A/N: I don't own any of the characters except my own.
"He did what?"
"He's taking Kara shopping and he's looking at engagement rings."
"Diana did say they got close last night."
"I heard that from Kara."
"I still remember when you proposed to me."
"It was pretty memorable."
"I'm happy if they want to get married."
"Me too. Ed asked me if I knew anything about the donor father and if it was me. I never knew anything about the donor father and I never donated. Kara even asked me that once too. I'm flattered that she would think that about me though."
"I've kind of wondered that myself."
"You are never going to let me live this down with Erin being my daughter, are you?"
"It's not that. You know I love Erin. I just can't help but wonder if you have any more children. Am I the only woman that failed to give you a child?"
"No, I don't have any more children. As much as I love Erin, what happened with Bunny was a mistake. Erin, Justin, Noah and Rachel are my only children. I swear to you. I told you before that I don't care that we didn't have a baby. If you hadn't miscarried, I would have loved him or her but honestly, I'm 55. I don't need an infant at my age. Having a 2 year old and a 3 year old, keeps me on my toes and so do our grandchildren."
"So then I'm not a disappointment to you?"
"No, you're not. I don't know how many times I need to tell you that."
Hank kissed Olivia.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
They kissed again and went back downstairs.
"You two ok?"
"Yeah. We're fine."
Ed and Kara arrived back and rang the doorbell, so Olivia went to answer it.
"Well, Edward?"
"Well, what?"
"I know you went shopping for jewelry."
"Where's Diana?"
"In the kitchen with Hank, Erin, Jay and the kids."
"Ok. Come out here."
Olivia shut the door and they went over to the driveway. Ed pulled the ring box out of his pocket and showed it to her.
"Wow! That's beautiful! I didn't think you could be that romantic."
"Yeah, I know. Do you think she'll like it?"
"I think so."
They heard the door open, so Olivia peeked around the corner.
"It's Hank."
"What do you mean, it's Hank?"
"I was just making sure it wasn't Diana."
"Oh."
Ed showed Hank the ring.
"I love it."
"Good. I hope she does too."
"I think she will."
They all went inside and went into the kitchen. Ed kissed Diana.
"You two ready?"
"I am."
"Can I stay here?"
"That should be ok."
Both Ed and Diana kissed Kara and then they left. Ed drove to Central Park, parked his car and then they got out and walked around holding hands. They found a quiet area that Ed thought would be perfect.
"Can we sit for a minute?"
"Sure."
"I know we haven't been together all that long but I know I love both you and Kara. I want the 3 of us to be a family."
Ed took the ring box out of his pocket.
"Diana, will you marry me?"
"Yes, of course I will marry you!"
Ed put the ring on Diana's finger and then they kissed.
"it's perfect."
"I'm glad you like it."
"Does Kara know about this?"
"Yes, she does. She helped me pick the ring out."
"Good. You both have good taste. Do my sister and brother-in-law know about this?"
"Yes. They both liked the ring with they saw it. There's something else."
"What?"
"I want to adopt Kara."
"I thought you'd never ask. Of course you can adopt her. I need to ask you something too."
"Ok."
"As you know, I put a bid on that house not too far from Hank and Olivia's. Would you be interested in going in on that with me, so that can be our house?"
"I'd love to."
"Good."
They kissed again and then they walked around some more. They went out for lunch and then they went over to Ed's to celebrate their engagement. Several hours later, everyone started getting ready for the party. Hank dropped Kara off at Ed's and then he went home. As soon as Kara got there, they told her they were engaged. It was up to Kara and Diana to get Ed to the restaurant without him suspecting anything. Everyone arrived before Ed, Diana and Kara did, so they were taken to the room. Hank had gone to the door to see if he could see them coming. They had just arrived. He went back to the room.
"They just got here."
Everyone got into place and then someone shut the light off. Ed, Diana and Kara walked in and they turned the light on.
"Surprise! Happy birthday!"
"Thank you."
Ed kissed Diana and Kara and then he went over and kissed Olivia on the cheek. They told everyone their news and everyone congratulated them. Everyone sat down and ate dinner. After dinner, there was some dancing before they had cake and Ed started to open his presents. Erin took pictures of everything.
"Thank you for gift card, Olivia."
"You're welcome. I know how much you like restaurants after dating you for a few months. Hank and I went there for lunch one day and we liked it, so we thought you might too."
"I've been wanting to try this place."
"I have too actually. Here's the gift from Kara and me."
"What is this?"
Ed opened his present from his girls.
"Paris?"
"Yep. We are going with Olivia, Hank, Noah and Rachel."
"That will be fun. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"You get to go with me after all."
"Yeah. I see Disney is on the schedule."
"Yep. That was a must with the 3 kids."
"Come here, Kara."
Kara went over to Ed and he put his arm around her.
"Will you let me be your dad?"
"Yes."
"I love you, kid and I want to be your dad as much as I want to be married to your mom."
"I love you too, Daddy."
Kara had tears running down her cheeks and Ed held her. Ed had tears in his eyes after Kara called him Daddy.
"You two are a great father-daughter pair. I am so lucky to have both of you."
"I'm lucky too."
"So am I. I've wanted a dad for so long."
Diana hugged both of them.
"Olivia, do you think Trevor would help with the adoption?"
"I'm sure he will. We should probably go and get them to bed."
"Ok. Thanks for coming and for all this."
"You're welcome. Welcome to the family."
"Thanks."
Hank, Olivia, Erin, Jay and Olive got the kids and headed home to put the kids to bed. Everyone else left and headed home as well. By the time Hank, Olivia, Erin, Jay and Olive arrived at home, all the kids were asleep. Olivia took Rachel, Hank took Noah, Jay took Daniel and Erin and Olive took the babies and went upstairs. After all the kids were changed and tucked in, Olive went to bed, Erin and Jay went to bed and Olivia and Hank went into their bedroom. They got into bed and made love before falling asleep in each other's arms. On Sunday afternoon, Erin, Jay and Kara left for their drive back to Chicago.
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