A/N: I hope you all enjoy. I have enjoyed writing this story for you. Thank you all for your support and reviews. :) The Blitz collaboration will be my next story, first chapter will be out soon. It's titled 'Closer to Fine.'

"I'll be kind, if you'll be faithful

You be sweet and I'll be grateful

Cover me with kisses dear

Lighten up the atmosphere

Keep me warm inside our bed

I got dreams of you all through my head

Fortune teller said I'd be free

And that's the day you came to me

Came to me

Come to me my sweetest friend

Can you feel my heart again

I'll take you back where you belong

And this will be our favorite song

Come to me with secrets bare

I'll love you more so don't be scared

When we're old and near the end

We'll go home and start again"

Come to Me by The Goo Goo Dolls

Three months later...

Unlocking the door of their new Brownstone apartment, Alex gave Casey the biggest smile with a small squeal behind it before pushing the door open. Without a word, the redhead picked up the blonde and carried her over the threshold, not giving her girlfriend a moment to refuse. Alex could only laugh heartily at the gesture.

"Oh my god," the blonde said laughing, "Put me down before I break you!"

Setting her girlfriend down, Casey chuckled, "Break me, please. Want to walk through before Liv shows up with the truck?"

"Yes!"

Without waiting another second, the couple walked up the stairs to their living space. Once to the main landing, they walked into their spacious living room with built in cabinets before heading to the dining area with the French doors overlooking their outdoor balcony space before walking into their kitchen. The kitchen was a nice and open, with state of the art appliances and a counter that stretched out like a peninsula and allowed for barstools. It also had French doors opening out onto the balcony which helped flood the apartment with light. Satisfied with the space, the couple walked to their bedroom. The large master suite looked beautiful, the deep blue walls stood out against the wood floors and white trim and shutters. The bathroom was equally perfect as was the large walk-in closet. Everything was ready for their furniture and more importantly for their lives to start here.

"You ready?" Casey said taking Alex's hands in her own.

"More than you know." Alex beamed. She was so excited for her and Casey to finally have a space to call their own.

"Let's do this." Casey said placing a quick kiss to her girlfriends lips before the left the room.

Heading back downstairs, they sat on the stoop waiting for Liv and Amanda to show up with the truck, and Abbie and Serena with their SUV. Finally seeing their friends round the corner, they stood and prepared to unload. Four hours and much cursing and shoving later, they had their furniture and boxes unloaded, and truck returned.

Splitting up to unpack the most essential items first, Casey, Liv and Abbie took the outside while the others remained inside. They'd offered to grill out as a thank you for their friends help with the move. As a result, Liv sat on the sat on the porch cursing as she tried to assemble the coffee table, while Casey tackled the grill and Abbie the chairs.

Scowling at the Texan brunette, Liv scoffed, "Carmichael, how did you get so good at putting things together?"

"Brains." Abbie teased, "My dad was very handy, and taught me well."

"Hey!" Casey cried out, "My dad is very handy...this grill is just a bitch."

Chuckling at her friends, Abbie finished the last chair and quickly helped Casey finish before they all sat on the floor and helped Liv disassemble the coffee table and put it back together again properly. As they finally finished, they noticed how much laughing was coming from the kitchen. Heading inside they discovered, Alex, Serena, and Amanda were busy laughing over a bottle of champagne while unpacking the kitchen.

Abbie smirked at the scene shaking her head, "Hey! Y'all are drinking champagne without us?"

"No..." Serena said in a playful tone moving her glass behind her back.

"Liar," Abbie laughed picking up the bottle and taking a swig before passing it to Casey, who quickly followed and passed the bottle onto Liv.

The redhead grinned at Alex, "Hey good looking, you ready to start cooking?"

Alex couldn't help but burst into laughter at the statement. Walking to her girlfriend, she took Casey's necklace in her fingers and gently guiding her into her arms. "Yes," she answered placing a kiss to her lips, "Right after you patty the burgers..."

Casey could only smile against the blondes lips, "Absolutely."

While the group joked and laughed, Casey and Alex prepared dinner. It was nice to be able to move around the kitchen in perfect sync while their friends laughed and conversed. Alex couldn't help but remember their first time cooking together, she and Casey kept bumping into each other. Now they moved as one.

Grilling on the porch while their friends sat on their new furniture all laughing about old memories made this first night in their new home perfectly memorable. Liv and Amanda shared stories about the crazy suspects they'd dealt with that week. While Serena shared a story about getting chewed out by McCoy and how Abbie came to her rescue.

Alex couldn't help but smile at her girlfriend while listening and enjoying the stories. She'd have none of this without Casey. Leaning into the redhead, she kissed Casey on the cheek before whispering, "I love you," in her ear.

As they sat down to a table of their friends for their first meal in their new home, Casey smiled at her girlfriend. She knew Alex was going to be her wife one day, and she was ready for that day to be now. She knew the blonde held her heart, and she would always hold hers. She never wanted to be without Alex, she wanted a life with her, a family, to grow old together.

The rest of the evening past in a blur for the redhead. As the wine flowed, all Casey could think about was proposing to the blonde. Thousands of scenarios rushed through the redheads mind. She could take Alex on a trip and propose, or she could take her to a restaurant. She could go big and fancy, or small and quaint. Even though, Casey couldn't decide on a perfect proposal, she knew whatever she chose the moment had to be right.

As dinner came to an end, a rainstorm blew in and their friends ran out to find cabs, laughing at getting soaked on their way. Locking up and heading back upstairs, the couple found themselves standing before the many unpacked boxes in their living room. "Ugh, I vote tomorrow we handle these," Alex groaned.

"I vote we make a fort and call it a year," Casey laughed as she walked to put the last of the wine glasses in the dishwasher and lock the French doors. Looking outside at the rain, Casey sighed, "Geez, it's coming down hard."

Feeling Alex's arms wrap around her waist, Casey relaxed into the blondes embrace. "It's been a long day," Alex sighed in her girlfriends ear, "Let's go to bed."

Casey just nodded in agreement, and let Alex lead her to the bedroom. As they got ready for bed, and eventually climbed between the new percale sheets and down comforter, Alex snuggled close to her girlfriend and began her nightly ritual of playing with her necklace.

"I love you," Casey said watching her girlfriend.

Smiling at the love of her life, Alex softly replied, "I love you too." As thunder rolled outside the window and the rain splattered loudly against the window, the blonde laughed, "Casey, it's raining!"

Laughing loudly, Casey managed to choke out, "I know baby, didn't you hear Serena scream like a little girl as she ran to the cab?"

"I know it's an obvious statement, smart ass." Alex frowned as she crawled on top of her girlfriend, "What I mean is, it's the first rain for us in our new apartment. It's exciting, it's a first for us again."

Pulling Alex down for a kiss, Casey rolled the blonde onto her side. As their lips parted but noses still brushed, Casey whispered, "I love you. I have never loved anyone as much as you. I have never wanted someone as much as you."

"I feel the same way." Alex smiled. Casey pulled away and turned on the bedside lamp, as Alex sat up in bed. Seeing the serious look in her girlfriends eyes, she sat up and asked, "What, Case?"

The redhead smiled and removed her necklace, passing it to the blonde. "I want you to open the necklace."

"Really!" The blonde excitedly squealed, taking the silver ball immediately from the redhead. "I really can?"

"Yes, I want you too." Casey said placing a soft kiss to her lips.

Alex bounced slightly in the bed from excitement as she unscrewed the ball. Removing the top portion, Alex instantly gasped and begin to tremble slightly. "Casey?"

Casey smiled, taking the ring from the ball and holding it between her fingers. "This was my grandmothers ring. My parents gave it to me when we were in Seattle. They knew just as much as I do that you are perfect for me, that we are perfect together. I want to spend my life with you, Alexandra. I have never been more sure of anything in my life. Please be my wife, please agree to marry me."

"Yes, yes I will marry you," Alex said pulling Casey into a kiss.

Breaking apart, Casey smiled and slipped the ring onto her fiancés finger. "It looks even more beautiful on you. I love you."

"I love you too." Alex said as they lay back in the bed sharing sweet kisses and small laughs, "I never guessed that a ring would be in that ball."

"I never knew you saying 'yes' would make me fall even deeper in love with you." Casey said with a smile before kissing Alex again.

As the storm raged on outside, the couples kisses became further spread apart and their exhaustion from the move and alcohol started to take over. Exchanging "I love you's" once more they both began to succumb to the sleep that was quickly taking over them. The last thoughts in their minds were how thankful they were to fall in love and how amazing the rest of their lives would surely be. They had found their soulmate after all, on an island where everything had changed for both of them.