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That night while in the process of winning the plastic ring, Sandy told Caleb the story of how he bought the wedding set for Kirsten. He didn't go into too much detail though, as part of the story involved Sandy and Kirsten's wedding and it still hurt to bring up the wedding since Caleb didn't attend it.
That night Sandy put the plastic ring on Kirsten's finger. He could tell from the look on her face that the same memories that flooded his mind earlier were flooding hers as he put the ring on.
The next morning he awoke to find Kirsten cuddled in his arms with her head resting on his chest. He smiled to himself, fondly thinking back to the fun he and his wife had had the night before. Sure, he had been hoping that by putting that plastic ring on Kirsten's finger she would realize how much he loves her, but he had no idea the response it would have…he couldn't remember the last time they took a shower together, but somehow, it happened last night.
His mind drifted off to thinking about last night. He remembered as he was shaving Kirsten told him she'd be waiting for him in the bedroom. He found her, dressed in the black and pink see-through pajama tank he loved to see her in so much, laying seductively in bed. Needless to say, it was kind of pointless for both to even put pajamas on as the party continued from the bathroom to the bedroom.
It had been a long time since they made love and it never felt better. He felt so connected to Kirsten now that they worked everything out. He felt as if their marriage was getting stronger because of everything that happened over the past few months.
Now, he looked at his wife, still sound a sleep with a small smile on her face. His eyes wandered over her beautiful, naked body, so warm against his own, with her left arm and hand gently resting across him.
He picked up Kirsten's hand and softly kissed it, then traced around Kirsten's fingers before interlinking his own with hers. Something felt familiar as his fingers found hers. It sure didn't feel like the plastic ring. He looked down at her hand to find Kirsten's wedding set on her finger.
He breathed a sigh of relief, happy that Kirsten had found them.
Normally he would have been able to watch the sun rise from the windows of their bedroom. Not today though, as the curtains were all pulled closed last night so that Ryan couldn't catch them in the act of making love. Still, some sunlight reflected into the room, making Kirsten's rings shine brightly and cast a reflection on to the wall as Sandy played with them.
He thought back to when he got her the set.
He noticed the date as he signed the charge slip for Kirsten's wedding ring. It was the beginning of January, almost a year since Sandy had proposed. While he was hoping to buy the set for the wedding, unfortunately the price went up so much that he was only able to buy the wedding ring.
He couldn't contain his excitement as he walked into their apartment, grinning ear to ear.
"You look happy!" Kirsten said as she got up to greet him, hugging him and then kissing him on the lips.
"Kirsten I was going to just let you be surprised at the ceremony, but I have to show you now. I got your wedding ring!"
"Sandy, no! I don't want to see it till the 15th! I want to be surprised!" Kirsten said insistently, but also playfully as she turned away from Sandy and covered her eyes.
"Aww but honey, I want you to see it! It's the perfect ring for you!" Sandy pleaded as he grabbed Kirsten's arm.
"Sandy, I know I'm going to love it! But please, I want to be surprised during the ceremony."
"Fine, you win," Sandy said as he took Kirsten's hands off her eyes and then kissed her on the lips and then said, "but baby, just so you know, I was only able to buy the wedding ring. I'm going to get you the engagement ring too, but I thought it would be more important to have the wedding ring at the wedding," Sandy said hoping Kirsten would understand.
"Honey its fine! I told you when you proposed," Kirsten said as she lifted up her left hand, "this ring is fine!"
"Yeah but it's not good enough for my princess. You deserve the best!"
"And I do have the best. I have you!" Kirsten said as she wrapped her arms around Sandy and kissed him again.
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Sandy and Kirsten were now on their honeymoon, lounging in the hot tub. Kirsten was sitting on Sandy's lap, holding champagne in her hand with her eyes focused on her wedding ring. Ever since Sandy put it on her finger she couldn't take her eyes off of it. The shine of it was unbelievable. The ring looked so familiar, too, and then suddenly she realized where she'd seen it before. She immediately said, "Sandy, please don't tell me that you bought the ring you showed me in that expensive jewelry store."
"What would be so wrong with that?" Sandy asked as he started to laugh.
"Sandy!" Kirsten yelled as she elbowed him in the arm and turned to face him, "I told you not to buy that ring! It's entirely too expensive! We're taking it back when we get home!"
"No, we're not! You are not going to win this argument Kirsten. You won the one when you insisted on not seeing your ring before the wedding. I'm not going to let you win this one too!" Sandy said playfully.
"Oh yeah?" Kirsten said seductively as she turned completely around to put her arms around his neck.
"Yeah!" he answered and kissed her passionately.
He smiled to himself, enjoying the moment having his wife cuddled next to him in bed.
A little while later, Kirsten awoke, finding herself in Sandy's arms.
"Good morning," Sandy said sweetly, kissing her head.
"Mmm…it is a good morning indeed," she responded, looking up at Sandy and smiling back.
"You found your ring I see..."
"Yeah," Kirsten replied a little too quickly, "I found it in the couch cushions. Somehow it must have fell in there when I was vacuuming up the potato chip crumbs Seth left there."
"Is the ring too big? We can go get it resized," Sandy said as he looked at Kirsten's ring and slid it up and down.
"No, its fine. Thanks for looking for it all of yesterday," Kirsten said a little flustered as she leaned up to Sandy's cheek and kissed it.
Sandy sighed. While he had all intentions of this being a good morning, he suddenly became a little upset. "Did Kirsten purposely take off her ring and make up a story about it being lost?" he thought to himself as he got out of the bed.
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The next chapter will have another flashback and a current scene where Sandy questions Kirsten about losing her ring.