_-^-_ Chapter IV: Perfect _-^-_
~ 5 hours before ~
Aidan felt the warmth of Chloe's hand in his. It was welcomed warmth, one he looked forward to when they were old and gray. She sat there next to him, cuddled into his chest. She kept staring at the heart shaped diamond that sat on the white gold band of her ring. He had told her that that was his heart that sat on that ring and she should take good care of it. She had just smiled at the statement and kissed him once again.
He just stared down at her while her parents chatted about past things that had happened to their daughter in the front seat of their car. He would pick his car up later since he was going to be over at there home quite often and vice versa. Chloe's parents were very happy with the idea of their daughter getting married to Aidan, the Silver Cowboy as they had come to call him.
Aidan felt a jerk in the car and knew that they had parked. He followed Chloe out of the side door of the car, their hands still entwined. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder once they were both out of the vehicle, and that was how they presented themselves when they walked into Aidan's home.
They were met with multiple hugs from the occupants of the house. Aidan's parents were the first to congratulate them. They wrapped the engaged couple in one huge one and then followed with individual ones. They had known that Aidan was going to propose to Chloe for some time. It had been all too obvious. He had always been fiddling with that ring box and he had been reciting his proposal in his room for weeks.
"Oh, I'm so happy for the both of you," Aidan's mother said as she grasped Chloe, her eyes beginning to cloud over in tears.
"I'm proud of you Aid," Aidan's father said, clapping his son on the back.
"Thank you very much, Mr. and Mrs. Paige," Chloe said through the mess of embracing.
"Oh, dear don't be so formal. Call me Beth," Aidan's mother said waving off the 'Mrs.'.
"And call me Alex," Aidan's father said hugging Chloe as he said it.
"I'll remember next time. . . Beth and Alex," Chloe said shyly.
"CHLOE!!!" came a shout from behind the parents who had conjured in front of the couple in the front entrance.
A small girl began scrambling through the legs of the adults and then proceeded to run into the arms of the awaiting 18 year-old.
"Rebecca!"
Chloe hugged the 5 year old to her chest with their heads side by side. The two females had grown very close in the time that Aidan and Chloe had known each other. They had gone with each other almost everywhere they went. They would go shopping with one another; go to each other's birthday parties and everything else. Now they could do all that with one another all the time now that Chloe was to become part of the family.
"It's so good to see you again, baby girl," Chloe said hugging the child tighter.
"I missed you too Clo," said Rebecca innocently. "So now you going to be my sister?"
"Yeah, I will once me and your brother get married."
"YAY!"
Chloe set Rebecca on the ground and the child pulled her into the kitchen for something to drink. The two mothers followed leaving the men to themselves.
"So, how is this place holding up?" said Mr. Garnet trying to make conversation.
"Pretty good so far. We haven't lived in it for very long so I don't know if it will stay like this or not," Alex said.
As they were saying this, Aidan went to a nearby armchair and retrieved small silver orb that had three intricate lines etched on its surface. They were all next to one another and formed circles that overlapped other circles. It was quite beautiful sphere and Aidan loved this things. When he was stressed or needed to think, he would grab one of his eight orbs that he had obtained in a discount store, and he would just pass it back and forth from one hand to the other.
These orbs were one of the two reasons that the Garnet's and pretty much everyone else who knew him had started calling him the Silver Cowboy. The other reason being the fact that he usually got money from odd jobs that included manual labor; helping build houses, painting houses hauling large objects, thing of that nature. He had a good knack for it too because of the fact that he worked very hard at anything that he tried.
"Aid, are you listening?" his father's voice awoke Aidan from his thoughts.
He had just been absently passing the ball from one hand to the other as he thought of the origins of the Silver Cowboy. His father had been talking to him and he hadn't heard a word of what he had been saying.
"I'm sorry dad what did you say?" Aidan said, trying to make up for his wanderings.
"I said, have you heard about the new defensive line coach the Colts got?"
The next four hours were spent mostly with the men talking of sports and women while the females talked of wedding plans for Chloe and Aidan's wedding ceremony. They also ate dinner and spoke as a conjoined group as well. The day seemed to be going perfectly for Aidan; he had proposed to the love of his life and she had accepted, his family was incredibly happy that he was getting married to Chloe, as were the Garnets. Everyone was happy and laughing, cheerful and exuberant for the newly engaged couple. Everyone was happy and that made his life perfect.
At eleven, the Garnets decided that they should head back to their house and get some sleep for the morning, much to the protest of Chloe.
"Mom, can't I spend the night over here tonight? I have before, why now of all the days do you not let me sleep over?" Chloe whined to her mother.
"Hon, you need to get some sleep and I don't you'll get any here," her mother said, giving her a pointed look.
"We wouldn-"
"Clo, I think you should go home and sleep," Aidan said from behind her.
Chloe turned around and looked at her fiancée, pouting, "But Aid. . . "
"No buts. You mother's right. You wouldn't get any sleep here because we would be talking all night."
"Yeah alright, I'll go."
"Ok then, we'll be off bye," said Mrs. Garnet as her and her husband walked to their car, waving goodbye.
Chloe gave each of Aidan's parents a big hug before she left and bent down and hugged her soon to be sister as well. Then she turned to her fiancée.
"I really don't want to go," she said as they walked out to the front porch together, her head resting on his shoulder.
"I know I don't want you to go either. Bur you need some sleep and you won't get that here," Aidan said turning to Chloe.
Aidan stared into her cloudy blue eyes and felt that if he looked into those beautiful eyes long enough, that he could actually get lost in their entirety and no one would find him. Aidan tucked a loose strand of hair behind her right ear and cradled her head in his hand. He leaned in slowly and gently pressed his lips against hers in a soft kiss.
After a few seconds they pulled away from one another and pressed their foreheads together.
"I love you," Chloe said.
"I love you," Aidan said.
They stared into one another's eyes one last time. Then she walked back to her car and got into the backseat. As the car pulled away, Chloe looked one last time at Aidan and blew him a kiss. He played along and caught the kiss, putting it in his pocket for safekeeping. They locked eyes one last time. . .
Then the car was out of site and Aidan was left there standing in the middle of their front lawn, with a smile on his face. He knew at that moment that his life was utterly perfect.
_-^-_ Disclaimer: I do not own The Crow, James O'Barr does. _-^-_
~ 5 hours before ~
Aidan felt the warmth of Chloe's hand in his. It was welcomed warmth, one he looked forward to when they were old and gray. She sat there next to him, cuddled into his chest. She kept staring at the heart shaped diamond that sat on the white gold band of her ring. He had told her that that was his heart that sat on that ring and she should take good care of it. She had just smiled at the statement and kissed him once again.
He just stared down at her while her parents chatted about past things that had happened to their daughter in the front seat of their car. He would pick his car up later since he was going to be over at there home quite often and vice versa. Chloe's parents were very happy with the idea of their daughter getting married to Aidan, the Silver Cowboy as they had come to call him.
Aidan felt a jerk in the car and knew that they had parked. He followed Chloe out of the side door of the car, their hands still entwined. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder once they were both out of the vehicle, and that was how they presented themselves when they walked into Aidan's home.
They were met with multiple hugs from the occupants of the house. Aidan's parents were the first to congratulate them. They wrapped the engaged couple in one huge one and then followed with individual ones. They had known that Aidan was going to propose to Chloe for some time. It had been all too obvious. He had always been fiddling with that ring box and he had been reciting his proposal in his room for weeks.
"Oh, I'm so happy for the both of you," Aidan's mother said as she grasped Chloe, her eyes beginning to cloud over in tears.
"I'm proud of you Aid," Aidan's father said, clapping his son on the back.
"Thank you very much, Mr. and Mrs. Paige," Chloe said through the mess of embracing.
"Oh, dear don't be so formal. Call me Beth," Aidan's mother said waving off the 'Mrs.'.
"And call me Alex," Aidan's father said hugging Chloe as he said it.
"I'll remember next time. . . Beth and Alex," Chloe said shyly.
"CHLOE!!!" came a shout from behind the parents who had conjured in front of the couple in the front entrance.
A small girl began scrambling through the legs of the adults and then proceeded to run into the arms of the awaiting 18 year-old.
"Rebecca!"
Chloe hugged the 5 year old to her chest with their heads side by side. The two females had grown very close in the time that Aidan and Chloe had known each other. They had gone with each other almost everywhere they went. They would go shopping with one another; go to each other's birthday parties and everything else. Now they could do all that with one another all the time now that Chloe was to become part of the family.
"It's so good to see you again, baby girl," Chloe said hugging the child tighter.
"I missed you too Clo," said Rebecca innocently. "So now you going to be my sister?"
"Yeah, I will once me and your brother get married."
"YAY!"
Chloe set Rebecca on the ground and the child pulled her into the kitchen for something to drink. The two mothers followed leaving the men to themselves.
"So, how is this place holding up?" said Mr. Garnet trying to make conversation.
"Pretty good so far. We haven't lived in it for very long so I don't know if it will stay like this or not," Alex said.
As they were saying this, Aidan went to a nearby armchair and retrieved small silver orb that had three intricate lines etched on its surface. They were all next to one another and formed circles that overlapped other circles. It was quite beautiful sphere and Aidan loved this things. When he was stressed or needed to think, he would grab one of his eight orbs that he had obtained in a discount store, and he would just pass it back and forth from one hand to the other.
These orbs were one of the two reasons that the Garnet's and pretty much everyone else who knew him had started calling him the Silver Cowboy. The other reason being the fact that he usually got money from odd jobs that included manual labor; helping build houses, painting houses hauling large objects, thing of that nature. He had a good knack for it too because of the fact that he worked very hard at anything that he tried.
"Aid, are you listening?" his father's voice awoke Aidan from his thoughts.
He had just been absently passing the ball from one hand to the other as he thought of the origins of the Silver Cowboy. His father had been talking to him and he hadn't heard a word of what he had been saying.
"I'm sorry dad what did you say?" Aidan said, trying to make up for his wanderings.
"I said, have you heard about the new defensive line coach the Colts got?"
The next four hours were spent mostly with the men talking of sports and women while the females talked of wedding plans for Chloe and Aidan's wedding ceremony. They also ate dinner and spoke as a conjoined group as well. The day seemed to be going perfectly for Aidan; he had proposed to the love of his life and she had accepted, his family was incredibly happy that he was getting married to Chloe, as were the Garnets. Everyone was happy and laughing, cheerful and exuberant for the newly engaged couple. Everyone was happy and that made his life perfect.
At eleven, the Garnets decided that they should head back to their house and get some sleep for the morning, much to the protest of Chloe.
"Mom, can't I spend the night over here tonight? I have before, why now of all the days do you not let me sleep over?" Chloe whined to her mother.
"Hon, you need to get some sleep and I don't you'll get any here," her mother said, giving her a pointed look.
"We wouldn-"
"Clo, I think you should go home and sleep," Aidan said from behind her.
Chloe turned around and looked at her fiancée, pouting, "But Aid. . . "
"No buts. You mother's right. You wouldn't get any sleep here because we would be talking all night."
"Yeah alright, I'll go."
"Ok then, we'll be off bye," said Mrs. Garnet as her and her husband walked to their car, waving goodbye.
Chloe gave each of Aidan's parents a big hug before she left and bent down and hugged her soon to be sister as well. Then she turned to her fiancée.
"I really don't want to go," she said as they walked out to the front porch together, her head resting on his shoulder.
"I know I don't want you to go either. Bur you need some sleep and you won't get that here," Aidan said turning to Chloe.
Aidan stared into her cloudy blue eyes and felt that if he looked into those beautiful eyes long enough, that he could actually get lost in their entirety and no one would find him. Aidan tucked a loose strand of hair behind her right ear and cradled her head in his hand. He leaned in slowly and gently pressed his lips against hers in a soft kiss.
After a few seconds they pulled away from one another and pressed their foreheads together.
"I love you," Chloe said.
"I love you," Aidan said.
They stared into one another's eyes one last time. Then she walked back to her car and got into the backseat. As the car pulled away, Chloe looked one last time at Aidan and blew him a kiss. He played along and caught the kiss, putting it in his pocket for safekeeping. They locked eyes one last time. . .
Then the car was out of site and Aidan was left there standing in the middle of their front lawn, with a smile on his face. He knew at that moment that his life was utterly perfect.
_-^-_ Disclaimer: I do not own The Crow, James O'Barr does. _-^-_
