p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"A/N: /span/strongspan style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"Hey guys! So this has been a wild, but wonderful ride with all of you who have read this story and followed it to this chapter. Thank you for being such loyal readers, no matter where you got hooked on the story from. All the love you guys show for this story is wonderful to me and I couldn't be happier at how much you all love this story! Thank you for always being so supportive and all the reviews you all have left. They all mean the world to me! Keep an eye out for the sequel to this, entitled "What Lies Ahead" to see more of what happens in this wild ride that Jai and Kayla are on. The first chapter will be posted soon! Just keep checking back./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"As usual... If you don't already know, you can get updates and sneak peeks on future chapters by following me on Instagram (tiggermom023) and Twitter (tigger_mom023). I've also started a blog on Tumblr called Quotes on Pretty Paper where I write a quote each day on a piece of scrapbook paper that I have, snap a picture, and post it along with whatever I choose to say (which usually isn't much) for that particular day. You can find that at Tumblr dot com / blog / quotesonprettypaper (take out the spaces and replace the dot with an actual period and you'll be good!). I do quote Divergent among other things… and I also take quote requests here and there./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"After saying goodbye to Jai's parents, Vashti, Indigo, and Jesse we boarded our plane to go back to my mom's. We spent quite a bit of time there and Jai and I helped my mom put up the tree and decorate it. I went through the house putting up other decorations as Jai put up the ones outside with help from a few of my siblings. When Christmas came around, Jai spent time in the kitchen helping my mom cook as my siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all socialized with him, my mom, myself, and one another. My family hadn't met him before, only my mom had, so this Christmas made for lots of questions. After answering my family's questions as best he could, Jai thought it was time to go play with my nieces and nephews. So, he walked over to the little table they were sitting at and started talking to and coloring with them. It wasn't long after that that one of my sisters had come over to sit by me on the small couch./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""He sure is good with children." she pointed out. "Does he have any from a previous relationship?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""No," I shook my head. "he has two godchildren that he loves to the ends of the Earth though."/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Maybe you two can have a few." she gently nudged my shoulder./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Maybe somewhere down the line," I replied, beginning to feel like a bit of a failure for miscarrying what would have been our first child again./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Maybe soon?" she asked with a smile. I shook my head. "Why not?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I recently had a miscarriage," I told her. "We're recovering from it, both of us." she hugged me tightly and apologized, saying that she had no idea. We talked about it for a little while before she brought up another topic./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Have you guys thought about getting married?" she asked me./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I hinted at it when we were in Australia visiting his parents and godchildren, but I'm not entirely sure he got it," I remembered when I'd asked him what he thought about what his parents had said, and he told me that only time would tell. I couldn't imagine myself with anyone else but Jai, so to think that we might not ever get married bummed me out a bit. We'd come so far, we're so in love... wasn't that enough? I'd hoped so./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""He's right though," my sister told me. "only time will tell what happens next with you two." I nodded in agreement as Jai continued to play with the kids, hoping that someday we'd have kids of our own he could play like that with./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"Christmas dinner was fantastic! Mom and Jai made a great team in the kitchen, and everyone had said it. After that, we watched the kids open their gifts, and then we each opened ours. I looked over at Jai amongst the commotion and smiled at him. He smiled back at me and whispered an 'I love you' into my ear, to which I'd responded with the same./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"Instead of going home, Jai had decided we were going to stay here until after New Year's. In addition to it meaning more alone time with him and more bonding time for him with my family, it also meant more time with my mom and more time to relax for us. As the week went on I was surprised to hear that Jai's parents had flown in, as did Vashti, Jesse, Indigo, Miles, and Keleigh. I'd hugged Miles and Keleigh when they showed up. Jai had left to go get Vashti and the kids from the airport, so it was just Miles, Keleigh, and myself./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""It's kind of weird that all of a sudden his closest family is all flying in. You would think there's some sort of special occasion or something." I said./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Didn't Jai tell you it was to celebrate Christmas with them as well though?" Keleigh asked. I nodded. "But you don't believe him?" I shook my head. "Why?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I just feel like he has something secret planned, and I'm not sure what it is." I happened to look over and see Miles grin at the same time I finished my sentence. "Is there something you know that I don't?" I asked him. He started fumbling his words before he could respond – telling me that he knew something I didn't./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Just be patient until New Year's, okay? Maybe that's when he's planning to let you in on what's going on." Miles had said. Keleigh hit his shoulder and glared at him like he'd told me too much and I giggled. They both knew what was going on, but I clearly had to remain out of the loop./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"When New Year's came around, Jai had decided to get everyone together that had flown in, plus all of my family who was here from Christmas all over at my mom's house. It seemed like the two of them were in on whatever plan he had up his sleeve with the way they were. I slid up next to Vashti, who was sitting in the backyard watching the kids kick a ball around, and spoke./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Do you have any idea what he's up to?" I asked./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Jai?" she asked me in return and I nodded. "What makes you think he's up to anything?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Miles and Keleigh, and all of this stuff he and my mom are working together to do that they claim is for New Year's when Jai said everyone was coming in to celebrate a late Christmas with us. None of it adds up." she chuckled at me./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Just be patient, okay? I'm not allowed to tell you anything I know about what's going on anyway. I have strict requests to leave you out of the loop, I'm sorry." she hugged me and smiled warmly./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Is there anything you emcan/em tell me?" I asked./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Keleigh picked out a dress for you for tonight, and she's going to do your hair and makeup," Vashti informed me. I hugged her again and went to go find Keleigh as people started showing up. She took me upstairs to the room Jai and I had been sleeping in and started getting to work on my hair. She put it in a half up-do, pinning some of it back to stay out of my face and curled it. After that, she did my makeup and helped me get into my dress. As I finished putting on my shoes, she had me stand up for one last look./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""You look amazing!" she exclaimed with a smile. "Jai's jaw is definitely going to drop!" she giggled. The two of us walked back downstairs to see everyone there. I greeted his parents with a hug, and that was when I saw someone else that caught my eye: Susanna. She wasn't alone, though, like I'd thought. Keegan, Eli, and Mel – plus their significant others – were all here as well. I excused myself from Jai's parents and almost tackled Susanna with a hug./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I can't believe you're here!" I exclaimed. It was so wonderful to see them, but then I emdefinitely /emknew something was up. Unfortunately, I still couldn't figure out what it was. As the evening rolled on and I greeted everyone, I couldn't find Jai. Everyone I'd asked said they had no idea where he was. Just as I was about to give up hope, I heard his voice./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Everyone!" my eyes, along with everyone else's, followed the voice to see Jai standing near the stairs. "I'd like to thank all of you for being able to be here to celebrate New Year's with us," he said, seeming to be making his way towards me. I noticed he was in a suit and tie, and I couldn't help but wonder what in the world he was up to. As he reached me, he put his arm around me and kissed the side of my head./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Kayla and I have been together about a year and a half now, and while I hope there are many years to come for the two of us, I have to say that a lot has happened in that year and a half. Idiot punks in the supermarket, crazy roommates, exes, stress, fighting, and it hasn't been very long that Kayla had a miscarriage... six months ago now." he paused to look at me and kissed me again./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""And while we still work through that, and face many other issues each and every day, I remember how much I love her and just how thankful I am to have her in my life. Now, she may have told a lot of you how I saved her from almost drowning..." he paused to glance at me for a second. "But it was her who actually saved me from a life of sadness I'd known since my ex and I split up." his eyes locked on mine as he took both my hands in his./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""She taught me how to love again, and that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. And I can't imagine living the rest of this life without someone as beautiful, selfless, independent, kind-hearted, loving, caring, determined, stubborn, and wonderful as she is. So..." he pulled a little box out of his pocket, and when he knelt down on one knee I gasped in /"Kayla, the love of my life and the emonly/em woman I can imagine putting up with my bullshit for the rest of eternity, will you marry me?" tears of joy spilled out of my eyes as I nodded./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Yes!" I managed to say, and he slid the ring on my finger, stood up and we kissed as everyone cheered for the two of us./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I love you, my dear sweet fiance." he grinned at me./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I love you too, my dear sweet fiance," I repeated him with a giggle and we kissed again. Everyone started coming over to congratulate us, and my mom came up and gave me the biggest hug ever./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Mom, did you see that?" I asked surprised./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""See it? Honey, I emrecorded/em it!" she and I both chuckled and I hugged her again. One of my sisters came over to congratulate us and look at my ring. It was a white gold ring with a triquetra design on it, as part of my dad's side was Irish, leading up to a heart-shaped 14K diamond. It was simple, meaningful, and beautiful – everything I had ever wanted in an engagement ring. I grinned at him as we both continued to talk to people. This was the best night of my life. I was now engaged, after all!/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"When we got back home to LA after New Year's, Jai and I decided to relax a little bit before deciding to tell everyone the news. We chose to do it through an upcoming interview that Jai had for the movie he'd worked on that was getting ready to come out. When the day of the interview finally had come, we sat together as Jai talked about the movie./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Now, I know you and your girlfriend suffered quite a loss six months ago, is that right?" the interviewer was asking about the miscarriage./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Yes, we did suffer a terrible loss – our first child," Jai answered, giving my hand a light squeeze./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""How are you two doing with that?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""We're doing well. It's never easy to completely recover from such a thing, but we're not looking to completely get over it. We're going to remember the baby as we continue down the path to our future." emvery good answer/em, I thought in my head./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I heard you two also have some recent, and wonderful news for us. What's going on?" I giggled and Jai grinned./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Oh, um. We're engaged." he held up my hand to show my ring./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""That's wonderful! Congratulations to both of you! When can we expect to see a wedding happen?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""We're still trying to pick a date," I answered with a smile./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I heard he surprised you with his proposal, Kayla, is that true?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Yes, he did. And actually, I have a little surprise for him now." I giggled. Jai turned to me, completely surprised because he didn't even know I had something else going on and he was very curious to see what it was./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Jai, I know we've had our ups and downs, but I think things are about to get a bit more rollercoaster-like." I paused. "I'm pregnant."/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"Jai looked at me in shock and I let out a giggle./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""You're serious?" he asked me. I nodded. "How long have you known?" he asked./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Since the week before Christmas." I grinned. "Keleigh took me to my first appointment after we got back from my mom's and the doctor said I'm 6 weeks pregnant," I told him and the interviewer. Jai looked from me to the interviewer in shock./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Holy shit," I laughed. "I'm gonna be a father!" we both hugged each other and he placed a strong kiss on my lips./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Congratulations you two! Looks like you've got a lot of exciting news to celebrate now." the interviewer grinned at the two of us./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"I wasn't entirely sure what lay ahead for us, but I knew that through the pregnancy, the engagement, and, eventually, the wedding, I'd always have him by my side. After all, I was soon going to be Mrs. Jai Courtney!/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia;"As usual... If you don't already know, you can get updates and sneak peeks on future chapters by following me on Instagram (tiggermom023) and Twitter (tigger_mom023). I've also started a blog on Tumblr called Quotes on Pretty Paper where I write a quote each day on a piece of scrapbook paper that I have, snap a picture, and post it along with whatever I choose to say (which usually isn't much) for that particular day. You can find that at Tumblr dot com / blog / quotesonprettypaper (take out the spaces and replace the dot with an actual period and you'll be good!). I do quote Divergent among other things… and I also take quote requests here and there./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"After saying goodbye to Jai's parents, Vashti, Indigo, and Jesse we boarded our plane to go back to my mom's. We spent quite a bit of time there and Jai and I helped my mom put up the tree and decorate it. I went through the house putting up other decorations as Jai put up the ones outside with help from a few of my siblings. When Christmas came around, Jai spent time in the kitchen helping my mom cook as my siblings, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all socialized with him, my mom, myself, and one another. My family hadn't met him before, only my mom had, so this Christmas made for lots of questions. After answering my family's questions as best he could, Jai thought it was time to go play with my nieces and nephews. So, he walked over to the little table they were sitting at and started talking to and coloring with them. It wasn't long after that that one of my sisters had come over to sit by me on the small couch./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""He sure is good with children." she pointed out. "Does he have any from a previous relationship?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""No," I shook my head. "he has two godchildren that he loves to the ends of the Earth though."/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Maybe you two can have a few." she gently nudged my shoulder./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Maybe somewhere down the line," I replied, beginning to feel like a bit of a failure for miscarrying what would have been our first child again./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Maybe soon?" she asked with a smile. I shook my head. "Why not?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I recently had a miscarriage," I told her. "We're recovering from it, both of us." she hugged me tightly and apologized, saying that she had no idea. We talked about it for a little while before she brought up another topic./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Have you guys thought about getting married?" she asked me./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I hinted at it when we were in Australia visiting his parents and godchildren, but I'm not entirely sure he got it," I remembered when I'd asked him what he thought about what his parents had said, and he told me that only time would tell. I couldn't imagine myself with anyone else but Jai, so to think that we might not ever get married bummed me out a bit. We'd come so far, we're so in love... wasn't that enough? I'd hoped so./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""He's right though," my sister told me. "only time will tell what happens next with you two." I nodded in agreement as Jai continued to play with the kids, hoping that someday we'd have kids of our own he could play like that with./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"Christmas dinner was fantastic! Mom and Jai made a great team in the kitchen, and everyone had said it. After that, we watched the kids open their gifts, and then we each opened ours. I looked over at Jai amongst the commotion and smiled at him. He smiled back at me and whispered an 'I love you' into my ear, to which I'd responded with the same./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"Instead of going home, Jai had decided we were going to stay here until after New Year's. In addition to it meaning more alone time with him and more bonding time for him with my family, it also meant more time with my mom and more time to relax for us. As the week went on I was surprised to hear that Jai's parents had flown in, as did Vashti, Jesse, Indigo, Miles, and Keleigh. I'd hugged Miles and Keleigh when they showed up. Jai had left to go get Vashti and the kids from the airport, so it was just Miles, Keleigh, and myself./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""It's kind of weird that all of a sudden his closest family is all flying in. You would think there's some sort of special occasion or something." I said./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Didn't Jai tell you it was to celebrate Christmas with them as well though?" Keleigh asked. I nodded. "But you don't believe him?" I shook my head. "Why?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I just feel like he has something secret planned, and I'm not sure what it is." I happened to look over and see Miles grin at the same time I finished my sentence. "Is there something you know that I don't?" I asked him. He started fumbling his words before he could respond – telling me that he knew something I didn't./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Just be patient until New Year's, okay? Maybe that's when he's planning to let you in on what's going on." Miles had said. Keleigh hit his shoulder and glared at him like he'd told me too much and I giggled. They both knew what was going on, but I clearly had to remain out of the loop./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"When New Year's came around, Jai had decided to get everyone together that had flown in, plus all of my family who was here from Christmas all over at my mom's house. It seemed like the two of them were in on whatever plan he had up his sleeve with the way they were. I slid up next to Vashti, who was sitting in the backyard watching the kids kick a ball around, and spoke./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Do you have any idea what he's up to?" I asked./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Jai?" she asked me in return and I nodded. "What makes you think he's up to anything?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Miles and Keleigh, and all of this stuff he and my mom are working together to do that they claim is for New Year's when Jai said everyone was coming in to celebrate a late Christmas with us. None of it adds up." she chuckled at me./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Just be patient, okay? I'm not allowed to tell you anything I know about what's going on anyway. I have strict requests to leave you out of the loop, I'm sorry." she hugged me and smiled warmly./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Is there anything you emcan/em tell me?" I asked./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Keleigh picked out a dress for you for tonight, and she's going to do your hair and makeup," Vashti informed me. I hugged her again and went to go find Keleigh as people started showing up. She took me upstairs to the room Jai and I had been sleeping in and started getting to work on my hair. She put it in a half up-do, pinning some of it back to stay out of my face and curled it. After that, she did my makeup and helped me get into my dress. As I finished putting on my shoes, she had me stand up for one last look./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""You look amazing!" she exclaimed with a smile. "Jai's jaw is definitely going to drop!" she giggled. The two of us walked back downstairs to see everyone there. I greeted his parents with a hug, and that was when I saw someone else that caught my eye: Susanna. She wasn't alone, though, like I'd thought. Keegan, Eli, and Mel – plus their significant others – were all here as well. I excused myself from Jai's parents and almost tackled Susanna with a hug./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I can't believe you're here!" I exclaimed. It was so wonderful to see them, but then I emdefinitely /emknew something was up. Unfortunately, I still couldn't figure out what it was. As the evening rolled on and I greeted everyone, I couldn't find Jai. Everyone I'd asked said they had no idea where he was. Just as I was about to give up hope, I heard his voice./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Everyone!" my eyes, along with everyone else's, followed the voice to see Jai standing near the stairs. "I'd like to thank all of you for being able to be here to celebrate New Year's with us," he said, seeming to be making his way towards me. I noticed he was in a suit and tie, and I couldn't help but wonder what in the world he was up to. As he reached me, he put his arm around me and kissed the side of my head./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Kayla and I have been together about a year and a half now, and while I hope there are many years to come for the two of us, I have to say that a lot has happened in that year and a half. Idiot punks in the supermarket, crazy roommates, exes, stress, fighting, and it hasn't been very long that Kayla had a miscarriage... six months ago now." he paused to look at me and kissed me again./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""And while we still work through that, and face many other issues each and every day, I remember how much I love her and just how thankful I am to have her in my life. Now, she may have told a lot of you how I saved her from almost drowning..." he paused to glance at me for a second. "But it was her who actually saved me from a life of sadness I'd known since my ex and I split up." his eyes locked on mine as he took both my hands in his./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""She taught me how to love again, and that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. And I can't imagine living the rest of this life without someone as beautiful, selfless, independent, kind-hearted, loving, caring, determined, stubborn, and wonderful as she is. So..." he pulled a little box out of his pocket, and when he knelt down on one knee I gasped in /"Kayla, the love of my life and the emonly/em woman I can imagine putting up with my bullshit for the rest of eternity, will you marry me?" tears of joy spilled out of my eyes as I nodded./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Yes!" I managed to say, and he slid the ring on my finger, stood up and we kissed as everyone cheered for the two of us./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I love you, my dear sweet fiance." he grinned at me./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I love you too, my dear sweet fiance," I repeated him with a giggle and we kissed again. Everyone started coming over to congratulate us, and my mom came up and gave me the biggest hug ever./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Mom, did you see that?" I asked surprised./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""See it? Honey, I emrecorded/em it!" she and I both chuckled and I hugged her again. One of my sisters came over to congratulate us and look at my ring. It was a white gold ring with a triquetra design on it, as part of my dad's side was Irish, leading up to a heart-shaped 14K diamond. It was simple, meaningful, and beautiful – everything I had ever wanted in an engagement ring. I grinned at him as we both continued to talk to people. This was the best night of my life. I was now engaged, after all!/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"When we got back home to LA after New Year's, Jai and I decided to relax a little bit before deciding to tell everyone the news. We chose to do it through an upcoming interview that Jai had for the movie he'd worked on that was getting ready to come out. When the day of the interview finally had come, we sat together as Jai talked about the movie./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Now, I know you and your girlfriend suffered quite a loss six months ago, is that right?" the interviewer was asking about the miscarriage./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Yes, we did suffer a terrible loss – our first child," Jai answered, giving my hand a light squeeze./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""How are you two doing with that?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""We're doing well. It's never easy to completely recover from such a thing, but we're not looking to completely get over it. We're going to remember the baby as we continue down the path to our future." emvery good answer/em, I thought in my head./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I heard you two also have some recent, and wonderful news for us. What's going on?" I giggled and Jai grinned./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Oh, um. We're engaged." he held up my hand to show my ring./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""That's wonderful! Congratulations to both of you! When can we expect to see a wedding happen?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""We're still trying to pick a date," I answered with a smile./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""I heard he surprised you with his proposal, Kayla, is that true?"/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Yes, he did. And actually, I have a little surprise for him now." I giggled. Jai turned to me, completely surprised because he didn't even know I had something else going on and he was very curious to see what it was./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Jai, I know we've had our ups and downs, but I think things are about to get a bit more rollercoaster-like." I paused. "I'm pregnant."/span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"Jai looked at me in shock and I let out a giggle./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""You're serious?" he asked me. I nodded. "How long have you known?" he asked./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Since the week before Christmas." I grinned. "Keleigh took me to my first appointment after we got back from my mom's and the doctor said I'm 6 weeks pregnant," I told him and the interviewer. Jai looked from me to the interviewer in shock./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Holy shit," I laughed. "I'm gonna be a father!" we both hugged each other and he placed a strong kiss on my lips./span/p
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p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;""Congratulations you two! Looks like you've got a lot of exciting news to celebrate now." the interviewer grinned at the two of us./span/p
p class="Standard" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"span style="font-family: Georgia;"I wasn't entirely sure what lay ahead for us, but I knew that through the pregnancy, the engagement, and, eventually, the wedding, I'd always have him by my side. After all, I was soon going to be Mrs. Jai Courtney!/span/p
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