So, nothing much to say right now. Just, enjoy this chapter!

~PennStateGRL4eva~

The alarm clock next to Luce's bed was blaring. She groaned and reached over to turn it off but Daniel beat her to it. He mumbled something unintelligible as Luce buried her face further into the crook of his neck and whispered, "Good morning."

He sighed. "Good morning." He whispered back as he kissed her forehead.

"How long have you been awake?" she asked.

"An hour or so." He answered, stroking her spine. "Shelby just left for class. I looked over her schedule. You know that means we have a couple hours to ourselves."

"You looked over my roommate's schedule?" Luce said, taking her robe from the end of the bed and wrapped it around herself as she padded into the bedroom.

"I skimmed." Daniel called from his position in the bottom bunk of Luce's bed. She laughed and emerged with a toothbrush dangling from her mouth, looking through her closet. Suddenly, she felt his strong arms wrap around her waist and his chin on her shoulder. "Only enough to figure out that we have two hours of alone time."

"Not really. Miles is coming over to help me with my homework, remember? Besides, you told me last night that you have work to do."

"Yeah, across campus in Francesca's office." He said, walking over to Luce's desk. "Your flowers have died." He stated.

"I was too busy to water them." She said, taking a shirt off of a hanger and some jeans. As she put them on, Daniel touched one of the dry petals and it suddenly came to life again, the color restored and shape reformed.

"When the world isn't ruled by evil, everything can be made good again." He said. Luce could tell just from the sound of his voice that he was a million miles away. It had only been five days since Daniel returned. They had spent most of Luce's time away from class in her bed. While she was in class he attended to business from Francesca's office while Gabbe and Arianne cleared out Steven's office. The physical ramifications of the war were obvious; most angels had a visible bandage somewhere on them. Most had healed already; Daniel's being the last as it was the most serious. Luce coveted his super-duper healing powers mostly because she loved staring at his flawless body and knew he felt the same for her and that the bandage on her arm wasn't very attractive, no matter how many times Daniel reassured her.

Luce approached Daniel and wrapped her arms around his waist as he stared absently out the window. He took one of her hands resting on his chest and kissed the fingers, palm, back and wrist. "There is going to be a party tomorrow."

"Oh? I guess you are going then." Luce said.

"Yeah."

"Don't feel bad. I can always make plans with Miles or something."

Daniel chuckled. "Actually Luce, I am allowed to invite you. I was just hesitating because I thought it would be uncomfortable for you to not know anyone."

This time Luce laughed. "You ridiculous fool! Just being with you will make me enjoy myself!"

He joined in with her laughter and turned in her arms, tracing patterns on her back. "Well, that is some wasted stress!" Soon they were both laughing so hard that they collapsed back on the bed in a heap of giggles.

Arianne insisted on dressing Luce for the party. At first Luce was reluctant; knowing for a fact that Arianne would make her look like a Barbie doll. But the Gabbe promised that she would be there as a mediator and Luce gratefully accepted the assistance. So that brought her to the next night. She had skipped her last class to a lot time for her hair, which was now hanging down past her shoulders. Arianne curled it tight and swept it into a ribbon that positioned it on one of her shoulders. The dress that Gabbe was lending to her was not like anything she would wear anywhere else. It was a sky blue taffeta, strapless, and layered. The top layer of taffeta swooped down over the skirt on one side, leaving a side of ruffles exposed. It was a short dress, exposing Luce's legs past her thighs.

With one last splash of color – a pink diamond necklace and earring set – Luce was off. She was meeting Daniel in the quad just as the sun was setting over the ocean's horizon. He was sitting on a bench, wearing white pants, a white button down shirt with a tie that was the exact color match to Luce's dress. She secretly loved the color blue on him because it made his eyes even more beautiful.

He met her gaze as she approached him and he stood up, smiling nervously. The fact that Daniel was nervous made some of her butterflies disappear, but it didn't help with the way he was looking at her. "Hey." He said smoothly when she got close enough to reach out her left hand to hold his. "You look beautiful. Absolutely exquisite."

"Why thank you sir, you are too kind." She said flirtatiously.

"You know, your outfit is perfect, except your missing something." He said, sweeping her into a passionate kiss. They stood for a while with their arms wrapped around each other protectively, ignoring the world going on around them.

When she pulled away, Luce asked, "What am I missing?" She didn't need an answer though because before she had barely started to ask she noticed that on her ring finger of her left hand was a ring. A diamond ring. And Daniel was sliding down on one knee. "Daniel." She half-breathed, half-mused.

"You've already promised to marry me, but can you please seal the deal?"

She nodded, blinking back tears as she pulled him up to kiss him again.

It's really short, I know but I have to go to bed or I will fall asleep in like, all of my classes tomorrow. Review pretty please.

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