Chapter 9
Waking up the next morning, I wake up and head to the kitchen. I get my coffee and head out to the back deck to think about things. He wants to marry me and have kids. We just got back into this, well, relationship and he wants to get married. He told me I was his before. What if he does it again? What if he freaks out again? I hear the door open and he comes and takes a seat on the steps next to me. "You okay?" he asks. I look at him and he says "Yeah. Just thinking." I say. "Want to talk about it?" he asks. I sit there a minute and decide that if we are doing this, I need to be honest with him. "I was thinking about what you said last night about wanting to marry me and have kids. I guess I'm just worried that the same thing will happen that happened last time. That you'll get freaked and fall back to the croweaters." I tell him. He takes my hand and laces his fingers with mine, and says "That won't happen again. When you left Tacoma, I wanted so bad to come after you but Lorca talked me into giving you time to cool off and then shit started happening up there and by the time things calmed down where I could come to you, it had already been a couple of months and I heard you had moved on." he tells me. "I didn't. I tried dating but they weren't you Herman. They didn't make my heart flutter like you do. They didn't give me goosebumps just by touching me. They didn't make me feel like you do." I tell him. "Baby, I want this. I want to marry you. I love you so much." he says. I look at him and say "Okay." He kisses me softly and asks "You believe me right?" I nod and say "Yeah baby. I do." He kisses my knuckles and we sit for a little bit. The more I think about things, the more I lean into him and realize that we're both in this. Completely.
I stand up and take his hand. Without a word, I lead him to the bedroom and close the door. I lead him to the bed, sit him down and stand between his knees. I cup his face and kiss his lips softly and deepen the kiss. I lay him back and straddle him. When we break for air, he asks "Are you sure?" I sit up and pull my shirt over my head and kiss him again. He turns us over and we start to shed clothes before he enters me slowly. Making love to me nice and slow for the first time in four years. When we both reach our release, he looks into my eyes, still hovered over me and we both have tears in our eyes. When we finally break the silence, he whispers "Marry me?" I look at him and smile softly and says "Under one condition." He looks at me "What's that baby?" he asks. "You give me a house full of babies." He smiles and says "Anything you want baby. Anything you want."
A little later, we get out of bed and he walks over to his kutte. Getting out a small bag, he walks over and take the contents out of the bag. "This was my grandmother's. I was waiting on the right time to ask you." he says. He gets down on one knee in front of me and says "I love you more than anything baby. It would make me the happiest man in the world if you would be my wife. Marry me?" He asks. I smile softly and say "Yeah baby. I will." He puts the ring on my finger and kisses me softly. "I love you Herman." I say softly. "I love you baby." he says.
A little later, we are sitting on the couch when Happy, Cami and Tig walk in. Happy moved his things into Cami's house but they still drop by. "Hey guys." Tig says. "Hey guys." I say. I look at Tig and say "Can I talk to you a minute?" He nods and we head to the back deck. "I need to tell you something." I say. "You said yes didn't you?" he asks me. I look at him shocked and he says "He asked for my blessing a week ago." I smile softly. "Of course he did." I say laughing. "I'm happy for you sis. I really am." he tells me before hugging me. "Thank you Alex." I say. We head back inside and I walk into Koz's arms. "What are you two smiling about?" Cami asks. "We're engaged." I say and they both come over and congratulate us. Now to tell the rest of the club.