I am so sorry that this is later. I have had school start up again and
working on another story at the same time I was trying to finish this one.
One more chapter after this. We're going to make it. I won't keep you.
On to the story.
Unlucky Hand chapter 16: Not Another one?!
Wolfsong
It had been five days since Carlos and Trent had been found in the warehouse. Carlos was all better except for a slight headache now and then. Trent had been released from the hospital the day he had arrived. The doctors said it would be awhile before all of the gashes would heal, but he could go about a normal day.
The wedding was in just six days. Everyone was working hard on final preparations and it seemed as though the weather was going to stay warm and hold out until after the wedding. Sydney and Gage had both asked the Walkers for the ceremony to be performed on the ranch as well as the reception. Of course, the Walkers agreed.
* * * * *
It was Thursday, just three more days. Kim, Trent, and Carlos agreed to come over and help around the ranch that afternoon. They also agreed to bring snacks for the picnic. After re-mulching around the front of the house everyone decided to take a quick swim. Gage, Carlos and Trent were emptying their pockets by the kitchen counter, when a piece of paper fell out of Trent's hands.
"What's that?" Gage asked picking it up.
"I don't know." Trent confessed.
Gage unfolded it. "It looks like a letter."
"That looks like your handwriting, Trent. When was the last time you wore those jeans?" Carlos asked inspecting the paper.
"I don't know. Read part of it."
Carlos took it and began reading it. "Dear Kim,...Hey it's to Kim." Carlos announced then continued. "as I sit here all the pain in my body leaves..."
Trent faded into the memory. That was the letter he had wrote for Kim while being held captive at the warehouse. He had forgotten it. Before Carlos could finish it, he snatched it out of his hand.
"I just have one question to ask...Hey! Trent! What are you doing?"
"Don't worry about it, Carlos. I wrote that in the cell, remember. I wasn't all there."
"You sounded pretty well there to me." Gage added.
"Same here, Trent." Carlos nagged. "What was your 'one question'?"
Trent stood there a minute thinking. Carlos was his best friend and he was close to Gage now. His friends would understand. He handed Carlos back the letter. Carlos read the last line. "Will you marry me?" Carlos took a moment to make sure he read it right. "Trent, are you going to ask Kim to marry you?"
"I don't know. I love her, and she was all I could think about at the warehouse. I mean...I've been thinking about it since she got shot and all and we started going out...it just seems so right...but," he looked at Gage, who just stared back. "But Gage and Sydney are getting married and I don't want to rain on your parade.'
"Trent, you won't." Gage reassured him. "Is this why you wanted to know if I was going to ask her on New Year's Eve?" Trent shook his head. "Just go ask her. Show her this." Gage commanded handing him the note. "Nothing could rain on my parade. I'm marrying Sydney! Nothing could ruin that, unless she didn't want to go through with it."
"I see your point." Trent grabbed his jacket and pulled something out.
"Well, you've got the ring." Carlos said as they looked over the ring. "Go do it. Before one of you gets hurt again."
"As long as Gage doesn't find some way to blow up his car and our tuxes, I think we'll be fine." Trent took the ring out of its case and folded the letter. He put both in the front pocket of a sleeveless shirt and joined the others outside.
Alex, Kim, Sydney, and Erika were waiting by the pond with Walker and Trivette worked on the hamburgers. They all noticed that the three men didn't have on trunks. "Guys, are you just going to go swimming in you jeans?" Alex laughed.
Sydney stood up and hugged Gage tightly. "Hey, you look nice, stranger. Have we met before?"
"I don't think so." He picked her up and threw her in the water. Carlos ran, grabbed Alex and Erika and jumped in.
"Look at those people." Kim wrapped her arms around Trent's neck. "They're crazy."
"Yeah. Look at the bunch we've gotten mixed up with."
"They're fun." she rubbed the cross around his neck. "You look so good in jeans and a cut off shirt."
"Why thank you. You look cute in that...shirt. Why are you only wearing a shirt?"
"I have my bathing suit on underneath." She pulled the shirt over her head revealing a light blue swim suit.
"Wow! Nice, Kim!" Trent's jaw almost fell off.
"Cool your jets, boy." She took him by the hand and they jumped in leaving their shirts behind.
"It's about time you love birds joined in!" Carlos yelled. Trent started swimming after him. The two fought in the water, turning over and over.
"Alright you two, break it up." The two turned and grabbed Alex as soon as she said that. Walker, Kim and Sydney soon joined and the only two not in the ruckus was Erika and Trivette who were finishing the hamburgers.
"Hey, guys, if you want your hamburgers still warm, you had better get them now." Trivette and Erika took their own and sat at a picnic table. Carlos was the first to get out of the water. Gage and Sydney moved themselves under a shade tree.
Trent and Kim got theirs and while Trent got them something to drink, Kim laid out a blanket in the sun. When he brought the two lemonades, he noticed something. "Kim, why are you wearing my shirt?"
"Because it's nice and comfy." she tossed him a playful smile. They had finished their lunch and Trent had relaxed by laying down on his side. As he looked up at her, he thought about the contents of the shirt she was wearing. Little did she know, that shirt held their future. He thought about what Carlos and Gage had said, and how he felt being with her. He took another second to clear his troat. "Kim,...I need to get something out of that front pocket."
"Okay. Do you want me to get it?"
"No!" he muffled the scream. "I got it." He reached in and grabbed the ring and paper. She watched him unfold it. "Kim, I want you to read this." He quickly marked out the last line. That was something he wanted her to hear, not read.
She took the paper from him and read it. "...One who is willing to love a mere man like me...Only God will be the one who could stop me loving you...you are my everything...I have just one question...Trent," he raised his head. "What's your question?"
He looked deeply into her eyes, took her hand, slipped the ring on and said, "Kim, I love you. I love the way you make me feel when you're around. You make me feel so alive. You give me hope and strength. I never want to leave your side. Kim, I want you to stay with me until God takes us home. And I hope that day doesn't come too soon. Will you merry me?"
"Yes!" she started crying. She leaned over and kissed him fiercely. "Oh, Trent, I love you so much. Yes!" By this time everyone had figured out what was being unfolded in front of them.
Kim and Trent got up and ran over to the rest. "He did it!" Carlos screamed. "You did it!" They ran up to the small group of friends, Trent stopping to hug his best friend. Kim showed the other ladies her rock, and the four began comparing.
"Good job, Trent." Gage shook his hand then looked at Sydney. "We both got what we wanted."
"Yes we did."
"Looks like you're going to be making some wedding plans soon." Walker hugged the young man. He looked at him real fatherly like and said, "Your father would be proud of you."
"He is."
"So...when's the wedding?" Trivette asked shaking Trent's hand.
"I have no idea." Kim leaned up and kissed Trent. She stood with her back against him and he wrapped his arms around her. She was still in his shirt. He thought 'I can't wait to see her every morning from now on.'
Trivette walked over to Carlos. "You think 'this' is what both were talking about on New Year's?"
"Quite possible, my friend. Quite possible." Carlos chuckled. The rest of the day the happy group finished with preparations for the first wedding.
Back at Trent's place that evening.
"So when are we going to have the wedding?" Kim had gotten out her date book to see what days they didn't work cases.
"Soon. The sooner the better." He leaned over and kissed her neck.
"But when, Trent? We need to figure out a day." She flashed him a serious grin. "Gage and Sydney are getting married on the 28th. Next month is February. A wedding in February. Yeah, Trent."
"Yeah." She ran into the kitchen where he was getting a glass of water. "Let's get marred in February."
"Okay...I have a better idea...let's get married on Valentines's Day, that way our honeymoon lands on the most romantic day of the year."
"Um...Trent...I like that idea. And it gives us time to get everything ready. Plus, Gage and Sydney said they were going on a short honeymoon. They'll have time to get back."
"Do you know where they're going?" Kim shook her head no. "I do." He moved to the couch.
"And I bet you're not going to tell me, either."
"You got that right, little darling." He pulled her onto his lap and kissed her.
"Um...I love it when you kiss me." They stayed like that for awhile. "We need to get invitations and send them out. Hey...is your mom, brother and sister gonna come? I haven't seen them forever."
"I need to call them. I haven't seen them since Thanksgiving. They'll be so shocked."
"Yep. You're family's cool."
"Thanks." he smiled. "My brother asked me once... 'so, Trent when you ever gonna settle down?'"
"Your brother asked that!?"
"I think Mom put him up to it." He thought a moment. "I know it's late, and they just got home from vacation and all, but, I have to tell them." Kim got up and grabbed the cordless phone. "Thanks...It's ringing...Hi, Mom, it's Trent...no I'm fine...it's nice to hear from you...did you have fun while you were away?...Good...hey, Mom, I've got some good news...get Tommy and Sarah on the phone..." Trent waited. "Hey, Tommy, Sarah."
"What's the good news, bro?" Tommy asked.
"You guys remember Kim, from work...I asked her this afternoon...of course she said yes...no, I didn't drag her into it, Tommy...yeah, here she is..." Trent handed her the phone.
"Hey, Tommy, Mr. Malloy, Sarah,...no, I said yes of my own free will...yeah, Trent's a great guy...well, we just wanted to tell you the good news...alright...we love you too and we'll call you to talk more...bye." Kim hung up the phone then sat back down on Trent's lap. "Your mom sounds so happy."
"Look who she's getting as a daughter-in-law."
"Trent!"
"What!? It's true!" Trent smiled at her. She stood, grabbed her purse, and headed towards the door.
"Kim, where are you going?!" Trent got up and followed her.
"I have to get home, Trent. You know that." She looked at him and could see the question in his eyes. "Trent."
He hushed her. "I know...I know." He leaned in and took her to himself. "I love you."
"I love you more."
"I love you the most. I'll see you tomorrow."
"'Night, my love." Kim left Trent's apartment, knowing that soon she would never leave at night without him.
End chapter 16. 17 coming right after this. The next chap is the end. Sorry I can't remember what Trent's sister's name is. This should do for now. If I find it different, I'll change it.
Unlucky Hand chapter 16: Not Another one?!
Wolfsong
It had been five days since Carlos and Trent had been found in the warehouse. Carlos was all better except for a slight headache now and then. Trent had been released from the hospital the day he had arrived. The doctors said it would be awhile before all of the gashes would heal, but he could go about a normal day.
The wedding was in just six days. Everyone was working hard on final preparations and it seemed as though the weather was going to stay warm and hold out until after the wedding. Sydney and Gage had both asked the Walkers for the ceremony to be performed on the ranch as well as the reception. Of course, the Walkers agreed.
* * * * *
It was Thursday, just three more days. Kim, Trent, and Carlos agreed to come over and help around the ranch that afternoon. They also agreed to bring snacks for the picnic. After re-mulching around the front of the house everyone decided to take a quick swim. Gage, Carlos and Trent were emptying their pockets by the kitchen counter, when a piece of paper fell out of Trent's hands.
"What's that?" Gage asked picking it up.
"I don't know." Trent confessed.
Gage unfolded it. "It looks like a letter."
"That looks like your handwriting, Trent. When was the last time you wore those jeans?" Carlos asked inspecting the paper.
"I don't know. Read part of it."
Carlos took it and began reading it. "Dear Kim,...Hey it's to Kim." Carlos announced then continued. "as I sit here all the pain in my body leaves..."
Trent faded into the memory. That was the letter he had wrote for Kim while being held captive at the warehouse. He had forgotten it. Before Carlos could finish it, he snatched it out of his hand.
"I just have one question to ask...Hey! Trent! What are you doing?"
"Don't worry about it, Carlos. I wrote that in the cell, remember. I wasn't all there."
"You sounded pretty well there to me." Gage added.
"Same here, Trent." Carlos nagged. "What was your 'one question'?"
Trent stood there a minute thinking. Carlos was his best friend and he was close to Gage now. His friends would understand. He handed Carlos back the letter. Carlos read the last line. "Will you marry me?" Carlos took a moment to make sure he read it right. "Trent, are you going to ask Kim to marry you?"
"I don't know. I love her, and she was all I could think about at the warehouse. I mean...I've been thinking about it since she got shot and all and we started going out...it just seems so right...but," he looked at Gage, who just stared back. "But Gage and Sydney are getting married and I don't want to rain on your parade.'
"Trent, you won't." Gage reassured him. "Is this why you wanted to know if I was going to ask her on New Year's Eve?" Trent shook his head. "Just go ask her. Show her this." Gage commanded handing him the note. "Nothing could rain on my parade. I'm marrying Sydney! Nothing could ruin that, unless she didn't want to go through with it."
"I see your point." Trent grabbed his jacket and pulled something out.
"Well, you've got the ring." Carlos said as they looked over the ring. "Go do it. Before one of you gets hurt again."
"As long as Gage doesn't find some way to blow up his car and our tuxes, I think we'll be fine." Trent took the ring out of its case and folded the letter. He put both in the front pocket of a sleeveless shirt and joined the others outside.
Alex, Kim, Sydney, and Erika were waiting by the pond with Walker and Trivette worked on the hamburgers. They all noticed that the three men didn't have on trunks. "Guys, are you just going to go swimming in you jeans?" Alex laughed.
Sydney stood up and hugged Gage tightly. "Hey, you look nice, stranger. Have we met before?"
"I don't think so." He picked her up and threw her in the water. Carlos ran, grabbed Alex and Erika and jumped in.
"Look at those people." Kim wrapped her arms around Trent's neck. "They're crazy."
"Yeah. Look at the bunch we've gotten mixed up with."
"They're fun." she rubbed the cross around his neck. "You look so good in jeans and a cut off shirt."
"Why thank you. You look cute in that...shirt. Why are you only wearing a shirt?"
"I have my bathing suit on underneath." She pulled the shirt over her head revealing a light blue swim suit.
"Wow! Nice, Kim!" Trent's jaw almost fell off.
"Cool your jets, boy." She took him by the hand and they jumped in leaving their shirts behind.
"It's about time you love birds joined in!" Carlos yelled. Trent started swimming after him. The two fought in the water, turning over and over.
"Alright you two, break it up." The two turned and grabbed Alex as soon as she said that. Walker, Kim and Sydney soon joined and the only two not in the ruckus was Erika and Trivette who were finishing the hamburgers.
"Hey, guys, if you want your hamburgers still warm, you had better get them now." Trivette and Erika took their own and sat at a picnic table. Carlos was the first to get out of the water. Gage and Sydney moved themselves under a shade tree.
Trent and Kim got theirs and while Trent got them something to drink, Kim laid out a blanket in the sun. When he brought the two lemonades, he noticed something. "Kim, why are you wearing my shirt?"
"Because it's nice and comfy." she tossed him a playful smile. They had finished their lunch and Trent had relaxed by laying down on his side. As he looked up at her, he thought about the contents of the shirt she was wearing. Little did she know, that shirt held their future. He thought about what Carlos and Gage had said, and how he felt being with her. He took another second to clear his troat. "Kim,...I need to get something out of that front pocket."
"Okay. Do you want me to get it?"
"No!" he muffled the scream. "I got it." He reached in and grabbed the ring and paper. She watched him unfold it. "Kim, I want you to read this." He quickly marked out the last line. That was something he wanted her to hear, not read.
She took the paper from him and read it. "...One who is willing to love a mere man like me...Only God will be the one who could stop me loving you...you are my everything...I have just one question...Trent," he raised his head. "What's your question?"
He looked deeply into her eyes, took her hand, slipped the ring on and said, "Kim, I love you. I love the way you make me feel when you're around. You make me feel so alive. You give me hope and strength. I never want to leave your side. Kim, I want you to stay with me until God takes us home. And I hope that day doesn't come too soon. Will you merry me?"
"Yes!" she started crying. She leaned over and kissed him fiercely. "Oh, Trent, I love you so much. Yes!" By this time everyone had figured out what was being unfolded in front of them.
Kim and Trent got up and ran over to the rest. "He did it!" Carlos screamed. "You did it!" They ran up to the small group of friends, Trent stopping to hug his best friend. Kim showed the other ladies her rock, and the four began comparing.
"Good job, Trent." Gage shook his hand then looked at Sydney. "We both got what we wanted."
"Yes we did."
"Looks like you're going to be making some wedding plans soon." Walker hugged the young man. He looked at him real fatherly like and said, "Your father would be proud of you."
"He is."
"So...when's the wedding?" Trivette asked shaking Trent's hand.
"I have no idea." Kim leaned up and kissed Trent. She stood with her back against him and he wrapped his arms around her. She was still in his shirt. He thought 'I can't wait to see her every morning from now on.'
Trivette walked over to Carlos. "You think 'this' is what both were talking about on New Year's?"
"Quite possible, my friend. Quite possible." Carlos chuckled. The rest of the day the happy group finished with preparations for the first wedding.
Back at Trent's place that evening.
"So when are we going to have the wedding?" Kim had gotten out her date book to see what days they didn't work cases.
"Soon. The sooner the better." He leaned over and kissed her neck.
"But when, Trent? We need to figure out a day." She flashed him a serious grin. "Gage and Sydney are getting married on the 28th. Next month is February. A wedding in February. Yeah, Trent."
"Yeah." She ran into the kitchen where he was getting a glass of water. "Let's get marred in February."
"Okay...I have a better idea...let's get married on Valentines's Day, that way our honeymoon lands on the most romantic day of the year."
"Um...Trent...I like that idea. And it gives us time to get everything ready. Plus, Gage and Sydney said they were going on a short honeymoon. They'll have time to get back."
"Do you know where they're going?" Kim shook her head no. "I do." He moved to the couch.
"And I bet you're not going to tell me, either."
"You got that right, little darling." He pulled her onto his lap and kissed her.
"Um...I love it when you kiss me." They stayed like that for awhile. "We need to get invitations and send them out. Hey...is your mom, brother and sister gonna come? I haven't seen them forever."
"I need to call them. I haven't seen them since Thanksgiving. They'll be so shocked."
"Yep. You're family's cool."
"Thanks." he smiled. "My brother asked me once... 'so, Trent when you ever gonna settle down?'"
"Your brother asked that!?"
"I think Mom put him up to it." He thought a moment. "I know it's late, and they just got home from vacation and all, but, I have to tell them." Kim got up and grabbed the cordless phone. "Thanks...It's ringing...Hi, Mom, it's Trent...no I'm fine...it's nice to hear from you...did you have fun while you were away?...Good...hey, Mom, I've got some good news...get Tommy and Sarah on the phone..." Trent waited. "Hey, Tommy, Sarah."
"What's the good news, bro?" Tommy asked.
"You guys remember Kim, from work...I asked her this afternoon...of course she said yes...no, I didn't drag her into it, Tommy...yeah, here she is..." Trent handed her the phone.
"Hey, Tommy, Mr. Malloy, Sarah,...no, I said yes of my own free will...yeah, Trent's a great guy...well, we just wanted to tell you the good news...alright...we love you too and we'll call you to talk more...bye." Kim hung up the phone then sat back down on Trent's lap. "Your mom sounds so happy."
"Look who she's getting as a daughter-in-law."
"Trent!"
"What!? It's true!" Trent smiled at her. She stood, grabbed her purse, and headed towards the door.
"Kim, where are you going?!" Trent got up and followed her.
"I have to get home, Trent. You know that." She looked at him and could see the question in his eyes. "Trent."
He hushed her. "I know...I know." He leaned in and took her to himself. "I love you."
"I love you more."
"I love you the most. I'll see you tomorrow."
"'Night, my love." Kim left Trent's apartment, knowing that soon she would never leave at night without him.
End chapter 16. 17 coming right after this. The next chap is the end. Sorry I can't remember what Trent's sister's name is. This should do for now. If I find it different, I'll change it.