Chapter 17

It was Rita's Birthday; I looked over at her as her eyes started to stir. "Happy Birthday," I whispered to her as I placed a kiss on her forehead. "Morning," Rita blushed as she looked up at me. "Ready to get up?" I asked. She just nodded as she then crawled out of bed. She was so cute when she's sleepy. After we all got ready we had breakfast and then headed out for the day. We went to a bunch of Rita's favourite places, it was quite cold out but all of her favourite places were outside. Rita's parents were close by; they must have really missed her… We had all went out for dinner and had a really fun day, though that night was my time with her. The snow was falling outside and we were looking out her window. "Rita… here," I smiled as I handed a little box to her. "Happy Birthday," I spoke as I placed a kiss on her lips. I watched as she opened it, she revealed a silver ring with a darker pink heart shape gem in it. "Izzy… It's beautiful…" She smiled as I placed it on her ring finger. "Think of it as a promise that one day I will place a beautiful diamond ring there… I want to marry you Rita so till then please always wear it," I replied. Tears fell from her eyes as she dove into my open arms. I wrapped them tight around her. "Thank you Izzy… I love you," I saw more tears well up as I wiped them from her eyes. "I love you more," I then placed my lips against hers as I held her close to me.

Just then there was a knock on the door. "Come in," Rita yelled out. Her dad smiled as he turned to look at me. "Hey Izzy can I talk to you for a second?" he asked. I nodded as I felt a chill up my spine. What was he going to talk to me about? Oh crap I hope I didn't do something wrong. We both walked outside as he sat me down on the couch. "Is something wrong?" I asked. "No, nothing I just wanted to talk to you. I know how much you care about Rita… I can see it by the way you look at her. I just want to make sure that you will always be there for her. She lives far away from her mother and me so we always worry about her. She is a wonderful girl and deserves the best and I just want to know… do you want to be with her forever?" he asked me. "Of course… I uh… I love her… I love her more then anything. I do want to be with her forever and I promise I will always be there for her and that I will love her for the rest of my life!" I proclaimed. Her dad just smiled. "I'm really happy she found such a great guy," I blushed. "I can tell that she really loves you." He added. I blushed more. "DAD WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY BOYFRIEND?" we heard Rita yell from upstairs. "NOTHING HE WILL BE RIGHT UP!" Her dad yelled back. "You better head up, she doesn't like being alone," he winked. "Uh yeah… thank you," I replied as I then headed upstairs. When I arrived I saw Rita lying seductively in the bed, I then turned bright red as she ushered me towards here. "What did he say?" Rita asked with an innocent look on her face. I just smiled as I whispered to her "It's a secret," as I then started to kiss her neck. I then pushed her down and kissed her lips; we ended up having a wonderful romantic night together. I was happy to meet her family and even more happy that they liked me. We would soon be heading back to Japan, and then it's Christmas break; I was going to ask Rita to come over for Christmas. It was my mom's idea actually, and my dad was totally on board as well. It's hard to believe that the school year is almost over, just a few more months, then University. Either way I was really excited to see where my life with Rita would take me.

It had been a few days and we were all now at the airport about to head back to Japan. "You take care Rita, and make sure to call us when you land" Rita's mom spoke as she pulled Rita into a tight hug. "We love you, and miss you every day," her dad added. "I will, and I love you two as well, I will miss you so much," Rita replied as tears filled her eyes, she then hugged them both as she then headed towards the gate. "Izzy, take care of our little girl," Rita's dad smiled as he waved goodbye. "I will," replied as I waved goodbye as well. I then took off after Rita; I found her standing in the customs line. I walked up to her as I pulled her into a tight hug, "You will see them soon, I promise," I whispered into her ear. She turned to me and smiled, "I know I am just not good with goodbyes," Rita replied as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Then let's make sure you never say goodbye to me," I joked, though Rita turned to look at me with a shocked look on her face. "If I had to say goodbye to you, I can't even imagine it, I don't want to, I never want to be," she started as I cut her off. "I promise I will never make you say goodbye," I spoke as I pulled her into my arms. "Thanks Izzy… I love you," Rita smiled, "I love you too," I replied as I placed a kiss on her lips. Once we cleared customs we then headed to the plane, ready to head home.

It was now Christmas Eve; I was waiting in my room for the doorbell to ring. Rita should be here any moment, she was going to stay over for the holidays and I was really excited for it. I remembered last Christmas at Matt's concert and the snow storm afterwards, thinking about it last year I was attempting to tell her how I felt and now… I have never been happier and I'm so glad to be able to spend the holidays with her. I mean I know she doesn't like Christmas but maybe I can help change that. Just then the doorbell rang, I heard my mom rush to the door. She really loved Rita, I could hear the two of them talking together before my door opened and I saw my girlfriend standing there smiling. "Hey," Rita smiled as she bent over to place a kiss on my cheek; I blushed as she gave me her usual smile. "You are just too cute, if your parents didn't send me in here to get you to come out for dinner I would have my way with you right now." She whispered into my ear as I turned as red as a tomato. I pulled her down into a kiss as we then made our way to the bed, taking short breaths in between kisses. "Damn it I want to you so bad right now," I moaned in between kisses. "Oh Izzy I don't care anymore just take me right here and now." Rita moaned in reply. Just then there was a knock on the door and we both sprung up, "We're coming just a second mom," I replied as I caught my breath. "Alright you two just remember your dinner is getting cold," Mom replied. "We will finish the rest tonight," Rita whispered to me as she kissed my cheek once again. We both then headed out to the dinner table.