BBRAE WEEK 2017 DAY 5: Casual Love Vs Marriage

A quiet little house in a city that was warm in the summers and cool in the winters, lived a sweet little family. Mornings were filled with learning and playing, while evenings were full of relaxing and snuggles. No matter what time it was there was always happiness and love in the brick home.

Amethyst, a bright inquisitive four year old, sat on the granite counter top, gazing up at her dad. The family was making dinner together. "Daddy when did you knew you loved mommy?" She questioned her legs swinging as she played with the ribbons on her light blue dress. Getting both her mothers logical brain and her fathers personality she was always babbling and questioning everything and anything.

"We were on a very scary mission.." The green man said frowning. "And I saw mommy in trouble. And I thought I'd rather get hurt then see her hurt." He stopped chopping the green peppers and leaned into the little one. "Mommy always made my heart race." He grabbed her hand and placed it over his left side. "See it's still beating fast." The little girl gape at him feeling his racing pumping heart and grinned. This in turn made the Changeling smile, seeing as it was just like her mothers. "I wanted to make her smile, I made it my life goal."

Raven perked up sending him an almost smile. "Your father never stopped perusing me." She told her as she held out a peeled apple to Zaiden, their youngest and most quiet of the entire bunch. Born just a year prior, the boy with dark green hair and light green skin was the spitting image of his father. He looked at the apple then his mother almost speaking a thousand words with one look. Raising both hands he carefully took it and placed it in his mouth. "Apple." Raven said softly only to have the infant repeat in a soft whisper. "aboul."

Gar reached over and grabbed her waist pulling her closer to him. " 'Still do to this day. If a man doesn't work for his love everyday he's not the right one." Raven sighed but it was clear she loved him with all her heart it was the way she couldn't hide her smiles from him. Inhaling her lavender and tea smell he sighed in peace. Pushing his head down he pressed his lips to her cheek. "When did you know you loved me Rae?"

Amethyst peeked up at her mom this time as her father moved to opened a can of corn, her very favorite. Raven thought back to her younger years when he wasn't half the man he was now. She recalled the moment instantly, as it came into her brain. It had been a year into officially coming out to the team, it the night of the Gutterson Ball that was held ever year. "Well Dad had been asking and asking me to go the ball. Like Cinderella." Raven began. Amethyst was very familiar with all the fairy tales since both her parents would read to her. Raven always went with the Grimm tales, while Gar took on a more Disney approach. "I didn't really want to go because mommy got bad headaches." She leaned in tapping the little girls nose. "I knew he was looking forward to it so I got all dressed up-"

"Mom what color was your dress?" She interrupted.

Raven rose a brow but gave a smile anyways, she was use to the girl always interrupting. "It was the color of your eyes baby." She answered staring at those bright big amethyst eyes.

"Oooh I bet you look like a princess." She said dreamily.

"Like a gorgeous princess." Gar cut in.

Raven chuckled shaking her head as she looked back at her son. "I got all dressed up and daddy was in his fancy suit and he took my hand and guess what?"

"You found a magic carpet?" She asked excitingly.

"Almost." Raven corrected. "Dad took me up to uncle Cyborgs roof, it was the Titan's roof back then, and he had made me my own special ball." She explained. "With delicious food and candles it was absolutely..."

"Beautiful?" She finished as Raven nodded.

"That's when I knew he was the one for me. Because he loved me so much he made sure I was never uncomfortable or sad." She step forward kissing his shoulder his sandlewood lemon grass after shave whiffed through her senses. "Or lonely." She whispered mainly for him to hear.

Garfield had a big smile grow on his lips hearing this. "I spent all week setting it up. I even had to keep her off the roof!" He threw an arm in the arm. "WHICH!" He exclaimed as Zaiden eyes went huge from being startled. "Was so hard because Mom's favorite place was the roof." He spun around and kissed both Zaiden and Raven's foreheads. "And she does the same for me. It's all about give and take." He looked at Am. "She opened my eyes to a world I don't know I was missing."

The little girl clapped and nodded. "You're like a fairy tale." Looked over at the book case full of stories her mother would read to her. "Daddy. Tell me about your wedding day?"

"Oh I was so nervous. But then I saw mommy. In this beautiful lace dress. I thought in that moment that surely I had died because I was in the presence of a goddess. Then it happen.. Something I had worked at for years. As she was walking down the aisle with uncle Dick guiding her, she looked up at me with a perfect dazzlingly smile. It was perfect and a picture I will never ever erase from my memory."

Amethyst eyes were big and full of wonder. "She smiled because you made her laugh?" she asked

"No even better." he smiled to his daughter. "She smiled because she was so happy."

Raven spoke up. "I smiled because I knew I was making the best decision of my life. I was marrying my best friend and being in love with him has been wonderful."

Ammy grinned hugging herself. "I'm going to marry my best friend one day too!"

Raven looked at Gar. "I hope so baby."

"I'm going to marry Ember. She's my bestest bestest friend." This made Raven laugh. As Am glanced up confused.

"I can marry her right mom?"

Raven gently stroked her cheek. "If you fall in love with her and you decide when your older that she's your very best friend no one else compares then yes you can marry her. That's the best part of marriage you can choose who makes you feel so loved and happy."

Garfield smiled at her. "Who ever you marry my little dove will be beautiful. And remember always put work into your love. Don't ever lose it."

Ammy nodded. "Even when we fight?" She asked.

"Yes especially when you fight. If you don't love her when you're mad you don't love her when you're not fighting."

"You love mommy when you're mad huh daddy?"

"I do." He looked to her. "Do you love me when you're mad?"

"Nope." She teased giggling into her hand. "Of course I love you daddy."

"Sometimes when were mad we need to remember how happy someone make us and then we can remember that we love them, no matter what. Even when I yell at Dad I still love him more than all jelly beans in the world." Raven added. The little girl beamed. "That's a lot of Jelly Beans!"

"The only people we love more than each other is you and your brother." Gar stated mixing the food in the pan.

Ammy giggled and swung her arms out to her mom and brother. "Hi Zaiden. Baby."

"Hi." came Zaiden's small voice as he looked at her.

"Are you happy bother?" She asked leaning against her mom.

"yus." he said plainly holding out a piece of his apple for her.

She took it and ate it happily. "Thank you, Mom I love you." She sang.

"I love you to my daughter."

" 'ove you." Zaiden mimicked his sister.

"I love you daddy and baby Zaiden."

Garfield smiled. "I have the best family ever."

"Dad can I have some corn now?" Came her happy little voice.

"Of course Dove."