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Alex and I are sitting in my room. He's staring at me, thinking. "Look man:" he starts "This is your proposal. It has to be monumental. You can't, just, get down on one knee in the park or something. Some people put the ring in food. I don't understand that. I mean: you don't want to take the risk of her swallowing it."

"How about I, casually, set it beside her juice in the morning?" I ask.

"Did you listen to a word I, just, said? It has to be monumental!"

"I know, Alex. I know. I just don't know. You know?"

Alex raises his eyebrow. "Um…I think."

"Nothing that I come up with seems right."

"Don't worry, man. You'll think of the right way." He looks at his watch and begins to get out of his seat. "Look, man: I hate to leave but I promised Scott that I'd meet him in the danger room at 8:30 and it's 8:26. Just talk it over with yourself and get back to me."

"OK, thanks man." I say, as Alex walks toward the door. "OH! By the way! If she says 'yes': I want you to be my best man."

"If she says 'yes'? Jamie: she's going to say 'yes'. She's madly in love with you. It doesn't matter how you pop the question, man. She wants to marry you. She needs to marry you. You can see it in her eyes. The whole thing about making it monumental is just to be able to tell your kids about it, one day."

"Thanks man. I'm going to get some sleep. Good night"

"Good night, Jamie."

Alex leaves the room. I change clothes and turn out the light. I toss and turn for about an hour, as I try to sleep. Rahne is running through my mind. I keep getting ideas of how to propose, but none of them seem right. When I, finally, start to get to sleep: my door opens. Within seconds: I get a tender kiss on my cheek. I smile and roll over.

"Hey, Rahne." I say.

"Hey, Jamie. Did I wake you?" She says.

"Kind of, but it's no big deal. I wasn't, completely, asleep. What's on your mind?"

"I keep thinking about when I saw you in town, today. What were you curious about in the store?"

"Nothing much, Rahne: just something I was thinking about getting for someone."

"What kind of something?" She gives me that puppy dog pout.

I sit up and shake my head. "I'll show you." She turns on the light as I get out of bed. I open my secret safe that's hidden in my closet and pull out the ring box. I walk up to her, get down on one knee and say "Rahne Sinclair: The very second I laid eyes on you: I knew that you were different." Her eyes begin to get wide. "Every time I saw you: my heart began to race. Whenever I saw you go out with another guy: I got terribly sad. I got sad because, since we first spoke to each other, I knew that you were the one for me for all of eternity. I love you with all that I am, and I am a lot" She giggles under her breath. I open the ring box. "Rahne Sinclair: will you marry me?"

Tears roll down her face as she smiles. "Jamie: I can't…" she paused and took a deep breath. My eyes got wide and I got nervous. I held in my tears as well as I could. "I can't imagine how I could live, anymore, without knowing that I will be Mrs. Rahne Madrox." I sighed, slipped the ring on her left ring finger, stood up, and kissed her with more passion than every before.

When the kiss broke: I said "So: why were you over there, today?"

She blushed and looked down, for a moment. "Well: I was, kind of, asking the jewelers if a boy who fit your description went in their stores, today, and bought a ring."

I raised an eyebrow and laughed. "I went to every single store in town."

"I know. So did I."

We laughed, again. "I'm too excited to sleep." I say.

"I am, too. You want to go out and celebrate?"

"Sure: but I've got something I need to do, first. I'm going to get dressed, and than I want you to follow me." She nods, smiles, and turns her head. I change my clothes, walk up behind her, and hug her from behind. I kiss her on her neck and then lead her out of the room.

Soon: we're at the Danger Room's control system. I see a screen that shows Scott and Alex practicing. I hit a button that shuts off the system and then turn on the microphone. "She said yes!" I shout.

I see Alex on the screen: he cocks his head, narrows his eyes and says "Did you, really, doubt that she would? I mean: when she was in town: you know that she had to be asking around to see if you bought a ring."

Rahne and I share a gaze and a smile. "How did you know that?" Rahne asked.

"I just know women very well." He says. "One of those women is Jubilee." He laughs and shrugs.

"How about Alex and I get ready? We can gather some friends to celebrate with." Scott says.

I look over at Rahne and she says "The more the merrier."

Scott and Alex nod, just before leaving the Danger Room. Rahne and I leave the control room and go our separate ways to get some of our friends.

((To be continued))