Elvis & Della, Memphis.

Chapter 1

"Della, we have a big surprise for you" Elvis said as he came in the kitchen and got me after finishing whatever he and the boys had been doing outside.

"how long have you worked for me Della?" he asked me as he led me out of the kitchen, my sandwich forgotten in the name of following him to whatever he had bought to surprise me with this time.

"over 5 years Presley, you know that" I chuckled

"since the moment you started working for me, you've been a member of the family just like the boys, you know that don't you?" he asked

"you've always treated me as such, why do you ask E?" I asked confused as to what he was getting at

"because I want to show how much I care about you and to thank you for everything you do to keep me and the guys going, especially me. really we'd be lost without you here" he said as he opened the door and covered my eyes before guiding me out the door and shutting it behind us.

"i know this isn't much, but please accept this as a token of our appreciation for your years of hard work and always being here no matter what for each and everyone of us" he said uncovering my eyes to reveal a snow white 1963 Cadillac coupe DeVille

"oh E! it's beautiful! you shouldn't have!" I turned around grinning as I jumped in his arms, wrapping my arms around his neck

"it's the least we could do! your always here for all of us and while your bug is very you... it isn't so reliable anymore. we want to make sure your safe out on the road" he pointed out as he smiled putting his arms around me to hug me before Joe called me over and tossed me the keys

"you guys truly are the greatest! how did I get to lucky to have people like y'all in my life?" I asked crying

"we're the lucky ones" they all came in for a hug

" I love you guys!" I cried as they all closed in around me

"we love you Della" they all said back.

"how about we all go for some food?" I asked as I stood on the steps as they all lined up beside me, E putting his arm around my shoulder as Vernon took our picture from the yard so we could all fit in the frame with my new car

"it's on Elvis!" I shouted happily as we piled in to my car.

we soon found out all of wouldn't fit comfortably so we ended up taking 2 cars and Vernon joined us

"as much as your drivin' terrifies me, it suits you" Elvis chuckled having rode with me joe and red

"it scares us all Della" they chimed in from the back laughing

"y'all are worse than me!" I pointed out laughing. they really were horrible drivers and they wouldn't admit it, Elvis being the worst out of all of them.

We laughed and ate some good ole drive in food.

"so E, when are you going to ask Della here to merry you?" Red asked as we sat in the car eating our food, but with that question E and I both nearly choked on our Pepsi

"we all know it's coming so why don't you just go on and ask her?" he asked taking another bite of his hamburger while Elvis glared at him

I had turned red as a tomato and I could tell Elvis was thinking about what he was going to say in response to Red. I honestly was afraid to hear the answer but Vernon and Joe were a different story, they were into hearing the answer but somehow I got the feeling they had planned this, they wanted to gauge my reaction before the real thing took place even though Elvis and I weren't together,

"that's none of your businessRred" Elvis shrugged simply without looking back at him, I knew there was a reason behind that. Elvis was always the type of man that looked you in the eyes if he meant something.