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On another note, we have to wait four weeks for the new episode! Kill me.
After carrying in the groceries, Alexis and I went upstairs to lie down. We were curled up in her bed watching the cartoon version of the Grinch. Her head was on my chest while I ran my hand up and down her back.
"Did your family ever do anything special for Christmas?" She asked breaking the silence.
"Yea, when I was younger, Christmas was a huge deal. My mom would go all out. She'd make cookies, gingerbread houses and my dad and I would put together my train set and play train robbers with my action robbers."
"What happened?"
"I grew up. He stopped. I remember the first Christmas that we didn't do any of our family traditions. I brought my train set up and I walked into his office and he told me to leave him alone. That I needed to grow up and stop acting childish. I walked into the kitchen and told my mom, but she was talking to the caterer about our dinner party. We didn't have Christmas as a family that year. We had a party with all of his associates from the House of Representatives. They didn't even wrap presents, they just put all my presents in my room."
"How old were you?"
"Ten."
"That's terrible."
"But, this. This right here is the best Christmas ever because not only do I get to spend it with you, but with family." I said kissing her temple. "What about you?"
"Dad always made Christmas the best. He always goes all out. I think he did that because my mom wasn't around. He wanted to fill that void with happiness. And it did, I was kid. But, as I got older, I wondered where she was. Why she didn't want to be there. But, I gave up thinking those thoughts because I didn't need her to be happy. I needed my Dad and Grams. And now I have you and of course everyone else."
"Your mom missed out. I mean I have seen pictures as a kid. May I say that I would have totally played on the playground with you."
"That's really creepy."
"It sounded a lot better in my head." I said as she laughed. She propped herself up on her elbow and looked at me, running her hands through my hair.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yea."
"Promise not to freak out because I know that we haven't talked about this before…"
"I promise."
"Seeing Paige at the grocery today, made me think about us. About our future and where we're going." She said timidly looking at me for strength to keep going.
"Ok." I said.
"I want this to work between us. I want this to last because I love you and I don't want to be with anyone else except for you. Where do you see this relationship going?" She asked her voice shaky from anxiety.
I rolled over, hovering above her. I leant down and kissed her slowly, making sure that every ounce of my passion was in the kiss. I pulled back and looked into her endless, blue eyes.
"You really don't know?" I whispered as I pulled her into a sitting position on the bed, her legs hanging over the side. I slipped of the bed and pulled the ring out of my pocket. Getting down on one knee before her, taking her hands in mine. "I love you with all my heart forever and always. This is the only relationship, future that I want because you are here. You are my future, my only love, and my first love. I don't want anyone else, but you. I want everything with, the works. I want a big, white wedding or a small, intimate one. I want kids with you. I want to grow old with you. You are my one and done." I said tears falling. "You don't have to say yes or no. I just…want you to know where I stand."
She leaned forward and kissed the tears from cheeks, resting her forehead on mine. I took the pads of my thumbs and wiped the tears from her cheeks. She leaned in and pecked my lips. She held out her left hand.
"Are you going to put it on or not?" She whispered.
"Really?" I said with a 100 watt smile.
She nodded with the biggest smile I had ever seen on her face. I gently took her hand in mine and carefully slid the ring onto her finger. It was a perfect fit. It was all Alexis.
"It's gorgeous." She said staring at it in awe.
"You like it?"
"I love it. It's perfect, Jasper."
"After the run-in with Paige and with what you said in the car, I thought you would say no if I asked."
"That's Paige and Jeremy. This is us." She said putting her hands on both sides of my face and pulling me in for a passionate kiss. I slowly stood up and pushed her down onto the bed. We soon forgot about all of our problems. We only thought of us and how we were in love. In that moment, it was only us quietly consummating our engagement.
She said yes.