Here we go, the final chapter. I want to give a huge thank you to everyone who favorited, followed and/or reviewed. You guys are all amazing! Thank you so much for giving this story a chance. It was my first foray into Marlie wasn't strictly family centered, so I was nervous about it, but you all were wonderful.

Another special thank you to ShyRomantic, not only for encouraging me to write this in the first place, but for helping me find the right music to help with the inspiration...without that I don't know how this story would have ever gotten finished. Thank you.

Alright, without further ado...

Two Years Later…Charlie's Birthday

"You take her." Charlie said as she plopped the crying one year old into Miles lap. The child stopped crying and wrapped her arms around Miles neck, taking a shuddering breath as she calmed down.

"Hey Lexie, what's wrong?" Miles asked as he rubbed a soothing circle on his daughters back.

Charlie placed a hand on her hip. "I asked you to do one thing, keep an eye on her while I helped mom set things up outside, but could you manage that? No. So now she's pulled the cake down off the table so there's no dessert." She said as she glared at him.

Miles stood up, still holding Lexie to his chest. "I'm sorry," he said, his brows furrowed. "I was talking to Ben for a minute; I'm not the one who left the door open so she could get outside. If you had closed it nothing would have happened, besides it's just a cake." He said. "I think you're grown up enough to not freak out over not having a birthday cake."

Lexie looked between her parents, not understanding what was wrong, but knowing that something wasn't right, and she screwed up her face, ready to start crying all over again, when Bass walked through the open patio door.

"Hey Lex." He said reaching out for the girl with a silly smile on his face. "Come with Uncle Bass, let Mommy and Daddy yell at each other a little bit." He said as he took the girl from Miles, without Miles or Charlie either really acknowledging he was in the room.

Bass took the girl out of the kitchen and found the rest of the family outside the door and he rolled his eyes. "Seriously guys?" he asked seeing them standing there.

Danny shrugged. "They have the most entertaining fights." He said in explanation.

Bass rolled his eyes again and handed Lexie off to Ben and turned to listen with the rest of them.

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"This isn't about a cake," They heard Charlie say. "This is about the fact that you couldn't be bothered to watch your daughter for two minutes while I left the room." Charlie scoffed "What could possibly be so important that you had to talk to dad about it right now?"

Bass and Ben looked at each other and Rachel frowned at the pair. "What?" she asked them and Ben shrugged. "Nothing." He said and Rachel raised a brow, not buying it.

Danny looked at Bass, but he only shook his head slightly, giving nothing else away, but Danny had his suspicions.

…..

Charlie stood with her hands on her hips, her eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at the man in front of her. "Well? Do you have an answer or are you just going to shrug it off like you do everything else?" she asked.

Miles rolled his eyes and reached into his pocket. "Fine, if you are going to make a huge deal over nothing…" he said trailing off. "I would never presume the think you actually needed his permission," he said, pulling his hand from his pocket. "But I was talking to Ben to get his blessing to ask you to marry me!" He yelled at her, shoving a ring in her face.

Charlie looked at the ring and then to Miles. "Well it's about time!" she yelled back at him.

Miles knew it would probably only make her madder, but he couldn't help the laugh that escaped at her reaction. "Really?" he said. "That's all you have to say?"

Charlie rolled her eyes. "Well I mean, it did take you long enough." She said. "What is with you taking so long to do anything?" she asked.

Miles raised his brows. "If you wanted to get married so badly, you could have asked at any time." He pointed out.

Charlie scoffed again. "I'm sorry, I pushed the Human Being out of my girly parts, the least you could do is get on your freaking knee and ask me to marry you, you moron!" she said, once again yelling at him.

"Fine!" Miles said, also yelling again.

Charlie folded her arms over her chest as she watched him kneel down in front of her, and just like that it hit her, what he was doing, and she smiled as she let her arms drop to her sides.

Miles smiled up at her and held the ring out. "I love you, and I love fighting with you." He said and Charlie rolled her eyes once more, smile still in place. Miles smiled a little wider. "I want to keep fighting with you, and not fighting with you, for the rest of my life." he cleared his throat. "Will you marry me?"

Charlie chuckled. "You're so stupid." She said and nodded. "Of course I will."

Miles slipped the ring onto her finger and stood up, pulling her into his arms to kiss her. But they only got a moment to themselves before the rest of their crazy family burst into the room, clapping and cheering for them.

"It's about time brother." Bass said as he clapped Miles on the shoulder, once more holding Lexie.

Miles rolled his eyes at his best friend before smile at his daughter. She was smitten with Bass and Miles couldn't help but smile at the way the little girl had his friend wrapped around her little finger. Just like she did him. She was just like her mother.

And as Miles looked over and watched Charlie and Rachel look over the ring he had just given her, he knew. That's not a bad thing.

The End

I really hope you all enjoyed this final chapter. I thought it seemed very much like him to put off the actual asking her to marry him bit for so long...I hope I didn't disappoint anyone with having them wait so long. I also hope that the added bonus of Lexie might soften the blow if there is any disappointment. :)

Again, thank you all for reading. Anyone who reads my Charloe stories should be on the look out for a new installment for the Red Camaro series over the weekend.

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