Tuesday morning brought with it Bell's face and the smell of a freshly brewed cuppa as had become a sort of ritual in the temple since Bell nearly always woke up before Keiichi.

"Ookini Bell, you know that you don't have to do this every morning."

Smiling Bell said, "I know but I like watching you sleep and wake up its very peaceful."

"Same as when I watch you sleep so perfectly peaceful you look like you don't have a care in the world."

This comment made Bell blush since she was not used to compliments she'd given out turned around and made into a compliment for her, she turned to look at Keiichi to realise that he was also beet red.

"So what do you have planned for today, since you don't have to go to college today?"

"Well I've got to go to the mall to order some parts for the sidecar, since that seat is getting a bit bare I don't know how you manage to sit in there with out hurting when you get out."

"Hehe I use a cushion," said Bell covering her mouth with her hand.

"That would explain it, I'm sorry Bell I neglected your comfort in it."

"It's ok Kei I know you've had other things more important to do than work on that."

"Anyway after that I've still got a couple of reports to write before I've properly finished college this year."

"Ok I was thinking of going out for a picnic for lunch do you think that you'll be back for that?"

"Definitely it shouldn't take me more than an hour at the mall and another 30 mins to replace the seat in the side care when I get back, and a picnic would be wonderful."

"Great I'll go and start getting everything ready for lunch then."

As we all know Bell is a fantastic cook and enjoys doing it so, it didn't surprise Keiichi in the slightest that she decided to start cooking lunch at 8:30am. As Keiichi dressed, he made sure that he had all the money that he was given by Urd and Skuld for the ring, as well as the money that he withdrew yesterday which he could now use to replace the seat in the sidecar for Bell.

"I'll be as quick as I can Bell this shouldn't take long."

"Ok I'll be missing you while you're away." (Sorry listening to Sting and The Police while writing this chapter).

Now given that, this is very early on a Tuesday morning and you would still expect rush hour traffic there was none and the road to the mall was clear like there was some form of divine intervention helping Keiichi get to that store to order that ring.

Once at the store Keiichi looks at his watch to see that he was 10 minutes early for the shop to be open, so he wonders around the mall doing some window-shopping to kill some time. As he was walking around he passed a bridal store with the most magnificent wedding dress that almost seemed to call to him in the way that it was lit giving it an angelic appearance. Embroided down the back of the dress were little figures that looked very much like Urd and Skuld, they were so lifelike that Keiichi could have sworn that he saw one of them blink.

 "Are you trying to give us away Urd?"

"What all I did was blink."

"Yes but Keiichi has had habit of noticing things that are out of place since we've started to live with him and big sis."

"What are we doing here anyway? We know which ring he is going to get for Bell we know how much its going to cost him; I just don't see any point in us been here."

"I wanted to make sure Keiichi didn't use the money we gave him on something else, that and I wanted to look at these dresses."

"Well I'm out of here I don't think that we need to worry about Keiichi he isn't smart enough to do anything stupid."

"Fine you go and watch TV I'm going to stay here and look at the dresses some more."

"Be careful the store opens in 5 minutes and you don't want to get caught in here."

Getting back just as the jewellery store opened Keiichi managed to find the person that helped him on the Saturday previously.

"Good morning sir how may I help you today?"

"I came in on Saturday and had a ring designed for me I would like to place an order for it today."

"Certainly sir may I have your name please."

"Morisato Keiichi"

"Ah yes the angel winged ring. Which metal did you want it in?"

"Platinum please."

"Ok sir how were you going to pay, did you want to pay by cash or card?"

"Cash if I'd still get the discount that brings the ring down to 122,000.00¥"

"Yes that's the figure I've got written down here for a cash payment, when would you like the ring to be ready by?"

"Is it possible to have it ready by 12 noon tomorrow so I can pick it up on my way back home from college?"

"No problem sir, when would you like to pay for it?"

"Now if that's possible please I don't fancy taking that much cash into college with me."

"Sure no problem."

Handing the money over to the shop assistant Keiichi started to look around the store thinking about the jewellery that Bell would be able to wear in a wedding dress. The sales assistant soon returned to Keiichi with his receipt for the ring and confirmed that it would be ready for him at 12 the next day. In addition, he had started the designer who had designed the ring on Saturday off on making the ring. After thinking the assistant for his help, Keiichi left the store and made his way to the bike shop to get a replacement seat for his sidecar.

"Morning Chihiro."

"What are you doing here Keiichi? You're not in work today."

"I need to get a replacement seat for my sidecar, for Bell because the one in there at the moment is worn out."

"Ah well you know where they are you can get it yourself."

"Thanks, I thought the motto of this company was the customer comes first."

"Well you work here so I can be insulting."

Deciding not rise to the challenge of having an all out insult match with Chihiro, Keiichi just went into the storeroom got the replacement seat that he needed paid for it and departed without any further insulting comments from Chihiro.

Traffic on the way back to the temple was as quiet as it was on the way to the mall so Keiichi was back home by 10am.

"Bell, I'm home."

Smiling Bell snuck up behind Keiichi and covered his eyes with her hands, "I know".

"You're in a really good mood Bell."

"Well you are back and I've finished cooking so I can help you with the sidecar."

"You know I love your company when I work on my bike."

"I know."

Working together, they managed to get the seat in the sidecar replaced in 20 minutes, making the time 10am, which was still slightly early to leave for a picnic so Bell and Keiichi, spent an hour walking through the forest at the back of the temple holding hands and enjoying the company of each other.

Mean while Urd was watching TV as usual for her but at least for a change she had not yet started drinking because once she started she didn't know when to stop. After nearly been caught inside the bridal store before opening hours Skuld had gone back to bed. Even Megumi hadn't been round that morning very quiet indeed, making sure that Bell and Keiichi got all the peace that they wanted.

Making it back to the temple by 11:00am Bell went to start packing the food that she had prepared earlier for their picnic, while she was doing this Keiichi went to the sitting room to talk to Urd.

"Um Urd can I have a word please?"

"Make it quick so you don't interrupt the show."

"Do you think that I should ask the Lord if he would mind if I asked Bell to marry me?"

"Oh I wouldn't worry about him, if he didn't want you and Bell together he would have stopped you two been together by now, however…"

"What Urd?"

"I'll phone Peorth to make sure that he isn't expecting anything like that."

"Thanks, anyway we're off talk to you later."

Making sure that they had everything that they could need for a picnic Bell and Keiichi got on the bike and left for the hills.

After finishing watching her show Urd made a phone call to Peorth.

"Hello Urd we weren't expecting you to phone in for a while yet."

"I'm only making this a short one, Keiichi is going to propose to Belldandy on Friday and he asked me if he needed to ask the Lord if he could marry her, so I need to know if he wants Keiichi to do that."

"Well, well, well Keiichi is finally going to propose to Belldandy, I'll check for you but I wouldn't have thought that the Lord would want that although I wouldn't be surprised if he calls on Keiichi before he does to see if he gets phased. I'll check for you and get back to you as soon as I can."

"Thanks Peorth."

That dealt with Urd went back to watching TV.

About midday, Skuld woke up and was upset with herself since she didn't like waking up late because it gave her less time to work on her bike. She had decided to keep the Ninja she had won because it matched one of her coats in colour.

The rest of the day was quiet and restful even for Keiichi and Bell who nearly always got disturbed because of something that Urd had done through the day so they managed to have a peaceful picnic together.

Later in the afternoon Peorth phoned back to confirm that the Lord didn't want Keiichi to ask him for permission to ask Bell to marry him, however she didn't say either way whether the Lord would drop in on Keiichi before Friday.

The rest of the day was uneventful, after dinner Keiichi went to do his essays for tomorrow as everyone else relaxed in the sitting room, ending what was a perfect day.