Emmett POV:
3 months of dating Rose and I felt like I had found my soulmate. She was funny, beautiful, and had such a caring heart. I felt like now was the time. She moved into my house and it was a blast living with her and seeing her every single day. She made things fun and we were constantly being silly. I parked at my parents' house, taking a deep breath as I got out. I was feeling incredibly nervous and there was really no reason to. My parents and I were close. I didn't feel the need to hide anything from them, but God, something about this was driving my nerves. I walked into their home, hugging my mom.
"Are you okay?", She asked in a concerned voice. My dad watched us. "Did something happen with Rose?".
I shook my head no, leading them to the couch. "I don't even know why this is affecting me so bad.". We sat down and they watched me.
"Emmett Nolan, you know we are here for you no matter what. We've told you this for as long as I can remember. You have nothing to worry about with us.", My dad told me, pausing for a second. "Is Rose pregnant?".
"What?", I asked confused. "Pregnant? No. She isn't pregnant.", I took a deep breath. "I want to propose to her. I have a plan. I just need mom's engagement ring.".
I watched their faces light up. "That's so exciting!", my mom smiled big at me.
"We can do that.", My dad smiled and held my mom's hand. "We actually just discussed this the other day. Your mom and I believe Rose is your person, therefore we one hundred percent support you proposing with your moms engagement ring. I will go grab it for you.". He stood up and patted my back before heading upstairs.
I smiled at my mom. "I'm so happy for you two and I don't want you to doubt any feelings you have. People are going to question it because you're doing it so soon. I want you to be aware of this because your father and I went through the same thing. But when you find your soulmate, you just know.", She told me.
I nodded, agreeing with her. "I took her home from the bar a couple of months back. She was so drunk, but her genuine self came out. She was happy and cracking jokes with everyone. I know it's only been 3 months of dating, but I love that woman and I want to make her my wife and the mother of my children.", I smiled as I said it. I'd always thought of Rose as my wife and having my babies, but saying it out loud was different.
My dad came back down and handed me a box. "I just had it cleaned about a month ago so you are all good to go. How do you plan to do it?". I opened the box and smiled at it. It was beautiful and just as I had remembered.
"I scheduled a photoshoot for us for tonight. She thinks it's to help a friend promote his business, but I'm gonna propose and we'll be able to have photos to remember it.", I smiled. "It's cheesy, but she's such a memory loving person and I know she'll enjoy these pictures.".
"No, I think that's sweet. She's going to love it.", my mom smiled. "We're so happy for you two and we'll need to celebrate with dinner sometime.".
"Absolutely. Thank you guys for being so supportive. It really does mean a lot to us.", I hugged them. "I'm gonna head out. I told her I'd pick her up so we could go do this.".
I couldn't help but smile as I seen how beautiful she looked. She had curled her hair and had on a full face of makeup. She hadn't worn as much makeup since we started dating. She was wearing a long red dress that flowed as the wind blew it.
"You look so damn beautiful.", I smiled at her, kissing her cheek.
"You look pretty handsome yourself.", she smiled as I helped her into my jeep.
I walked back to the driver side and got in. "So this friend just started up a business and needs some practice and promotion pictures?", she asked as she put on her seatbelt.
"Yeah. He's had some practice with, like, graduation pictures and such. But he needs a couple to practice with so I told him we'd help him out.", I answered. "He's really good. Just needs some more photos to promote with.".
I put on my seat belt and started driving. I felt her interlock our fingers together as I drove. She was clueless about the plan and it was the best. I figured she wouldn't question anything and it would be a total surprise.
As we drove, I couldn't help but wonder how she would truly react. Would she cry? She wasn't much of a crier, but this was a big moment for us. Would she get into that giggly stage? Possibly, however she hasn't had alcohol today so it wasn't too likely. What if she said no? Again, not likely considering we're wildly in love, but what if?
After a 2 hour drive, I parked at our location and smiled at her. "You ready?". I was getting so excited about what was coming for us.
We got out and walked up to the photographer, Seth. "Hey, dude.", I shook his hand. "This is my girlfriend, Rosalie.", I introduced Rose to him.
"Hello", She smiled at him.
"Hello! You must be the famous Rose I always here about.", He smiled at her. I smiled at him. I loved that he was playing this off like we'd always known each other. He was making it really believable. "So, I want you two to act natural but I'm also gonna help you with posing some.".
We both nodded and started the photoshoot. Things were going really great and I was sure that once we got these photos back, she'd be ordering canvas. I wrapped my arms around her waist, kissing her forehead.
"Just like that!", Seth cheered us on as he took some pictures. I let out a chuckle. "Okay. Now I want you to whisper something to her.". Now was my chance to get a laugh out of her.
I smiled and kissed her ear, whispering, "My knees are weak since I fall for your daily". Even I made myself laugh and she busted out laughing.
"Great. Now I want just Rosalie to face towards the water.", Seth instructed. It was go time. Now was the time we would become an engaged couple.
He took a few photos of her facing the water and I pulled out the box and got down on one knee. I took a deep breath as Seth told her to turn out. I smiled up at her as she gasped.
"Rosalie Alexandria, you and I have had our ups and downs. But you've made me the happiest man the past 4 months. You've shown me life and happiness. You've showed me what it means to truly love someone. I have found my soulmate. So, Rose, will you marry me?", I asked.
She wiped her tears and nodded. "Yes!". I slid the ring onto her finger, kissing her deeply. Seth cheered on us, congratulating us on our engagement. He asked if we'd be okay getting handsy and a little sexual. We were both okay with it. I mean, in 40 years when we look back, we'll be able to remember how young and in love we were. I smiled at Rose, taking her hand in mine. Seth instructed us to do whatever we were comfortable with and he would capture everything.
I twirled Rose around, smiling as she giggled. I took her back into my arms, whispering in her ear, "You're so beautiful and I can't wait to call you my wife.". I leaned her against the tree, kissing her deeply. I grabbed her ass and picked her up, feeling her arms wrap around my neck.
"Just like that! Keep that up!", Seth exclaimed as he took the photos.
I kissed her neck and felt her back arch. I smirked, whispering, "You're getting turned on.".
"Alright, I think I got everything I wanted to get. I'll get these back to you in about a week.", Seth smiled as he put his camera down.
"Awesome. Thank you much.", I smiled as I pulled out my wallet to pay him .
"Yes. Thank you so much!", Rosalie thanked him. I handed him a $100 bill and shook his hand.
"I can't wait to see how they turn out!".
ROSALIE POV:
As we drove home, I kept admiring my ring. The diamonds were beautiful and it just sparkled in the sunlight.
"Still in shock?", Emmett asked, pulling me from my daze.
"Yes! I wasn't expecting you to propose. I mean, I felt like the time was coming because we do have a fast-moving relationship, but I didn't think today would be the day.", I smiled. "And I really wasn't expecting you to propose with your mom's ring, but I love it so much.".
"That's been the plan since I was a teenager. My parents and I made a deal that I would be able to use it when I found my person. Funny story. My dad actually thought I'd propose a month ago so he went and had it cleaned.", he chuckled. "But, now, you're finally my fiancé and one day you'll be my wife.".
I smiled because I thought it was really sweet that his dad had the ring cleaned up and ready to go. "Soon you'll be my husband", I took his hand in mine. "I can't wait for that day.".
"Why don't we start planning a wedding then?", He suggested. "You don't want to wait and neither do I. Let's just plan it and get it done.".
"Let's start planning it tomorrow. Right now, I just want to spend time with you.".
He made a valid point. We were impatient and just wanted to be married then in 2 or 3 years, we could try to start our family. Plus, we would just have our friends and family at the wedding so there wouldn't be a ton to plan for.
"How are we going to tell everyone we're engaged?", I asked him, laying my head against his shoulder.
"Hmm.", He thought. "We could have a cook out and pool party?".
"Not a bad idea, but your sister is 6 months pregnant. We'll need to see if she wants to even be outside.", I reminded him.
"Oh, true. We'll ask her and if she says no, then we can hang out inside? It's so crazy that in a few months we'll be an aunt and uncle. ", He smiled.
"I know. I can't wait for it.", I smiled. Ali's pregnancy was going great so far. They were still set on not finding out the gender of the baby. They wanted it to be a surprise. I gave her so much kudos for it because I couldn't do that. I was way too impatient to try to do that. They did at least say if it's a girl, her name would be Jaslyn Esme, named after Jasper and Esme. If it was a boy, his name would be Jace Allen, named after Carlisle. I was rooting for a girl. I was so ready to buy bows and cute dresses for her.
I got to thinking about mine and Emmett's babies. When the time came, would we have a boy or girl first? Would the baby look more like him or me? I had so many questions that wouldn't be answered for a while. One thing I knew for sure is our baby would be chunky.
I yawned, feeling my eyes flutter. "I'm so tired.", I sighed, sitting up.
"Go to sleep, babe. I'll wake you up when we get home.", He looked over at me, squeezing my hand.
"No. If I sleep now, then I'll struggle to sleep tonight.", I pulled out my phone, opening Pinterest. "I'm gonna look at wedding things.".
"Like what?", he asked smiling. We had a long drive home so I was curious how much she was going to look at and plan.
"I don't know. Maybe color scheme for sure. I can't look at dresses with you here.", I said as I looked. "Have any ideas?".
"I think a navy blue would be pretty. However, I feel like a color scheme just depends on when you want to get married.", He answered. "So pick our big date.".
Wait, I was picking the day we'd get married? What the hell. "Fine. Pick a number between 1 and 12.". If he was making me pick, I was going to make it so random.
"Uh, okay. 2?", He replied, confused as to what I was doing.
"Okay. Pick a number between 1 and 31.", I smiled at him.
"14.", he smiled. "February 14, right?", He took a guess at my game.
"No. July 14. It's a Saturday.", I responded, watching his face.
"Wait .What? You want to get married in 2 months? Will that be enough time to plan it all?", He asked in a concerned voice.
"Em, we're impatient people anyways. You and I both know waiting longer isn't gonna work for us. Let's be real. We're ready to stop using condoms and I told you once we're married, no more of it.", I sat my phone down. "Pick a different date.".
"Babe, I didn't say I wasn't okay with it. I just don't want you getting overwhelmed trying to plan it in such a short amount of time. And I know we're tired of using condoms, but is it worth the stress of trying to put together an event?", He put his hand on my thigh. "I love you and I'm just looking out for your well-being. Switching to the pull-out method isn't worth it if you're not happy and stress-free.".
"I'll be fine, Em. I'm a teacher and I can plan things on the whim. 2 months is enough time to get a dress and venue booked. We can do this, I promise.", He squeezed my thigh. "We just need to get everyone to the house and tell them pretty quick.".
"The moment you start to stress out, we're calling it off and changing the date. Deal?", He held out his hand as he offered a compromise.
"Deal.", I shook his hand and picked up my phone again. "So July. You said navy blue and there this navy blue with a lilac and cream color.", I showed him the picture.
He made a face and I could tell he was not a fan of that. "I don't like the purple in it. It clashes with the blue and just doesn't flow.", He admitted.
"I can see that.", I said I looked at it again. I looked some more pictures. "What about this?", I showed him a photo of navy blue, blush pink, cream, and green.
"Oh. I like that one. Do you?", He asked. I nodded as I took a screenshot of it. "What's next?".
"We need to call venues tomorrow. Are we doing an open bar or bring your own alcohol?", I asked.
"Open bar, for sure. What about our honeymoon?", He asked. I thought for a minute.
"You plan it all and just surprise me when the time comes.", I smiled at him.
"Okay. I'll get started on that tomorrow afternoon. We also should probably see how long a marriage license takes to get. I can ask the county clerk while I'm at the courthouse tomorrow.".
I leaned over, kissing his cheek. "I'm so excited to be marrying you.". My phone vibrated and I seen that Alice was calling me. "It's your sister.".
I answered it. "Hey, Ali.", I said, trying not to sound suspicious.
"Rosie, your niece or nephew is about to be the death of me.", she groaned. "Bella's at work and I just need a woman to vent to.".
I laughed lightly. "Go ahead. Vent to me. I'm sorry your child is upsetting you.",
"I'm just so hungry all the time. It's 7:30 at night and here's what I've ate today. I've had 4 waffles, some yogurt, a 20 piece nugget, a milkshake, a whole steak and half a tub of ice cream. I'm still fucking hungry.", she told me.
"Holy shit. That's so much food, Ali. Are you sure you're okay?", I asked, concerned. I knew it was just pregnancy and needing extra nutrients, but that was a lot of food for such a tiny person.
"I don't know. I have an appointment tomorrow and I'm going to talk to my doctor. I'm sure the baby is just growing a lot right now and that's why I'm so hungry. Jasper doesn't understand why the hunger is so bad, but I knew you would because of periods.", She laughed a little. She made a valid point. We always pigged out on junk food when we were on our periods and because we were constantly together, we had synced up. We were still synced up before she had gotten pregnant.
"Yeah. It's a lot of food, but your body is going through a lot right now. I bet baby is just growing and needs some yummy foods.".
"Yeah. You're right.", she sighed. "Thank you for listening to me. When will I get to see you again?", She asked.
"Uh, probably tomorrow?", I gave Emmett a look and mouthed 'engagement news tomorrow?'. He nodded his head. "Yeah, I think tomorrow. Em and I are going to try to plan a last minute dinner with everyone.".
"Okay. I love you. I'll talk to you later.", She said and hung up. I sat my phone in the cupholder and noticed we were home already.
AUTHORS NOTE:
Wooo! They're engaged. Now to plan this wedding!