"Chloe, what's the matter, sweetie?" Ashley asked opening the door.

"Hi Ashley, can I come in?" she asked quietly with tears in her eyes.

"Sure sweetie. Is everything OK? Are you OK?" Ashley asked opening the door wider to let her in.

"I think Matt's gonna ask me to marry him tonight. He wants to take me out to dinner and he said to wear something special." she said as tears sprung to her eyes.

"Sweetie, that's great. You love Matt. So what's wrong?" she asked sympathetically.

"I don't know, I'm scared." she said starting to cry as she sat on the couch.

"I know sweetie. It's OK to be scared you know." Ashley said holding her in her arms.

"Were you scared when Roger asked you to marry him?" she asked looking up at her.

"No sweetie, I wasn't. I wasn't afraid of much back then. I knew he would change me that first night we met." Ashley said smiling at her.

"When you picked him up in the club, right?" she asked starting to laugh.

"Yeah, I guess so." she said laughing with her. "I'd been going to see him play for 2 months before I got the nerve up to talk to him. Poor Kelly, all she heard about for that 2 months was the hot lead singer at the club. I dragged her there every week just to see Roger. Then when I did talk to him we talked for 2 hours that night and we didn't even kiss." Ashley said smiling at the memory.

"But you wrote your phone number on his hand that night and he called you the next day and you guys have been together ever since." Chloe said looking over at her.

"It sounds like my son has been telling you our story." she laughed.

"He said that you guys have always been good together." Chloe smiled at her.

"Yeah, I guess we have. And look at us. I mean, we have 2 amazing boys and an amazing life together. You and Matt deserve that too." she said smiling at her.

"I know. I'm just scared of losing him." Chloe said wiping her eyes.

"You can't think about that. If I thought about that when Roger and I got together, I wouldn't have the greatest life a woman could ask for. I mean, it's not easy knowing that I'm gonna lose the loves of my life, but I wouldn't trade a minute of being with them for anything in the world. No one could love those boys the way I do and no one could love me the way they do." Ashley said playing with Chloe's hair.

"I know, and I love Matt. I really do. I just don't want to lose him." she said looking up at her.

"So say yes when he asks you and savor every moment with him." Ashley said smiling at her.

"I will. Thanks Ashley. You're the best." she said hugging her.

"Don't worry about it sweetie. That's what I'm here for." Ashley said hugging her back.

"Where are the boys?" Chloe asked looking up at her.

"They went to the planetarium. Roger wanted to take Brandon to the Pink Floyd laser light show and Matty tagged along." she told her laughing.

"That's cute. I like the way Matt's still likes to spend time with Roger." Chloe said wiping her nose with a napkin from her pocket.

"Him and Roger have always been extremely close. Did you know that Roger used to play on the floor with Matt everyday for hours and hours on end?" Ashley told her smiling.

"Really? That's nice." Chloe said laughing.

"Yeah, they used to play with legos and cars. You can't imagine how many pictures of the two of them I have. Everyone used to think Roger never let me near Matty because there aren't that many pictures of me with him when he was really little. But I liked watching my boys together." Ashley said smiling at her.

"Matt's always saying how cool Roger is." Chloe said smiling at her.

"Yeah, that's my Roger. The super cool dad. Did you know Matty had a Slayer t-shirt when he was a baby? Roger tried to put it on him for his first birthday party. I always had to keep an eye on Roger when it came to dressing Matt. He always wanted to dress him like he dressed himself and we all know how bad Roger is at dressing himself. They were inseparable. They still are as you can tell." Ashley told her laughing.

"I've noticed. But I like it. I think it's great. Usually guys try so hard not to be like their dads, but not Matty. He tries to be just like his dad." she told her smiling.

"He could do worse." Ashley said smiling up at all the pictures hanging in the living room of Roger and the boys.

"He sure could." Chloe agreed smiling at her.

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"Ash Baby, are you OK?" Roger asked walking into the bedroom.

"Yeah, I'm OK. Chloe came by to see me today." she said looking up at him.

"Really? Is everything OK?" he asked putting his arms around he.

"She thinks Matt's gonna ask her to marry him tonight." she said smiling up at him.

"He is." Roger said smiling at her.

"Really?" she asked looking up at him with tears in her eyes.

"He loves her, Ash. He wants to spend the time he has left with her." he whispered wiping her tears with his thumb.

"I know. I mean, Chloe's a really great girl and she really loves him. I just can't believe my little boy is getting engaged." she said crying.

"He's grown into a good man, Ash." he told her smiling at her.

"I know. I'm just not ready for him to grow up." she said as he held her to his chest.

"Me neither Ash, but it's happening whether we're ready or not." he said kissing her head.

"Do you think they'll be OK? I mean, like us?" she asked looking up at him.

"If Chloe loves our son half as much as you love his father, he is gonna be one lucky man." he said leaning down to kiss her.