A/N: Okay, it's nice you're still reading this story ^^Maybe I will go on with this story, otherwise I will write a proper ending then.. In a couple of chapters. I will do something with your suggestions :) I'm thankful you're helping me with ideas :) Enjoy this one! :)

August 2011

It's been six months since Casey and Alex moved in together. The place didn't actually change a lot. Most of Alex's stuff had stayed and some stuff, like Casey's couch had added up to the collection of things in their apartment. They were doing well together. A few months ago they had finally told the squad that they were in a relationship.

The squad reacted well. That means, Olivia and John already knew, so only Don, Elliot and Fin were surprised. Although, Casey suspected Elliot already knew, because Olivia told him. And Alex thought Don suspected something, since Don always knew everything. So that left Fin to be the only one to hear it for the first time, but he reacted totally relaxed. So, everything with the squad went well.

Since it's summer, they decided to go on vacation together. Well, actually, it was Alex's idea, like almost every idea. So, they were sitting on the plane, flying to Paris, France. It had been Alex's favorite place since she was a little girl. Her parents took her to that place when she was about sixteen years old. It had increased her interest in architecture. She wanted to share this interest, so she decided that it might be a good idea to go on a city trip in Paris.

They had been in Paris for almost a week now. They stayed in a hotel somewhere in a street near the Moulin Rouge. They had dinner at the top of the Montparnasse Tower, they went shopping at Champs-Elysées, they watched it from the Arc de Triomphe, they enjoyed the nature in Jardin du Luxembourg, they bought some little cute paintings on Mont-Martre, went looking for sculptures and paintings in Le Louvre, and did all the things other tourists do when visiting Paris, except of the Eiffel Tower.

The last day of their holiday in Paris, they went to the Eiffel Tower. That meant, the evening. The sun was already set, and the weather was just about perfect. They were enjoying the view together from the top of the tower. They looked to all the places they went that week and thought back to the memories they created together. A minute or two later, Alex turned to Casey.

"Casey?" She caught Casey's attention. She smiled at the redhead and the redhead smiled back.

"Great is it, isn't it? I could stay here forever." Casey smiled. She really looked happy. It was actually the same look on her face, as Alex felt on the inside herself. She wanted to stay in that moment, for now and always. She wanted it to never stop.

"I could stay with you forever, wherever. Here and now, but also in New York, or anywhere else. The last week was great, so was the last year with you. I'm so grateful you spend that one night with me in the office. I can't think of what I'd be now if you didn't act on my approach that night. Now and here, I think of you and I can't imagine my life without you. I would love to spend the rest of my life with you. Fix you when you're broken, but also enjoy the moments when you're not. You made me happier than anyone else ever did. I can't think of losing you to someone else. That would be such a waste. We left being inappropriate far behind us. I love you so much, you can't imagine." Alex paused, taking Casey's hands in hers. "Casey Novak. Will you marry me?"

"You know, I actually can imagine how much you love me, since I love you as much as you love me. You made me cross boundaries I've never even thought of crossing before. You made me commit to you, while I never even committed to anyone else before. You made me happier than I've ever been before too. My family loves you. I want to be with you, and grow old with you. Yes, I want to marry you, Alexandra Cabot." Casey smiled, and kissed Alex's lips to seal the proposal. The few people surrounding them applauded. Casey flushed bright red, but Alex couldn't be anything more than just proud, and very happy. She said yes. She got a little box out of her pocket and opened it to Casey. There was a beautiful engagement ring on the velvet. Casey smiled from ear to ear and Alex shoved it on her finger.

"Now you're gonna be Ms. Novak-Cabot." Alex grinned. "And I'll be Ms. Cabot-Novak."

"Oh, woman. You got us really in trouble. If people ask us how we fell in love.." She giggled.

"Well, we just tell them it's too inappropriate to tell them the truth." Alex said, seriously, but Casey could recognize a small smile behind her serious mask. It would be their little secret.

That night, they fantasized about the wedding. They figured out they both wanted a winter wedding. Casey thought of Alex's parents and if they had to know about them going to get married, but she didn't want to bring up the subject. She didn't want to ruin the mood. They were both far too happy to talk about it. But Casey couldn't help but think about it anyway. Casey could even guess that Alex would notice Casey's mental absence.

"Case, what's wrong, honey?" She asked, looking concerned. She looked the redhead in the eyes, so she couldn't lie to her.

"I keep thinking about your parents. Are you sure you don't want to tell them you're engaged?" Casey hesitated a little while saying it, but she also realized she couldn't make something up or lie about something being wrong. "I'm sorry if I just spoiled our happiness." She added.

"It's okay, Case. I won't stop loving you or something." She smiled weakly, but Casey could tell something was bothering her, although she couldn't put a finger on it. "It's just.. Look, you have parents you love, and love you back and stuff. They accept you being a lesbian. Being who you are. My parents, on the contrary, they don't accept me. Don't get me wrong, they love me, but they don't accept my interest in women. They still think it's a phase. They learned that they have to shut up about my love life, but they still think I'm eventually going to marry a man. They think I someday realize that it's not okay to love women and to marry a man. I'm not sure if I have to tell them I'm gonna marry a woman. From one hand, I have to tell them, because I'm their daughter and they have to know I'm not gonna make up my mind, and from the other I don't want to tell them, because they will hate me and I don't want to be humiliated by them.."

"I understand. I'm sorry, Alex. I wish I could help you with it, but I'm afraid I can't do anything. Maybe I can talk to them, to talk some sense into them, but I don't know if that's gonna help it, or make it worse. I guess the latter." Casey felt sorry for Alex. She wished she could help her, but she couldn't do anything.

"It's not your fault Casey. Really. I can't do anything about it either. I learned to live with it. It's only a shame that I'm not able to show them what kind of person you are, and how amazing you are. But that's not our fault, that's theirs. They don't want to know anything about it, so they have to live with it." Alex sighed. After a long pause, Alex added broke the silence. "Besides, I'm getting the best in-laws I can think of. And I have a sister who approves of you, so that's kind of a good thing here, right?" She smiled.

"You're right." Casey wrapped her arms around Alex. "I'm so happy I'm gonna marry you. You're such a great person." She kissed the blonde's temple.

"Maybe you don't know it, but you've really grown last year. You really learned to commit. And to admit you love me. And you're gonna marry me. If someone told you a year ago that you were going to marry a woman, you probably wouldn't have believed it. You would have denied you could ever commit to someone. You would have characterized yourself as an independent person, who didn't need a partner. I'm not saying you need me, though." She chuckled.

"Oh, what if I told you I do? Who else makes me come like you do?" Casey teased, grinning. Alex pouted in a response to Casey's joke.

"Well, what if I told you I wouldn't make you come for a year. Would you still marry me?" Alex teased back.

"Hmm, I have to think about it." Casey smirked, but Alex could tell she was only kidding. "A year you said? I can take it. And to think of it. If I haven't had sex for a year, I probably would experience the best orgasm in the world, so that's kind of a reward."

"You're such a pervert." Alex grinned, chuckling a little.

"Yeah, but you're gonna be Ms. Pervert. I don't know what's worse." Casey smirked, nudging Alex's side. "I mean, you're gonna be married to a pervert. You choose. I don't choose to be a pervert."

"Well, I kind of like being engaged to a pervert." She teasingly placed a kiss on Casey's forehead.

"Kind of." Casey pouted. "You think I'm amazing, you.."

"You can't even think of a word that suits me, can you?" Alex's grin grew wider.

"No. That's because 'Alex' is the only word that defines what you are." Casey still pouted, but with a little grin visible in her eyes.

"Aw, that's sweet." And Alex wrapped her arms around Casey, to pull her in for a delicate, long kiss. They celebrated their engagement until the sun came up again..