"Tonight? Sure, sounds like fun. I'll see you there!" Kana waved and closed the door, leaving Cam out in the warm, autumn afternoon. With a forlorn sigh, the florist headed over to Philip's farm. He was surprised to see Lillian's brother standing out on his field wearing nothing but a pair of khaki pants. While he stood there, he frowned in concentration then with a yell slammed the ground repeatedly, several times in several different spots. Cam stared in confusion as Philip began to hoe the ground next, digging up the soil. After about five minutes, Philip looked up and spotted him, standing up to wave and nearly falling over as he swung the hoe over his shoulder. "Come over here!" Philip called, and Cam made his way over to where he stood while the door to Philip's house opened and Nori walked out with a tray full of tea and snacks. As the three sat outside on a bench that Philip had carved, Cam explained why he'd come over to Konohana. "So Lilly's having a party to celebrate the opening of the tunnel? Count us it!" Philip said, pumping his fist in the air enthusiastically while Nori smiled and asked, "Are we to bring food for the party?" Cam nodded. "Yeah, she asked that everyone bring a dinner plate of some sort. When I went and told Ayame she laughed and said she doesn't cook but she'd try." Cam grinned slightly, thinking of how Hiro had worriedly run upstairs afterwards yelling at the doctor that he'd do all the cooking. Nori stood up and smoothed out her skirt. "I should get started now then." Leaning down to give Philip a kiss on the forehead, she smiled once more at Cam and glided inside before the sound of pots and pans could be heard. The two men sat outside in silence until Philip asked, "So what's eating at you?" Cam looked up in surprise as Philip downed a glass of water and looked off into the sunset, saying, "Don't try and fool me-the last time I saw such a cold, distant expression on your face was before you started being friends with Lillian, and once you started dating her you never had that expression unless you were really worried about something. So tell me." Sighing, Cam confessed, "Well…I've been working up the nerve to finally ask Lillian to…well…" He watched as Philip's eyes widened. "You don't mean you're FINALLY going to do it?" Cam gaped while Philip shrugged. "Nori was so disappointed when nothing as announced during the summer, you know." With a look of defeat, Cam pouted and scuffed the ground with his shoe. "Yeah. I'm going to ask her. I just…I don't know HOW. I mean, how do you get the courage up to ask someone a question that serious? Also, how do you do it so that she'll always remember it and it's not lame?" Philip sat back and laughed, much to Cam's disbelief. "You don't get the courage to do it. It's just your love for the other person overwhelms your want to shy away from it…so it happens in a way we least expect it. As for the lame thing…well I don't think anything you could do would be any more lame the way I proposed to Nori. I mean, I basically just threw the feather at her, popped the question, then walked away trying to look like some cool guy when inside I was beating myself up for not staying and being manly instead. Don't worry about it Cam. She loves you, and you love her. So go for it."

Lillian looked on proudly as everyone crowded around her field, all talking to each other happily. "Thanks for inviting everyone for me," she said, leaning back against Cam, who smiled and put his arms around her, leaning down to kiss her hair. "Of course," he murmured, and she blushed lightly but leaned in more. Cam flinched slightly when Howard walked past, a smirk on his face, and he ducked his head, trying to hide his red face under his cap. For most of the party, everyone had been glancing at the two and Philip had already winked suggestively at Cam at least four times in the last hour. As it grew darker and darker, people were getting ready to drift off when Lillian cleared her throat. Cam helped her up onto a chair, and she called, "Before we leave, can I make an announcement?" Everyone leaned forward eagerly, their eyes darting between the couple eagerly, and Cam blushed as he held Lillian's hand to steady her. Lillian, oblivious to everyone's looks, cleared her throat once more and said, "Tomorrow, Rutger and Ina have agreed to open the tunnel together! I'd like to ask you all to be there tomorrow afternoon for the ceremony! Thanks, and good night!" With a disappointed sigh, they all shrugged to each other but then took off waving. With his hands on her waist, he swung her down from the chair and set Lillian carefully on the ground. "Guess we have to clean now, right?" he asked, and Lillian made a face but squeezed the hand she still held. "You'll help, right?" she asked, and Cam laughed as he let go and walked over to a table and grabbed a few plates off it. The two worked side by side, cleaning up and by the time they were done it was close to nine at night. Cam stood outside her door, watching the dark sky, and as he turned to look where Lillian was putting the last of her dishes into the sink, he smiled at her. "Hey Lillian," he called, and the farmer turned to look at him curiously. "Let's go for a walk, shall we?"

The two made their way to the grove that Cam had shown her on their first date in silence, enjoying the cool autumn air. When they got to the river, Cam was prepared to carry her again but this time she grinned and jumped past his open arms, running straight through the river. "Last one there has to do the dishes," she called as she darted away from him. With a smile, Cam took off after her, easily catching up to her with his long legs. As he breezed past her, he came to a stop at the entrance and she walked up to him pouting. "You have longer legs then me," she grumbled as an excuse, but intertwined her hand with his as the two ducked to enter the grove.

It was particularly beautiful that night, as the full moon lit up the small area. The water lilies were still floating there, and with the way the moon reflected off of them they almost seemed to glow. Cam sat down first this time, grabbing Lillian's hand to pull her into his lap. As they sat there in silence, watching the flowers gliding across the surface of the water, Cam put his arms around her and asked, "Lillian?" Her voice was quiet as she answered back, "Yes?" With a sigh, he reached back into his pocket and tightly grasped the blue feather before saying, "I've got a really important question to ask you." Lillian's heart sped up, and her face turned red but she moved so that she was off his lap and was facing him. "O…okay. Shoot." She said. "Lillian…will you marry me?" He pulled out the blue feather and thrust it at her, his face red as he looked away, nervous. She turned even more red (he hadn't thought that was possible), but she reached out to gently touch the feather. "You…you're serious?" she asked, and Cam looked to see her happy expression. He nodded carefully, and she ignored the feather, leaping on him to give him a kiss. The two fell back in the grass and she pulled back, looking down at him. "Yes," she whispered as she lay her head down on his chest.

As you can well guess, this story's nearing its end :(

But don't be TOO sad. I'm planning on writing a Chelsea/Vaughn one next since my sister just got that game and said I can play it XD

Look forward to it!