GilmoreGirl- I enjoy making people laugh. Thank you for the review! Hope to hear more from you!

BellaLou- Calm, relax, you okay? LOL Thank so much for your great and consistant reviews! I was hoping for the proposal to be a big surprise. I am so happy you liked it. Thank you for being such an enthusiastic reviewer! Definitely get Casey's reaction! If he proposes, tell me how he does it! LOL Mac and Georgy are so fun to write! I get the giggles sometimes too! (Hugs) Talk to you later!

Meadow567- Patience young jedi, feel the flow of the force! LOL

Emador- Happy Birthday from Jimmy and Georgy! LOL My muses wanted to sing to you but when Bah tried to dress up like Billy Idol things got out of hand! LOL

Killerkeanegirl- No, I don't want you to die! Don't die! No, its not dumb to tear up! I love evoking emotions of all kinds!

Arwen101- Thank you so much for your great review! I am so glad you like the story and it helped you enjoy spring break! Thanks again, and I hope to hear more from you!

Darkdestiney2000- You okay? I loved your review! It was great! I dunno how I come up with this stuff but I am glad that people like it!

Miraclegirl- Funny how Mac is involved in Georgy's life! LOL (Here is a tissue.) Happy Easter to you too……a little late!

CandieBabie30- Yay, I enjoy making people happy! Thank you so much for your review! I hope to hear more from you!

Klinoa- (I blow kisses at the crowd!) Yay, I made you love Jimmy! LOL My Jimmy muse is quite pleased that he has changed your opinion of Jim Craig! LOL

TheBlackSoul- Thank you! I tried so hard to make it romantic!

Strangexbutxtrue- They could make goalie babies anytime! LOL (Well anytime since December!) Jimmy has great genes and looks great in jeans! LOL (Sorry I couldn't resist the bad pun!)

Butterflykisses71- Thanks so much! I am so happy to know that people enjoyed last chappie!

Lia06- No you can't have him! My Georgia muse doesn't share him with any woman but his mom! LOL But I understand what you mean, I wish I could have a guy as romantic as my Jimmy muse!

Back at the hotel, we wanted to tell my dad first. I practically ran, pulling Jim behind me to my dad's room and started knocking on the door.

Craig Patrick opened the door. "Georgy, what are you doing here?" he asked. "Hey Jim."

"Is my dad here?" I asked.

"Yeah, you guys come on in." Craig said letting us in. My dad was inside watching TV.

"Georgia, what are you two doing here? You're supposed to be out for the evening." Dad said.

"Doc, we need to talk to you." Jim said taking my hand.

"Are you both okay?" Craig asked.

"We're fine, Coach Craig." I said.

"Doc, I need to ask for your blessing to marry Georgia. I've asked her to marry me and she said yes, but I would hate to do anything that would hurt you or Velta." Jim said and squeezed my hand.

"You want to marry Georgia?" dad asked seeming surprised.

"More than anything. I know she is your only child, but I promise I will always take care of her." Jim said.

"Georgia, are you sure?" dad asked.

I sat down next to dad and took his hand. "Daddy, I love Jimmy very much. I can't see my life without him. And I want to spend the rest of my life with him. I think he would be a great father and you know I want to have children someday." I said. "I want to marry him."

Dad turned my hand over and looked at my engagement ring. I could see tears forming in his eyes.

"They say daddies giving their little girls away is hard. Now I understand. You're not a little girl anymore. No longer dumping sand in the middle of the living room floor, no longer putting your mother's make-up on the cat, no longer skipping around the house singing 'Off to Meet the Wizard of Oz'. You grew up on me. Now you're getting married." Dad said. "You have my blessing."

I hugged dad. "We better call mom." I said. "Oh don't cry, she'll cry enough for all of us when we tell her."

"Jimmy, welcome to our family. We're glad to have you as long as you treat Georgia good." Dad said.

"I will Doc, I promise." Jim said and hugged my dad.

"Jim, sit down a minute." Dad said.

Jim sat down next to dad. Dad took Jim's hand as an affectionate gesture.

"Jimmy, when Velta and I got married we wanted to have a houseful of kids, much like the family you're from. We both wanted a large family. When we found out that we were unable to have children, it was devastating. But then we looked into adoption and found Georgia. She was so full of life and energy it was like having a houseful of kids." Dad said and we all giggled. "I know you love Georgia, and will be good to her. And I am so excited to welcome you into our lives as a son-in-law. It's like Velta and I are getting another child."

"Thanks, Doc." Jim said and hugged my dad.

"Well I guess congratulations are in order." Craig said.

"We have to call mom and then we have to tell the team." I said and jumped for the phone. I dialed as Craig talked to Jim.

"Mom, mom are you sitting down?" I asked when she picked up.

"I am laying down, Georgia. I was about to go to sleep." She said.

"Mom, Jim and I got engaged tonight." I said. I couldn't hear anything on the other end of the line. "Mom, are you there?"

"I'm here baby." Mom said but I could tell she was crying. "Oh Georgia, that is wonderful. You couldn't do any better than Jimmy. I am so happy for you."

"Mommy don't cry, we don't have flood insurance." I said.

"My baby is getting married." Mom said crying.

"Mom, I am so happy. I can't wait to start planning the wedding." I said.

"You're going to be such a pretty bride." Mom said.

"Thanks, mom I have to go tell the team. I'll let you talk to dad." I said. "I love you mom."

I handed the phone to dad and stood up. I started towards the door but Craig grabbed my hand.

"Congratulations Georgy, I know how happy you must be." He said.

"Thanks Craig." I said and hugged him.

I then ran out into the hall and started knocking on all the doors of the team. I ran from one room to the other knocking.

"Georgy, you're going to disturb the entire building." Jim called.

"I don't care! This is my big moment!" I said still knocking and running.

A few at a time the doors started opening and confused looking, the guys stepped out into the hallway. I kept knocking on the doors that didn't open until they did.

"Jim, your girlfriend has finally lost her mind." Broten said.

"What is she doing?" Marrow asked.

"Just listen to her." Jim said.

"Okay Georgia Grace, we're all here so what is this all about?" Buzz asked.

I dragged Jim to the center of the hallway among the open door and peering teammates.

"Everyone, Jim and I got engaged tonight!" I said.

There was a mixture of clapping, shocked faces and cheering. The guys all gathered around us. Most of them hugging us and congratulating us.

"Georgy, you're getting married for real!" Mac said and hugged me.

"I'll still be your wife. You'll just be my OTHER husband." I told him.

"Mac, I asked Doc, Now I am asking you, can I marry Georgia?" Jim said.

"I trust you with her." Mac said.

"So when's the wedding?" Pavelich asked.

"We talked about it in the cab on the way back here." I said. "I am going to Atlanta with Jim to help him transition to the NHL. Then we're going to go back and forth between Minnesota and Massachusetts till the wedding this June."

"I can't believe that Jimmy is getting married. And to such a pretty girl!" OC said.

"Did you expect him to marry a girl who is a real bow-wow?" Baker asked.

"Well he didn't date for so long, I figured once he retired from hockey he would start reading and spending a lot of time at the library and marry some old spinster bookworm he met there." OC said.

"Thanks a lot OC." Jim said and rolled his eyes.

"But now you got a hott girl." OC said.

"What did your dad say?" Rizzo asked Jim.

"We haven't told him yet." Jim said.

"Georgy where is the ring?" Christian asked.

I held up my hand for him to see.

"Nice job, Jim." Bah said.

"We should go call Pop." Jim said.

"We'll see you guys later." I said and hugged several more people as we made our way down the hall.

Jim and I walked into my room. He immediately walked over to the phone.

"Jimmy, tell him you want to meet for breakfast, we should tell him in person since he is right here in Lake Placid." I said.

Jim nodded and dialed the phone. While he talked to his dad, I kept looking at my ring. It was beautiful, solitaire diamond. It had to be at least 2 carats. How did he ever afford it? My head was spinning. I couldn't believe that Jim had proposed. I was going to be with him for the rest of my life. I felt like I might have to have my smile surgically removed.

"He'll meet us around 8:30." Jim said pulling me from my thoughts.

"Great, what do you think he'll say?" I asked.

"I know he is going to be thrilled. I think he sensed I wanted to ask you before I left for Atlanta." Jim said.

I walked over and kissed Jim. "I love you."

"I love you too." He said. "Did you really put make-up on the cat?"

I laughed. "I was 4 years-old, give me a break. Mom thought she would never get that lipstick off of Honey."

"You know, when I picked out that dress, I had two things in mind!" Jim said.

"Oh really? What?" I asked.

"I could see you wearing it when I proposed. And then later, what it would be like to take it off you!" Jim said and lowered his mouth to mine, his fingers finding the zipper of my dress.

February 15, 1980
Lake Placid, NY

Jim and I hurried to the restaurant that we had agreed to meet his dad at for breakfast. When we arrived Donald was waiting for us at a booth. Jim squeezed my hand as we sat down across from his dad.

"Morning kids, how are you?" he asked.

"We're fine." I said.

"Pop, we got some news we need to tell you." Jim said.

"Okay, tell me." Donald said.

"Well, last night. I asked Georgia to marry me, and she has accepted." Jim said.

Donald looked stunned. "Married? You're getting married?" Donald asked.

"This June, it'll be a lot of work to pull a wedding together that fast, but my mom has been planning my wedding since I was in 1st grade." I said.

"That is wonderful. Oh Jimmy I was hoping you'd marry her." Donald said. "I wish your mom were here."

"Me too, because by now she'd already have Georgy shopping for kitchen curtains and picking out China patterns." Jim said and put an arm around me.

"Georgia, I couldn't be happier that Jimmy wants to marry you. No one could ask for a better daughter-in-law than you." Donald said.

"Thank you. I know everyone says it's letting go of daughters that is hard, but I'm sure letting go of Jimmy will be just as hard." I said and took Donald's hand. "I will take care of him and do everything I can to make him happy."

"I know you will." Donald said. "And I insist that for Christmas, you and Jim bring your family and come to North Easton." Donald winked at me.

"That sounds wonderful." I said.