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A/N: Sorry guys. Things has been hectic the past couple of months. I want to thank everyone who has read, favorite, and reviewed this story. Thanks some much! Anyways, new chapter up, yay!

"I know what you're trying to do, Whitney and it's not going to work." McKenzie told her calmly.

"What is it exactly that I'm trying to do?" Whitney asked innocently.

McKenzie wanted to drag her across the counter but decided against it.

"You're trying to break me and Jake up but it's not going to happen. Do you understand?" She said remaining her calm demeanor. "Jake will never like you."

"Seems like he liked me a few months ago."

"Face it, Whit…he used you." McKenzie said with a smile.

That wiped Whitney's stupid smile right off her face.

"You've always liked him. Even back in high school." McKenzie. "Give up, Whitney…Jake will never go for trash like you."

"What makes you any better?" Whitney asked crossing her arms. "You trapped him by getting pregnant. You knew Jake was getting tired of you, so you got pregnant."

"Stay away from him, Whitney." McKenzie warned. "Or the next time you'll lose all of fake hair, got it?"

She walked out of the bar and headed back to Jake's.

Jake was on the couch drinking a beer, he had a ring box open looking down at the one carat halo diamond ring. He pulled it from its box and twirled between his index finger and his thumb. He always knew McKenzie was the girl he wanted to marry. He would've asked her a long time ago, if it hadn't been for his dumb ass decision-making. He wanted it to be special, when he asked her. He picked up the ring when Mac and Aubree were in Colorado. He heard a car door shut and quickly the ring in its box and slipped the box in his pants pocket just as his girlfriend came through the door. McKenzie plopped down on the couch next to him, grabbed his beer from his hand and took a gulp.

"Why do you let her get to you, Mac?" Jake asked. "She's always gotten under your skin."

"I wouldn't continue to let her get to me if you didn't sleep with her."

"Oh God…here we go again." He sighed.

"I'm not trying to argue with you, Jake." She told him. "I just cannot stand that girl."

"Makes two of us." Jake mumbled.

McKenzie smiled and Jake pulled her into a hug.

"She's just trying to get to you." Jake said. "Don't let her."

"I don't think I'll have a problem with her again." McKenzie said. "If she knows what's good for her."

"Let's take a trip." Jake suggested.

"A trip? A trip where?"

"I don't know." Jake shrugged. "Lake Chelan. We'll take Aubree and mom to help watch Aubree to give us trip alone."

"When?"

"Let's go tomorrow." Jake suggested. "Let's get out of here. Go relax on the lake. I'll be heading up to Alaska before too long."

"Don't remind me."

"How about it?"

"Ok." She smiled. "Do you have a place in mind for us to stay."

"Actually I do."

"You had this plan?'

"I hoped you would say yes." Jake smiled kissing her. "Now let me call mom and get everything set up. It will take us four hours to get there, so we need to leave in the morning."

THE NEXT MORNING,

Jake and McKenzie got into her Jeep Wrangler to pick up Aubree and Mary and headed towards Chelan. They went to the store a few miles from their rental house and got some groceries. They got to the rental property right on Lake Chelan. Aubree seen the water and immediately wanted to get into the water.

"You gotta wait, sweetie." Jake chuckled. "You gotta change into your bathing suit."

"I'll change her."

"I'll put the food away." Mary smiled.

McKenzie took their daughter upstairs with her and the little girl's bags. As soon as Jake heard the upstairs bedroom door close, he turned to his mom.

"Mom, I need you to hold onto this." He said taking the ring box out of his suitcase.

"Oh, Jake." Mary said tearing up.

"I picked it out when they were in Colorado." He told his mom.

"This is why you wanted to come up here?"

Jake nodded.

"I'm so happy for you, son." Mary said grabbing her youngest son into a warm hug. "For the both of you."

They shared a chuckled when McKenzie came downstairs with their hyper little girl.

"What's going on?" McKenzie asked seeing Jake and his mom sharing a hug.

"Nothing." Mary said wiping tears from her eyes. "I'm just happy to see my son happy."

McKenzie smiled.

"Daddy, water!" The little girl bounced in her mom's arms.

The adults laughed.

"She loves the water just like a Harris." Mary giggled.

"Let Mommy put sun block on you while I change, ok." Jake said walking over and kissing her head and then kissed his girlfriend.

McKenzie put waterproof sun block on her daughter and pulled her hair up into pigtails.

"You ready?" Jake asked in swim trunks and flip-flops.

"Yeah!" The toddler clapped happily.

He scooped his daughter in his arms and opening the sliding glass door.

"Come on, Duke." Jake called after his dog.

McKenzie and Mary put up the groceries and went out on the balcony with some wine and watched Duke jump off into the water from the pier.

"Come on, Bre…jump." Jake told his daughter from in the water.

She bent her knees and jumped from the pier into his arms. McKenzie and Mary clapped.

"Are you happy to be back?" Mary asked the woman.

"I am." McKenzie told her with a sincere smile.

LATER THAT NIGHT

They all went out to eat and when they came back to the house, Aubree was passed out.

"I'll take her into the room with me." Mary told them. "You two enjoy the rest of your night."

"Thank you, Mary." McKenzie said.

"No problem, sweetie." Mary said and gave her son an approving smile.

"You wanna go sit out on the end of the pier?"

"Yeah, sounds nice." McKenzie said. "I'm going to go change out of these heels into some flip-flops."

"Ok, I'll meet you out there."

She went upstairs and Mary had told her son earlier that she put the ring box in the kitchen drawer by the fridge. He grabbed two champagne glasses, the bottle of champagne and the ring box. He was glad the pier had lighting. He went out to the end of the pier. He opened the bottle of champagne and poured two glasses with a shaky hand. He exhaled loudly and could feel his heart pounding on his chest.

"Calm down, Jake." He told himself. "Get yourself together."

"Who are you talking to?" Mac asked coming up.

He hadn't even heard her come up.

"Come here." Jake said holding out his hand.

She took his hand and he entwined their fingers. He handed her a glass of champagne with one hand.

"What are we celebrating?" She asked.

"You know I love you, right?"

She nodded with a confused look on her face.

"We didn't actually come here just to get away." He told her.

He took a big gulp of his champagne and sat it down. He got down on one knee, pulled out the box, and looked up at her. Her mouth dropped open and teared pooled up in her eyes.

"McKenzie Morris, you're the only person I want to be with. I've loved you since the minute I first met you. We've had our ups and downs. Well, a lot of downs. You gave me one of the greatest gifts in the world and that's our beautiful daughter." He said nervously opening the ring box. "What I'm asking is…McKenzie Morris, will you marry me?"