Station 19: Bracing The Storm: A Marina Story

Chapter 2

It was 4 pm. Carina and Maya were sitting on the couch at home watching a show about Italian cooking. Carina was occasionally translating one of the chefs who only spoke Italian to Maya while Maya was trying to memorize some of the words incase she needed to use them. Carina was playing with Maya's hair.

"Carina, do you miss your dad?" Maya asked. She knew that Carina and her dad hadn't been on the best of terms lately since her brother passed and he had lied about knowing about it for two days.
Carina was quiet for a moment. "Yes. Even though he hurt me by not telling me that he knew about Andrea, I still miss him. He's my dad."

Maya was quiet for a moment. "Then is it bad that I don't really miss mine at all? He basically made me into the person I was....before I met you. I had made myself into a perfect copy of him. But because of that, I hurt everyone that tried to help me, including you." She paused. "But you never left me. You stayed and I-I became not just a better firefighter but a better person because of you. You saved me Carina." She turned around and looked up at Carina. "So now I have one last question to ask you." She pulled out a box in her pocket and put one knee up. "Dr. Carina Deluca. Will you marry me?" She opened it to reveal a ring.

Carina sat there in shock for a few moments as tears came to her eyes. They were happy tears though. She nodded, unable to speak for a moment. "Y-yes. Yes!"
Maya smiled and put the ring on Carina's finger and kissed her. "I love you." Carina smiled and wrapped her arms around Maya's neck. "I love you too, bella."