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It was 6am. Jules wiped the sweat off her face and rolled over towards Sam's side of the bed. Well, what used to be his side of the bed. She was used to waking up being held tightly by his arms and listening to his breathing but as she looked at the scar in her shoulder she was reminded of the invisible scars their choice had left behind.
It hurt being so in love with one person and not being able to tell anybody. She felt like she was carrying a huge weight on her shoulders having to keep the man of her dreams a secret but every time she woke up and looked down at his arms around her waste and heard the soft sounds of his breath, she forgot all about the team and just lived in the moment.
She let her legs hang over the side of the bed where she looked at the necklace laying on the bed side table. She wanted so badly to be able to take the ring off the necklace and place it on her wedding finger but the past was in the past and was supposed to stay there.
They had made a choice, whether it was the right one or not only time will tell but they both chose their jobs over their future together.
The ring was given to Jules on their 10 month anniversary. Each were madly in love and the fact that their relationship had stayed a secret for so long was an achievement in itself. What Jules didn't know was that Sam had bought the ring over 6 months ago; he knew she was the one. Considering the small fact that the two weren't even supposed to be dating, Sam knew he could not propose to Jules so as he said, it was just a ring. Yet the feeling inside of Sam when he watched Jules place it on her wedding finger is unexplainable, the sense of accomplishment as he knew that he had succeeded. The words were never said but he knew it was a yes.
The two decided that the ring was more of a symbol as their commitment to each other, a wedding could be seen in the future but for now they would secretly remain boyfriend and girlfriend. She wore that ring every single day and nobody noticed, except for Sam of course who couldn't help but smile every time the small diamond glistened in the sun and the sparkle hit his eyes. What Sam didn't know was that after that night in the coffee shop, Jules still wore the ring everyday.
She contemplated wearing the ring to work, seeming as the entire Team seemed to know about it. After about 20 times of picking the necklace up and putting it back down Jules decided that she wasn't going to let a 5 year old girl stop her from wearing the necklace and holding onto the one piece of Sam she still had.
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Ed and Jules stood in the storage room doing the routine check of all their equipment.
"Flash bangs?" Ed asked in his clearly bored tone. The routine got a little boring after doing for the last 8 years.
"Check"
"Bipods"
"Check"
"Sam's engagement ring?"
She allowed herself to let out a small giggle but it was more forced than anything.
"Inventory complete" She added, still looking down the box in her hands. She placed it back on the bench as she quickly tried to turn around and leave.
Ed grabbed onto Jules shoulder before forcing her to look into his eyes.
"Jules…" Here it comes. Some brother to sister talk that she had tried to avoid over the years of working with Ed.
"No…We are not discussing this"
"Jules, I'm sorry, we didn't realise it got so serious"
"And if you had realised? What? You would've let us stay together? Huh?" She was angry. Ed was her team leader and she knew the boundaries but he had over stepped his limit.
She walked away this time not being stopped by Ed. She barely even noticed that she walked straight past Sam in her state of frustration.
She slammed the locker room door behind her but as she waited to hear the loud noise it would make, it never came. Sam had stopped it and made his way into her locker room.
She ripped the necklace from her neck and swirled it around in her hands.
Sam walked in obviously mesmerized by ring.
"It's amazing how something so small could cause so much trouble. I mean it's just a ring right?" She said the sentence while laughing but seemed to be crying at the same time. Was she angry? Upset? She didn't know and frankly neither did Sam.
"Jules…?"
"You know your niece is much smarter than you give her credit for"
"Oh?" He felt stupid only being able to let out 1 syllable words.
"She told the entire team that I wore the engagement ring you gave me around my neck and asked when we were getting married"
He let out a small laugh "Yep that sounds like Casey"
"Sam?"
"Yes?"
"Marry me?"
Sam stood for a second. Almost as if the words had not been said, as if the last few seconds had not occurred. His face remained the same until he looked down into Jules eyes.
"We couldn't be on the same team…"
"But now I could get pregnant and that way I wouldn't be able to work…"
"Jules… No"
Now she was confused. It was the offer of a life time; she was giving up her job to be with him; to start a family with him.
"No?" She asked just to be sure she heard him right.
"No" Sam had made up his mind.
Did i just hear an echo of scorpios? lol