Falling For EZ

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You and EZ were able to talk things out. You told him that you were planning to ask him to move in, but you thought you should hold off on that. You wanted to take time to make sure things were still going to work. He was understanding, like you knew he would be. He was such a wonderful man, and you knew he wanted to fix things. It hurt to wait, but you wanted to be with EZ forever, and that meant taking the time to heal first.

You slowly got back to the way things were before. It turned out that Galindo was over Emily's shit, and completely cut her off. He thought it would be a worse punishment than death, because now she has to live with the memory of all the things she threw away trying to be with someone who didn't want her. You couldn't find it in yourself to feel bad for her. Yes, EZ had been the one to hurt you, but she played a big role in that.

It was about two months after everything had happened, you told EZ you needed to talk. There was something important you needed to tell him.

"Mi amor, what's going on? You've been acting strange all night."

"I need to talk to you about something."

"Anything, bebita. You know that."

"First off, I'm so thankful that you've been so willing to put in the effort to make things right between us. I love you so much, and I don't want to be without you. I really appreciate that you've done what I needed from you. I know that we were practically living together before everything happened. You aren't staying here as much now. I hate that, by the way. Even though I appreciate you giving me the space I needed to heal and to rebuild the trust. I want that to change. I'd love it very much if you would move in with me."

"Of course, mi amor. I'd love nothing more than to wake up to your beautiful face every day for the rest of our lives."

You stood up and walked over to him, leaning down for a kiss. He pulled you onto his lap, and kissed you more deeply. After a minute, you pulled back.

"There's something else..."

He looked at you, curious. "Mi amor?"

You looked at him for a moment, before reaching for a box you had sitting next to the couch. Handing it to him, you watched as he opened it, waiting to see how he'd react.

His eyes widened as he took in the sight of the positive pregnancy test he was holding.

"Are you serious? Are we having a baby? Oh my god! We're having a baby! Fuck, mi amor, I am so fucking happy right now."

He crashed his lips to yours, kissing you deeply. After a couple minutes, he pulled back to look at you.

"I was going to wait, but I have something for you." He shifted you around on his lap, so he could reach into his pocket. He pulled out a ring box, and set it in your hand.

"Mi amor, I am more in love with you than I ever knew possible. You are everything I could ever want in a woman, and everything I will ever need. I can't imagine spending my life without you. And I don't want you to think I'm only asking because of the baby, which is why I'm asking now. I've had this ring for 2 1/2 months. I'd been planning the perfect proposal when I fucked shit up. I didn't know if it would be too soon to ask, but I never want you to think I only married you because we are having a baby. So, my sweet girl, will you marry me?"

"Yes. Oh my god, yes. I love you so much."

"I love you too, sweetheart."