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I'll be your dream

I'll be your wish I'll be your fantasy

I'll be your hope I'll be your love

Be everything that you need

I'll love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do

I will be strong I will be faithful

'cause I'm counting on

A new beginning

A reason for living

A deeper meaning yeah

I want to stand with you on

A mountain

I want to bath with you in the sea

I want to lay like this forever

Until the sky falls down on me

And when the stars are shining

Brightly in the velvet sky

I'll make a wish send it to heaven

Then make you want to cry

The tears of joy for all the

Pleasure in the certainty

That we're surrounded by the

Comfort and protection of

The highest powers

In lonely hours

The tears devour you

Oh can you see it baby

You don't have to close your eyes

'cause it's standing right here

Before you

All that you need with surely come

I'll be your dream I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy

I'll be your hope I'll be your love

Be everything that you need

I'll love you more with every breath

Truly madly deeply do

I want to stand with you on a

Mountain

I want to bathe with you in the sea

I want to live like this forever

Untïl the sky falls down on me

(Truly, Madly, Deeply - Savage Garden)

SPOV

December 25th

"Now you listen to me, Jason Stackhouse, it is none of your business. I called to tell you Merry Christmas and give you the news that I'm getting married and here you go knocking on the man I love. I will have none of that. He's been nothing but good to me and you should appreciate that."

"Sis, you were just engaged. What makes you think this is gonna work, eh? And you call me stupid!"

"Oh, but you are stupid Jason. You have no idea what you're talking about. You have no idea what kind of man Bill is. And Eric's been here for me for ten years, which is more than I can say for your stupid ass. You got tricked by your girlfriend to guarantee with your house for one of her debts. You lost my house and yours in the process. Yes, I know what you did, by the way. Eric looked into it," I raged at my brother.

"Oh did he now? Why did you make him do it?"

"Because I had to repay my house with his help. Because you lost it, you dumbass."

"So tell me what the big deal with Bill was," Jase said after a minute, a little more sheepish.

"It's a long story, you sure wanna hear it now? I'm calling from overseas," I replied, suddenly feeling exhausted.

"Gimme the short version then."

"I dumped him, he hit me, Eric hit him, I moved in with Eric because I had no house, we realized we've been in love and we started our relationship. Bill had been cheating on me with, wait for it, Eric's ex, whom he worked together with. He wanted me back and she wanted revenge. She burned Eric's house while I was in it, trying to kill me. Both of them are in prison."

"Oh my god, Sis! Why the hell didn't you call?"

"Don't you even get me started, Jason Stackhouse! You know damn well. If you wanted, you could have called yourself. You're lucky I called you now," I sighed.

"I'm really sorry sis, I mean it," he said softly and he reminded me of the brother I knew and loved.

"I hate this. I really, really hate this Jase, but what you've done has been very, very shitty and thoughtless and stupid."

"I know. I realize that now. So, I know you probably don't want to see me, but can I come to the wedding?"

"Of course. Will you bring Crystal?"

"No. Actually, we broke up," he said.

"Oh, I'd say I'm sorry, but I'm not."

"I know. She really wasn't good for me. I couldn't see straight when she was around."

"So… will you walk me down the aisle?" I really wanted him to, but I also wanted to get this conversation over with. There were deeper things to cover and Christmas phone calls weren't the way to do it.

"I'd love to, sis. Talk to you when you get back, ok?"

"Sure Jase, I'll call you then."

"I love you, Sook."

"Love you too."

Eric and I had spent the night making love until the wee hours of the morning and we had woken up late, but that was ok. We really had nothing to do for the day other than be lazy. I took a glance at my left hand and couldn't believe how beautiful my ring was. I don't think I'd ever get over how beautiful it looked. And the meaning of it… My eyes filled with happy tears.

"What is it lover?"

Eric had just walked up the stairs with two cups of hot cocoa. He set them on the coffee table and joined me on the couch, draping an arm over me.

"Just happy," I told him and leaned into him, nuzzling his chest as I settled.

"So, happy tears, yes?"

"Yes, happy tears," I giggled.

"What did Jason say?"

He had gone downstairs to prepare some hot cocoa and leave me to talk to Jason. He knew our conversation would be delicate.

"It actually went good, overall. He had some remarks about me being engaged again since he had no idea what's been going on lately, but he's happy for us. He'll walk me down the aisle."

"I'm happy to hear that, Lover. Now, I know it's late, but do you want me to tell you your Christmas gift?"

"A gift? You've already given me enough," I said.

We had agreed we wouldn't be spending money on gifts because it was more important for us to just have each other. He had given me my ring, which, technically wasn't a Christmas gift or something he'd paid money for, but still…

"Nonsense. We're moving camp tomorrow."

"What? Where?"

"We're going to my family's vacation home. It's not that far from here. A few hours' drive. You'll love it, I'm sure," he said, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

"I know I will," I smiled at him warmly. "Now, ready to call your dad?" I asked, excitement in my voice.

"You dial," he said and I just chuckled. He was nervous.

I pressed in Leif's number and it only rang once before he picked up.

"Don't you have better things to do than call me?" he asked and we burst into laughter.

"Merry Christmas to you too," I said as I put him on speaker.

"Yeah, yeah. Merry Christmas. It'd be merrier if you were here. But hey, I deal as I can," he dramatically huffed.

"Dad, we have something to tell you," Eric piped in.

"You're still coming back, right?"

"Yeah, we are. Ehm, Sookie said "yes".

"So in the box…"

"Yeah, it was there."

"Well, congratulations you two. We have planning to do. Oh, Sookie, welcome to the family. I mean, officially, since you've already been in the family for so long. Wow, I'm so happy. Spring wedding? Summer wedding? Have you decided?" Leif was like an over-excited five year old and we couldn't be happier with his reaction.

"Ehm, spring?" I asked, looking at Eric who nodded.

"How spring?"

"May?" Eric asked and I nodded.

"Not too cold, not too hot. Perfect. My back yard is big enough, I think," Leif offered.

"Oh, we don't plan on anything big. Just our friends. Our house is big enough for it," I said, not wanting to impose.

"However you see fit. Are you calling the gang or do I get to give them the news?"

I looked at Eric for a second before we both nodded at once, effectively making us giggle.

"Will you do it? We really wanna spend some time together right about now," I said and I could see how quick the mood was changing in the room.

"Sure, don't let me ruin your mood. Merry Christmas kids, see you when you get home," he said excitedly and clicked the phone shut.

The second the phone was out of my hand, he was on me.

"I love it when you talk about marrying me," he said, kissing my lips.

I pushed against him so he'd let me up and I straddled him as soon as he was in a sitting position. My arms went around his neck as his wrapped around me, keeping our bodies glued together. I was grinding on his already hard body and he groaned at the contact.

He slipped the silk robe off my shoulders and left me only in my panties. His mouth broke off mine and he looked hungrily at my boobs before leaning forward to capture one in his lips as his hand busied with the other. I couldn't help the moan that escaped my lips.

That only seemed to spur him on. He grabbed me by the hips and laid me on the shaggy carpet in front of the fireplace. He bit softly on my nipple, making me arch my back. My hands went to the collar of his robe and I managed to get it to his shoulders before he stopped his attack on my breasts and shrugged the material off his body.

He settled back over me and kissed me deeply.

"I love you, I love you so much," I told him in between kisses, my hands gripping him tightly. I never wanted him to go away.

"As I love you," he replied before kissing my lips again and going slowly down my body. He pressed a kiss between my breasts and then licked his way to my belly button. His fingers went to the sides of my panties and I lifted my hips to allow him to take them off.

He settled between my thighs and groaned when he saw how wet I was already. His lips dove for my own and I screamed out at the feeling. His tongue traced my slit as his left hand found my breast, kneading and pulling, twisting my nipple between his fingers. He was tracing circled around my clit, randomly flicking over my clit. I was on the verge of exploding, panting and whispering his name along with God's. Two of his fingers entered me and a few thrusts later I was screaming at the top of my lungs.

He was pressing soft kisses on my thighs as I returned from my high. I pulled at his arms and he obliged me by climbing over me. His lips found mine and I wrapped my arms around him, keeping him over me, reveling in his weight. My feet went to the edge of his sleeping pants and pushed them down his ass.

"Please," I said as soon as I had pushed as far as I could.

He didn't wait a second more before pushing forth and filling me. My back arched off the carpet and my fingers dug into his shoulders. He moaned along with me, his face buried between my breasts.

His lips found mine and he started moving slowly in and out of me. It wasn't long before things sped up and we were both spiraling towards our orgasms. His arm went under my ass, changing the angle and making me cry out with every thrust. My climax came without warning and I couldn't even cry out. My body shook and I clutched Eric to me. He groaned as he let go and followed me into bliss.

We lay there panting and I giggled when I realized his thrusts had pushed me under the Christmas tree.

December 26th

"And we can have the tables at the end of the yard," he said, his eyes on the road.

We had been discussing wedding details, getting more and more excited as we went. Neither of us wanted to wait so May was the perfect solution after all. Although the answer to Leaf had been on the spur of the moment we both agreed it was perfect.

We wanted to have the whole affair at home since our only guests would be our friends. Neither of us had co-workers or bosses. The only people surrounding us were our friends and family and they would be the only ones to attend. We didn't need a big affair and were perfectly happy with just a few tables full of loved ones.

We also didn't need particularly fancy clothes, so I was already thinking of several dress patterns that would fit the affair as well as other details that kept popping through my head.

"We can cover the pool and make it a dance floor like in those shows," I mused.

"Sure. I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to pull off. Plus, we don't want our drunken ass friends to drown," he chuckled. I had to agree, it was a possibility. Every time we'd had a get together at Pam's someone ended up in the goddamn pool. Or in Stan's Koi fish pond, annoying him to no end.

He took a left turn and started up the mountain. I could only see the road ahead and the trees heavy with snow on either side. I looked out the window and admired what view I could see. I loved it all! I never got to see this at home so I was taking it all in.

"I want Di to be my maid of honor," I blurted out, seemingly out of nowhere. We both knew that it was all that either of us was thinking about. We were both pleased as punch.

"Would it be weird for you if Alcide were my best man?"

"Not at all. We were never really an item, you know that," I said, but was thankful for his thoughtfulness. Alcide and I never really had anything close to what Eric and I share.

Eric drove to what seemed to be the end of the world before he pulled in front of a small cottage. I could see a few more cottages ahead of the road. However, what made me breathless was the view. The entire mountain canyon was at my feet. In the distance there were various clusters of houses, smoke coming out the chimneys.

"This is amazing, Eric!"

"Yep. I used to come here as often as I could. Spring, summer, winter, it didn't matter. It was where Mom wrote most of her poems so I got to spend a lot of time here. I broke my leg swinging in that tree over there," he pointed to a tall one with rope still hanging from a branch.

"Wow. Just wow. What do you suppose we can do in this place on our own?" I asked, suddenly feeling like I wanted to be naked in front of a fire place, wrapped tightly in Eric.

"Well, we're alone. How about I show you around," he said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

He took my hand and dragged me inside, and he made sure we "saw" all the rooms.

December 31st

"Happy Birthday!" I whispered in his ear and I let my tongue trace the shell of his ear.

"Mmm," he mumbled sleepily, his grip on my waist tightening. Our bodies were flush against each other and I could feel exactly how awake he was. He rolled on top of me and his eyes bored into mine.

"Good morning, Mrs. Northman," he breathed into my mouth and I got chills all over.

"Mmm, I love it when you call me that," I whispered and kissed him.

He had started calling me 'Mrs. Northman' every chance he got ever since I had said yes. I loved it. I was excited and it warmed me all over that I'd be marrying the man of my dreams.

I wrapped my legs around his hips and pulled him closer. Where he belonged.

Much later we finally got out of bed.

"Come now, birthday boy, what do you want for breakfast?" I chimed as I pulled his hand towards the little kitchen. The cottage wasn't that big, but it was perfect – two bedrooms, a big living room, a bathroom and a little kitchen that had only the bare necessity.

"Anything my lady wants to make me, I'm good with. I'm starving." He wrapped his arms around my waist and placed a kiss on my neck.

"Well, you sure worked hard enough to be starving," I giggled. We had spent three hours in bed, making out, making love and getting lost in each other.

After indulging on blueberry pancakes and milk we went to get dressed, hoping his old sledge stashed in the shed behind the cottage was still there and hadn't rusted away.

I rummaged through my bag and pulled out the little box, wrapped in gift paper. I turned to him just as he was pulling on his sky pants.

"Happy Birthday, baby," I told him and handed him the gift. I gnawed on my lip nervously, hoping he'd like it.

"Lover, you shouldn't have."

"Open it," I said, rolling my eyes.

We had conceded we wouldn't spend money on gifts for each other, but this was different.

Eric pulled on the bow and took off the top of the box. He had yet to say anything, he just kept staring inside.

"I know it's not much, but I wanted you to have it. It's the only thing I have from dad. He had it from his father and his father from his father. They're supposed to last a life time and I really wanted you to have it," I said before he stopped me with a kiss.

"It's perfect, Lover, thank you! I've always loved Patek Philippe watches and wanted one. This, coming from you and from your family is more than I could have dreamt of. It's wonderful," he whispered and I could feel a weight lift off my shoulders.

He took it out and wrapped it around his left wrist. It looked perfect.

Instead of going out and playing in the snow we ended up spending more time in bed. I swear I had no idea where he had the stamina for it, but I sure wasn't complaining.

When midnight approached we picked up two blankets and climbed on top of the car, looking up at the stars above, enjoying the silence of the mountain. Suddenly the ski lit up as fireworks from the cities underneath us filled the horizon. Among the colorful explosions I could see a falling star. I closed my eyes and made a wish.

So, we've got a wedding incoming!

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xoxo

Gaby