Slowly Jake made her way down the hall to the bathroom, her wrecked body aching as much as the whiskey still swimming in her head. Turning on the shower she stepped into it letting the water hit her like ice falling from the trees in mid December. She knew what she had to do and while it was not going to be an easy task, it was one that had to be done. The horses and all her regular chores would have to wait for now, their was an apology and a bit of honesty she had to word just right. After washing as best she could without vomiting she stepped out of the shower into the fresh air of fall with nothing but her towel around her waist, walked to her truck and got the ring she had been paying on since the day she met Elizabeth.
The small blonde awoke with a start, she was alone in bed unlike she knew she had spent the night. Had Jake been so determined in her soberness to escape her she had even ran from her own house. Then she smelled the distinct aroma of coffee and homemade biscuits, then she decided to grab the nearest shirt and make her way downstairs to face the music she had put off so willingly last night. Leaning against the counter in an outfit identical to the one she had on last night, save for the flannel to ward off the cool morning, was the woman who had both built up and destroyed and maybe just maybe rebuilt the young principals life.
"Wasn't sure if I was supposed to wake you, so I just grabbed a shower and made breakfast. Possibly might have puked on your car tire in between there too, sorry."
" Jake, baby, that's okay after how gone you were last night I can understand, I'm sorry I shouldn't have came over and took advantage of you like I did after being such a bitch the other day."
Fumbling with the ring in her pocket the brunette ask the little blonde to sit. "I know I am a fuck up, have been my whole life; however I have also never been so certain of anything in my life, 'cept you. I have spent the last five years making myself into someone who would deserve a woman like you. But I don't deserve you and I probably never will so just remember that I will try everyday to make you realize how lucky I am. I may or may not get to spend forever with you but I promise everyday I get will be better than the last. My boys, well, they love you and I refuse to take away something they love again. So all I'm asking is give me one more shot, no more secrets, no more lies, and leave the past in the past."
"Okay, but one thing first."
"What's that darlin'"
"A warm shower because I'm freezing and well you have vomit on your foot."
"Well so I do, and I'll wash your car once the sun comes out, deal?"
"Deal."
