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"Jordyn," Seth nuzzles my neck in the early hours of the morning as we lay in our bed naked together in our hotel room in the Keys. It is our last and final day here it has been amazing to say the least. We came for 3 days and every day we did something fun, something amazing that he planned out. The first day we spent it out on the water fishing, we rented a boat and we took it out for the day and did some fishing, I probably did much better fishing than he did. He may have caught one fish while I caught several he didn't know I used to go fishing when I was a little girl with my dad so I have a little bit of experience with it. It was fun to say the least. We also just enjoyed the boat together, enjoying our time on the open seas, taking in the fresh breeze off the sea. We enjoyed the adult conversation we had while enjoying our time on the sea. The next day we went snorkeling it was probably one of my favorite parts of our beautiful trip. I enjoyed seeing all the tropical and colorful fish in the sea as we got into the ocean with them. It was really beautiful. Seth and I holding hands as we went under the water looking at sting rays, tropical and colorful fish. He definitely gets points from me for that. He followed it up last night with a nice romantic dinner on the rooftop of our hotel as the sun was setting in the sky. We enjoyed our meal of Cajun salmon, sea scallops and crab legs in the romantic setting from the nature around us we followed dinner up by watching a little bit of a movie in our room before we ended the night making love to each other into the early hours of the morning, probably less than two hours ago. I let out a groan as he nuzzles my neck, his firm chest against my back.
"I'm tired," I groan. "I'm not ready to get up. Wake me up when the sun is out," I say.
"If we wait till the sun is out then we'll be too late for what I have planned for today, I need you to get up and get ready," he says softly before kissing my neck. "I have a beautiful day planned for our last day here."
"I'm sure you do but does it have to start now," I say with my eyes closed and my head on the pillow as his soft fingertips trace my body making me smile in my sleepy state.
"Yes, it has to start soon," he says with a smile in his voice. I turn to face him and smile when I see his beautiful face. He looks so carefree, so wild and sleep deprived. "I had fun with you last night," he says with a smile.
"I had a lot of fun with you too," I smile before I kiss his lips softly. "I love you so much."
"I love you too," he says with a smile and I get butterflies in my stomach. He can still give me butterflies every time he looks at me or smiles at me after all these months of us being together. "You look beautiful you know that right?" he asks.
"Thank-you," I smile. "I think you look beautiful too," I say as I trace his hairy chest with my fingertip. "Does it all really have to end today? I'm not ready to go back to Tampa and face life again."
"Sadly," he says with a smile. "But today is going to be the best day of all."
"Is it really?" I ask, "then why are we up before the sun? We barely even slept," I say biting my lip.
"We did have a late night," he says with a smile, "and I enjoyed every minute of it."
"Have you even slept?" I ask because he looks like he hasn't slept at all. His eyes are full of tiredness and his voice full of tiredness. "You don't look like you have."
"I haven't," he says with a smile as he brushes a piece of my dark hair out of my face. "I've been watching you sleep."
"That sounds all kinds of creepy, Seth," I say with a joking tone.
"It's not even like that, Baby," he says making me smile, "It's just I couldn't sleep. I am too excited and anxious for today. I couldn't sleep."
"Today must be pretty special," I say with a smile. "I mean if you couldn't sleep because you're so anxious about it but why so early?"
"It's all a part of the plan," he says. "You'll see. Do you want to take a shower before we get out of this hotel room?"
"Do you want to take a shower with me?" I ask with a smile.
"Tempting," he says with a smile, "but I am going to pass. I have to get things ready, can I get a raincheck?"
"I guess," I say, "whatever you're planning must be pretty special," I say as I sit up. "Especially since you have me up this early."
"You'll see," he says before I lean down and give him a soft kiss on the lips. "Go get a shower, Baby."
"Okay," I say with a smile before I get out of bed and walk to the bathroom to get a shower leaving Seth to do whatever it is he needs to do. I don't know what he has planned but it's something special because we are never up this early unless I was working or Jonah woke us up which doesn't happen that much anymore because he's been sleeping later in the morning since he started preschool a couple months ago. It's been pretty good to sleep past 6 am they must really tire him out. I turn the water on in the bathroom and make sure it's cold to keep me awake during Seth's big ordeal. As I let the water hit me in the shower I wonder what he could possibly be up to. I have a few ideas but I'm not entirely sure but the anticipation is making me as anxious as he was that he couldn't even sleep.
When I get out of the shower I wrap my towel around me, brush my teeth and make my way to the bedroom surprised to not see Seth in the room any longer. I let out a sigh as I walk over to the bed where there is a dress laid across our bed. It's a beautiful dress, a white halter sundress, I pick it up off the bed and smile at the note from Seth saying, "I will be back for you. Put this on it's perfect for you and perfect for this morning. I love you." I smile as I take the dress and put it on and he wasn't lying it feels perfect and it looks perfect. I brush my hair out and braid it off to the side before putting on makeup and putting in a pair of hoop earrings. I smile at myself in the mirror and I look good, the mascara making my eyelashes much longer and the eyeliner bringing out my dark brown eyes. I smile as Seth comes into the room. "Hey, Baby," I say.
"Hey," he says as he smiles at me. "You look beautiful," he says before he kisses my cheek softly.
"Thank-you," I say with a smile. "You look good," I say with a smile as he is dressed in an orange polo shirt and a pair of khaki shorts with his hair pulled into a ponytail. I never see him in anything but black. Black is his color and he rarely wears anything else. "This must be special, you're not wearing black."
"Black is for funerals," he says with a smile, "what we're doing is a happier occasion it requires something other than black."
"And you're wearing a polo, you NEVER wear polos, Babe," I point out because he's not preppy by any means. He wears t-shirts most of the time and skin tight jeans or pants. His shirts usually represent one of his favorite bands but never anything like a polo. "You look good when you clean up."
"Thanks, Baby," he smiles before he kisses my lips softly. "You like my new look, should I dress like this all the time?"
"No while you look good now, I prefer your black band t-shirts that's more you than anything but dressing up on a special occasion is good too."
"That's why I did it," he smiles, "are you ready to go?"
"What about breakfast? I'm hungry."
"That's all a part of the plan," he says, "come on if you're ready."
"I have to get shoes on first," I say with a smile. He allows me to get my flip flops to put on. "You know you're not Roman you don't have to be romantic," I say.
"Well, how romantic can Roman possibly be when he cheated on his wife with their adoption counselor," he says. "I don't think he's THAT romantic."
"The guy's got skills," I say. "You can't deny that."
"I guess," he says, "but I am not trying to be him. I'm trying to be me and give you the best last day here in the keys that I can."
"I'm sure you already have," I say with a smile, "Ready?"
"Ready," he says with a smile before we walk to the door. He opens it for me and we step out into the hotel hallway toward the elevator and make our way down to the lobby so we can begin whatever it is he has planned. We step outside and I am expecting our car to be there but it's not. "We're walking," he says, "we're going to the beach."
"Sounds good," I say, "but it's barely even daylight out."
"But it will be," he says with a smile, "let's go," he says taking my hand and lacing our fingers together. I smile up at him as he smiles at me as we venture into the early morning hours. The sunrise is almost here as the night sky gives away to the daytime sky and the birds are awake, chirping away singing their songs of happiness. There's a slight breeze giving off a little coolness but not too cold just cool enough that Seth breaks our hold of our hands and wraps his arms around me to keep me warm as we make our way to the beach.
As we get to the beach he allows me to get on his back so I don't have to walk through the sand to get wherever it is we are going. I wrap my arms around his neck and giggle like a school girl as he carries me on his back like I am a small child. "What are you doing?" I ask.
"Taking you to where I want you," he says as I can tell he is smiling as he walks down the beach. The seagulls are in full force as they try to get whatever they can from the beach that washed up on shore when the tide came in. The beautiful blue and green ocean waves crash down in the distance, it's so peaceful and quiet as we are the only two on the beach. He takes me further down the beach on this back toward the water and I have no idea what is going on. Everything looks so beautiful as night turns into day slowly, nature is waking up around us it's just the perfect atmosphere and I appreciate it. "It's beautiful isn't it?" he asks.
"What is?"
"Nature, life," he answers. "It's all beautiful right?"
"Very," I say with a smile as I admire nature's beauty. "I love the ocean, Seth."
"Me too, it's like life; unpredictable and beautiful," he says making me smile. I don't disagree with him. Life is like the ocean, you never know what's going to happen yet it's so beautiful, beyond beautiful. "I used to wish I could go to the beach as a little boy but never really got much of a chance. I spent my summers in the river rather than the ocean it just wasn't the same and the first time I put my feet in the ocean I was in love," he says as we get down toward the water where he puts me down on my feet and takes my hand again as we walk along the water. "Just like you," he says with a smile as the sun is beginning to rise, the orange and pink reflecting off the sea as daylight comes to life behind us as we stopped. "Jordyn," he says with a smile as he stands in front of me. "I don't know how I got so lucky to know you or even meet you but I am thankful every day that you came into my life even if we waited a little bit to get started it was well worth the wait in the wait you became my best friend and Jonah became my little buddy but during that wait I began to fall in love with you. I thought and still think you're the most beautiful girl in the world. I think you're an amazing mother and an amazing girlfriend but on top of it all I think you're the strongest woman I have ever met, a warrior that battles her demons every day, stands tall against her past circumstances. You once thought I would love you less because of what you did and who you were but the truth is I loved you more, more because you were stronger than your past, better than your past and a fighter against your past. You defeated the odds as they were against you and turned yourself into this beautiful smart woman that stands before me today. I love you so much Jordyn. The last few months with you have been wonderful, they have been perfect. I love waking up to you every day, talking to you every day and most importantly I love going to bed with you every night. I know our lives are about to change in a big way and that things will be tough at first but no matter where I am I am going to be thinking about you and loving you. I will love you forever, Jordyn," he says with as I have tears in my eyes. "The day you came into my life was just the beginning and I want to see the ending, I want to see the ending with you, the ending of our lives together. I want to be with you forever," he says before he drops down to one knee in front of me as the sun continues to rise in the background as he pulls out a small box before taking my hand. He opens the box exposing a beautiful diamond ring that sparkles in the coming of daylight. I look into his deep brown eyes and see the tears forming. "Jordyn I want to spend the rest of my life with you, grow old with you, have a couple of kids with you but most importantly love you the rest of my life. I want you to be more than an amazing mom and an amazing girlfriend, I want you to be an amazing wife, will you marry me?" he asks in the perfect beautiful moment, tears fall from my eyes as I nod my head at his question.
"Yes," I finally say through my tears, "I'll marry you!" I say with excitement. "I'll marry you," I say as he takes off the promise ring he gave me and replaces it with the beautiful diamond ring.
"I love you, Jordyn," he says with a smile as he stands up before me. I throw my arms around his neck as he wraps his arms around my waist.
"I love you, Seth," I say with a smile before he kisses my lips softly but passionately as the day time sky fully appears behind us and the sun begins to take its place in the sky ready to start our new life's adventure of being engaged to be married. We break our kiss and make our way to the beach where Seth has a private breakfast set up for us under a small canopy. He pulls my chair out for me and I take a seat before he sits across from me. We enjoy our breakfast of fruit, eggs, bacon and sausage with orange juice as the waves crash down in the distance, Seth did not lie our last day in the Keys will be a day I never forget because of how special our morning began when he asked me to be his wife. I couldn't be happier as my life is finally falling into place after years of agony and defeat, I am victorious in my life against the person I used to be and the life I leave behind to start a new life with Seth.
*A/N: What do you think? Should I keep going, are you still interested in Seth's and Jordyn's story? Not too much to ask but what did you think of their morning together and Seth's proposal? What do you think of the words he said to her? Please review and thank-you for reading.