After long hours of making love, Sonny got called away for business; leaving me all alone in the fortress. The house was huge and I always loved being in it with Sonny. But alone, it felt a little overwhelming, so I decided to go out and do some shopping.
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Sonny walked into his office that was located in the back of his coffee shop. Jason was already there waiting for him. "Hey, what's the big news that you had to tell me?" Jason asked, curiously. A big smile plastered Sonny's face and he walked further into the office and shut the door.
"Okay," Sonny began, "but whatever you do don't tell Carly."
"Don't tell me what?" Carly asked, with a smirk on her face. She walked into the office, shut the door, and awaited an explanation.
"Do you ever knock?!" Sonny snapped lightly.
"No, that's how I know everything that's going on," Carly started, "so, why don't you tell me what you were about to tell Jason over here, because you know that I am going to find out eventually. Jason and Sonny stood still for a moment, as if they were frozen in time, debating on whether or not to tell Carly what was going on, or to just leave her guessing.
"Okay," Sonny began, giving in, "but you can't say anything to anyone."
"Yeah!" Carly exclaimed, "I promise I want say a word to anyone, I won't tell a soul!" Sonny let out a long breath and then went to sit behind his desk, so Carly and Jason could sit in the seats in the front of it.
"I'm going to ask Claudia to marry me," he told them smiling. Carly's mouth dropped a couple inches and Jason sat there stone cold, as usual.
"Seriously? That is so wonderful!" Carly exclaimed. Jason and Sonny laughed at Carly's sudden enthusiasm.
"I didn't know that you and Claudia were friends," Jason added in chuckling.
"Well, after we were all tested to be matches for her bone marrow transplant, her, Sam, and I began to talk a lot, so we kinda became the three musketeers sort of," Carly laughed.
"I think that's great," Sonny admitted.
"So, let me see the ring, I know you have it on you," Carly demanded playfully. Sonny reached inside his jacket pocket and pulled out the red glossy engagement ring box and handed it to Carly, who took it glad fully. Carly opened up the box and gasped. "Oh Sonny, it's beautiful!" Jason nodded his head in agreement.
"I hope the two of you will be very happy," Jason approved of Sonny's decision. Sonny took the ring box back and placed in his jacket pocket.
"I really have to be getting back now, she already knows there's a surprise coming, she just doesn't know it's this…" Sonny began.
"Life changing, romantic, utterly irresistible, an offer she will not be able to refuse, did I hit the words you were looking for?!" Carly budded in playfully.
"Very funny," Sonny commented. Sonny left with his dimples shining and Jason and Carly could not have been more happy for their friend.
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When I got home from shopping I walked into the living room, not knowing of the life changing surprise that awaited me. I placed my shopping bags on the coffee table and then I noticed bright lights outside. I walked onto the terrace and I couldn't believe what I saw. Lit candles were everywhere, and rose petals were scattered across the floor. Sonny was dressed in a beautiful tux that made my knees go weak when I saw him in it. This was my surprise and I was loving it, just as much as I loved him. "This is the best surprise in the world," I whispered to him, looking around the terrace, at the fairytale like setting that I was now standing in. He placed out his hand, motioning me to take it, which I did glad fully.
"I'm glad you like it," Sonny started, " but this is only half of your surprise." My eyes bulged out of my head. I couldn't believe there was more. I was so impressed and astonished at how romantic and amazing he was.
"I can't believe this. I love you so much," I told him. Giving him a slow kiss, which he returned.
"I love you too," then he cleared his throat, "that's why I decided to do this."
"Do what?" I asked laughing. He cleared his throat again and grabbed both of my hands. Now, I was nervous. "Sonny?"
"You were a big surprise to me. We had a very rocky start, but it turned into the best thing that had ever happened to me. The night that you were standing here on this terrace was the day that I realized that we could work and that we could be very good together. Then, you told me that you had leukemia and I thought my heart had been crushed, and I realized that there was no way I was ever going to let you go and I wanted to take care of you and love you for the rest of my life. You and I became friends and then something more. You became the one person in the whole world that I knew was absolutely perfect for me. I don't want to be with anyone else but you, for the rest of my life, and I promise to love you, and protect you, and cherish you forever. Because you are the last face I want to see before I go to sleep, and the first face I want to see when I wake up in the morning," Sonny poured his heart out to me, as tears began to roll out of my eyes, "So I'm standing here today in the same place where we first started, pledging my love to you and I'm asking you to spend the rest of my life with me." Sonny cleared his throat again and I knew exactly what was going on now. He got down on one knee and pulled a red engagement ring box out of his pocket. I gasped and then smiled through my joyous tears. "Claudia Zacchara, will you marry me and do me the honor of becoming my wife?" I was literally speechless and I had no idea what to say or do. I loved Sonny with all my heart and soul, but I had never thought about marriage, ever, not even when I realized I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. But, when people do want to spend the rest of their lives together, that's what they do, they get married, well at least most of them do. And I want to spend the rest of my life with him, so I did want to marry him after all. I wanted it more than I could have ever imagined.
"Yes, Sonny Corinthos, I will marry you," I agreed to his proposal. I had never had a bigger smile across my face and I had never seen his dimples shine so brightly. He opened up the box and the ring sparkled in the mist of the candle light. It was gorgeous and it was the ring every girl imagines to get when popped the question too. He slipped the ring onto my finger and got up off his knee. "Where getting married," I whispered at first, then exclaimed, "where getting married." I jumped into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist, and he twirled me around while kissing me. I had never felt so in love with him before, until now, and I knew that the rest of my life was going to be amazing, because I would be spending it with him.