Disclaimer: I don't own any of them. If you guys recognize the line from "Miss Congeniality" I changed it around a bit but I still don't own it.
Jonathan smiled to himself at the thought of what was going to be happening today. When O'Connell had first come to him with the announcement that he wanted to marry Evy, he hadn't known whether or not he wanted to hug him or hit him. He knew that O'Connell loved his baby sister. There was no doubt in his mind about that. And O'Connell had already proved himself worthy of her, which no ordinary man could do. Jonathan chuckled to himself at the thought of what Evy's face was going to look like when O'Connell proposed later on that night. It would be priceless.
" What are you laughing about?" Evelyn asked her brother who had been grinning like an idiot since that morning.
" Oh nothing Ol'Mum. Just thinking about that lovely dancer girl who was in my company last night."
" Please Jonathan, I would rather kiss Imhotep again than hear about your night life." Evelyn responded abruptly. " I can't imagine where Rick has gone off to." She questioned as she looked out the window to the streets below.
" Oh, he said he had an errand to run and that he would be back later." Jonathan responded, knowing full well where O'Connell had gone, to get Evy's engagement ring. A solid gold ring crafted from one of the smaller artifacts from Hamanaptra.
" What sort of errand?" Evelyn pried.
" I haven't the faintest. And since when did you become such a brown noser? It's not like you two are married or anything." Jonathan was a great liar and loved, like any older brother, to tease his younger sister. And when the opportunity arose to do so, he took it. And now, was the perfect opportunity.
" I was just wondering that's all." Came the bristly reply from the blushing Evelyn.
" You love him." Jonathan teased, " You think he's handsome. You want to marry him." Jonathan was living this up for all it was worth.
" Jonathan! I can't… you little… just… oh sod off!" Evelyn finally managed to get out as she glared over at her brother. She couldn't believe that he had just said those things. " My personal feelings for Rick are none of your business.
" I'm your older brother Evy, that makes them my business. It's my right." Evelyn just continued to glare at him and then went back to the book she had been reading before she had been interrupted by Jonathan's chuckling. A few minutes later Rick arrived and they all went out to dinner.
During dinner, Jonathan could hardly keep a straight face. It got so bad, that it took all of Rick's self control not to kick him under the table. When they returned to the house, Jonathan once again headed out to the bars and Rick went upstairs for a few minutes. When he came back down he found Evelyn standing by one of the windows looking out. He went to go stand behind her and wrapped one arm around her waist. With the other he took her left hand and placed a golden ring on her ring finger. Evelyn, lost in his arms and lost in her own thought didn't notice anything until Rick said,
" So when do you wanna get married?" Evelyn looked down at her left hand. For the first time noticing the unfamiliar object on one of her fingers. She quickly turned around to find Rick with a sly grin on his face. Evelyn's mouth was open; she was to shocked and surprised to speak. The nerve of him. He hadn't even asked her to marry him. Just simply when. But she was overjoyed because she wanted to marry him. She loved him so very much and knew that she was still falling in love with him. Finally, her mouth began to voice her words.
" Pretty sure of yourself aren't you Richard?" She raised an eyebrow at him and waited for his reply. Happy to find him at a loss for words, she took a step closer to him. He intern took a step back. The look on her face made him fear what she could do to him. " What makes you think that after a proposal like that that I would even think about getting married to you. No, wait a minute. That wasn't even a proposal. Because a proposal is when a man asks a woman to marry him. Not when they should get married. And so Mr. O'Connell are you asking me to marry you?" She had backed against the opposite wall by now.
" I… um... you..." Rick stuttered.
" If so…" Evelyn cut him off with a sharpness that he didn't know that she use. She leaned he face in closer to his also pressing her body against his as well. Rick couldn't tell if this was a good sign or a bad one. Because she could be trying to fool him by thinking that she was going to say yes, which is what his body was doing, or say no with her mouth. " …I accept."