A year had passed. Four months ago John had moved into Gabby's apartment. Everything for Gabby at work was business as usual. There hadn't been any Manhattan Slasher cases in a year. Those cases gone cold. Gabby was excited. After work today she and John were going to his cottage at Sandy Creek for the weekend. John was in the kitchen eating breakfast. Gabby came in.
"Hi honey." She said.
"Hi baby."
"I can't wait till we leave."
"Me either."
"I gotta go."
"You're not having breakfast?"
"No time." "I'm gonna stop and get a muffin." She went over to him. They kissed. "Bye." "I love you."
"I love you too." "Bye."
It was the middle of the day. A woman was walking down the street. She couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching her.
Gabby and Dolph were in the squad room. Gabby's desk had a picture of her and John on it. They were going over cold cases.
"Look." Gabby said pulling a file from the box. "The Manhattan Slasher case."
"I can't believe it's been a year since we last heard from that asshole."
"Me either."
"Maybe we got lucky and he got hit by a truck."
"Or ripped apart by a pack of wolves."
"Or thrown off a cliff."
"We can only hope." John walked into the squad room and over to Gabby's desk. He was holding a bag. "Hey John."
"Hi Gabby." John said. "I brought you lunch."
"Thank you."
"What's up Dolph?"
"Not much." Dolph said.
Stephanie came out of her office.
"Hi John." She said.
"Hi Stephanie." John said.
"Gabby tells me you two are going away this weekend."
"Yep when she comes back she'll be well rested and ready to catch bad guys for you."
"Have fun."
"We will." Stephanie went back to her office. John turned to Gabby. "I gotta get back to work but I'll see you at home."
"Ok." Gabby said.
When Gabby got home from work she and John packed up her car and drove the four hours to Sandy Creek. They'd stopped to eat. By the time they got there it was dark. They went inside. It was a big beautiful cottage with an upstairs and a big picture window in the kitchen. In the day time when you looked out the window you could see a lake. John sat on the couch. Gabby got a blanket from the closet sat down next to him and covered them both up.
"I love you." She said.
"I love you too." They kissed.
The next morning Gabby woke up. She decided to let John sleep. She went out and sat on the dock. It was a beautiful sunny day. The lake was beautiful. The trees were just starting to bloom. Twenty minutes went by.
"There you are." John said from behind her.
"Morning."
"Good morning."
"Wanna go for a walk?"
"Yeah." He helped her up.
They were walking along a trail holding hands.
"Can you believe it's been over a year already since we've been together?" John said.
"No." "It's funny." "When we first met you were just my neighbor, who I wanted to sleep with." "Now look at us."
"Your neighbor who you wanted to sleep with huh?" "That's romantic Gabby."
"Why do you think I caved so easy on our first date?"
"Because of what I did to you in the elevator." He said smiling at her.
"You are very, very, very good at that." "That was only part of the reason." "I just plain wanted you." "What I didn't expect was to fall in love with you so quick."
"Gabby before I met you." "I was at a really bad place in my life." "Then we met and everything changed." "I don't ever wanna be without you."
"You never have to be." "I'm not going anywhere."
Later that evening they had just finished dinner.
"Wanna go out on the boat?" John asked.
"Sure."
They were out on the lake in John's boat. The sun was just starting to set. Gabby and John were watching the sunset.
"It's beautiful." Gabby said.
"Gabby turn around." She turned to face John and saw he was down on one knee with ring box open in his hand.
"John." She said smiling.
"I love you." "Gabriella, will you marry me?"
"Yes." He put the ring on her finger and stood up. They kissed. "I love you John."
"I love you too."