Me: Cassie/Holly/Rachel proposal ideas. Some pre-proposal fluff and randomness. Shelby gets thrown into the mix as well eventually...hard to explain, just read xD

This was me in a fluffy mood, throwing in-between chapters in there and vying for time while I think about how I'm going to do the proposal and the wedding.

Thanks to some help from my dad (that sounded so nerdy, please try not to laugh at my writers block. Didn't have peanuts to eat given we were eating dinner...lol.) I think I know exactly how I'm going to do the proposal, now I just have to work out writing it.

The wedding is still a work in progress. A HUGE work in progress.

Review and prompt for me! I love you all and what do you think of the fluffiness?

Love always, Hayley

Brainstorm

Shelby was in the kitchen, catching up on grading assignments on her laptop up at the counter. Based on her dead set expression, everyone just assumed that she was not to be disturbed. It was a perfect time for Cassie to start brainstorming ideas for her promised "bad ass" proposal-which she still had no idea how to go about.

"Why did I have to promise a BAD ASS proposal?!" Cassie complained to Holly in the living room.

She, Holly, and Rachel were all sitting in separate chairs-each had their own notebook and pen. Rachel had nominated herself the official "proposal ideas coordinator" and thus was wearing a pair of Shelby's reading glasses. She thought they made her look all professional and scholarly. Cassie and Holly thought it was just too damn cute. In fact, Aunt Holly had already snapped a picture of Rachel wearing them and, with Cassie's permission, had posted it to Facebook, captioning it, "Getting down to business-this is where things get serious". It had 70 likes within 5 minutes.

"You were caught up in the heroic moment!" Holly defended for her. "You were her knight in shining armor."

Cassie sighed. "You see this is why you don't propose before proposing!" she threw her hands up in the air.

"Yeah, sort of defeats the purpose, huh?" Holly said thoughtfully. Cassie shot her a glare, which was ignored as Holly continued.

"It's not like you don't know if she's going to say yes-"

"What if she doesn't?" Cassie wondered. She didn't have to fear Shelby overhearing them-the brunette was a room away with headphones in. "You know we fear commitment."

Holly rolled her eyes at Cassandra's dramatics. "You've been together for 10 years, I'd say you're pretty committed. Don't you start getting soft on me." she warned.

Sighing once more, Cass knew her best friend was right. Then a thought occurred to her. "Whose maid of honor ate you?" she asked, worriedly. "I totally call dibs! You have to be mine!"

Pressing her lips together, Holly clapped her hands. "Rachel, how about some ideas?"

"Holly?!" Cass panicked.

"Rachel! Ideas!" Holly rushed.

Cass pouted and crossed her arms.

"Be Mommy's knight in shining armor!" Rachel suggested. "Ride in on a horse!"

"So I can fall off of it and embarrass all of us?" Cass scoffed.

"It's an idea, we're putting it down." Holly defended.

Reluctantly, Cassie wrote it and put an X next to it. For absolutely not. It was a cute idea, but not one that Cassie could accomplish and she knew this.

"Flash mob!" Holly pointed at Cass for no particular reason.

"Cliché'!" Cassandra pointed back.

"List!" Rachel piped up, pushing the glasses back up her face. They all wrote it down.

"Romantic dinner?" Holly thought.

"I can't cook! We wouldn't make it to the wedding; even if we survived the house fire, the damage would cost too much." Cass wrote dinner down then drew a line straight through it. After a minute she thought, "I can sing to her."

"Yes!" Rachel fist bumped the air. "Brilliant!"

"It's a definite maybe," Holly tilted her head in approval.

"You and your oxymorons." Cass rolled her eyes.

"Mommy loves flowers," Rachel suggested.

"I'm sure I'll do that anyways, hun." Cass smiled at her daughter. Rachel shrugged.

"Parachute out of the sky, holding the ring." Holly beamed.

Ah, the ring. Yet another thing on Cassandra's agenda.

"I said bad ass, not suicidal." Cass took a deep breath. "Ugh. I need tea."

"Me too?" Holly asked with a smile on her face.

"Maid of Honor?" Cass dead panned.

"I will not decide without consulting Shelby." Holly informed her.

Pursing her lips, Cass raised an eyebrow. "Will flattery and getting you things help at all?" Cass hoped.

"Not one bit." Holly shook her head.

"Hmm." Cass stood and stretched. "Well then guess who's not getting any tea?"

She would've gotten flipped off, if Rachel wasn't right there.

"You better hope Mommy doesn't see those." Rach said, pointing to the idea list on the chair where Cass had just been sitting.

"Right," Cass tossed the notebook to Rachel. "Good thinking, Barbra. Guard it with your life."

"Yes Mama." Rachel saluted her.

After Cass saluted back, she headed to the kitchen. As she passed by Shelby, she gave her lover's neck a quick but slightly lingering and very hot kiss. Shelby lost focus completely when she felt Cassandra's extremely soft and distracting lips on the most sensitive parts of her neck. She squirmed in her chair and took her headphones out.

"Well hello to you, too." she gasped out. Cass kissed Shelby's cheek with a smile and headed towards the cupboard, getting a cup down, filling it with water, and putting it in the microwave. No one trusted her with the stove.

As she got out a tea bag she heard Shelby complain, "You little tease, get back here! You can't turn me on then walk away!"

With a light laugh, Cass did a dramatic spin, turning herself around to face Shelby with a seductive little smile. She walked very slowly towards Shelby until they were nose to nose, but Cassandra would only let their noses touch, nothing else.

Shelby nudged her chin forward to try to lock lips with her but she moved back.

"Mmm mmm." she hummed disapprovingly. "I think I just did." she whispered.

"Did what," Shelby breathed out, wanting so badly for Cass to just kiss her or touch her in some way. She wanted the contact and she knew Cass wasn't going to give it to her.

"Turned you on, then walked away."

The microwave beeped and Cass smirked wickedly, spinning around to go make her tea. But Shelby would have none of that. She reached out and grabbed the waist line of Cassandra's jeans, dragging her back towards her, and spinning her around, their hips crashing against each other. A wave of pleasure shivered through Shelby's body and Cass hummed in approval.

"I don't think so," Shelby grinned and kissed Cassie, their smiles touching. Shelby pulled back just enough to say,

"What are you and Rach and Holly doing in the living room, anyways?"

"Mmm THAT is something we're not going to talk about."

"Proposal ideas?" Shelby wondered, raising an eyebrow.

Cass's heart shook in her chest. Did Shelby hear more than Cass thought she could? Could she keep nothing secret?

She breathed out shakily. "Am I so obvious?" she wondered nervously.

"No, baby. A little predictable, maybe."

In mock hurt, Cass put her hand to her chest. "I am not predictable!" she defended.

Shelby laughed.

"You can't hear us out there, can you?" Cass wondered.

Shelby shook her head and Cass sighed. "You wouldn't tell me if you could! Can you please just let me surprise you with this? I know you don't like surprises, but please? Please."

"Mmm. Maybe," Shelby sighed, wrapping her arms around Cassie and slipping her hands down into the back pockets of her jeans. "Are you going to keep begging me like that?" she whispered.

"I don't beg," Cass whispered back, her voice low and sultry.

"We'll see about that," Shelby said, licking her lips.

And Shelby called CASSIE a tease.

"And I'm not predictable," Cass said with a wink. She quickly, before Shelby could catch on and stop her, swooped her arms underneath Shelby and swept her up off of the floor and into her arms. "HIDE THE LISTS, RACHEL!" she yelled into the living room.

Shelby giggled. "Cassie," she held tight to Cassie's arm. "What are you doing?! Put me down!"

"Admit that I'm not predictable!" Cass started walking towards the living room.

Shelby reached out and grabbed the door frame, holding on for dear life. "Neverrr!" she squealed. Cass pulled on her until she reached for Cassie's neck again and Holly and Rachel watched, curious and starting to laugh at Cass and Shelby's games.

"Admit it!" Cassie laughed, throwing Shelby down onto the couch and straddling her, tickling her sides and making her kick underneath her.

"NO! Stop it CASSIEEEEEEE!" Shelby turned from side to side and tried to get out of Cassie's grasp.

Cass kissed her cheeks and tickled her some more. "You'd better admit it, Shelby. This is tiring you out more than it is me. Say I'm not predictable! And be honest!"

"I can't do BOTH!" Shelby teased, kicking her legs.

"Help me!" Cass said to Holly and Rachel through her teeth.

Holly laughed and rolled her eyes, holding Shelby's legs down. Rachel held her arms down and Cassie continued tickling her.

"Shelby Kimberly Corcoran," she warned, reaching to tickle Shelby's stomach-her weakness.

"NO!" Shelby laughed, her eyes widening. "DON'T YOU DARE!"

"SAY IT!" Cassie giggled back.

"You're not predictable!" Shelby yelled, smiling hugely. "Now get off of me you fool!"

With a final little laugh, Cass kissed Shelby's lips lightly and Shelby kissed her back. Holly and Rachel let go.

"Finish your work, Shelbs," Cass laughed.

"Hurry up and propose to me, Cassie," Shelby looked intimately into Cassandra's eyes and Cassie whispered,

"I will."