What I Came To Say

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The mornings sun was bright, Dana was seated at the patio table, Lou was quietly moving around in her playpen while Annie was pushing her doll in the swing. As she read over the newspaper she heard the door bell ring. "Annie, I'm going to get the door, I'll be right back"

Continuing to push her doll she simply answered back, "Okay, Mommy"

Dana walked into the kitchen and through the living room, she put her hand on the door knob and froze, was she prepared for what was about to happen? Why was she thinking? She didn't have time to think, her future depended on this. Her hand slowly moved around the knob, turning it, she took one last deep breath and opened the door.

For the longest time they both just looked at each other not quite sure of what to say or even how to say it. They just simply stepped forward and embraced each other, "I missed you" Dana whispered in his ear.

"I missed you too" He replied softly.

They both pulled apart and looked into each others eyes. "I've waited so long to say this to you".

"What?"

"I, um, I love you"

Dana breathed a sigh of relief, "Do you know how long I've waited to hear that?"

"Too long, baby, too long".

He stepped inside the door and shut it behind him, after all the whole neighborhood didn't have to know there business.

"I love you, Nick, more than I ever thought I could".

Nick smiled and stepped in closer to her, he gently wrapped his arms around her waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck, their lips softly brushed together, then Nick seized the moment and responded with a passionate, breathless kiss.

Dana took a step back, she noticed Annie standing in the door way of the kitchen. "Mommy?"

"What is it, sweetie?"

"Who's that?" She asked quietly

Dana smiled, she looked from Annie to Nick but, before she could speak, Nick did, "My name's Nick" he said smiling

"Are you my new Daddy?"

Dana held her arm out for Annie, "Nick is my friend, he's very special to me"

Annie wrapped her arm around Dana's waist, "Oh"

Nick lowered himself down the floor, "It would be okay with me, if you called me Daddy".

"Really?" Annie asked excited

"Yes, do you think it's okay If I ask your Mom, to marry me?"

"I think you should" Annie asked with a smile.

Dana was deeply touched, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. On some level she always knew that this would happen but, so perfectly she never would have dreamed. Nick got back up to his feet, he pulled a ring from his pocket and took Dana's left hand.

"Annie, and I want to know if you will marry me?"

Dana smiled, slight tears began to form in her eyes, "Yes" she finally breathed out.

Nick slipped the ring on her finger, then placed a light kiss on her lips. Everything was finally coming together, Dana was going to marry the love of her life, she had two beautiful daughters and now she and Nick were going to have a baby. What more could anyone on this earth ask for?

The silence was suddenly broken by Lou's cries, "I'll be right back"

A few seconds later Dana walked through the room carrying the baby, Nick rubbed his hand over the baby's head, "Hi, little one, I missed you too" Nick admitted. He then bent down and lifted Annie up from the floor and into his arms. "We're a family now, Annie, a really family.

Nick and Dana married two short months after he proposed, around six months later Dana gave birth to their first child, a son who they named Dashiell Rittenhouse Biancavilla.



The End!!

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