Being so Close pt10

Starting off with an Ending

When Pheobe entered the room Greg had to admit defeat. She stood standing in front of him with two shot glasses and a fifth of Vodka. He laughed causing her to smile.

"I give up. I honestly didn't think that you would actually go for it Pheobe."

Kathryn shook her finger at him. "So you concede?" "Pheobe we must be loosing our touch remember the days when we actually had to fight with a guy to get him to notice us?"

Chakotay had to laugh at her statement. "Contrary to popular belief Kathryn some men can still surprise you."

"I honestly don't think anything can surprise me at my age Chakotay. Especially you, after all we have known each other for years."

Pheobe walked back to the kitchen laughing on her way there. "Kathryn if I didn't know better I would say he is going to ask you to marry him."

That statement made Kathryn laugh. "Pheobe don't be silly of course he is not going to ask me that." She turned to Chakotay who was now kneeling next to her. "Actually Kathryn I was going to ask you to marry me."

He took a ring out of his pocket and placed it in the palm of her hand. "I made it from some wood on New Earth, the same wood I made the bathtub out of. I have kept it for years, hoping that someday I would have the strength and the heart to ask you to be my wife."

Kathryn stood with tears in her eyes. She tried to answer him but her mouth was dry. The only moisture that she had at this moment was flowing out of her eyes.

"What do you say Kathryn will you be my wife?"

Pheobe yelled from the kitchen. "Don't keep him waiting this time Kathryn!

Kathryn yelled back at her sister. "I won't"! She gently kissed Chakotay and whispered yes in his ear.

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1 week till the wedding.

Phoebe had spent the whole day out in the garden, playing in the mud and weeds. She loved to garden but today nothing seemed to go right. She had tried digging up potatoes only to break her shovel in half and land in a huge puddle next to where she was digging.

Kathryn on the other hand, stayed completely out of the garden letting her sister do all the dirty work. As much as she had enjoyed gardening on New Earth the prospect of doing it now didn't appeal to her. She was just settling into a good book when Greg found her on the couch.

"Hi Kathryn, do you happen to know where your sister is?"

Kathryn sipped at her coffee. "She is in the potato field digging some up for dinner."

"Thanks, I talked to Chakotay he should be home in about an hour. I will go check on Phoebe's progress."

Greg went out the back porch and headed toward the North field. The weather had been quite warm today and he only had on a small jacket. When he saw Pheobe in the distance he noticed how dirty she was. He snuck up behind her and tackled her to the ground.

Pheobe screamed as she was rolled into the mud. Greg sat on top of her laughing. He pinned her hands up over her head as she squirmed trying to get loose.

Something happened to Greg in that moment. He was completely smitten with her. He leaned down and kissed her muddy lips causing Pheobe to shudder.

He didn't know why but something in him just made him ask.

"Pheobe will you marry me?"

Pheobe was quiet and still, she like Greg was totally stunned. The wind began to pick up and the leaves started gusting about. The clouds became dark and the sky turned a greenish gray.

Pheobe took a look at the sky and got up quickly. "We need to get to the house now Greg. I think we are in for a tornado."

Just then the warning siren went off. Pheobe froze. Greg froze. In the distance a tornado had struck the ground as we headed straight for them, and the house.

TBC