Hey everyone! As promised, the person who gave the 200th review got to choose the path the story took. Either way, it'll be happy-ish. Hopefully you agree with me and my reviewer's decision, but as always, suggestions are welcome.

-Myelle

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John POV

Anna was delightful. I loved her already, and, as she made quite clear, she loved me too. She gushed about having another son in her family and I felt completely welcome.

Sherlock kissed his mother on the cheek after she gave me a quick hug and kissed me after kissing her. The party seemed so much less stressful now that we had our biggest obstacle out of the way.

Next to arrive was Mycroft, who congratulated us on "mummy's acceptance." I smiled widely at him and Sherlock, who seemed to notice my easiness, calmed down as well.

Once everyone had arrived and had a few drinks, we invited them all to take a seat in the sitting room.

"What's going on?" Lestrade asked, taking a seat next to Mrs. Hudson, whom he hadn't been able to get away from yet.

"Sherlock and I have some news, if you'll all listen for a moment. It has to be given out properly to everyone care about."

"Hence Anderson's absence."

I nudged his side. Lestrade laughed at him, despite obviously waiting to chastise him later about being kind to coworkers. Sherlock probably has that speech memorized.

"I've asked John to marry me. We would like to take everyone's opinions into account before going through with it. Though, if I could just say that we love each other very much but it you absolutely despise the idea, please tell us."

The room burst into applause as my cheeks turned bright red. Lestrade clapped me on the shoulder, Molly winked at me, and Harry, who came despite her protestations earlier in the week, smiled and clapped everyone.

It didn't take long for everyone to calm down, at which point Sherlock said: "So I guess no one is opposed."

"I am." I heard from a familiar voice in the back of the room. Sherlock and I might as well pack our bags now for there was absolutely no way we were going to change this person's mind.

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I apologize for the short chapter. I have to go do some history research (falls asleep) My history topic is "The Positive Effects of the British Industrial Revolution on Agriculture." BORING! Even the title makes me sleepy.

Oh well...hey but if anyone has an idea on something that happened in history that I could change my topic to, let me know!

As always, reviews are greatly appreciated!

-Myelle