"No?" Tracy stopped rubbing Alice's back. "What—why?"
"I love you. Oh God, I love you. But I know you have reservations about being married and frankly I'm in no rush to be someone's sixth spouse. Since we already have all the legal protections…."
"Wow." Tracy lied down next to Alice. "I just never expected this."
"It doesn't change anything."
"You don't want to make a commitment to me. It changes things."
Alice sat up. "Hey! I'm pregnant at age 48, with what are basically your children. I'm helping raise your granddaughter and I've accepted your crazy occasionally homicidal family as my own, not to mention I stuck with you through the lunacy that was your marriage to Luke Spencer while dating you!! I'm committed here. This is about as committed as I'm going to get."
Tracy bit her lip. "So we're dropping the subject until a later time?"
"Oh, yeah, I think that would be wise. Just let me sleep." Alice rolled over her back not facing Tracy.
"Lion…." Tracy tried to snuggled.
"Not right now." Alice closed her eyes. "Tomorrow."
"I love you."
"I know. I love you too."
Brook Lyn noticed her grandmothers were quiet, only sharing a tense kiss goodbye when she left with Granny for the day .
"So….what was that about?"
"What?" Tracy turned the radio to the stock market report.
"You and Alice didn't talk during breakfast."
"We talked. I said I was going to be working during lunch. She said to pick up Italian for dinner. We talked!"
Brook Lyn rolled her eyes. "Whatever it was, you should fix it. Bye."
"It wasn't my fault!!"
Alice sighed. "I think I messed up."
Monica raised an eyebrow. "How?"
"I turned down Tracy's proposal."
"What exactly did she propose? I mean you did agreed to become pregnant with her brother's child. I'm almost afraid to ask."
"Marriage of sorts." Alice said.
"Oh. I thought that was a given. With the baby and all…."
"We did the paperwork. I just want to wait for the ceremony. I don't want to focus on anything but this pregnancy. I also know Tracy was nervous about getting marry again." Alice sighed.
Monica nodded. "Look why don't you see if you and Tracy can have the afternoon to talk. I'm going to be in surgery anyway."
"Thanks."
"Hey." Alice looked up from the book she was reading.
"Hi." Tracy sat next to her. "Brook Lyn told me this morning I should fix this."
"Did you tell her it was my fault?"
"Of course. Look, I was thinking. Why don't we just focus on you and the babies right now?" Tracy placed her hand on Alice's stomach.
"Actually I was wondering if you wanted to go to Boston next weekend. Just us, very quiet. No family, just a ceremony for us."
"Brook will be mad but I like the idea of a romantic weekend just the two of us."
Alice smiled. "I don't know. Last time we went away I got pregnant."
"I promise I won't get you pregnant this time." Tracy kissed Alice.
"Thanks, I think," Alice chuckled. Tracy brushed Alice's hair out of her face.
"Do you have to go back to work?" Tracy asked.
"No. You?"
"No. Brenda comes in this weekend, remember?"
Alice smiled. "So we have the house to ourselves for the next couple of hours?"
"I believe so. You know we probably could start on the honeymoon since it's going to be so short."
Alice simply smiled.
Brook Lyn and Serena walked in to a quiet house.
"They are home, right?" Serena asked.
"Their cars are in driveway. Granny? Alice?"
"Just a sec!" Tracy called down. She and Alice finished dressing and shared a quick kiss.
Brook Lyn looked confused. "You're home."
"You're so good at observing." Tracy said.
"Hello, Serena. How are you?" Alice asked.
"Fine. You're getting big, Mrs. Gunderson- Quartermaine."
"You could call me Alice, you know."
"Right."
"So things are good?" Brook Lyn asked.
"Things are good. Things are very very good." Tracy smiled.
"Oh." Brook Lyn looked confused.
"So good, in fact, we would like to see if you can stay with Alan and Monica or Serena next weekend." Tracy said.
"Ah. What's next weekend?"
"I'm taking Alice to Boston. " Tracy said, not explaining further.
Alice merely beamed. Brook Lyn nodded, not putting things together.
"So I guess you two are happy they legalized gay marriage there." Serena commented.
"It will come in handy." Alice agreed.
Brook Lyn's mouth dropped open. "You're eloping?! Can I come?"
"Yes, we are and no you can't." Tracy said.
Alice kissed Tracy. "Can't wait."
"Why can't I come?"
Tracy chuckled. "I don't think it would be appropriate to take our granddaughter on our honeymoon. "
"I went on Mom's and Kevin's."
"Yeah, see?" Brook Lyn said.
"That's nice," Alice said, " Ready to go shopping?"
"Sure. "