Chapter 21: The Big Question
Sam was scarily quiet the rest of the day, sneaking around and avoiding me and I was so thankful that Dean was out hunting with Bobby and didn't have to face Sam. I was sitting in the lounge room feeding Daniel in the quiet when Sam came in. He sat down beside me and ran his hand across the to of Daniel's tiny head.
"Hey DJ." He said, smiling.
I smiled up at Sam then leaded my head on his shoulder and we sat there in silence as Daniel fed. After awhile, Daniel fell asleep and Sam and I creped upstairs, laying Daniel in his tiny bed. Sam put his hand on my shoulder and smiled proudly. I looked up at the roof at the giant Devil's Trap that was drawn on it, that guarded DJ's crib and my bed and I felt safe, for the first time in a long time.
Sam and I walked back down stairs and Sam walked to the fridge, pulling out a bottle of champagne.
"Oooh, what's this?" I sung flirtatiously.
"I have a surprise for you." He said and walked to the oven. He proceeded to open it and pull out a large roast chicken and vegetables.
"Wow! Did you make this?" I squealed.
"Yeah, that's why I was sneaking around so much today. Today is a very important day."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because on this day one year ago Dean and I pulled up to a house in Seattle to find a beautiful girl outside, crying." He said, smiling cheekily, his eyes twinkling.
"Really? I've lived with you guys for a whole year?"
"Yep. And I think we should celebrate."
Sam popped the champagne open and poured some into to waiting glasses on the bench. He handed one to me.
"Here's to a an amazing year together."
"Here's to a strange, gory, unexpected, shitty, yet life-changing, amazing year." I add and we laugh.
We clink our glasses together and drink.
It was almost midnight and we had finished the entire bottle of champagne, well actually, Sam had finished most of it. He could handle his drinks well. Full and happy and a little bit tipsy, I pulled Sam up from his seat and towed him to the lounge room. I put my iPod into my dock and played some music quietly, not wanting to wake Daniel and Sam and I waltzed around the living room, laughing. He spun me around and I sang alone. The clock chimed twelve just as the last song on my playlist ended and I collapsed onto him, sighing with exhaustion. He lifted me up and rested me on the couch.
"I have one more surprise for you." He said, smiling a full, happy smile.
I sit up and look at him with confusion as he pulled something small and black from his pocket. He slowly lowers one knee to the ground and hold up the small object, with looked like a box out to me. My mind races and my eyes widen as he lifts the lid on the box to reveal a silver ring with beautiful, sparkling diamonds.
"Cassidy Lorelai Hunter," Sam begins, "the last year we have shared together has been… hard. On both of us, but through it all, we have never given up and we've stayed together and I never want that to change."
"Cassidy, will you marry me?"
I sat there, in shock, just staring down at the jewel and the beautiful man who was holding it. The last year flashed before my eyes; me sitting outside my house, the panic room, the djinn, the library, the basement, the wardrobe, the djinn dying, sleeping with Sam, fighting with Dean, purgatory, kissing Jack, the shower, falling, seeing Taylor, holding Daniel for the first time, hugging Sam.
My brain snapped back to now and my chin wobbled but I smiled, a tear of happiness rolling slowly down my cheek.
"Yes." I whispered.
Sam let out a laugh of relief and I launched off the couch and hug him, tears of happiness sparkling in the side of my eyes. He pulled me back and kissed me, then pulled away and gently lifted the ring out of the box and pushed it slowly onto my finger, where it somehow fitted perfectly. I looked down at it as it sparkled in the dull light of the living room lamp then looked at Sam's happy face, him smile bigger then an I had ever seen.
"I love you, Sam Winchester." I sigh, running my hand through this long, soft hair.
"I love you too, Cassidy Hunter." He replied, kissing me.
Right at that time, at that moment, I was happier than I had ever