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Chapter twenty: Romantic Dinner

Lilly and Scotty had spent the all night making love and when Scotty finally dragged himself into work he was already exhausted but it had definitely been worth it. After his second cup of triple shot expresso he moved off to find the others.

"Where's Lil?" Will asked taking in the bags under Scotty's eyes to be young and in love he thought

"She was tried so she is spending the day at home" Scotty replied yawning again

"She keep you up all night Valens" Vera said wriggling his eyebrows

"Shut up Nick" Scotty said as he sat down at his desk and pulled a stack of paperwork towards him sighing as the pile seemed to have double overnight.

"By the way Boss told us your good news, a girl and a boy. You pick out any names yet?" Will said

"Yeah we did, their names are Isabelle Rosa and Anthony John "Scotty said producing a sonogram picture from his coat pocket handing it to his older colleague.

"It must seem so much more real now they have names" He said

"Yeah, I still can't get over the fact in a couple of months I am gonna be able to hold them. I already love them it's hard to describe the feeling I get when I have my hand on Lil's stomach. I mean my kids are in there man" Scotty replied smiling over at him.

"When you ladies are done maybe we can actually get some work done" Vera said not looking up from his own stack of paperwork. Scotty rolled his eyes and started filling out the forms in front of him but his mind kept wondering back to Lilly and the twins he had this dull ache in his heart whenever he wasn't with them these days and he couldn't wait until tonight when he was going to ask her to marry him. Then a shadow of doubt entered his mind, what if she said no. Surely not but with Lilly there was always the possibility they had been dating for a little over a year and he still didn't know what she was thinking half the time. He sighed again trying to shake the seeds of doubt away. The day seemed to drag by especially since Scotty couldn't stop watching the clock.

"I am outta here" he cried as the clock finally hit five "Gotta hot date" he said grabbing his jacket and heading for the door.

"Say hi to Lil for us, and tell her we need her here to fill out all this paperwork" Vera said to Scotty's retreating back

"You can tell her I ain't that stupid" Scotty called over his shoulder

He made it home finally to find Lilly getting ready for their date.

"Sleep enough today?" he asked comming up behind and wrapping his arm around her waist kissing her shoulder.

"Yeah why?"

"Cause when you look like that" he said pointing at the dress she was wearing that showed off her bump "It's gonna be hard to keep my hands off you" Scotty said teasingly and she giggled.

"Wouldn't of thought you have the energy yourself after last night, I know you definitely didn't get much sleep" She countered turning in his arms and placing hers around his neck her lips moving in to kiss him.

"I better go get ready or we'll be late" Scotty said moving off into the bedroom to get changed. Scotty was getting nervous, he was about to ask Lilly to marry him and he felt like his heart was pounding out of his chest.

"You ready?" Lilly asked comming up behind him

"Yep, let's go" he grabbed his jacket and lead her out the door helping her into his car. They arrived at the restaurant a few minutes later and were shown to a small table near the back.

"Can I get you any drinks to start?" The waiter asked

"Just some water thanks" Lilly said opening the menu

"What do you feel like Lil?" he said looking over his menu

"I don't know it all looks so good" She said

"I'll be back in a minute" Scotty said standing up and he walked off in the direction of the bathrooms. Little did Lil know that Scotty had planned for the waiter to bring out the ring with their desert and he walked over to the manager and gave him the box.

"You nervous sir?" he asked

"A little" Scotty replied

"Don't worry I am sure she'll say yes" He manager said and Scotty handed him a tip before returning to Lilly.

"So have you decided?" He asked sitting back down

"Yeah, I want the Cesar salad to start, steak with seasonal vegetables and for desert I want that chocolate cake looks so good" she replied

"God you eating more than Vera" he chuckled

"Hey watch it I am carrying your children" Lilly replied a grin spreading across her face

"Sorry Lil, I think I might have the steak too and that chocolate cake dose look good" he agreed and their waiter came back over looking down at Lilly's rounded stomach

"Oh congratulations how far along are you?" He asked

"Only five months but its twins so it's huge" she said lovingly rubbing her extended belly

"We what can I get the four of you then" he replied as he grinned down at Lilly and she laughed. "We'll have the Cesar salad the steak medium rare please and that chocolate cake looks too good to pass up" Lilly said and he smiled

"It's my favourite to, and for you Sir"

"The steak also medium rare and the chocolate cake" Scotty said handing their menus back

"Great" he said moving off the kitchen. Lilly looked over at her boyfriend and he stretched out a hand to take hers rubbing it absently with his thumb.

"So what's the occasion?" She asked looking up at him

"Do I need and occasion to take my family out?" He replied "We are just celebrating the fact that we have two very healthy twins on the way " He said but something in his voice indicated he wasn't telling her the whole truth

Lilly smiled over at him, he was up to something but she couldn't quite figure it out. Being stuck behind a desk for the last couple of months seemed to have dampened her detective skills. Lilly's appetizer arrived and she eat happily as Scotty told her about what happened at work that day and she told Scotty she'd kick Nick's arse for his comment on her being like their secretary which made Scotty laugh heartily "I did tell not to mess with you" He said wisely. Their steaks arrived and now Scotty could fell his mouth running dry any minute now they would bring the deserts and she would see the ring. He was running the speech he been practising for the past week over and over in his head.

"Earth to Scotty!" Lilly replied slapping his arm

"What, sorry I kinda zoned out" He said

"Are you feeling okay?, you've been acting weirder than normal lately" she asked look at him with concern.

"Yeah I am fine babe I swear" he said a little unconvincingly

"Okay" she said slowly still a little worried he was losing the plot

When the waiter clear the plates and asked them how it was Scotty could feel his mouth running dry. This was it the thought seeing the deserts comming their way.

"Err Lil, I wanna say something " she said

"Okay" she replied

"We have been together for year now and it's been the best year of my entire life" he said stopping to draw breath "I have loved you from practically the moment we met and I know I have screwed up along the way but I never wanna screw up again. I want us to be a family You, Me, Isabelle and Anthony"

"We are already" she replied

"I know but I want more" That was the waiter's queue he walked over and placed the plate in front of her the ring box open "Lilly Rush, will you do me the honour of marrying me" he said getting to his knee and grabbing her hand. She smiled and looked at him. "Oh Scotty, yes I marry you" He broke into a broad grin and lent up to kiss her. The restaurant broke into applause as Scotty placed the ring on her finger "I love you Lil, so much" He said

"I love you too" She said kissing him again.