I couldn't help but to sigh in relief as I walked in the door. It had been a shit day at the studio and I wanted nothing more than to be home with Bellamy and relax. "Hey princess." I heard from the kitchen. Kicking off my shoes and throwing my bag on the couch I made my way to him. He was standing at the counter chopping something, I wrapped my arms around him from behind. This was what I needed. "Whatcha doin?" I asked curiously. Bellamy put down the knife he was holding and turned around in my arms hugging me close. "Tavia called. Said today was rough on you and you might need a nice night in. Got a bath going and wine in the fridge." He said. "You are incredbile." I gushed making a mental note to call Octavia and thank her for giving him the heads up. I loved my job, I really did, quitting my old job at the hospital and renting my own art studio was one of the best decisions I had ever made. As an artist I made my own hours, controlled my enviornment and even my employees. But when I had to deal with art dealers and galleries that was what I didn't enjoy.
"You wanna talk about it?" Bellamy asked brushing the pink strand of hair from my face. "Meh not really. Will you come sit with me?" I asked hopeful. Wasn't really in the talking mood but I wanted to be around him. "Course. Was just fixing you a snack. Why don't you go get in the tub and i'll bring the snack and some wine." Reaching up on my toes I kissed him and headed for the bathroom. Bellamy must have been watching for me in the window because the water was just about full bubbles threatening to spill over the sides and my jar of bath salts sat on the edge. I was so fucking lucky. I reached over and shut off the water and dumped in a healthy amount of salts and quickly got undressed before climbing in. This was perfect. A nice relaxing bath was the way to my heart.
A few moments later Bellamy walked in with a tray of fruit and wine, and under his arm I could see a book for himself. As he started sitting stuff down I watched him. "How did I get so lucky?" I asked aloud. He shot me a grin. "Just what happens when you fall in love with your best freind, who happens to know literally everything about you." I couldn't help but to laugh. "You know you can go out with the gang if you want. I know they were planning to meet up at Murphys." I didn't want him to go but it was Friday night and he had gotten into the habit of going out with me on the weekends in reverse to his usually quiet weekends he had before we got together. He dropped to the floor beside me, leaning his back against the tub opening his book. "No where else i'd rather be." For a while we sat there together quietly, Bellamy read his book and I lay in the bath relaxing.
All I could think about was how happy I was, I may have had a shit day but when it came down to it I was truly happy. When Bellamy and I had finally admitted our feelings for each other things had seemed almost weird. I mean we had gone from best friends to dating, and not only that but we had both been in love with each other for a long time so it was an adjustment. I had moved in with him shortly after and while yes we still went back and forth like cats and dogs sometimes, things had been great. I quit my job at the hospital and rented the studio creating my own art and Bellamy had stood behind me the entire time with nothing but encouragemnet. When I thought about my future I saw him and I, always, which was what caused me to blurt out the next thing that came to mind. "Marry me." I said. My head was laying on the side of the tub where Bellamy was laying against it with a book in hand. And at my sudden outburst he let out a laugh laying his own head back. I was suddenly very self concious and thought for a moment that maybe this was something we should have talked about together. "Or not?" I mumbled very confused. He was quick to respond. "No, no. That's not what I meant." He jumped up walking out of the room leaving me to wonder what the hell was happening. But a few moments later he came back in with a small smile on his face. "You can't let me be one step ahead of you even once, huh?" And then he was opening a small black box sitting it on the edge of the tub in front of me.
Inside it sat a gold band with a oval diamond in the center, clusters of three smaller diamonds on either side. "Bell." I gasped. "I've had it for a couple of months now but I could never figure out the right time to ask you. I've always seen my future with you Clarke and until you told me that you felt the same way that I did I thought that maybe that future was just a dream. The last year with you has been one of the best years of my life. My best friend was also the girl who I got to come home to at the end of the day, the girl who I had loved in secrect for so long in fear of losing. Once I realized that I didn't have to lose you to love you the way that i longed to? I knew then that my future had always been you. We just had to grow on our own to get here. So yes Clarke I will marry you, but only if you'll say yes when I ask you to Marry me too."
I couldn't stop the smile that grew onto my face. "You've always been my future too. Yes I will marry you. Of course I will." I reached my hands out of the water to pull him into a kiss that I couldn't quite kep the grin out of. "I love you." "I love you too." He pulled away now soaked and smiling as well, but taking the ring box and pulling the ring out and sliding it onto my finger. "Here's to our forever Princess."
