Raymond went over to the appartment he shared with Lizzie, to see if she was home or at work for the holliday. He used the key she gave him to open the front door and entered in. "Lizzie?" No answer "Lizzie, babe?" he called out again just in case she was in the shower. She didn't answer him. Raymond walked around the apartment and searched every room for her, when he didn't find her he called her. He knew she was probably working but it still didn't help.

She was wrapping up a case when he called. Ressler and Cooper looked over at her, she looked down to see the caller ID. "I have to take this." she replied to the two men who were in the room before she walked off. "Hey, is everything okay?" she answered when she was out of earshot from the other agents.

He smiled when she answered. "I just wanted to hear your voice and see how long you were going to be before you could come home." he sat down on their couch with his leg crossed and had some whiskey in a glass.

She looked behind her to see Ressler pointing at the case they had on the board. Just an ordinary case that they didn't need Reddington's expertise. "Hopefully soon, babe. Just try to keep yourself occupied while I'm at work."

He took a sip of the whiskey "I got you Christmas gifts, there here waiting for you." Red looked at the small box that were wrapped; the other he was holding in his left hand.

She smiled softly as she kept an eye on both agents "I have yours at home as well. I hope to be less than an hour at the office. I'll call when I'm on my way."

"Sounds lovely my dear. I'll order from our favorite Italian place after you tell me that you're on your way back home." Red looked out the window to see if Dembe was going to drop off the supplies he had asked for while she was at work.

"I'll see you soon, love you." she spoke over the phone to him when she heard Cooper call her name which only meant one thing, that he needed her.

He placed the box that he was holding down "Love you too, sweetheart." He hung up the phone, and placed it on the table. "Who is it?"

"It's me, Ray." Dembe called out from the other side of the door.

Raymond unlocked the door and opened it, and smiled when he saw that he brought the supplies he had asked for. "Come in and relax my good old friend." After Dembe walked in, Red shut and locked the door to the apartment.

"Are you nervous?" Dembe asked looking straight at Red as he took a seat in the tan recliner which was across the couch that Red was just sitting in not long ago.

He tilted his head a little bit "Somewhat but I know that at the end of the day, she's my sunlight to the darkness that surrounds my heart and soul. Do you know what else I enjoy in this world, that isn't Lizzie?"

"You're guns perhaps?" Dembe asked him anyway even though he thought he was wrong

Red chuckled and shook his head no. "Not even close, but I do und why you thought about my love for guns. It's mostly this window here, closest to the couch. Do you know why?"

"No I have no idea, but you can tell me."

"I love the way the wind presses against the glass or when the rain taps the window while I look out upon and admire the sounds of it. So perfect like Lizzie's moans which I admire the most by the way."

Dembe listens to his friend speak about his feelings for Elizabeth.

Ray continued talking "The way the wind sounds against the window reminds me of when I push her gently against the wall; with my fingertips just ghosting along her skin feeling her. She's perfect all around, like I don't deserve her but at the same time I do deserve to be happy."

"Do you belive that she's the one to keep you happy for the rest of your life?"

"I do belive she is. I'm not having second thoughts about asking her but I feel like she's so perfect that I don't want to screw it all up with her."

"Let me tell you this before I go, you do deserve her Ray. You've been through hell and you've been through some shit in your life. You need a strong woman in your life and Elizabeth is that strong woman for you. So please do me a favor don't fuck it up please, she's perfect for you. She puts up with you when anyone else wouldn't." Dembe gets up from the recliner to pat Raymond on the shoulder.

"I got it, I think I need to get ready before she comes home. I'll text you when she's asleep tonight to let you know what she said."

"I'm sure she'll say yes." Dembe walked towards the door and Raymond followed him

"I sure hope so, and you'll be the first to know. Oh and one more thing."

"Yes?"

"When I call the Italian place after Liz tells me she's on her way, can you pick it up and bring it here? I would do it myself but I'll be busy with putting everything together.

Dembe nodded "I can do that." he left Red and Lizzie's apartment.

Raymond just finished with setting the rose peddles all through the apartment, the trail ended at their bed.

A few minutes later Lizzie calls him. "Hey babe, call for the Italian I just got done."

He smirks to himself "Great babe see you soon." He hangs up to quick dial Dembe's number to let him know about Liz. After he got off the phone with him, he called about the food.

About ten minutes later, Dembe came with the food which Red went outside to get it. He drove off after Red started to walk back inside. Soon after he retrieved back to their place and placed their food perfectly on the plates and placed the box in his pocket, Lizzie walks right through the door.

She saw the peddles and smiled "Ray babe, what's with the peddles everywhere?" She asked as she walked through to the kitchen. She saw him getting out glasses for wine, she walked up to him as she placed a soft kiss to his lips.

"It was just a little something, Merry Christmas my love." he smiled towards her. When she turned around to put her purse down, he got down on one knee and presented the box to her.

She turned around and let out a light gasp, she wanted to say something but she decided to let him speak.

"Elizabeth, the first time we met you didn't like me at all. To you I was just a criminal who maybe just wanted to get in your head, and it was true in the beginning. Over the past few years of trusting each other, having a few tough memories along with the whole ordeal with Tom. I want you to know that I'm nothing like your ex husband, I've never lied to you about anything, and I never will. I love you so much and no matter how many gorgeous danes I've been with, I've never had these types of feelings for any of them until you walked into my life. So Elizabeth will you Marry me?" He said pouring his whole heart out for her, he looked at her for any signs of rejection but there wasn't any.

"Yes, you crazy man I will." She smiled brightly as he plucked out her ring from the box that was its home and placed it on her ring finger, he kissed her hand gently. She smiled at his gesture "We'll open the others after dinner?" she asked as she helped him up

He smirks softly before he kissed her lips softly "Mrs. Reddington, hmm?"

She smiled back at him "Anything sounds better than Keen." They sat to have dinner in a peaceful atmosphere.

After dinner Ray helped her clean up from dinner. "I belive this is where we exchange gifts now." He kissed her temple lightly, he followed her into the living room where his and her presents were. "Ladies first." He handed over the second box to his newly fiancé

She gently took it, opening it she found another small box but this time it was a little smaller. Lizzie opened it and smiled when she saw diamond earrings. "Ray, they're beautiful... thank you."

"Just as beautiful as you darling." He smiled softly, and she gave him his gift which was wrapped in a box larger than the boxes he gave her. He unwrapped it and saw it was just a carbord box, but when he flipped it over and saw the slit he was supposed to open he looked at her. Once Red opened the carbord box he saw the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield with some ammunition to go with it. What caught his eye about the gun wasn't the fact that he already has one of these but the fact that his initials RR were on the handle of the gun. "No one has ever did something like this for me before."

"So does this mean you like it?" She asked smiling

"Oh yes, indeed. I'll think of you everytime I use it. Now I believe we have something else to get started with darling?" He smirks

"Oh yeah, that's right we do." she smirks back at him. He places his new toy off to the side, and leads her into their bedroom where he would make tender love to her for the rest of Christmas night.