Chapter 4:I Had A Dream

There's always something more than marriage that ties a person to another person. May it be a common hobbies, a favorite sport, a favorite pizza topping. Or maybe even the need to have the ability to create another life.

Whether there was question between the difference between family and friends, one thing is always proven. Family becomes friends, and friends become family.

PAST:

As she walked the lonely streets at the break of dawn, she thought about the night she had just spent with Ethan. First, it was at the Crimson office, then it was at the apartment. They made dinner together, and then ate it, and watched scary movies, and then, at the end of it all, made love to one another.

Now, at 6:03 AM, she was passing Kelly's diner, heading for Ethan's apartment, where she knew he would be.

When she finally got to his apartment, she saw flashing colors from outside his window, coming from the TV. She gently knocked on the door, and waited a few seconds for him to open the door. He has a black tee shirt on, and a pair of red boxers. She looked him up and down, and then met his eyes. "Hey" she breathed.

"Hey, what are you doing here, love?""I needed to see you. I wanted to talk to you about something." She looked up at him, and he nodded, allowing her into the apartment.

"Tracy told me about the photo you carry around in your pocket, of my father, and Robert Scorpio. Mind telling me what that's all about?"His smile slowly faded from his face, and his lips slightly parted, obviously speechless. So once again, Lulu Spencer left him speechless.

PRESENT:

"Where to?" He questioned

"Anywhere." She replied

"What do you say about a day in California?"

"I say, let's go."He smiled, and put the car into gear.

Once they got to the apartment, at the time of 11:00PM, she tiptoed, past Maxie, who was currently sleeping on the couch, and down the hall into her bedroom. Ethan held her waist, following just behind her.

Once they were in the room, Lulu went, and got the suitcase she stored in the closet, the one that she kept just in case her and Johnny would ever get away. They never did. She opened it, and shoved shirts, shorts, bras, socks, undies, deodorant, makeup, hairdryer, ipod, cell phone, and everything else she needed into the oversized luggage.

"Love, its only a day."

"We're driving, right?""Yea?""Exactly." She smiled smugly.

Once they were finished, they left the apartment, and went back to his black Shelby mustang.

They were off to California.

It was 4:35 in the morning, and Lulu was singing to the song 'Poker Face'. She held her hand in a fist in front of her mouth as a mic, and sang to the song, looking at Ethan.

He smiled back at her, and kept his hands on the wheel.

"Can't read my, can't read my, can't ready my poker faceee."

She slowly opened her eyes, and groaned. She woke a little more, and wrinkled her nose at the smell of smoke. She opened her eyes fully, and saw the hood of the car up, and smoke all around her. She groaned, and got out of the car. She looked over to Ethan, who was hunched over the hood, trying to fix something with his shirt.

"Mmm. Ethan, what's wrong with it?"He turned, and faced her. "Morning, love. It just needs to jumpstarted."She nodded, and crossed her arms over her growing abdomen.

"You don't know anything about cars, do you?"He looked up at her. "Don't worry love, jump-starting a car doesn't take a rocket-scientist to figure out. Give her a half-an-hour, and we'll be in Colorado."

She rose one eye-brow at him, and smiled at him.

He turned around, and leaned against the car, and stretched his arm for hers.

She wore her hair up in a pony-tail, and a white tank top, that showed off her small bulge, and a pair of short jean shorts.

She took his hand, and stepped closer to him, and leaned her lips into his.

After they got the car revved up again, they continued their journey. They were a mile into San Francisco. Ethan estimated they would get their within the hour. Now, into the second fourth month, second trimester of being pregnant, she was developing more, and more crazy cravings.

"Ethan?"

Ethan groaned. He knew that voice. It was the Ethan, the baby's hungry voice. "Yes, love?""Would my beloved boyfriend be so kind to take his pregnant girlfriend to a gas station for pickles, and cream cheese?"

I looked up at her, and narrowed his eyebrows. "You're serious, aw, Love, that's repulsive."

"Ethan…please baby?"

He sighed, and turned around.

Once they passed the sign that said Welcome to California, Lulu had finished a jar of 18 ounce pickles, and seven cream cheese cups.

"Well, here we are, love, good old Cali." He swatted her a wink, and put his attention back to the wheel.

Once they pulled up to the hotel, Ethan pulled the car up to the valet, and helped Lulu out of the car. "Ethan, its not like I can't even stand up on my own." She jokingly said.

"I know love, but since I put that kid inside of you, I'm going to take responsibility for it." He defended.

She couldn't protest, so she just flashed him a smile, and stepped out of the car, and up to the doors.

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They sat in their hotel room, waiting for the luggage bags. "Ethan…have you ever thought about getting married?"

Ethan faced her, and looked at her questioningly. "Well, love, yea, I have. I've thought about loving you forever. I've thought about spending forever with you. I've thought about the many children we would bring into the world. I've thought about growing old with you. So, yes love. I have thought about getting married. To you. No one else. Only you.

"Ethan…""Love, I want you to know how much I really love you. We haven't known one another that long, but I want you. I want all of you, forever. And the day after. I will love you forever. Whether we are together, or not."

Ethan didn't plan on doing this here, but it just fit in perfectly. So he got situated. He got up from the bed, and looked Lulu in the eyes, before bending down on one knee. He took one of her hands, and watched her eyes fill with liquid. He kept that sly smile on his face, and pulled out the tulip sapphire ring, with embedded diamonds around it. He held it in between his fingers. "Lesley Lu Spencer. You may be the most obnoxious, over-ruling, melodramatic, gorgeous, sexy, beautiful, amazing girl I have ever laid my eyes upon, and god bless my soul, but I have went against all boundaries, and fallen in love with you. So I'm going to ask you to do this one thing for me. Marry me."

She let the tears flow down her face, onto Ethan's faded denim, and slowly nodded her head.

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