Della's birthday was coming up in less than a month and Perry was in a jam. He had surprised her pretty well in the past but for her 33rd, Perry wanted to do something pretty special. So, he called Calvin to ask a favor of him, Irene, Liam, and the twins. They had been dating for two years and it just felt right.
He picked up the phone and dialed Calvin's number to get Samantha on the other end.
"Hi, Samantha is your father home?"
Samantha smiled,
"Oh, hold on Mr. Mason. Dad! Mr. Mason's on the phone!"
Perry smiled as Samantha hollered for Calvin to come to the phone,
"Calvin speaking. Hello, Mr. Mason. What's going on that you need to speak with me?"
Perry nodded,
"I need your help, more so, everyone's help with Della's birthday surprise."
Calvin nodded and asked the question everyone had on their minds since the last visit they all made to LA at Christmas,
Is he going to propose to her?
"Are you going to propose to her for her birthday?"
Perry nodded as he smiled,
"Yes, and I want all of you out here. Irene, Liam, and the twins too. I know how much Della loves Samantha and Gracie."
Calvin agreed and Liam was more than happy to help with the surprise, as he stated two years prior that he wouldn't object to Perry marrying his daughter.
Once everyone made it to LA and were made aware of the plan, Samantha and Grace were bubbling with excitement that Perry chuckled,
"So, you two shouldn't be able with Della. I can tell that either one of you might slip up and ruin the surprise."
Samantha and Grace blush profusely,
"We're sorry Mr. Mason, we've seen Della get hurt before and we know that this is real."
Perry laughed,
"You two can call me 'Perry', we're about to be cousins after all."
The twins looked to each other as the ran to hug Perry as Paul walked in with a smile as they went to hug Paul too.
"Woah, take it easy beautifuls."
The twins laughed as they ran off to have an adventure on their own as Irene and Liam smiled,
"Perry's proposing to Della on her birthday, the twins are a little too excited about it."
Paul smiled brightly as Perry nodded.
"Don't tell Della."
Paul smiled brightly.
The day of Della's birthday, the gang had taken the day off and were having a party on the beach when Liam pulled Della aside for a walk,
"Is something wrong, Dad?"
Liam shook his head and pulled Della in for a hug,
"I'm happy that I was able to come out for your birthday this year."
Della smiled as she looked behind her and smiled seeing Paul and Perry having a happy animated conversation with the twins.
"Perry and Paul are so good with the twins."
Della said with a smile as Liam chuckled,
"They remind me of you with the twins when they were born."
Della smiled as the twins ran to her pulling her to where Perry was as Liam and the rest of them smiled as Perry kissed her softly as she closed her eyes and opened them with a gasp seeing Perry on one knee,
"Della, ever since I first laid eyes on you… I fell. Pretty hard, and I know you did too. I want you to know that even though you've been hurt before… That's all in the past. Because I'm here to stay. Will you marry me?"
Perry said as Della nodded with tears in her eyes as everyone cheered as they kissed and the beautiful ring was placed on her left ring finger as the twins hugged her tightly,
"Surprise!"
Della chortled as she hugged them,
"You were in on this?"
Samantha nodded,
"We couldn't be left alone with you; we were so excited and Perry was worried that one of us would slip and tell you before it happened."
Della laughed and hugged them both as she smiled,
"Thank you. All of you. I know 33 is not all that important of a birthday but you guys made it that I will never forget it."
Della smiled as she felt so blessed to have such amazing family and friends.
