Bay POV
I know it sounds weird, but I am really starting to love these family dinners. I looked over at my dad standing by the grill talking to Toby about the proper way to cook. Mom was setting the table as me and Daphne brought out Toby's old stereo so we had some music. "Do you have any more placemats?" My mother asked me. I looked at her like she was crazy.
"Daphne, do we have any more placemats?" I asked her. Daphne was the roommate who dealt with most of the kitchen stuff. I on the other hand barely know where we keep the plates.
"I will get them." She said as she rolled her eyes at me.
"I hope you make a lot of money in this dress business, because when you moved away from Daphne you will need a maid to tell you where you keep your food." Toby said with a smile.
"Just remember starting Monday I am your boss." I said with a smile as a car pulled up. I looked over to see Melody and Sarah getting out. I went over to greet them. "I have missed you guys so much." I signed to them before hugging each one of them.
"You saw us last week." Melody said with a smile. "Where's Emmett?" She asked.
"He is on his way." I said with a smile. "So, you have to tell me all about the audition." I signed to Sarah as her mother made her way towards mine.
"Come on, you know I rocked it." Sarah signed to me. She was so much like Emmett at times.
"Okay, just call me if you need set designs or customs." I signed as I saw a car pull up. It was the last car I would expect to see here. "What is she doing here?" I asked as I saw Regina get out.
"I don't know." Sarah said as she looked at me. I could tell she was studying my face. I just walked over to the door to the guest house. I walked through my front door to see Daphne on her way out.
"You see who is here?" I asked as I looked at her.
"I saw. What is she doing here?" She asked.
"I don't know. You think we should go down?" I asked.
"It's the right thing to do." She said as she took my hand. We walked back out there together. "Brave face." Daphne told me as I looked over to see Melody hugging Regina. I just smiled and looked around. I stood by the garage for a few minutes. I watched as Emmett pulled up on his bike.
"What's wrong?" He asked as he looked at me.
"Look who is here." I signed back as I looked over at group of family.
"I invited her here." He signed.
"Why?" I asked.
"You will see." He signed before he took my hand. He led me over to the center of the party. "You love me. Remember that." He signed before he dropped to one knee. I already felt the tears building up.
"Bay Kennish, I love you more than anything in the world. I know in my heart I don't want to go another day without seeing that smile of yours or those big brown eyes staring at me. You make me whole. And I know that you have had a rough time figuring out who you are in life. I have a solution to that problem because I know exactly who you should be." He signed before he reached into his pocket. He pulled out a gray ring box and opened it to reveal a ring with one simple diamond in the middle of the band. "Will you be my wife?" He said as he looked up at me. I had only heard him talk once before. We were in college and some creep was hitting on m. Emmett put him in his place real quick.
"Yes." I answered through my tears as I nodded my head so he got the picture. He placed the ring on my finger before standing back up and kissing me. "I love you." I signed as he let go.
"You better. It was a pain trying to get the whole family here." He signed with a smile. "But, you're worth it."
"There you go making me feel special." I said as I heard someone yelling.
"You see this! You made me miss it!" I looked over to see Adriana screaming at Wilke as they got out of his car.
"No thank you for driving all the way out to Salt Lake City to get you." He said as he waved to Daphne. They like Emmett and I remained close. No matter how much my family tried to push him out.
"Well, you didn't drive fast enough." She said as she walked towards the rest of us. "Can you believe this is who your mother sent to get me?" She asked as she looked at me and Emmett. She lifted my hand to look at the ring. "Fancy." She said towards Emmett. "Now both of you give me a big hug." She said as she looked at us. We wrapped our arms around her at the same time.
"Adriana I got it on film." Toby said as she tapped her shoulder. I looked at Emmett as she walked away.
"Thank you." I signed as I looked at him. I knew he had put this whole thing together.
"I told you before I would do anything for you." He signed as he looked at me. "And they said it wouldn't work." He signed with a smile.
"Who said that?" I asked.
"Everyone, you know that. It took you two years of high school to win over my mother." He signed.
"Well, I would do anything for you." I signed as I looked at him. He just wrapped me in his arms and kissed me. He let go of me only for my mother to snatch me away from him.
"My baby is getting married." She said as she looked at me. Then she looked over at Wilke. "Don't get any ideas. I can only lose one daughter at a time." I couldn't help, but laugh. It was a picture perfect moment and Emmett took advantage of that. His camera was going off like crazy. At one point he gave Sarah the camera to get a picture of me and him. It was right after that, when Regina asked to talk to me. Alone. I took her up to the guest house.
"Want anything?" I asked as I closed the door behind her.
"Oh, no thank you. I love what you girls have done to this space." She said with a smile.
"We were going for artsy." I said as I looked at her. I watched as she sat on the sofa. "So what did you want?" I asked as I sat on the chair across the room.
"I wanted to apologize." She said as she looked down at the carpet. "I should have reached out more to you. I see that watching how your family acts."
"They are you're family too." I said as I looked at her.
"I know, but I don't feel like people would accept me anymore." She said as she looked at me.
"You could be surprised how people can change the way they see you." I said as I looked at her. "Just look at how Melody acts around me now. She used the hate the idea of her son being with a hearing girl." I said as I thought back to that first year we were together.
"I missed so much in your life." She said as she looked at me. This was the first time I felt like she really wanted me.
"If you want me, I can let you in." I said as I looked at her.
"I would love that." She said as she looked at me.
"But, if you hurt me. I am going to tell you this, don't come back." I said as I looked at her.
"Bay I never want to hurt either of my girls again." She said as she looked at me. I got up and walked over to her. I leaned down and hugged her.
"Daphne is the one going to fight you back." I said as I looked at her.
"I know. I just got to give it some time." She said as she looked at me. I walked over to the book shelf on the other end of the room. There were about twenty scrapbooks that Emmett and I made. We had to put his pictures somewhere. I grabbed the first three. "Emmett and I made these. It should bring you up to speed." I said as I placed them in front of her.
"You two really love each other." She said with a smile.
"We are so perfect for each other." I said as I picked up the first book and handed to her. "I guess I owe that to you. I wouldn't have meet Emmett like I did if you didn't hide the fact we were switched." I said as I looked at her.
"I never thought of that." She said with a smile. "Remember when." She said as she read the cover of the book.
"We put little stories with each picture." I said as I looked down at the book. I watched as she opened the book to the first page. "We thought it was a cute way to remember everything." I explained.
"Remember when I gave you that scarf for you birthday…" She read the caption before flipping the page. "And you're real gift was me painting the billboard for you." She read as she looked at the picture of the billboard. "I didn't know about this." She said as she looked at me.
"No, one did. That's why it was the perfect gift." I said as I looked at her. "It was the first Bay and Emmett thing." I said as I looked down at the next picture. "Remember when we went shopping and I tricked you into buying girl pants." I read the caption below those silly pants that Emmett bought. He knew I was being mean. He just wanted me to laugh.
"How many of these books are there?" She asked as she noticed the book was rather large.
"Around twenty." I answered with a smile. "You have to remember we have been together for nine years. Is that right? Yeah two years of high school, four years of college, and three years of adult life." I said with a laugh.
"I didn't realize it has been so long." She said as she looked at the book. "We might need to spread this out over time." She said with a laugh. Then I heard the door open. I saw Daphne standing in the doorway.
"I will let you two talk." I said as I walked towards the door. I walked down the stairs and over to Emmett.
"You look happy." He signed to me.
"That's because I am." I signed as I looked at him. "Hey Emmett, remember the time you reunited me with my birth mother after we had this big fight?" I asked him.
"Yes." He signed back with a smile. I leaned into kiss him.
"This is me thanking you for that." I mouthed as I looked at him. He pulled me close to him again and kissed me. In his arms I will always be safe and happy. That's why I can't wait to spend forever living out this amazing love.