A/N: I most say I'm impressed that I've received 110 reviews for less than 20 chapters. Thanks a lot to everyone of you who have given time for leaving it, it means a lot to me.
Eugene woke up the following morning to the smell of bacon and pancakes downstairs. As he got out of bed, he had to look around the room a second time to remember where he was. Even though it was a guest bed, it was extremely comfy and he then remembered the great smell of food from downstairs. He got into his clothes and went downstairs to see Rapunzel in the kitchen and he smiled as she saw him and he walked up to her and she just put a pie in the oven and then embraced him and gave him a good morning kiss. She smiled sweet at him and he smiled back and kissed her forehead.
"Good morning Blondie" as he said that, Rapunzel took her arms around him and laid her head on his chest.
"Good morning Eugene. I love to have you here with me"
"The pleasure is truly mine" Eugene blinked an eye and as that, Rapunzel's mother walked into the room and greeted them both. They sat down and ate as Rapunzel and Eugene washed the dishes afterwards and Rapunzel excused herself and her father for a moment. When they came back, Rapunzel told her mother that she had a pie in the oven and asked her to take it out and check it out in fifteen minutes and ordered Eugene to get his coat. Eugene didn't know why, but did it anyway and waited for her outside as he was told to do.
Rapunzel came out shortly and took his hand and led him outside the garden entrance and Eugene was getting more and more curious by the moment. He decided it was best to break the silence.
"All right Rapunzel, spill it! What is going on? You are not acting fully like yourself and I want to know why" Eugene knew he sounded more stern than intended. She looked away for a second and searched for a place for them to sit down, she would feel more comfortable talking while sitting down than walk around, as long as they still held each other's hands.
"I just talked to my father this morning and he said some things that are a like to the things my mother said yesterday as well when we had a girl talk, you know. When I thought back to the things we talked about before we went to bed last night and I had a nightmare about how close we were to break up just two weeks ago, it kind of scares me" Eugene knew what she meant and he could deny he was close to do so. Even though of big a fool he would feel like if he did so, he knew he had been not so far from if it hadn't been for the great help from their closes friends, Pascal, Maximus and Alice.
"Blondie, I know how things went and I'm terribly sorry for not acting right or what, but I guess I'm not perfect either, no one is perfect, but you come close to" Rapunzel's heart melted a little and as she was about to interrupt, he raised an arm to silence her.
"I know we were close to the unthinkable, but I want to do something to show you how much I love you and that I won't leave you for anyone else, because no matter which girl I'd end up with, it would be a step down the ladder because you are truly the most beautiful, smartest and incredible woman I've ever had the pleasure of knowing and I can't tell you how much regret would go through me if I was so stupid to break up with you" after that when she said with tears starting to form in her eyes, she was caught in his arms and held close and afterwards dragged into a kissed that he knew she would not forget for the rest of her life. It was filled with passion and desire. It was sweet and intense on the same time and it seemed to be affecting as they drifted apart and Rapunzel took his face to her by his coat and they kissed more sweet this time to let him know that she was convinced.
They sat their and held each other hands for some time and when Eugene let go of her hand, it was because he had received a call, he asked for to be excused for a moment, apparently it was important.
"Eugene Fitzherbert speaking, who is it?" Eugene was surprised to hear it was a person from a high-class bar who he had applied to in hope to find a job and get some extra money. He had not told Rapunzel about it yet, he had wanted it to be a surprise and with the look on Rapunzel's face, she seemed to be clueless about who he was talking to.
"That's fine, next Monday at 5 o'clock" he put off the phone and took Rapunzel's hand and they walked home. Rapunzel tried to make eye contact with him, he caught it as he took both her hands around his arm and looked up at him.
"Who was it, Eugene?"
"I'll tell you on Monday, it's suppose to be a surprise if everything goes well" Rapunzel nodded and Eugene let her closer to him as she kept her grip around his arm and closed her eyes with a satisfied smile on her lips which couldn't keep a smile of Eugene's lips. They arrived at Rapunzel's house to the amazing smell of the pie that Rapunzel had putted into the oven and Eugene gave a smirk that made her laugh again as she was very excited to see if she had done it right, she had not cooked a lot since she started at Corona University and therefor might be a little out of practice since she just started not very long time before she got her letter of acceptance.
Rapunzel hated secrets, but she trusted Eugene to tell her as well and knew it was only a matter of time, even though the fact that she hated waiting for surprises.
The rest of the day went on with Rapunzel and her mother cooking a big meal. In all secrets, a lot of Rapunzel's closest family were coming for dinner with the occasion to meet Eugene. Especially her father's brother and sister had asked a lot during the conversation over the phone, but were told to wait and see for themselves. They also knew that Rapunzel's niece, who just turned fifteen a month before they finished the first year of university, was the most curious of them all, especially because her hormones were starting to kick in and she was having a good eyes to not only boys, but as well how she looked herself and when she heard of Rapunzel taking her boyfriend home with her, she had hoped for a chance to see if all the things Rapunzel had told her over the phone were real or if her niece had just overdid things because she loved him.
Rapunzel sensed there was something up with her parents, but no matter what she did to get it out of them, none of them said anything and it was frustrating with Eugene as well who kept something secret for her. Meanwhile, Eugene and her father sat in his office looking at some old photos from before he met Rapunzel's mother and some from the time after they met and Eugene saw a similarity in some things about Rapunzel's father from his young years and how he was himself.
"Sir, may I ask you something?"
"Of course son" Eugene was taken by surprise at that. They had only known each other for a less than forty hours and he was already calling him his son.
"Do you think I'm worthy of your daughter?" Jack smiled a smile that indicated amused by Eugene's question.
"Eugene, first of all. Let me tell you that I as well as Anne noticed the way she looked at you when we had dinner last night and I've never seen Rapunzel in such amazing mood and that says a lot, talking about her" Eugene nodded. It was true, he had always known Rapunzel as a very enthusiastic girl who always seemed ready to try anything possible, but to know that he had made such a difference was incredible.
"But please refer to us as Jack and Anne, we welcome anyone who makes Rapunzel happy and you seem to do a great job on that" Eugene smiled and was at the same time speechless, but nodded as answer to Jack's request. When they least expected it, there was something the ringing the doorbell and Rapunzel and Eugene gave a surprised expression in each others part of the house and Eugene was told to go up and put on some fine clothes if he had taken some. Jack was already in a fine suit with a white shirt and a light blue tie and Eugene walked upstairs to see Rapunzel going in to her room, he then knew this was not something she had planned. He walked out to see Rapunzel standing in front of him wearing a red dress with high heels and hair fixed and he was close to fainting because of her beauty. He was wearing a darker blue suit with a white shirt and dark red tie that sat nice on him. Rapunzel walked up to him and looked into his eyes, awaiting a response.
"Rapunzel, you're the beauty of the world itself" Rapunzel blushed at his compliment, but was using it as a reminder to herself why she had to keep him around. She embraced him and he gladly returned it. Resting her head on his chest, she smiled and dreamed with her eyes closed about how wonderful things were right now, she wished time would stay still.
"Thanks Eugene, you're truly a handsome gentleman" to show himself as a gentleman, he offered her his arm as he put her hands around it and walked with to the stairs where everyone else were waiting and joy sprayed through her veins as she saw most of her family waiting for her. Eugene on the other hand became nervous, one thing were meeting her parents, but the rest of her family seemed like something he wasn't quite ready for, but he knew there was no way back.
They walked down and Rapunzel and her niece sprang into the arms of each other and Eugene saw the child wonder in Rapunzel coming to life again and it was one of the things he had deeply fallen in love with, just like her outside, she had an inside of pure beauty and he hoped to calling himself her boyfriend many years in the future. Then the rest of the family turned to Eugene and even though he had been used to attention, especially with girls, he was still like a young teen about it and he greeted everyone after Rapunzel had introduced him to her family, many of them had not heard of Rapunzel dating him even though it was close to a year and with Rapunzel's parents on working travels most of the school year, they had kept them most time to Eugene's family.
The dinner went perfect, he had a lot of talking football with the brother of Rapunzel's father who seemed to be very interested in the same team as Eugene and they discussed which players were the best for the team and which they could be better off without and later that night after dinner when Eugene went outside for a little air and received a call from his father to know if he'd come by to see them before he had to leave three weeks for a trip to South America about some new working station in Uruguay and Chile. Just as he finished, he noticed Rapunzel's niece looking at him, trying not to be noticed.
Eugene walked a little with her and they talked about her situation and about how it was to date Rapunzel. Eugene told her, it was the greatest thing ever happened to him and fallen in real love was something indescribable and could not be compared with having a crush that most teenager's had tried. Eugene told her a little about how boys in her age often reacted to girl with her looks, Rapunzel's niece was like her a very attractive girl for her age and Eugene told her to be patient and wait for the one just like he and Rapunzel had done with each other. He was taken by surprise when she embraced him and thanked him for advising her and Eugene excused himself and went up for himself, he was quite tired and most of the guests left as they entered and Eugene found it nice to get a little privacy. Ten minutes later, it knocked on his door and the last guest with Rapunzel's niece and uncle and aunt left and Eugene shook hands with her uncle and aunt and embraced her niece and Rapunzel kissed them goodbye and left for her room, but a few minutes later surprised Eugene to lie by his side wearing her nightgown and thanking him for advising her niece who had told her everything she had been told by him.
"What I don't do for the beautiful girls in my life" Rapunzel kissed him on the lips and not much time later, they fell asleep, not caring about sharing the bed.
Sorry for the late update. I've finished my classes for this year, but my job had given me extra shifts while I still prepare myself for an exam the 18th June and afterwards I'm on break 'til the middle of August and it might give me more time to update. I still hope to see some reviews from the most nicest readers, you guys. See you soon.
