Ashley walked out to the mail box to obviously get the mail. She was wearing a pair of John's sweat paints that she had folded the waist so they fit her and his white long sleeved Celtics shirt. Her hair had been thrown up into a sloppy ponytail Ashley didn't really care what she looked like at this moment all she knew is she was expecting a letter and John would be home later that day.
"Bill, bill,coupon, bill,YES Finally!" Ashley exclaimed sifting through the mail. She went and sat in the kitchen staring at the letter she wanted to know what it said but then again she was afraid. She decided she would wait and have John open it.
After waiting 4 hours John came home. He noticed that Ashley looked nervous and excited at the same time.
"What is the matter with you?" he asked
"I got a letter from one of the law schools I applied to" she said "but I was too afraid to open it so I waited for you to do it"
"Ok well where is it?" John asked. Ashley handed John the letter. He opened it and then began to read it.
"Ash you were accepted to Stanford!" John exclaimed.
"Oh my god are you serious?" she asked.
"Yeah baby girl you got in" John said.
Ashley jumped into John's arm and he spun her around. But their celebration was cut short when Ashley realized something.
"Wait Stanford is in California" she said
"Yeah so?" John asked
"John we live in Massachusetts" Ashley answered then started to cry.
"Baby what is the matter?" he asked
"How can I go to California, I can't just pick up and leave you and Talon I won't do that" she said between sobs.
"Yes you will" John said "I'm not going to be the person that hold you back you are going to go to Stanford and you will become the best lawyer anyone has ever seen"
"John I can't" she said in a small voice
"Yes you can we'll still see each other I travel all the time so you and Talon should move out to California and I'll visit" he suggested
"John I can't take Talon who will watch him while I go to class" she pointed out. "I don't want to leave you"
"Ash I can't live with myself knowing that you didn't do this you may not think it is that bad now but in a few years you will resent me and I can't have that so you are going to California in the fall" he said "Talon can travel with me and if he can't my parents could take him or Randy and Trish could watch him on their off days we will make this work"
"John 4 years is a long time" she said
"I've waited this long to have you and I won't loose you again I'll wait as long as it takes" he declared
"How did I end up with such a wonderful man?" Ashley asked
"No, how did I end up with you and it is settled you are going and that is it" John said. Ashley rested her head on his shoulder and tried to be happy about being accepted into a very fine law school but it meant leaving John and Talon behind she wasn't sure she could handle that.
Later that night they were sitting on the couch.
"John what if you find someone better than me?" Ashley asked
"Baby there ain't nobody in this word who is better than you are" he replied. Then he stood up and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with Talon in his carrier. He place him next to Ashley on the couch.
"John what are you doing?" she asked
"I wanted him to be here to see this" John said "now I know that we haven't been together for that long but I've known that I loved you for a very long time and I was going to wait until after the adoption thing was taken care of but..." he stopped and got down on one knee and pulled out a velvet box "Ashley before I met you I was just some stupid guy but you saw past that you weren't after me for my money you actually cared about the real me and I love you for that I guess what I am trying to say is will... you marry me"
"Are you serious?" she asked
"Yeah I am" he replied
"Yes John I want nothing more than to marry you" she replied with tears in her eyes.
John smiled as he slid the ring on her finger and then pulled her into him for the best kiss she had ever received. John pulled away first and smiled at her.
"So we're getting married" he said
"Yeah looks like it" she said with a smile.
"So do you want the house phone or the cell?" he asked
"I'll take the house phone" she said
"Ok you call your family and Trish and I'll call my family and Randy" John said
"Ok" Ashley said going into the kitchen with Talon.
Ok so next chapter they get everything done with the adoption but I was thinking of adding another character Talon's 1 year old brother Dorian but it was just a thought tell me what you think and if I should add him. Thanks.
Ashley