CHAPTER FOUR

Sam went upstairs to talk to the younger kids about proposing to Jazzy.

"KNOCK-KNOCK, it's Sam, can I come in." Sam asked opening the door slightly.

Hannah-belle said, "Yeah, come in." Sam then walked in and sat down on one of the beds. "We already know Jazzy is going to get suspicious if we are up here too long."

"O.K. Guys, you know how much I love your sister and this family, right?" Sammy started to ask.

The four kids nodded their heads indicating that they were listening and to keep going.

"Well, I was wondering, wait, before I ask; can you all promise me to act surprised when I ask?"

"Yeah, we promise." They all said.

"OK, I know how much you adore and love Jazz, that's why I'm asking, if it's ok with you, if I ask Jazzy, to marry me?" Sammy asked the kids.

"YES!" The four of them said together.

"Thank you guys, that really means alot to me," Sam said, giving each of them a hug and kiss.

Sam and the kids walked down stairs to see Jazzy sitting at the kitchen table.

"Hey, Jaz, you OK?" Sam asked his girlfriend.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Jazzy replied.

"Jazzy, you wanna skip dinner with your parents and go to a restaurant instead with the family?" Sam asked.

"Um, well, my mom is in the kitchen, let's go ask her." They walked into the kitchen to see it a big olé mess. Lilly had her head in the fridge. "Hey, Mom, Sam and I want to know if we, as a family, can go to a restaurant instead of our normal Friday dinner tonight?"

Jazzy asked Lilly.

"Um, sure, why not, go tell the rest of the family and I'll clean up the mess I just made to start dinner." Lilly said to the couple.

"I'm going to stay and help your mom, OK?" Sam said looking from Lilly to Jazzy.

"OK." Jazzy replied.

"Guys, we're going out to eat. Go get ready. I'm going to let dad know." Sam and Lilly heard Jazzy say from the kitchen.

"Lilly, I was hoping to propose to Jazzy tonight. And I was hoping you would be OK with that?" Sam turned to ask Lilly.

"Of course, it's OK. Just don't hurt her. And I mean it; you guys are only Juniors and are going to be graduating high school next year. You are young but you are both wonderful kids. Oh and Sam, congrats!" Lilly said to Sam.

"Thanks; this really means alot to me, Lilly." Sam responded giving her a hug.

"Oh, one more thing, if you hurt her any way, I will hurt you; and it will be personal." Lilly said to him.

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Five minutes later, the family arrived at the restaurant. Jazzy has no clue what is going on. Sam is really nervous; he loves Jazzy with all his heart, but doesn't want to get his heart broken. Instead of stalling, he's going to ask his girlfriend as soon as he can. He won't be able to hold it together much longer.

"PATTERSON, PARTY OF 7." The intercom said. They all went to their table and sat down.

"OK, Sam, what is really going on, you have been acting weird this week?" Jazzy asked Sam.

Sam replied with, "Nothing is going on, sweetie, really. Relax and enjoy your night."

"OK." Jazzy said, looking at everyone at their table. 'Why is everyone staring at me with smiles on the faces?' she asked herself.

The waiter interrupted everyone's thoughts by saying, "Is everyone ready to order?"

"Yeah, is everyone ready to order?" Lilly said to her big family. She was trying not to say anything that would reveal the surprise; she really didn't want to be the one to ruin a happy celebration.

Everyone ordered what they wanted.
"OK, your food will be ready shortly." The waiter said.

"OK, so the reason behind my madness is, that I wanted to have your family here, when I did this," Sammy said, as he got up from the table and got down on one knee in front of Jazzy. "Your family has agreed to be here when I did this. So what I'm trying to say is I love you with all my heart. Jazmyn Violet Patterson, will you make me the happiest guy in this room and marry me?" Sam ended his speech and looked up at Jazzy.

"Yes, Sammy, yes, I will marry you." Jazzy attempted to say to him. Sam took out the ring and put it on her finger. She took Sam's hand to help him stand up and kissed him.

"Oh, Sammy, I love you, too." Jazzy said to him as they pulled apart. Hearing the family clap, she smiled. The family finished up dinner and left to go home. Sam and Jazzy took their own car so they decided to go home to their apartment.

"Sammy, thank you for tonight. It was very unexpected. So thank you. And I can't wait to be Mrs. Jazmyn Violet Patterson–Swarek." Jazzy said when they got into the car. Sam leaned over and kissed her quickly before pulling out of the parking lot.