Chapter Twenty-One: Puppy Love

John pulled his rental car in the open slot next to Jessica's black jeep, Sara was still using it while her sister was on the road. He picked up a bouquet of flowers off of his passenger seat, and got out of the car. He walked quietly up to Sara's door, not wanting to make a sound. She didn't know he was coming, and he wanted to keep it that way. He had taken a few days off and was determined to spend all of them with her. He knocked on the door and placed his finger over the peep hole, knowing that she was going to try and look out it. "What the hell?" he heard her mumble from the other side of the door. She pulled it open, looking like she was going to yell. A smile quickly replaced her glare as he held up the flowers.

"Hi, Honey," he said, grinning stupidly at her. She grabbed him around the neck and pulled him into a kiss.

"Hi," she replied after breaking the kiss and taking the flowers. She turned and walked back into the apartment.

"That was a damn good greeting," John said, following her in. "Exactly what I needed."

"Glad you liked it," Sara said. She went into the kitchen and pulled a vase out of the cupboard for her flowers. "These are beautiful."

"Only the best for my girl," John said, coming up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, and resting his head on hers.

"Not that I'm not happy to see you, but why are you here? There are no shows going in California right now," she said, setting the flowers down and turning to face him.

"I know, I took some time off to come see you. I missed you," he said, kissing her forehead.

"I missed you, too," she replied, "Two weeks is too long."

"Tell me about it," he agreed. "Have you eaten yet?"

"No, I was just getting ready to though," she answered.

"Well, then let's go out," he suggested, "we can go anywhere you want to go."

"Or, better yet, let's stay in and I can make you something that'll be quite tasty," she returned suggestively.

"I think I like that idea."

xxxxx

John laid with his eyes closed, though he wasn't sleeping. A content smile played on his lips as he listened to Sara's gentle breathing while she slept with her head on his chest. He opened his eyes, looking down at her. "I love you," he said, brushing his hand against her cheek. She stirred, bringing her hand up to his chest, but didn't wake up. He was amazed by her beauty. "Marry me," he whispered before closing his eyes, and falling slowly to sleep.

xxxxx

Sara woke the next morning and felt for John, but he wasn't there. She opened her eyes, and looked around for him. He wasn't in the room. "Oh, don't tell me this was all just a dream," she mumbled to herself, rolling out of bed and finding her robe.

She walked out into her apartment and found him sitting in a stool at her breakfast bar. "Morning sunshine," he said, smiling at her. She returned the smile and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around him and resting her head on his back.

"Morning, I see you made breakfast," she said, looking down at a half eaten box of doughnuts. "Well, bought breakfast, but you get points for effort." She let go of him and walked into the kitchen, fishing a mug out of the dishwasher and pouring herself a cup of coffee.

John watched her the entire time, thinking back to the night before. "Sara," he said, looking down at his hands, and then back up at her.

"Yeah?" she asked, setting her mug down and looking at him with concern. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," he answered quickly.

"Oh, okay," she said, not looking fully convinced.

He took a deep breath and cleared his throat. "Actually there's something I want to ask you."

A/N: It's been toooooo long since there was a chapter that was just about John and Sara, don't you agree? Anyways, I hope you liked it. And let me say, I have almost 100 reviews! I could die right now! It's like two o'clock in the morning and I'm trying not to wake everyone up by jumping up and down, but it's really hard. Thank you guys for reading! It means so much to me. By the way, if you haven't gotten John's CD, do! It's freakin awesome! I didn't think it was going to be all that good, but it even better than good. So, you should go buy it. I'm listening to it right now!

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