Connor smiled as he watched Jess from across the table where they were eating the sushi that Abby had brought home. She was beaming from head to toe, if that was possible, and he knew it was because of the attention that Becker had been giving her all day. She reminded him so much of a younger version of himself sometimes.

As predicted, Abby excused herself for a jog right after dinner, leaving Jess and Connor to do the clean up, not that there was much after getting takeout. Jess turned to Connor, "So, you said you wanted to talk tonight?"

"Yep," Connor said, suddenly a bit nervous about what he wanted to discuss with her.

"About love?"

"Yep. Sorta."

"Okay Connor, spill."

Connor smiled and took her hand, excitedly pulling her into the living room. "Okay, listen Jess, do you remember a couple weeks ago when we talked about our living arrangements, and how Abby and I were starting to discuss finding a place of our own?"

Jess nodded, "Yes, let me guess, you found one."

Connor nodded and pulled a piece of paper with all the details and handed it to her. Jess gasped when she saw the picture of the place. "Connor, she'll love it, but I'll miss you terribly, but this is way perfect!"

"Oh trust me, you won't get a chance to miss me, I'll be around a lot," Connor laughed.

"I know."

"There's one more thing and then another thing I need your help with."

"What?"

"Well, I'm gonna surprise her, I'm gonna take her there tonight to see the place and then when we're there, I think I'll propose."

Jess screamed and threw her arms around Connor's neck excitedly. Connor burst out laughing and hugged his friend back, "I just hope her reaction is as good as yours," he said with a grin.

Abby found Jess and Connor at her laptop in her room when she returned. "Guys, I'm just gonna watch a movie on the couch, wanna join me?"

Connor quickly stood up, "Uh, actually Abby, I need to take you somewhere tonight and show you something."

Abby frowned, "What? Where?"

"I'll tell you on the way. You should probably shower first though and get changed into something nice."

"Connor, what's going on?" Abby asked suspiciously.

"I told you, I'll tell you on the way."

Abby sighed and then turned to obey him. Connor exchanged an excited secret smile with Jess and they went back to typing up recipes for his cookbook and chattering in between.

"You sure you can arrange everything, Jess?"

"Just leave it to me. Now, this recipe we just did, it sounds delicious. Can you teach me to make it tomorrow so I can do this one with Becker?"

"Of course."

"Great! Thanks Connor." Jess wrote down the ingredients on a piece of paper to give to Becker for his shopping list. "Did you hear what Lester is making Becker do?"

"The Archives? Yes I heard. He complained about it very loudly the entire way to and from the anomaly."

"Would it be too forward a gesture if I got up early tomorrow and did all the work for him before he arrived?"

Connor laughed, "Jess, he bought you chocolates and spent the entire day pulling your hair. You're cooking him dinner at his house! Somehow I don't think paperwork is going to be that much more over the top."

"When you put it like that, it seems so simple."

Connor winked at her as Abby chose that moment to return. She was wearing a calf length red skirt and a white tank top with red trim on it.

"Wow, you look sexy," Connor nodded appreciatively.

"Is that alright? Where're we going, Con?"

Connor grabbed her hand and turned to Jess, "See you later Jess. Have a good night."

Jess nodded with a grin and watched them leave, Abby still begging for information, before picking up her phone to call Lester.

"Connor, tell me where we are going," Abby demanded as they got into the car.

Connor glanced at her, "Alright, you know how we've been wanting to get our own flat for awhile now? Well I found one that is perfect and I know you'll love it. I'm taking you to go see it."

"Really?"

"Really, now put this on." Connor handed her the sleeping mask that they had used as a blindfold in their drawing game the night before.

Abby looked at it doubtfully, "Why?"

"I want it to be a surprise. Don't want you to see where we're going."

Abby complied with a sigh. They drove in silence, just listening to the radio, for about twenty minutes. Finally Abby felt the car stop and she immediately asked, "Can I look yet?"

"Nope, not yet."

Abby heard Connor get out of the car and open her door. She felt his hand on her arm as he guided her out of the car and then suddenly she felt his lips on hers. She kissed him back, but when he let go of her she protested, "That's no fair Connor, I can't see."

"I couldn't resist," Connor said with a grin that she could sense even if she couldn't see it. He took her hand and led her a bit further until they stopped and she heard him unlatching the door.

"Now," he said, "you better love this place, because I've already put the down payment on it."

"What?"

"Trust me, you'll understand when you see how amazing this place is." He led her up some stairs, carefully, and then she heard a small click as he turned on some lights. He pulled her into what she sensed was the middle of a large room.

"Alright Abs, you can look now if you want."

Abby slowly removed the blindfold and then gasped. "Oh my gosh! Connor! How did you…?" She stopped, speechless, spinning around and around as she stared at the familiar old flat she had lived in for years before they'd been stuck in the Cretaceous.

"It came up for sale and I jumped at the chance. It was a fun flat, yeah? Welcome home, Abby."

Abby felt her eyes fill with tears, "Connor, thank-you," she whispered.

"You're welcome. I loved this place too. Only one thing though…"

"What?"

"Last time we lived here you made me sleep on the sofa."

Abby laughed, "Yeah, that should change I guess." She spun around and glanced up at the loft where Connor's pullout makeshift bed had been in the past.

"Exactly what I was thinking. Thought perhaps this time we should live here together as husband and wife."

Abby whirled around back to Connor so fast that she nearly knocked him over and found him holding out a ring to her. Her hand flew to her mouth in shock. He was giving her the puppy dog look that she'd never been able to say no too. She couldn't help it, she burst into tears of joy and flung her arms around his neck. "That's a brilliant idea, Connor!" she exclaimed.

Connor laughed and kissed her. When she finally pulled away, he slipped the ring onto her finger and kissed her again. It was quite a long time before either spoke after that, but finally Abby asked, "When can we move in?"

"Any time, but it'll be awhile before we can get a moving company and I'd like to give Jess a bit of notice. I mean, she knows about this, but she doesn't know I actually bought the place already. I booked a moving truck for a month from now."

"Does she know it was where we used to live?"

"Yeah, when it was repossessed she had to help clear it out with Lester."

"I didn't know that. Does she know you proposed?"

"Yeah, I was too excited, I had to tell her. Which reminds me, I promised her I'd let her know how it goes. I better text her."

Abby nodded and began to explore the old familiar flat while Connor fired of a text to Jess and told her they were ready.

Jess sent the confirmation of plans to Lester with a grin on her face. Lester called her back after receiving her text.

"I'm on it, Jess. You know, I'd normally complain about two parties in a row like this, but it's about bloody time he proposed."

Jess giggled, "Do you have the gifts?"

"Unfortunately, yes."

"Meet you there."

When she hung up the phone there was a waiting text message from Becker. "Jess, why the hell is Lester ordering us to a pub tonight?"

Jess called him and he picked up immediately, "We're meeting there and then heading to Connor and Abby's new flat which is actually their old flat where we're having an impromptu party to celebrate the fact that they just got engaged!"

"They… what? Wow!"

Jess smiled, "So, see you there?"

"Yeah, no, I, want me to pick you up so we can go together?"

Jess nodded happily before realising he couldn't actually see her through the phone, "Yes, sure! I'd love that."

"I'll see you in twenty minutes then. Jess?"

"Yeah?"

"Is your hair still curly?"

Jess burst out laughing, "Goodbye Becker, I'll see you in a bit."