Thank God for the weekend… :)

Alright…so…I've been looking forward to writing this chapter for a looonnnngggg time. :D Italics are gonna be whats written in the book…annnddd just normal non-italicized stuffs is just…normal…I hope that makes sense. Hehe :)

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Kate sat down on the big, cushiony couch in the living room, sighing deeply. She had finally gotten both of the girls asleep, and Rick was gone at another early release, so she finally had time to read again.

It had taken her much longer than she would have liked to finish his book, thanks to all the time she had to spend with Nella and Kylee. However, about once every other day, she was able to squeeze in a chapter or two. Yesterday, she had, unwillingly, been dragged away from the book in the midst of the last chapter, to go deal with a sobbing Nella, while Alexis had played with Kylee.

She stretched out, taking a moment just to embrace the silence, before opening the book to the last few pages.

Jameson Rook knew that he very well may be clinically insane to do what he was about to do. However, the consequences of the actions he was planning weren't running through his mind as he ran out of his apartment and hailed a cab.

He shivered as he waited for a taxi to pull over. Maybe running out into the cool Spring air wearing only a T-shirt wasn't the best idea. However, when he had left his apartment, he had only grabbed the small box from his bedside table drawer, where he had been keeping it hidden for the last few weeks, waiting for the courage to arise within him to take it out.

He quickly hopped into the warm cab that had just pulled up, telling the driver the address he had been repeatedly running through his head for that last ten minutes. His stomach nodded as the taxi began to move through the crowded streets, and he had to remind himself, again, that it would all run smoothly.

When the cab stopped again in front of the familiar apartment building, Rook threw a few crumpled up bills at the driver, hopping out of the car before he received the change. Sneaking in through the open door behind one of the residents who had just walked in, he silently made his way across the lobby, taking the stairs two at a time until he reached his destination.

He took a deep breath and knocked on the door, surprised by his sudden confidence.

"Rook?" Detective Nikki Heat answered the door with a confused expression, wearing her pajamas, and holding a half drunk glass of wine.

"Can I come in?" He asked her quietly. She moved out of the way, closing the door behind him as he swept in through the door and a little ways into the apartment. When he spun around again, he found her standing just behind him, having followed him over. He took the wine glass from her and put in on the counter next to them.

She eyed him suspiciously for a moment, but her eyes widened in realization and her breath caught in her throat when he dropped down to one knee, never breaking eye contact with her.

"Nikki," He said seriously, "I don't have some impressive speech prepared, but I want you to know that I don't remember ever being as happy as I am now, and I was thinking about some of the best days of my life, the other day…and I couldn't think of one that wasn't spent with you. I want you to know that I am madly in love with you,"

She held her breath unconsciously as he stood up and took a small box from his pocket, flipping it open and revealing the most beautiful, sparkling ring she had ever seen.

"Will you marry me, Kate?"

She didn't even realize her breath was held. Her eyes locked on her name written. Not Nikki, but Kate. It was the last line of the book…she took a deep and shaky breath, looking around the room, half expecting him to be right there, down on one knee.

At that moment, Alexis walked through the door of the loft with a large grin on her face.

"Hey, Kate," She said to her, "There's a car waiting for you downstairs, I've been told to make sure you get in it."

"What about-"

"I'll watch Nella and Kylee. Don't worry," Alexis told her, still grinning, "Just go,"

"Thanks, Alexis," Kate told her quickly, grabbing her jacket and running out the door.

When she got down to the street, she looked around, and her eyes immediately stopped on a long, shiny, black limo stretched out in front of the building. A professional looking driver in a tux was standing on the sidewalk looking around.

"Ah, Miss Beckett?" The driver asked as Kate approached him cautiously.

She nodded, and he walked over to her door and held it open with a grin. She slid in slowly, looking around. A small white note with Kate scrawled across the front of it in elegant script was sitting on the seat next to her.

You're going to want to make yourself comfortable…there's a bit of a drive ahead.

Rick

She read the note over a few times, then sighed, looking out the window, letting her mind run astray to all of the different places he could be taking her.

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About an hour later, the car stopped. It was too dark outside to see exactly where she was, but Kate could hear crashing waves from close by.

As soon as she slid out of the limousine, she felt a pair of hands cover her eyes, shielding her from seeing anything.

"Rick?" She asked cautiously.

"Yes," He said with a chuckle, "Were you expecting someone else?"

"Where are we?" She asked him, ignoring his question.

"You'll see, just walk,"

She obeyed, taking slow and careful steps forward as he kept his hands over her eyes and led her to wherever it was they were going.

"Ok…keep them closed, ok?" He said as he slowly removed his hands.

"Alright…"

She heard some scuffling from the side, and a few moments later all the noise but the wind and the crashing waves had stopped.

"Ok…" He said. She opened her eyes slowly, seeing Rick first, standing in front of her with a huge grin.

On one side, they were only a few feet away from the ocean, and on the other, a picnic was set up on the sandy beach, his Hampton beach house lit up behind it all. She looked back at him and saw him pulling something out of his pocket.

"So, did you like the book?" He asked her, walking up closer to her so they were only about a foot apart.

"I loved the book," She told him with a smirk.

"Glad to hear it," He said, opening the box he had in his hand and revealing the shimmering ring, "And, about the question…?"

She nodded slowly, never breaking eye contact with him, "Yes,"

She held out her finger for him, and he slid the ring onto her finger slowly. He then looked back up at her, and after just staring into her eyes for a moment, cupped her face in his hands and brought his lips to hers.

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Its…So…FLUFFFYYYYY! Haha…sorry…I had to get that out there.

Anyway…I wrote this chapter in like…record time…saying as I've been perfecting it in my head for like…months…literally. Lol

And like, dude…could you picture the fan sights after that book gets published with Kate's name instead of Nikki's? haha…mass chaos. :)

Haha, but yahhh there isn't much left to say right now…other thhaaannnn you all really should review…cuz I'm not good at judging whether or not I was a complete fail at writing flufffyness :) Sooo yah… :D