Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Coyote Ugly just the ones I make up in the story.
Chapter 25: An Engagement
May 25, 2004
2:00pm
Kevin's Firehouse
Keith and Kevin were washing one of the firetrucks when Cammie came by, really upset. Keith went over to her.
"What are these?" Cammie said holding up a pair of women's underwear.
"I believe those are women's underwear. Why are you so upset?" Keith asked.
"These aren't mine!"
"Crap I forgot to hide those. I was meaning to give them to you as a birthday gift and you discovered them before I could put them in a gift bag. Those were the paisley designed underwear you wanted from Victoria's Secret, remember? I was going to give them to you along with this," Keith said taking out a velvet box from his pants pocket.
"Oh my gosh. Keith, is that?" Cammie said in shock.
"Now wait, I need to get on my knee and do this the right way. There. Cammie, will you do the honor of marrying me?"
"Of course I will! Gosh I love you so much Keith!" Cammie said pulling Keith up for a kiss. Keith's fellow firefighters and Kevin clapped and whistled.
"I better be the best man dude!" Rollie said slapping Keith on the back.
"You will be dude! Along with Kevin, if he wants to be," Keith said.
"I would be honored," Kevin said shaking Keith's hand.
"I have to tell Violet, Lil, Rachel and Zoe! They're going to be so excited!" Cammie said as she said goodbye to Keith and left the firehouse.
"I'm coming!" I said as I went to get the door. It was Cammie, flashing a big diamond in my face.
"Keith proposed! We're getting hitched!" Cammie said hugging me.
"Well, congratulations Cammie! I'm so happy for you and Keith!" I said as I heard the timer ding in the bathroom.
"Taking another test again?" Cammie asked.
"Yes and it's ready to be read," I said as I went into the bathroom, picked up the test and read it. It was, as usual, negative. I sat down on the toilet and put my head in my hands.
"Violet, I hate seeing you like this. Why do you do this to yourself?" Cammie asked worriedly.
"Because I just want a chance to be a mother, that's all. I see you, Rachel and Gloria with kids and I just so desperately want to be a part of that world, you know," I said crying. Cammie sat down on the edge of the bathtub and took my hand in hers.
"I know how you feel. Me and Al were trying for two years to have a kid of our own and we finally got lucky around the time you told everyone that you were pregnant with Josiah. We were so happy that we were finally going to have a baby we started going baby shopping and getting all the baby furniture and everything. We were ecstatic."
"Yeah, then what happened?" I asked.
"Then around my eighth month of pregnancy Al and I started growing farther apart. He wasn't so excited about the baby like he was when he found out. Rachel said she heard that he was cheating on me with a stripper. But then they broke up a few days before Sarah was born and he was back to being excited again. He ended up missing Sarah's birth and I scolded him for it. A couple months later he got himself killed." Cammie said.
"But what happened with Al won't happen with Keith. I know my cousin well enough to know that he won't do anything to hurt you. He loves you Cammie with all his heart," I said giving her a hug.
"Thanks Violet. Hey, how about you come with me to tell Lil, Rachel and Zoe that I'm getting married. How does that sound?"
"That sounds great. It would be good to get some fresh air," I said as we grabbed our stuff and left the apartment and went to the bar to tell Lil the good news.