"Ask you to marry me?" He asked. "Why would I want to do anything like that?"
She looked at him unsure if he was serious or joking.
"Because you love me. And because you want to stay like this forever."
"But I can love you and stay like this forever without marrying you."
He was frakking with her. He had that look in his eyes.
"Ok." She said, sitting up and wrapping the sheet around herself. "Forget I said anything."
"No, no. Let's talk about this." He said, barely suppressing a laugh.
She slapped him on the leg. "Frak you, Lee."
"Oh, come on, Kara. I was kidding."
"You don't want to marry me?"
"Of course I …..wait. You were serious?"
She didn't answer.
"You want to get married? To me?" He asked, all joking gone from his voice. "Why?"
She looked everywhere but at him.
"Because I love you." She mumbled.
"I'm sorry?" A big shit-eating grin crossed his face. "I didn't hear you."
She smiled through gritted teeth, hating that he was milking this.
She cleared her throat and said, "Because I love you," loud enough for him to hear.
"You what?"
"You heard me."
"I just want to hear you say it again." He whispered in her ear.
She turned to face him and brushed her lips across his.
"I love you." She whispered back.
She swept her tongue across his lower lip.
"I love you." She said again.
"I love you, I love you, I love you." she said as she kissed his cheek, his neck, his shoulder.
He grabbed her, laid her down on the bed and smiled the most beautiful smile she had ever seen. She felt her throat constrict and her eyes well up.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
She was afraid she'd burst out crying if she spoke, so she just nodded. A tear escaped her eye and he kissed it away.
"No crying." He said softly. "We're getting married."
He kissed her gently at first, then harder and deeper, their tongues passionately intertwining.
He slipped a hand between her legs and cupped her, sliding a finger inside her.
"Oh, Lee." She repeated as he slid his finger in and out.
Her body started trembling and he knew she was about to come. He added a second finger and thrust them in hard.
She cried out and pulled him tight against her as her orgasm ripped through her body. He held her and whispered to her while she came.
They held each other for awhile until there was a knock on the door.
"I arranged for room service." He said, quickly getting up and pulling on a pair of pants and a tee shirt before going to the door. She grabbed her clothes and ran into the bathroom to dress.
By the time she came out he had set the food out on the table. She grabbed some fruit and sat down.
"This is nice." She said.
"I wanted to make it special." He said, a bit uncomfortably.
"Make what special?"
He fumbled in his pants pocket, pulled out a small velvet box and handed it to her. She took it from him, her hands trembling only slightly, and opened it. Inside was a platinum band with a small round diamond in the center.
"Oh my gods." She gasped.
He got up, knelt next to her and took her hand.
"You were planning this all along?" She asked?
"Great minds think alike." He replied. "So, Kara Thrace, will you marry me?"
"It's about time you asked me."
"Is that a yes?"
"Yes."
fin