Author's note: Yush! Finished this early! So enjoyed the writing the last chapter. Inspired to work on plot twists because let's be honest, the original story is a rollercoaster!

Hope y'all enjoy this! :D

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Chapter 9: Spoken For

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Jet felt like he was at the strangest, most intimidating interview of his life. He sat on one end of the table while Lily's family all huddled on the opposite side facing him. Jet went through introductions and knew everyone's name. The youngest, Ash, stood at the end of the table and stared up at Jet with an expression very similar to Jimmy's. Meanwhile, outside, Lily was crouched under the window of the living room so that she could hear everything through the wall. She and Jet were also able to communicate secretly through their internal communicators, of course.

Maria, Lily's mother, took a sip of wine and rested her chin on her hands. "It was a shock for us, Jet. We are still in shock. Lily left for the exchange program in Japan for the year. We last spoke to her when she was boarding in JFK. We called everyone we could; the university, the police, but no one could help. The airline told us she did land. Then nothing. Eight days later, we receive a call telling us her body was found, identified, and the remains were to be sent home. No explanation. The post mortem results stated she died in a fire. We found no news reports. Nothing. We buried the little of the remains we got. It just doesn't seem real."

Anton, Lily's father, rested a hand on her shoulder, "We believe she was murdered, Jet. There were no reports of fires that linked up to what happened to our daughter. We have no justice for her." Jet bowed his head. The sadness and frustration at the table was overwhelming. "I am so sorry for your loss," he responded in a hushed tone. "You said you knew her, Jet, from where?" Jet looked up, his mind raced. Lily spoke to him over his communicator

– When studying, through friends-

"When we were studying, I met her through friends." Rosa looked at him curiously. "What were you studying? Botany too?" Now Jet was thinking on his feet, he could not lie about something he had no clue of. "No, I fly. I mean, I fly jets- I was studying aviation." He answered quickly. Ash narrowed his eyes at him. "Your name is Jet and you fly a jet?" Jet looked at the young boy and nodded. "That's so cool! My name is Ash, and I want to be a Pokemon master, like Ash!" Jet smiled back at him as if he knew what he was talking about.

"She never mentioned your name, Jet. Were you two close?" Maria asked. Jet nodded. "Yes, we didn't know each other for long, but I care-d deeply for your daughter. I wanted to come and visit sooner, but I was on placement for a long time with my crew." Rosa pulled her hair to one side. "So, you were her boyfriend then?" she smiled, showing a single dimple. She caught Jet off guard. Looking at her was just like looking at Lily, though her hair was longer and she had brown eyes, just like their mother. He nodded at her. "Oh, well that's news. I always thought she was a lesbian," Rosa smirked. "Rrrosa!" her mother scolded. "What, you know she was a total dark horse about these matters." Rosa added, still smirking. "Yeah, I was. I like to think even more, before… I really love… loved your sister. She always talked about you all, how fun and loving you are. I am glad to meet you all, finally." He turned to face Anton and Maria, "She told me about how you two met and got married. She told me about adventures you all went on. I was jealous, you sound like a perfect family. We spent as much time together before she went to Japan as possible. We made promises to meet up again, after our work was done. I just wish I told her everything I felt and wanted before she left." The twin boys now spoke, in total unison. "Yeah, but why did you break into her room?" Jet felt the panic building.

–LILY WHAT DO I SAY-

-Say you're crazy in love-

"I wanted….. to leave something in her room." Jet tried to sound as calm as possible, but his heart skipped a beat. This did sound crazy. "You sound like a stalker," the twins responded flatly. Anton then clipped both of them on the back of the head. "That's not a nice way to talk to our thief- I mean, guest. He obviously loved your sister. People in love do crazy things." He took a sip of wine. "After all, your mother and I were living together within two weeks of knowing each other, and the following month she was knocked up with Rosa." Ash giggled as Rosa made a face of disgust. He looked back at Jet. "What did you want to leave in her room?" Jet tapped his fingers on the table. This was not how he wanted the following to unfold. His heart fluttered and he bowed his head.

He slowly reached into the inside pocket of his jacket. "Ummm…. I had bought this a long time ago. I wanted to ask her before she left but, I was unable to," he spoke softly as he placed a little, black, velvet box on the table and pushed it forward. "I know I should have asked for your blessing, but I did not think I would meet you…. before she… left for Japan," he added, his voice now almost a whisper.

Lily's heart pounded.

-Jet, what are you talking about?!-

-Lily, there is something I wanted to ask you…-

Rosa and Maria gasped. Maria reached out and opened the tiny box. "Oh, it's beautiful," she gushed, tears welling up in her eyes. "That's, that's exactly her style…" Rosa murmured, also smiling.

-Will you marry me?-

- Are you CRAZY?!-

- Yes, marry me?-

-OHMYGODOMYGODOHMYYYYYGAWWWDD LAWDDDD YESSS! YES!-

Jet tried his hardest not to shout out and not to jump out of his seat. A smile broke out across his face, and his eyes watered. He covered his mouth with his fist. Lily rested her head back on the wall, under the window sill. She covered her mouth, to stay quiet. Tears filled her eyes again, only this time they were tears of pure happiness. Her heart pounded in her chest and she felt goose-bumps rise all over her skin.

Anton smiled at his wife and daughter. The boys crowded around to look at the ring. Anton then looked at Jet and smiled. "There would have been no point asking for my blessing, I trust Lily would have given you the correct answer. Anyone good enough for Lily is good enough for us, Jet. She was a great judge of character. And I can tell that you are genuine and really loved her." Jet nodded. "Thank you, sir." Anton's eyes watered. "I only…. I only wish you had the chance to call me something more personal than sir, Jet. But, that's the way it goes."

Rosa looked up at Jet. "You wanted to leave this in her room? I don't think that's a good idea." Maria nodded. "Rosa is right; this ring needs to stay with you, Jet. Thank you, I understand why, but her room has been a shrine to her past. It's been almost a year since we lost her. We can't keep it like that. We have to move on, somehow." She placed the ring back in the box and handed it back to Jet. "I'm sorry for your loss too." Jet smiled at her sadly and placed the ring back in his pocket, silently relieved at their decision.

Over the next couple of hours, they continued talking. Maria pulled out photo albums and the twin boys told him stories about their sister growing up. Lily lay down under the window sill, able to hear everything. She smiled and did her best not to laugh along. Another bottle of wine was opened and music played as Rosa showed Jet Lily's year book. Her title in the book for senior year was "Better Rosa" and her quote was, "Why be moody when you can shake your booty?" Lily cringed recalling her youth, but her smile never faltered.

As the sky lightened in preparation for dawn, Jet finished the last of his wine and stood up, "Thank you all so much for this. It was wonderful to meet you. But I have to get back to dispatch again." Anton stood up and shook his hand. "No, thank you, Jet. Thanks to you, we had our traditional Christmas Eve night which is all about banter, drinking, and music," he smiled at Jet warmly. "Yes, thank you, Jet. You are welcome here, anytime. Just use the front door next time, okay?" Maria added, reaching up to hug him. The rest of the family got up to hug him too. "Let me see you out, Jet," Rosa added. She led him to the front door. "Take care of yourself. Thank you for making our Christmas seem…. normal. I guess remembering and celebrating Lily like this will be our new tradition. So, thank you," she reached up and hugged him. "Thank you, Rosa," Jet murmured. Rosa opened the door and Jet stepped out, waving at the rest of the family from the living room window. Jet turned and walked away from the house, spotting Lily peeking out from behind the tree where she had been hiding when he arrived. He looked back, seeing that the lights in the house were now off. He jogged over to the tree and hugged her, pulling her behind the thick trunk so they were hidden from view.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and his arms found her waist. She kissed him deeply. After a moment, he gently broke their kiss, and pushed her back by her hips slightly. "We are going to do right, Lily," he whispered, holding her hand as he slowly went down on one knee. Lily felt like her heart flutter and her hands flew up to her cheeks. She was already nodding. "Wait, I had this prepared," Jet whispered, smiling. He softly cleared his throat. He took the small box out of jacket and held it up to her.

"Liliana Silva, pain in the butt and love of my life, I want you to become my family. My life started again because of you. I don't have much to offer but I promise to spend the rest of my life trying to make you as happy as you make me. Will you do me the greatest honor of becoming my wife?"

Lily threw herself on top of him, "Yes, yes, yes, a million times, yes!" she squeaked quietly. Jet kissed her and sat up, engulfing her in his embrace. "Thank you," he breathed deeply. "Here, you still didn't see the ring," he added, opening the box and taking it out. Lily's eyes widened. It was beautiful, a deep rosy gold colored wreath of tiny leaves. The tiny stones sparkled on the inside of each little leaf. "Oh my gosh, Jet, it's beautiful!' she exclaimed in a whisper. He took her left hand and placed it on her ring finger. He sighed with relief, "Thank goodness it fits!" Lily giggled and kissed him again. "I can't believe it. Thank you," she kissed him again. "Well, I was going to wait until New Years in New York, but honestly, I wanted to ask you months ago." He rose to his feet and took her hand, helping her to her feet. "How about we go back to New York today? We have been invited to spend Christmas Day with Jimmy and Cathy." Lily nodded. Nothing sounded more perfect than spending Christmas in New York right now. She looked back one last time at her home and hugged Jet tightly. "We have our own traditions to make, Firecracker. Let's get started."

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Author's note: AWWW YUSSS! Are you surprised?! Because I am surprised! The idea just came to me after my YouTube randomly put me on a wedding playlist uhuhuhuhhhh!

Now… TIME TO TRAVEL! OOOOPPPPS UNPREPARED ARRGHHHHH! Let me know whatcha think! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX