"It was a stupid thing to ask anyway. Just forget I ever said it" To say Jules was embarrassed right now was an understatement.
"I believe I've already asked you to marry me…"
Jules lifted her head in a mixture of hope and confusion
"Jules I want you to marry me" He said while trying to hide his child like smile.
"You little prick" She laughed and cried while placing her lips to his.
"Don't you EVER do that to me again"
"What? I enjoyed it, I had complete control!" Sam joked but wasn't surprised to receive a punch to the stomach and was brought down to Jules' eye level.
"Don't get used to it baby" She smiled as she kissed him.
Sam reached down to the ring and slipped it off the necklace before proceeding down onto one knee.
"Julianna Rose Callaghan, will you marry me?"
"Hmmm, I'm gonna have to think about this one. Your chances look slim" They each laughed as Jules wiped away her tears before she was able to softly let out "Yes…Yes I will"
Sam slipped the ring on her finger before standing up.
"So umm what do we do now?" Sam didn't want to ruin the mood but the question had to be asked.
"Well, you want to start a family right?" She had never really asked him. He was just so wonderful with kids and the perfect man that she just assumed he would want kids.
"Jules are you kidding me? Of course I do" He couldn't get the words out quick enough.
"Well if I get pregnant, than I obviously can't work and knowing us, it shouldn't take long"
They each let out another laugh before Sam finally understood what she meant.
"So you ask Sarge if we can get married knowing that we will soon want to have a baby and knowing that you couldn't work?"
"WE ask Sarge. This is a joint decision right?"
"Yes…of course. But we each stay on the team?"
"If we can, but let's not try and push our luck"
"You're a genius" He said before being silenced by her lips to his.
The conversation with Sarge sounded much easier in their heads but nerves and bad timing seemed to get the better of them.
They were both ready to tell Greg as he sat alone in the briefing room but before they could get close they each seemed to "chicken out" as they decided to join the rest of the team in the gym instead.
Half an hour later they decided that this time it was for real, they would walk up to him and tell him how it is except that at that very second the alarm sounded and Team One was ordered to gear up.
On their 3rd try they were beaten to Greg by Ed and Wordy who were dragging him to drinks with the rest of the Team.
"I give up!" He said in frustration as Jules couldn't restrain herself from laughing. That was all they could do in times like this.
"I guess it can wait until tomorrow, right?"
"I guess"
Not wishing to be the odd ones out and draw even more attention to their situation, Sam and Jules followed along with the rest of the team to the bar.
A couple of shots of vodka and some beers later it was safe to say that Jules was wasted. She stayed quiet for a while before her endless speeches about nonsense made it quite evident that she was drunk.
I could offer to take her home now before she makes a fool of herself.
But that would just make it obvious that there is something going on between us.
But before Sam could make up his mind, Jules had placed her hand flat out on the table making the diamond ring sparkle in the light. Luckily for them, most of the men on the table were completely oblivious to this move except for Ed who, like Jules, had had a bit too much to drink.
"Nice ring Jules, I thought you kept it around your neck?" Ed would never have the guts to say such a thing, especially in front of the team and especially after his run-in with Jules in the storage room.
Sam's heart rate sped up. He just wanted to curl up into a ball and pretend this wasn't happening. Jules couldn't stay quiet, that would just look suspicious but then anything she said would be suspicious as well.
"Well this time he actually got down on one knee and proposed for real. Why should I keep it hidden?"
Too late. The table went eerily quiet and all eyes turned to Sam.
"Umm surprise?" A joke. That's all he could come up with. Even then it wasn't funny.
"Look this wasn't quite how we wanted to tell you but we were going to" He added while looking over at Jules who lifted her head up in disappointment.
"Whoops" She was drunk but she knew she had made a mistake.
"So?" The table was still quiet as all looked to Greg for an answer.
Greg paused. He was the master of deception and was hiding his feelings quite well. Was he furious with them that they had broken protocol…twice? Was he disappointed in them for only having the guts to tell him while Jules was drunk? Was he even the slightest bit happy for them?
Stay tuned!