Two months later...
"So, are you ready?"
"I am more than ready." Emma grabbed her purse and looked at Sean, "My divorce will be finalized today."
Sean nodded, "And that means we can be together for real."
She smiled, "Yep. How late are you working?"
"Until 10."
Emma pouted, "Boo."
"I know, I'm sorry."
"I'll stop by work after everything is done if that's okay."
Sean smiled, "Of course it is."
"I'll be with my mom so we'll go in the regular way."
He nodded, "That's fine."
"Okay." Emma looked at herself in the mirror, "So, do I look presentable?"
"You look gorgeous as usual."
"Thank you." Emma fixed her blouse and buttoned her suit jacket. She was wearing a black pencil skirt with a matching black blazer and a crisp white blouse underneath.
Sean said, "This is a big day."
Emma turned to him and smiled, "Yes it is."
Sean walked over to her and kissed her softly, "Good luck."
"Thanks. I'll see you later."
"Okay." Emma walked out of Sean's room then walked right back in. He asked, "Did you forget something?"
She smiled and said, "I love you."
He smiled at her and said it back, "I love you too."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Emma walked into her lawyer's office with her mom and her lawyer greeted her with a smile.
"So, are you ready?"
Emma nodded, "I've been ready for a while."
"Great," She led Emma and Christine into a conference room where Spinner and his lawyer were sitting.
Spinner got up and hugged both Christine and Emma.
"Hi Spin."
"Hey Em."
"Ready?"
"Yep."
"Good." Emma walked around to the other side of the table and sat down. Christine sat in a chair against the wall of the conference directly behind Emma.
"Okay," Emma's lawyer placed the paperwork in front of her and said, "Sign every line that has a tab or initial it where it says to initial it."
Emma started signing and initialing the paperwork then made a joke about how thick the paperwork was. When she was done, her lawyer handed it off to Spinner's lawyer who placed it in front of him.
"Your turn, Gavin."
"Okay." Spinner began to sign and initial everything and Christine placed her hand on Emma's shoulder. When Spinner was done he handed it back to his lawyer.
"We're just going to look through everything and make sure you signed everything correctly and once that's done, you'll be all set."
Spinner asked, "You mean we'll be divorced?"
"Yep."
Both lawyers looked through the paperwork and once they were done, they both looked at their clients.
Emma asked, "So, is everything okay?"
Her lawyer nodded, "Yes. Everything is all done." She looked at them both and said, "You're divorced."
Spinner's lawyer added, "It'll be official in about five days when everything gets properly filed but technically, you're divorced and the marriage is now over."
Emma looked over at Spinner and they smiled at each other.
"Any other questions?"
Spinner said, "I'm all set. Em?"
Emma nodded, "I'm all set as well."
Spinner's lawyer clapped his hands together, "Great! So we're all done here." He looked at them and said, "Congratulations, I think?"
Emma and Spinner both laughed and Spinner said, "Yes, this is a good thing."
His lawyer nodded and Emma's lawyer shook her hand and left the conference room.
Christine stood up, "Em, I'll be right outside."
"Okay, mom."
Spinner's lawyer left the room and Emma and Spinner looked at each other.
He said, "Wow, that was easy."
Emma smiled.
"Um, Jane and I, well, we want to be married as soon as possible. I hope that's okay."
Emma nodded, "It's perfectly okay."
He asked, "How are you and Sean doing?"
"We're doing well. He got a promotion at the restaurant."
"That's great. It's a really nice place."
She nodded and said, "It is."
"Well, I better get back to the Dot."
Emma stood up, "Okay."
They walked towards the double doors that led out of the conference room and hugged. Spinner said, "I wish you and Sean all the best. Seriously. You two were meant to be."
Emma smiled, "I can say the same for you and Jane."
Spinner smiled.
"Are you having a big wedding?"
"Well, not too big. Jane doesn't really care about that stuff. How about you and Sean?"
"Probably the same. Feels kind of weird to have a big wedding for the second time."
Spinner nodded, "I'll let you know when it's happening. I'd like to have two of my oldest friends there."
"Of course. Thanks."
"Okay, I really have to get back to work."
"Bye Spin."
"Bye Emma."
They walked out of the room and Christine was waiting for Emma. "Is everything okay?"
"Everything is perfect." Emma grabbed her phone, "I'm going to call Sean and let him know we're on our way to the restaurant."
"Okay. I'll be waiting in the car." Christine walked away and Emma called Sean.
Sean felt his phone buzzing and grabbed it right away. "Hey, is everything okay?" He walked out of the kitchen.
"We're all done here."
He asked, "So it's official?"
"It's technically done but will be all official in about five more days."
Sean smiled, "That's good news."
"Yes, it is."
"So are you and Christine heading here?"
"Yep. We should be there in about 10 minutes."
"Great so I'll see you then."
"Okay. Bye."
Sean kept looking at the front entrance of the restaurant and one of his line cooks noticed how antsy he was.
"You okay Sean?"
Sean nodded, "My life is going to change drastically in a few days."
"Oh yeah?"
"I'm going to ask the woman I love to marry me."
"That's great, man! Congratulations."
"Thanks."
Emma walked in with Christine and waved in Sean's direction.
Tom turned to Sean, "I'm guessing that's her."
Sean nodded.
"Nice job. She's beautiful."
Sean smiled, "Don't I know it."
The hostess sat Emma and Christine at the same two-seater Manny and Emma sat in the first time Emma came to the restaurant. This time Emma faced the kitchen and Sean winked at her.
Christine turned around, looked at him, and said, "You were right."
Emma asked, "About what?"
Christine smiled at Emma and said, "About how cute Sean looks at work."
Emma smiled. "By the way, Spinner said that he and Jane are getting married soon."
"Oh?"
Emma nodded, "And that he's inviting me and Sean because things are the way they're supposed to be."
"And when are you and Sean getting married?"
"We've discussed it and we're probably doing something private, just us and then we'll have a party to celebrate."
"Sean doesn't want a wedding?"
"He said he doesn't care about that stuff. He just wants to marry me." Christine nodded. "We were actually thinking of having the gathering here."
"That would be nice."
"Yeah." Emma looked over by the bathrooms and noticed Sean walking over. "Hey." She stood up and hugged him.
"Hello." They kissed and Emma sat back down.
Christine stood up and hugged Sean. "Hello there."
"Hi. I'm excited you're finally here."
"Thanks. I'm excited too! I can't wait to try the food." She sat down and opened her menu, "Do you have any recommendations?"
"Well, I think everything is good but we have lots of vegetarian and vegan options for you." Sean looked at her menu, "Like this." He pointed at something else, "And this."
Christine looked at both items and said, "Ooh those sound good. Thanks."
"You're welcome." He looked at Emma, "I better get back in there. Let me know how everything is."
Emma smiled, "We will."
Sean smiled and walked away.
Emma watched as he walked away and said, "I really can't wait to be married to him."
Christine smiled.
"Hey, Sean."
"Hi, Greg."
"Isn't that your soon-to-be fiance out there?"
"Yes, it is."
"Did you get the ring?"
"Yes, I did." Sean took it out of his pocket and opened the box.
"Nice job. That's really pretty. Do you have your proposal planned out?"
"I am working on it." He closed the box and put it back into his pocket, "I'm torn between wanting to do it in a grand gesture sort of way or in a private, just us sort of way."
"I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great."
Sean smiled and looked out at Emma who was smiling and laughing with her mom. "I hope so. I'm also going to ask her parents for their permission."
Greg laughed, "People still do that?"
Sean shrugged, "Well, I want to because I've known them for so long and I want them involved."
"That shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"I hope not." Sean laughed and got back to work.
Christine asked Emma, "Will you be getting married before you leave for your Antarctica trip?"
"Well, he has to propose first."
"Do you think he's ready to do that?"
Emma nodded, "Yes. I mean, I think he's ready."
"And he has a ring?"
"I'm not positive but I think he may already have the ring. He had been asking me questions about my ring size and the kind of jewelry I like."
Christine smiled and said, "I wonder how he's going to do it."
"Knowing Sean, he'll do it in private which I'd love."
Christine nodded, "By the way, this is delicious."
"Well, Sean's in charge of everyone now so we can thank him."
Callie walked over to Emma, "Hi Emma."
"Hi, Callie! Callie this is my mom Christine. Mom, this is Callie, one of Sean's friends here."
"It's nice to meet you, Callie."
"Likewise. How is everything?"
Christine answered, "It's really great. Please tell Sean."
Callie smiled, "I will. Let me know if you need anything else."
Emma answered, "We will. Thanks."
"You're welcome!" Callie walked away and Emma told her mom about Callie's crush on Manny.
"Really?"
Emma nodded.
"I mean, I can see it. Manny is beautiful."
Emma laughed, "True. I should tell her. I don't think I have yet."
Christine's phone buzzed. She got a text from Archie. "Ooh, that's your dad. He has something he needs to tell me but not via text." She stood up, "I'll be right back."
"Okay."
Christine walked toward the entrance of the restaurant.
Sean walked out to Emma's table, "How's everything?"
"Great! Mom really likes the food here."
"Good. I saw her on the phone. Is everything okay?"
"Yep. Dad needed to tell her something."
Sean nodded, "I just wanted to let you know that I'll be at my place at 9. Greg's letting me leave a little early because I've been putting in so many hours."
"That's nice of him."
"So, we'll have a little more time to spend together tonight."
Emma smiled, "Good."
Christine headed back to the table and Sean asked, "Is everything okay?"
"Yep! Everything's good. The girl who was supposed to babysit can't tonight." She looked at Emma, "Do you think you can watch Jack tonight?"
"Um, I can't. We have plans."
Christine smiled, "Of course you do."
Sean looked at Emma, "Well, now I feel bad."
Christine shook her head, "Nope. I don't even know why I asked. You two should be celebrating tonight. We'll find someone else. Don't worry."
Emma keyed into Sean's apartment with a tote bag filled with stuff including a bottle of champagne, candles, strawberries and whipped cream. They were going to celebrate officially being together.
While Emma was setting up in Sean's apartment, Sean met with Christine and Archie who stopped by the restaurant.
"Thank you for coming by. I really appreciate it."
Christine was smiling because she had an idea of why Sean had asked them to come by.
"Um," Sean looked at them both, "You both know how much I love Emma."
They both nodded.
"And how I've wanted to marry her since we were 18."
Archie smiled.
"Well, I was wondering if I could have your permission to ask her to marry me."
Christine hugged him and said, "Of course you can."
When Christine pulled away, Archie smiled, "I appreciate you coming to us but you didn't really have to. You know we love you, Sean."
Sean nodded. He reached into his pocket and opened the ring box, "Do you think she'll like this?"
Christine gasped, "Sean, this is gorgeous."
Archie nodded, "Wow, yeah, she'll love that."
Christine looked at it, "How did you do this?"
Sean shrugged, "I've been saving for this for years, to be honest."
"Even after she married Spinner?"
Sean nodded, "Maybe I knew deep down that we'd find our way back to each other."
Archie smiled and pat him on the shoulder, "You always do."
Sean nodded then laughed, "This is it though. I am not losing her again."
Christine asked, "Are you proposing tonight?"
"No, only because I think she is expecting it tonight and I want it to be as much of a surprise as I can. I still don't have a definite plan yet."
Archie said, "I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great."
"Thanks, sir."
Sean texted Emma when he was on his way home. "I'm five minutes away."
Emma looked around his apartment and made sure everything was ready. Then she looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. Sean was going to be a happy man when he saw what Emma was wearing.
Sean keyed into the apartment and called out to her, "Babe?" He looked around at the candles everywhere and smiled. He put his keys on the kitchen counter and walked into his room. "Well, hello there."
"Hi."
"Em, you look gorgeous. Wow."
"Oh, you like?"
Sean nodded, "I love."
Emma was in a set of red lacy lingerie. "Do you need to clean yourself off?"
"I do but I will take the quickest shower ever." He looked over at his bed, "What's all that?"
"Some champagne and strawberries with whipped cream. We're celebrating tonight."
"Yeah, I'll be right out."
Emma laughed and said, "Okay."
Sean went into the bathroom and shut the door. He took Emma's ring out of his pocket and placed the ring box in the bottom drawer of the storage cabinet. He'd propose to Emma on Sunday. As he said to Christine and Archie, he wanted Emma to be a little surprised. He stripped down as quickly as he could and jumped into the shower.
While Emma waited for Sean to get out of the shower, she poured the champagne into two flutes.
When Sean walked out of the bathroom, he smiled at her, "I feel much better now."
"Good."
He walked over to his closet, grabbed his robe and put it on. "I couldn't wait to get home."
"Oh yeah?" She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him.
He nodded and looked down at her body, "You spoil me."
"It's because I love you." She kissed him and pulled away smiling.
"I love you too."
She stepped away from him, grabbed his hand and walked him over to the bed, "Come on, we have to toast."
"Okay."
Emma handed him his glass of champagne and grabbed her own.
"I'm awful at toasts by the way."
Emma laughed, "We're just toasting to us."
"Okay, um, here's to us being together officially and not having to hide it anymore."
Emma smiled and kissed him, "That was perfect." They took a sip of their champagne and Emma said, "By the way, Spinner said he and Jane are getting married pretty soon. They don't want to wait and we're invited."
"Oh?"
Emma nodded, "He said things are the way they should be."
Sean smiled, "He's right. They are."
"Come on, let's sit on the bed and feed each other strawberries."
"Okay." They sat down and Sean grabbed a strawberry, dipped it in the whipped cream and said, "Here." Emma opened her mouth and Sean fed her. They fed each other a few strawberries then Sean said, "Is it wrong that I want to eat the whipped cream off your body?"
Emma laughed, "Oh really?"
Sean nodded.
"Okay," She lied back on the bed and said, "Go for it."
Sean smiled and scooped a dollop of whipped cream. "Hmmm, where shall I put this?"
Emma laughed, "Do you need me to take things off?"
Sean shook his head, "Not yet and I will help you do that."
"Yes, sir." He placed it on her stomach and she flinched. "That's a little cooler than I was expecting."
Sean leaned down and licked the cream off by swirling his tongue around her belly button, "Better?"
Emma smiled, "Much."
"Good." He took some more cream and placed it in her cleavage. Emma giggled then he licked it off her chest, kissed his way up to her neck and to her mouth. They kissed for a few moments, he pulled away and said, "Delicious."
Emma smiled, "Do I get to lick cream off you too?"
"Of course. I mean, it's only fair." He moved the tray with the champagne and strawberries to his nightstand, he lay back on the bed and put his hands behind his head, "Have fun."
Emma looked at him and smiled, "Oh, I will." She opened his robe, "Hmmm. So many choices."
Sean laughed.
Emma scooped the cream and placed it on his stomach.
This time it was Sean's turn to flinch, "Ooh, that is cold."
"Told ya." Emma licked it off and smiled up at him. She grabbed a strawberry, dipped it in the whipped cream and fed it to Sean.
He ate it and smiled, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." She took more whipped cream and placed it lower on his stomach. He flinched again and she asked, "You okay?"
Sean nodded and grinned. "I'm better than okay."
Emma slowly licked the cream off Sean's happy trail and smiled at him.
He looked down at her and said, "It's your turn again."
"If you insist."
"Oh, I insist." Emma laid back and Sean looked at her bra, "Wait, does this open from the front?"
"Why don't you find out?"
Sean unclasped her bra and smiled, "Well, aren't I the lucky boy?"
Emma laughed.
He removed his robe and hovered over Emma, "Or maybe we can skip the whipped cream?"
"I'm up for anything."
He looked down, then back at Emma and said, "Hey, me too."
Emma grabbed him and they started kissing. Emma pressed herself against Sean and they rolled around on the bed while kissing. Sean helped Emma take off her bra and panties and he smiled at her. "Why are you smiling like that?"
"Just thinking about how lucky I am."
"Is it because you have me naked and prone on your bed?"
Sean laughed, "Maybe."
"So what are you going to do now that I'm naked and prone on your bed?"
"Let's see, I'm going to kiss you everywhere," Emma nodded, "Make you come a few times," Emma nodded again, "And then I'm going make love to you for a while. I hope that's okay."
Emma smiled, "That's more than okay."
"Good."
