Title: List of Ten Things
Summary: When Alex has to go away to New York for a month and won't be able to see Walker at all, Walker comes up with a way for Alex to remember exactly who she is.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story. They belong to whoever owns the rights to Walker Texas Ranger.
Author's Note: Just a short little fanfic. This will probably be the only chapter. Hope you enjoy. Also this is BEFORE Walker and Alex are engaged. They are just DATING!
Author's Note: Thanks to jenny for helping me with the list.
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Chapter 4: Why Do You Love Me?
The next week went just as quick as it came. Alex's meetings came and went. She took tons of notes on all the law enforcement stuff and was ready to give them to the DA on Monday. Now she just had to get through the night and to the plane the next morning.
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Walker's undercover assignment was over that night. The bust went through well and everything turned out like it should. The drugs were taken in and the guys went to jail.
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Alex awoke the next morning to the sound of a knock at her door. She got out of bed and pulled on a robe. She dragged herself to the door and opened it.
"Are you Miss Alexandra Cahill?" the man asked her. Alex could tell he worked at the hotel by the way he was dressed.
"Umm…yes." Alex told the man.
"This is for you." the man said and handed her an envelope.
"Thank you." Alex said blankly as she took it from him.
"No problem madam." the man said and then left.
Alex took the envelope back into her room and sat on the couch. It was another one of Walker's List of Ten Things.
LIST OF TEN THINGS THAT ALEX CAHILL SHOULD KNOW BEFORE GOING BACK TO DALLAS
1) WHEN SHE GETS BACK TO DALLAS THE STARS WILL SHINE BRIGHTER
2) DALLAS WAS SO BORING WITHOUT HER AND EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE HER
3) I WILL KEEP MY PROMISE TO HER WHEN SHE GETS BACK TO DALLAS NO MATTER WHAT
4) CD'S CHILI WASN'T THE SAME WITHOUT HER
5) AMIGO MISSES HER CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HER
6) TRIVETTE WANTS HER BACK BECAUSE HE SAYS I HAVEN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE SHE LEFT
7) HER WORK IS FALLING APART WITHOUT HER
8) I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR HER SWEET ANGELIC VOICE WHEN I CALL ABOUT WARRANTS
9) DALLAS JUST ISN'T THE SAME ON LONG NIGHTS WITHOUT HER BY MY SIDE AS I LEAVE THE OFFICE AND HEAD OVER TO THE RANCH FOR THE NIGHT. I CAN'T WAIT TILL WE CAN SPEND THE LONG NIGHTS TOGETHER AGAIN
10) I'M WAITING AT THE AIRPORT WITH ROSES AND A KISS JUST FOR HER. NOT TO MENTION SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL JUST FOR HER
Alex sat on the bed and read the list over and over. Now she really wanted to get home.
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Soon it was time for Alex to get ready for the plane trip back. She packed all her bags and left out only a pair of jeans and one of Walker's sweatshirts that she had brought with her. It was big on her, but she felt so warm in it and most of all the shirt carried Walker's scent. Alex loved that. She lifted the shirt to her face and took a deep breathe in. Yep, that was the way Walker smelled alright. And Alex would never grow tired of it.
Alex was soon in the taxi and headed towards the airport. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed Walker's number but he didn't pick up. So Alex left a message telling Walker to call her before she got on the plane. She reminded him that her flight took off at 3 pm and should arrive in Dallas around 7 pm.
As Alex arrived at the airport, her cell phone rang. She answered it really quick because she thought it was Walker. Much to her displeasure it wasn't him, it was CD.
"Hi darlin'." CD greeted her over the phone.
"Hi CD." Alex told him, she knew she probably sounded disappointed because she was really hoping that it would be Walker.
"Is your flight running on time? Walker wanted me to ask you." CD explained to her.
"Yeah, it's running on time as far as I know. And I left a message on Walker's phone telling him that." Alex told him.
"Alex honey you know that Walker doesn't take his phone anywhere. And you know he only got it because you made him."
Alex couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah I know CD. He is still picking me up at the airport?"
"As far as I know."
"Okay, I've got to go, my flight is about to take off."
"Oh honey. I'll talk to you later when you get back home."
"Okay CD. Bye."
Alex hung up the phone and headed to gate 13. She was soon sitting on the plane and was finally headed home after a month in New York.
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"That one?" the man behind the counter asked.
"Yeah that one." Walker said.
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A little over 4 hours later Alex's plane touched down in Dallas. She almost ran off of it, trying to get to her loving Cowboy as quick as she could. But it didn't seem like it was quick enough. One minute turned into two and two quickly turned into three. Why was time suddenly standing still? Was there something wrong with the world that just wanted to keep her away from Walker for just a bit later, just to see if they could take it?
Then she saw him. Walker. Standing there with the same boyish look on his face that he had that day in New York last week when he surprised her with a visit. This time he had roses in his hand. But that didn't stop Alex from dropping her bags where she stood and running right to Walker and jumping in his arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her. At that moment Walker and Alex couldn't have been more content. Wrapped in each others arms, kissing in front of a bunch of people, they were happy. After a month apart and only a short visit over that month, nothing was going to keep them apart that night. Nothing in the whole world.
Walker finally put Alex back down on her feet. He looked her in the face. He couldn't remember a time when she had looked better or more beautiful. And Alex felt the same way. She couldn't remember a time when Walker had looked better. A month apart really did do them some good, it made there relationship stronger. But there was still something missing.
Walker helped Alex get all her bags to his truck. He then took her to her apartment so she could change and then they headed off to an unknown destination.
About half an hour later they arrived at the cabin that they spent the summers at when they had breaks from work.
Walker told Alex that he wanted to take her up on the roof as that they could look up at all the stars. So Walker helped Alex to the top of the roof. It was getting a little chilly so Walker took off his coat and wrapped it around Alex.
"Alex do you remember that I kept writing that I wanted to ask you something." Walker said as he looked into Alex's eyes. They were the most beautiful shade of blue he had ever seen and they always made his heart melt.
"Yeah I do." Alex told him as she looked into Walker's eyes and searched for any clue as to what he wanted to ask her. Could it possibly be that her dreams were finally coming true? Was Walker about to ask her to marry him? She could only hope.
"Well the first thing I want to ask you is why do you love me?" Walker asked her and he watched as her face went from happy to clueless in a matter of seconds.
"What?" Alex said completely clueless and without thinking at all about what had come out of her mouth.
"Why do you love me? You tell me why you love me and then I'll tell you why I love you." Walker said as he tried to make a deal with the beautiful woman sitting in arms.
"I love you Cordell Walker with everything I am. I love you more then you'll ever know. As for why I love you well if I told you every reason we'd be sitting her till forever. I love you because you've always been there for me when I needed you the most. You were my rock and the only person that was able to keep my sane sometimes. Every time I let work become too important to me, you had a way of making me remember what life was about just my looking at me. Every time you smiled at me I fell in love again. And even at my lowest moments your winks made me feel safe. I know that sounds strange but every time you winked at me during a really horrible time, I somehow knew that everything would turn out just fine. I love that you are your own person. You don't get influenced to easily by other people. And you stand up for what is right. You always do the right thing no matter what. And then every time that I think you are completely hopeless and will never change, you do something to surprise me. When you came to visit me in New York I knew that I would be able to make it rest of the time I had to stay there. I never even in my wildest dreams ever dreamed that you would come to New York just to see me when you had an undercover assignment to be working on. I guess I love you because you're you and I wouldn't have it any other way."
"Really?"
"Yes, really. Now why do you love me?" Alex questioned him.
"I love you Alexandra Cahill for more reasons then you'll ever be able to guess. I love you so much and would die for you and do anything for you. You are my life, you make me whole and without you I would be completely lost. You are the light at the end of the tunnel when I'm down and you always know what to say to make me feel good. I love you because you are Alexandra Cahill and you won't let anyone change anything about you. You're proud of who you are and I love that about you. Alex you are the most independent, stubborn, strong-willed, good-looking person I have ever met. You know exactly who you are and what you want out of life. And most of all you know how to get it. When you start something you finish it. You won't stop halfway through and say I give up or it's too hard. And you are the most beautiful woman in the whole world. I always thought your beauty masked who you really are, but it doesn't. It just enhances it. Your smile makes my heart skip a few beats and every time you walk into a room I can feel myself turning red and smiling. You are everything I want to be when I grow old and one day I hope you will be my wife. And you don't look to me to make you happy. You take responsibility for your own happiest. Although I hope one day I will be able to make you even happier. I guess I love you because you love yourself so much. You loved yourself from day one and because you loved yourself, you were able to love me too and I was able to love you."
Alex sat there speechless as Walker finished his little speech. She never dreamed Walker would say something even close to that to her. But now as they sat there on the top of the roof it seemed to Alex that her dreams were finally coming true. Walker was being so romantic and she only hoped that it would continue.
"And now there's no more thing I have to ask you Alex." Walker sat and he switched positions and pulled a little black box from his pocket.
Alex started to get tears in her eyes. She knew what was about to happen. Her dreams were about to come true.
"Alexandra Cahill I love you with all my heart. I love everything about you. Alex, will you marry me?" Walker asked as he slipped the ring on Alex's finger.
Alex throw her arms around his neck. "Yes, yes, yes." Alex said and repeated several times over. Alex started to cry tears of joy. She then looked him right in the face and they kissed. Sealing there vow of love for each other.
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Okay I know that probably sounds like a good ending and all but I promise you I'm going to write more. I have an idea for something in like a couple of chapters. So as always please review and let me know what you think. Thanks.
Merry Christmas everyone.
