A/N: Thank you everyone for the favorite and following alerts as well as the reviews. I really appreciate the support. And thank you to everyone that are simply taking the time to read. I appreciate that just as much.

You can let go of your undies. ;)

Btw, I haven't felt this nervous over a chapter going up since my first story.

*sets out aforementioned Kleenex box*

Chapter 2

Zach and Caleigh enjoyed small talk as Zach drove south on I-95. The weather was absolutely beautiful and they had the windows partially down. They sang along with some of the 80's tunes that Zach had on the radio station in the truck. Zach turned the radio to almost blaring volume as Born in the U.S.A. come on. They sang with gusto matching The Boss. Caleigh laughed at the people in the other cars looking at them. "They obviously aren't Springsteen fans," she smiled at Zach, almost shouting. Zach laughed as well, noticing the looks.

The song finished, Zach turned the radio down and took the exit into Dale City. Caleigh looked at him. "Do you have the directions to the park on your phone?"

"Nope," Zach said, tapping his temple. "I've already got them memorized," he said, smiling at her. Five minutes later, he pulled up to the curb at the north end of a park. Shutting his truck off, he opened the door and looked at Caleigh. "You coming along?"

"Do I need to," she asked. "You're just meeting Brian."

"Come on," Zach smiled. "It's a gorgeous day and a big park." Caleigh opened her door as well and they both got out. Stepping onto the sidewalk, Zach took Caleigh's hand and they started to walk through the park.

Caleigh looked off in the distance. "Where are you meeting Brian?"

"He said he was going to park at the south end. It's easier for him to get there with the one way streets in town." Caleigh nodded and walked more with Zach as they lazily strode the sidewalk that wound its way through the large city park.

The sidewalk took them around a grove of trees in the middle of the park. They smiled at the kids playing in the treehouses the city had built there. They rounded the corner, getting past the trees. Caleigh looked up and said, "Oh my God Zach. That's the hospital your dad was in. This is the park where we played with Jack."

Zach smiled, swinging her hand a bit. "Remember Becca?" They both stopped.

Caleigh brightly smiled, looking at him. "How could I forget her? You gave Becca her first kiss from a boy," she laughed, nudging his chest with her shoulder. She squeezed his hand. "I was sorta jealous," she laughed more.

Zach laughed and then seriously looked at the hospital; Caleigh noticed. He nodded at it. Caleigh looked. "That's where I knew I would love you forever," he smiled, taking her into his muscular arms. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you Caleigh; I love you," he said, looking deeply into her eyes. "I don't know where baseball is going to take me and honestly, it could be a long, rough road." Caleigh looked at him. "But I want you at my side. Will you make that journey with me?" Caleigh's eyes welled with tears. "I've talked with your dad and he approves," Zach smiled, bending down to one knee. "I'll say it again. I love you with my heart and soul. Will you marry me?"

Overwhelmed, Caleigh looked at him, with a tear running down her cheek. Zach stood up and wiped it away with a smile. "I'll support you and love you forever," Caleigh said, wiping away another a loose tear on her face.

"So that's a yes?"

"Yes," Caleigh shouted. Zach pulled her into his arms, kissing her. Zach ended the kiss, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a white handkerchief and opened it to reveal a beautiful diamond engagement ring. "I've had this for four months," he confessed, taking the ring and shoving the handkerchief in his pocket. "I love you so much, I wanted this moment to be special," he said. Caleigh wiped away tears. "It just seemed like things, life," Zach stammered, "kept getting in the way." He looked at her, shaking his head. "But I think someone that guides my life, our lives," he smiled, looking intently into her eyes, "sorta had a better plan. I just went with it," he said, sliding the ring on her finger.

Caleigh looked at the gold ring with the flower shaped cluster of round diamonds and the additional channel set diamonds in the ring's shank as Zach slide it to the bottom of her ring finger. "It's beautiful Zach," she cried, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Zach pulled her off the ground to hug her tightly. "She said yes," he shouted. A number of people walking through the park stopped and applauded.

Caleigh laughed in his arms. "Let me down you ding dong."

"I'm the happiest man in the world and you call me a ding dong," he kidded, letting her slide down to her feet.

Caleigh wrapped her arms around his chest. "Yes I am," she said, looking at him. "Because I'm the happiest and luckiest lady in the world right now," she shouted as well. That got more applause.

Zach pulled her tightly to him and they stood motionless, enjoying a kiss and then the moment holding each other. A minute or two later, Caleigh, still wrapped in Zach's arms her head against his neck, felt someone poking a gentle finger into her back a couple of times. She let go of Zach and looked to see a couple, standing arm in arm, beaming at them. Her brain cognitively remembered the faces but with the fog of what just happened, she couldn't remember where. There were three more soft pokes into her back.

Caleigh turned more, her left arm still around Zach and looked down at a smiling red-headed little girl with an arm behind her back. The girl smiled. "Remember me?"

"Becca," Caleigh cried, crouching down.

Becca pulled her arm from behind her back and produced a single long-stemmed red rose with a white, lacy ribbon wrapped around the stem underneath the flower. "Zach asked me to give this to you," she brightly smiled.

"Thank you sweetheart," Caleigh said, accepting the rose.

"Can I give you a hug Caleigh," Becca asked, smiling.

Caleigh pulled Becca into her arms, crying more. "Thank you so much Becca for making this moment even more special," she said, hugging her.

Zach smiled at Becca's parents. "You two will never know how much this means to us," he said, shaking Becca's father hand.

"Zach, we are honored to be part of this," he smiled. "Congratulations."

Zach crouched down as well. Becca looked at him as Caleigh let her go. "I get to give you your first engagement kiss," she smiled, pecking his cheek. Zach pulled her into a hug. "We're even," she giggled in his ear. They all laughed as Zach gently hugged Becca.

He let her go and he and Caleigh stood up. "Caleigh, this Anna and Mark Thornton," he smiled.

Anna pulled Caleigh into a hug. "Congratulations Caleigh," she said, letting her go, looking at her. "You two were so precious and special with Becca here that day; especially considering what you were going through then. When Zach contacted us, we just had to be here." She gave Zach a hug as well. "Thank you for letting us be a part of this special moment for you two."

Caleigh rubbed Zach's arm. "How did you find them?" She thought for a second. "Never mind; Garcia," she smiled.

"Oh hell no," Zach said and then blushed a bit. "Sorry Becca." She giggled. "I love her to pieces; but that blabber mouth would have alerted the entire unit including dad."

Caleigh looked at him. "So how?"

"Do you remember Dot?" Caleigh looked at him. "The day aide for patients' families that was so nice to us while dad was in surgery?" Caleigh smiled at the memory. "I contacted her; she found someone in the hospital's IT department that would help me," he smiled.

"We're glad you did," Mark smiled. He looked at Zach. "Give me your phone." Zach smiled, handing it to him.

Caleigh held her rose in her left hand so her engagement ring was visible as Zach wrapped her in his arms. Mark took the picture, smiling at the result. He took another one with the two of them, kneeling down with Becca. Handing Zach's phone back to him, Caleigh exchanged Facebook and email contacts with the couple. "Congratulations again you two," Anna smiled. Zach and Caleigh waved at them as the family walked off.

Walking to the truck hand in hand, they talked with Zach holding the hand that her new ring was on. "Becca would be neat to have as our flower girl," Zach smiled. Caleigh nodded her approval with a huge smile. They walked some more and then Caleigh stopped in her tracks, tugging Zach's hand. "Uncle Dave was in on this," she asked with a smile. "The handkerchief with the initials DSR?"

"Of course he was," Zach beamed.

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Driving to Dave's mansion, Zach took a detour.

Caleigh gently placed her rose on Haley's headstone. "Thank you Haley. I love you," she said, wrapping her arms around Zach. Zach did the same to her. On a windless day, a gentle, warm breeze wafted around them.

Looking to the heavens, Zach smiled. "Thanks mom," he smiled; then kissed Caleigh's cheek.

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A/N: I hope I did this right; especially for 'Sconnie sister Hxchick and my OK teacher; you too Tigger. Hugs and luvs to you all.

Becca and Dot are from my story Old Wounds and Scars. While Hotch was having his surgery, Dot chased the kids (hehehe back then) out to get some fresh air. They met Becca, in a body cast around her hips and upper legs, out getting some sunshine with her parents.

*Knightly bow* Thanks for advice the last day of May babe. My fingers ran with my heart. I slept with a smile on my face that night.

Ooooo, I almost forgot: he went to Zale's. That's the tag line in a series of TV commercials for Zale's jewelry stories here in the States. I found a picture of the ring I envisioned for Caleigh on their website. If you want to see it, go to their website (Zales dot com) and search for ½ CT. T.W. Diamond Flower Bridal Set in 10K Gold. And sorry, I'm an OCD person; I need visuals.