed the glasses back but the doctor didn't put them on.
Gail moved back to her original place on the roof and began to speak after clearing her throat. "Sorry for the interruption folks, but after all it is Holly's night so I had to make sure that she was okay. I would like to thank you all for coming. Now for the reason why I called you all here. Some of you remember the story of how we met, if not it was a funny one. This amazing woman standing in front of me, came into my crime scene and took my breath away. Never had I seen such beauty in one place. But it wasn't an instant pull with getting together, I denied it for as long as I could until one day I was like 'this girl gets me the real me'. We didn't have it easy, no couple does, but I think it has made us stronger. She taught me to trust, to know what is to have someone in corner no matter what. I still don't have it all sorted out but with her I'm getting there."
Gail pauses to calm her voice, it's beginning to crack whenever she thinks of all that Holly means to her, all that she has done for her. She now is tearing up but it isn't bad so she tries to finish what she trying to say before it becomes too hard to speak.
"Baby, what I was saying earlier when I said I couldn't be your girlfriend anymore… what I meant was I'm passed being just that. I want to be your friend, your best friend, your lover (well I'm already that 'sorry parents'). I want to be the person you come to when you need a shoulder to cry on. The one you turn to when you have good news about work, how your day went, a joke you heard. I want to be the one you come to when someone upset you 'hopefully not me'. Holly you mean the world to me, I still don't know how I got so lucky with you and I want to spend the rest of my life showing you that how lucky I feel."
Gail walks over to Holly, they are both crying but its tears of joy and the younger woman kneels in front of her lady. Taking the box out of her jacket pocket and opens it as Holly slowly but surely drops to her knees as well. Gail with the open box and says those magical words but with a twist that she borrowed from her girl "Will you be my plus one forever?"
The doctor can't help as fresh tears come cascading down her face. She takes the mic and says "For forever and ever babe!"
The blond takes the ring from the box and places it on the other woman's finger, it's a perfect fit. They hug, it is almost like a gravitational pull and then they pull away and kiss, now this one wasn't a chaste kiss or a quick peck but a passionate one. As they are about to deepen it, they realize they aren't alone so Gail stands and pulls her blushing fiancée up.
The crowd is cheering and clapping, so Gail takes to the mic and says "She said yes, you heard her! This woman just agreed to be my wife and has made me the happiest person in the world!" Holly is blushing and smiling uncontrollably as everyone makes their way over to them congratulate them.
After speaking to both sets of parents and their friends, the music starts. Whitney Houston's 'I Have Nothing' plays on the radio, so the older woman walks over to her wife-to-be and extends her hand asking "May I have the honour of this dance?" the blond doesn't even need to reply and Holly sweeps her over to the dance floor.
You see through right to the heart of me
You break down my walls with the strength of your love
I never knew love like I've known it with you
Will a memory survive, one I can hold on to
I don't really need to look very much further
I don't want to have to go where you don't follow
I won't hold it back again, this passion inside
I can't run from myself
There's nowhere to hide
Your love I'll remember forever
They laugh and dance, as the doctor admires her ring, its white gold slim band with a unique shape, two dolphins swimming a circle around an emerald, the stone is clear cut. She gushes even more when she thinks about the fact that she saw this ring with Gail a few months back but didn't think much about. The younger woman says "Babe you're thinking aloud."
She replies "I'm just so unbelievably happy, a few hours back I thought you wanted to break up with me. Only to realize now you want to marry me, and I just can't wait to be your wife." Gail doesn't even reply she just kisses her girlfriend…oh wait she can't call her that anymore, her fiancée.
Special thanks too my beta reader - ragingscooter
This was intended too be a one shot but I felt I had more too say, so this as far I got but I may add more but I don't know when. If anyone has idea or could think of anything to add, please say.
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