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Nick POV

I had to do this now before her circle came and before the rituals. I was rambling on like a crazy person I didn't know why I was so nervous. The love between us was so strong and undeniable. I finally got the tiny box out of my pocket and I saw the tears spilling down her face and I couldn't stop my eyes from crying either. "I am so in love with you Amanda and I know it's only been a short time but after what we shared the other night and realizing the depth of the connection we have that keeps us forever bonded realized that it's not how much time that's passed that matters but what matters is how we spend the time we have" I opened the box revealing a flower shaped diamond and honey calcite ring. I got down on one knee and said "looking around this place I can see us here together 50 years from now and still being as in love with you as I am now. Amanda Morris I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"

I wasn't prepared for her reaction. Tears pouring down her face, her hazel eyes not sad but so happy, she flung her arms around my neck almost knocking me over and kissed me with so much love my head was spinning. She broke the kiss and hugged me hard and said in my ear "yes oh my god nick yes" She pulled back and looked at me "I love you so much Nicholas Armstrong" she said quietly with a big smile on her face. I kissed her quickly and took the ring out of the box. She held out her left hand and I slipped the ring on her finger not sure if it was going to fit and it fit perfectly. "nick its beautiful" she said admiring the ring on her hand" . "this was my mother's ring" I said softly "I only found out when I got it from Aunt Grace that you and my mom had the same working stone" I smiled. "really?" her face lit up with a thoughtful smile "I'm so honored to have something that belonged to someone as brave as she was." I just smiled "I'm so glad you like it" I kissed her softly. "I love it" she said kissing me. I pulled back and looked in her eyes. I wanted to say something but I couldn't. I didn't even think there were words that could describe how happy I was. "I love you Nick" she said and kissed me again. I wrapped my arms around her and looked around "so what do you think of this place?" I asked. "I love it. I feel a connection to it like this is where we belong" she smiled.

I just held her quietly replaying the events of the day in my mind. I really was truly at peace with my past and excited for my future and then reality hit as I noticed Cassie and Adam walking quickly down the beach towards the normal meeting spot. "we better get down there" I said. Amanda turned and kissed me. "Ok but tonight we are celebrating" she smiled. "definitely" I said taking her left hand and kissing her ring. Just seeing my mother's ring on her finger made me feel like my life was complete.

I led her down the back steps and down the path that led down to the beach. We walked slowly enjoying this moment before we got to the group and would be forced to put our excitement on the back burner and step back into the reality of the war we were in. I put my arm around her and we walked to where everyone was gathered. We were the last to arrive.

"You're late" Diana said with that look of authority she sometimes gets. "sorry" I muttered and Amanda and I sat in the sand with the others my arm not leaving her shoulder. "we are leaving in a little while to pick up Sammy and the rest of Amanda's circle" Diana said. "I am not quite sure what to expect with tonight's events. We need to accept their circle into ours symbolizing the circles coming together. At midnight we will do the rituals and then we activate the crystal moon" she said. "Wow that's pretty specific" laurel said. "It is all spelled out in Sammy's book of shadows which I haven't seen yet. So right now that's the plan" Diana said. "what are we going to do in between welcoming the circle and the rituals?" chris asked. "We could have some sort of a celebration like a last hoorah before we get into the heavy stuff" Suzan suggested. "I think that's a great idea" Faye said sarcastically rolling her eyes "a welcome, hope we don't kill you party". "oh stuff it Faye" Adam said. "I think it's a good idea. Gives everyone a chance to get to know each other" he said. Everyone seemed to be in agreement. "ok then its settled" Diana said "we will meet back here at 530 then. Meeting adjourned" she said. "that was short" Amanda said. "it sure was. What do you want to do for the next almost 3 hours?" I asked. She smiled "oh I don't know, take a nap?" she winked. "yeah I am pretty tired" I laughed fake yawning. Just then Melanie approached up "what are you guys up to?" she asked. "I'm pretty tired and my head still hurts a little so I was going to back to Nick's and rest" Amanda said. "you should definitely rest then" Melanie said. "see you guys tonight" she said as she walked away. Amanda wasn't lying completely she was tired and I'm pretty sure her head hurt, however, with how excited we were I didn't see much rest this afternoon.

Amanda POV

We got back to Nick's room he led me in and said "Ambiance" and immediately the curtains closed, candles were lit and there was music playing on the iPod. I smiled "nice touch" I started to say but he interrupted me with a kiss. I kissed him back hard, eager to show him how happy I was. We kissed softly and sensually and our kisses were underlined with a longing to be together forever. He led me to the bed and we spent the rest of the afternoon loving each other in every way we knew how. I loved the way Nick loved me; every kiss, every touch, every whisper. I was going to be able to experience this, experience him, every day for the rest of my life and I couldn't be more thrilled. We were lying in bad facing each other my left hand in his hand and he was stroking my face with the other hand. I leaned in for a kiss. I just couldn't get enough of him. "im so lucky that I get to kiss you every day for the rest of my life" I said proudly. "im the lucky one" he said mahogany eyes had a tender look and his smile was soft. He lifted up my left hand admiring the ring on my finger "so when do you want to get married?" he asked as his smiled widened. "tonight" I joked. He laughed "we are kind of busy tonight" he said rolling his eyes "well I was thinking we should get married August 31 st because that was the day I first laid eyes on you" he said. I smiled and said "I think that's a perfect day for a wedding" I kissed him and said "What do you think about a ceremony on the beach at sunset and then have a celebration at our house at Number Seven?" I asked, picturing it all in my head me wearing my mother's wedding dress carrying a bouquet of yellow and white daisies. "That sounds like a perfect wedding" he smiled kissing me again. I glanced at the clock on his dresser and groaned. It was 4:30. Back to reality. "We need to get going soon" I whined. "Five more minutes" he said wrapping me in his arms my head resting on his chest.

We showered and got dressed. I was wearing my ceremonial shift that was a sparkling gold fabric and cut in a way that revealed a lot of skin. Nick eyes popped out of his head when he saw me in and I giggled. "I like yours better than my circle's" he laughed and hugged me kissing my neck and face and being silly. He threw me back down on the bed and started tickling me. I loved the silly side Nick which he didn't show too often and I had yet to see him be silly in front of his circle. We were laughing so hard we almost didn't hear the knock on the door. Nick still laughing opened the door to a petite girl with short strawberry blond curls and piercing blue eyes wearing the same gold shift I had on "Sammy!" I shrieked running passed Nick and hugging my best friend. "amanda! I missed you!" she said. She pulled back to look at me. "you look good, happy" she said. "thanks. I am" I smiled. "well you must be the source of the happiness" Sammy laughed turning to Nick. "Sammy this is Nick" I said proudly. Nick smiled as she hugged him awkwardly "nice to finally meet the guy who swept our girl off of her feet" she said. Nick laughed, the sweeping was all her" he smiled pulling me close to his side. "what are you doing here? You weren't supposed to be in yet" I asked smiling. "we hit no traffic so we got in early and I had something I needed to talk to you to about that couldn't wait" she said seriously and her smile faded "I have an idea and I'm sorry but you are not going to like what I have to say".