Six months have passed and Ray and Debra have been living together for a couple of months. He has finally decided to pop the question. Debra is getting the kids ready for bed and he is downstairs practicing his proposal when he decides to go upstairs and see how things are going.
He peeks in and Ally and Lily are finishing up homework and he can hear voices coming from the twins' room as Debra tucks them in. He peeks in and watches.
"Okay, guys. Let's get those jammies on." She says handing them each a pair.
They put them on and climb into bed as Debra gives them each a goodnight kiss, "Good night boys. Sleep tight."
"Good Night Mommy." They say in unison as she reaches the door about to leave.
Debra turns around her eyes filling up with tears, "You guys never called me that before. What gives?"
Ray is listening and tears up as well. He had no idea they wanted to call her mommy.
"Well, we were talking to Grandma and she said that Mommy was our mommy in heaven and she sent you to be our mommy here and take care of us since she can't be with us anymore. So we decided to call you Mommy too." Michael explains.
Debra doesn't even try to stop the tears and Jeffrey comes over to Michael's bed and they all hug, "You guys, that is the nicest thing anyone ever said to me. I love you both very much and if it's okay, can I say you're my boys?"
"Oh, yeah. Sure!" They exclaim.
"Alright, then it's lights out, okay." She says.
"Okay," They say getting back under the covers, "We love you too, Mommy."
She smiles as she shuts door behind her. Ray had made a beeline downstairs so she wouldn't know he was listening.
She finds him sitting on the couch, "Hey, the boys are in bed and Ally and Lily are finishing up their homework." She says sitting beside him.
He puts his arm around her and kisses the top of her head, "Great, now it's time for you and me."
"Oh?" she asks.
Ray reaches into his pocket and gets down on one knee and looks at a stunned Debra, "Debra Whalen, will you marry me?"
More tears come to her eyes, "Oh, Ray," She says, "Of course I will marry you! Yes!"
He jumps up and does his happy dance on the couch, then sits back down and slips the ring on her finger, "I love you so very much and you have made the happiest man in the world."
She looks at the ring and then at Ray, "You couldn't possibly be any happier than I am."
Their lips meet and they melt into a warm kiss mingled with tears of joy.