Michelle climbed onto Tony's lap so that she was facing him. He sat with his legs out straight underneath her while she had a leg on each side of his body and her hands were pressed up against his chest. "I had such a good day today Tony. Your mom is so great, we had the best time."
Tony smiled. "It feels so good to hear you say that Chelle."
"I just love your family, they have been so nice to me."
"Well they love you too sweetheart, I knew they would."
Michelle leaned forward and undid the top couple of buttons of his shirt so that she could kiss his chest. "Thank you for bringing me to New York Tony. I can't believe I am here with you, it is so beautiful - you have no idea how much all this means to me."
After a couple minutes of silence Michelle looked up at Tony who was staring down at her smiling, obviously oblivious to the fact that he hadn't said a word. "What are you thinking about Tony? You've gone all quiet."
Tony snapped himself out of it. "Just thinking about how lucky I am to have you."
Michelle blushed a little as she kissed him gently on the lips. "You are so beautiful Tony….do you realise how happy you make me?"
Tony put his hands out in front of him just a few centimetres apart. "Ummm…this much?"
Michelle laughed and shook her head. "Not even close…"
He moved his hands apart further. "This much?"
Michelle had a huge smile as she continued to shake her head. "Nope, still not even close."
He reached his hands out to the side as far as he could possibly stretch. "What about now?"
She pulled his hands in. "Your hands could never reach far enough honey. Let's just say you are a hundred times more than I ever could have imagined or dreamed for."
Although they had been fooling around, when she said that he was truly touched. She knew how to make him feel so amazing. An almost surprised gasp passed his lips. He wished he could make this moment last forever, the way she was looking at him, and the way she held on to him was just perfect. Their faces were just inches apart and they were completely lost in each other's eyes. "Chelle…"
Michelle kissed him, she had too. She pressed her lips against his hard and bought her hands up to cup his face. He moaned into her mouth and pulled her body in as close as possible to his. At the same time they both began to lie down, they landed with Tony on his back and Michelle lying on his stomach – they never let the kiss break.
Tony's mind was racing, he was ready to ask her. A wave of sickness flooded over him and he panicked about her saying no. The more uptight and nervous he got, the harder he kissed her. Needing to take control, he flipped them over so that he was now lying on top of her. He could see a little look of surprise on her face. "Sorry, I just…"
Michelle stopped him. "No, I loved it."
Tony grinned. "Really?"
Michelle gave him one of her cheeky smiles. "It was quite a turn on."
Tony nodded proudly to himself before deciding to kiss her one more time before he asked. He wanted them to stand up simply so that he could get down on one knee for her.
Finally he pulled back. "Hey will you come over to the water with me?"
"Now?"
"Yup, come on…" He lifted himself off her and then helped her stand up. They walked the few meters over to the water edge. Tony looked around to make sure they were alone.
"Are you ok Tony?"
Tony took her hand and put the box in the other still in his pocket. "Actually I don't think I've ever felt more nervous in my entire life."
Michelle was so confused. "Nervous of what honey?"
Tony took a huge breath, kept holding her hand and then got down on one knee. His eyes never left hers and he watched them light up like he had never seen before. "Oh my God Tony….what are you doing?" It just flew out of Michelle's mouth before she realised she had said it out loud.
"I'm asking you to spend the rest of your life with me." He almost had to laugh at how quivery his voice sounded. Tears started streaming down Michelle's cheeks immediately and she looked at him stunned. Tony pulled the box from his pocket, opened it up and held it out to her.
Michelle squealed and Tony laughed. "Chelle, I didn't know what true love or happiness was until I was with you. I'm a better person because of you and for the first time in my life I feel complete. Since I met you, I haven't been able to look sideways and now I know how much I need you by my side forever. I want to share my life with you and I want to have a family with you." Tears made their way down his face. "Marry me Michelle. I promise I'll spend everyday for the rest of my life trying to make you as happy as you make me."
Tony was sure his heart had stopped while he waited for her to answer. He watched as her face glowed like he had never seen before and she nodded her head, but he needed to hear her actually say yes before he could breathe again. "I love you Chelle, I need you."
Michelle was trying to find her voice, she was completely shocked and so excited she had no idea how to contain herself. She threw herself at Tony, he caught her but they almost fell over. "Yes…..yes, yes….oh my God Tony….yes!"
Tony pulled his head back so he could look into her eyes. "Really? You'll be my wife?"
"I love you so much. There is nothing I want more in the world than to marry you Tony." She kissed him passionately pushing her tongue into his mouth, they were both kneeling on the ground still and they pressed their bodies into one another's as close as possible.
Unwilling to pull back from him yet, Michelle moved her lips to his neck so she could speak at the same time. "I had no idea, this is the biggest surprise of my life – the best surprise. Wow Tony…"
"Thank you, thank you for saying yes. Can I put the ring on your finger?"
Michelle kept her right arm around his neck and her body pressed into his but brought her left hand down in between them. "Yes, you have to."
Tony held her hand and kissed her wedding finger. "Baby your hand is shaking…"
Michelle looked him in the eyes, a fresh batch of tears made their way down her face. "I know…I'm just so excited. This is the happiest moment of my life Tony."
"Awe Chelle, me too…..me too beautiful." He slowly slipped the ring onto her finger.
"Oh Tony, it's gorgeous. Look at it, it's perfect." She kissed the ring and then Tony on the lips. "I love it so much. Thank you….did you pick it yourself?"
"Dad came with me, I've been looking in LA but nothing was right, I knew as soon as I saw this one here it was the one."
Michelle rubbed her hand up and down his stomach and chest. "So your parents know? What do they think?"
"Well they know I was going to ask – actually they are all at home setting up a celebration for us. I was so panicked I'd have to phone them and tell them to cancel it."
Michelle kissed him on his cheek. "As if I could have ever said no to you…"
"Well I didn't want to presume anything."
They began to kiss again passionately. They got so wrapped up in each other they lost their balance and fell over. After laughing for a few moments Tony suggested they move back to the blanket.
"Ok, but should we be getting back? Are they all just waiting for us?"
Tony lay Michelle down on her back on the blanket and then lowered himself on top of her. "We should get back, I just need to keep you to myself for another couple minutes before I have to share you with everyone else."
They both started running their hands all over each other. Michelle nudged his head to the side so she could kiss his neck. Tony moaned, he felt so good. "I wish I could make love to you."
Michelle pushed her lower body into his. "I wish we could be together too."
This kissed for a little while longer until they decided they really should get back. They made their way to the street and then caught a taxi back to his parent's house. Tony kept his arm around her shoulders as they made their way in the door and presented themselves in front of the family waiting in the living room. Everyone stood staring at them for a moment, Tony held up Michelle's hand. "She said yes!" Instantly they were pounced on for hugs and kisses.
David poured everyone some champagne and made a toast welcoming Michelle to the family. Tony held her the entire time. Michelle was the happiest she had ever been. Everything she had ever wanted was coming true. Not only was she going to marry the love of her life but at the same time she got a family as well. She loved how Tony stuck with her the entire time, he just had to be close to her.
It was almost 3am before everyone was ready to head to bed. Both Michelle and Tony were drunk by this point and they helped each other down the hall to their bedroom. As soon as the door was closed behind them, Tony flicked off the light and led her straight to the bed. He pushed her down onto her back and crawled on top of her.
