Working It Out 💙

Chapter 26

***************3 months later***************

I heard a knock on the door as Chris peeked his head into the bedroom.

"Are you ready to go love?"

I nodded as I looked up from the edge of the bed, putting on my shoes as I stood up. He rested his hands at my waist, "I'm ready. You look so good." I ran my hands up his chest of his black button up shirt to his silver tie.

Chris chuckled, "here I was thinking the same thing about you love. You look beautiful." He leaned down, kissing my neck to my shoulder, "happy birthday."

"Thank you babe."

He smirked, "I have something for you later when we get home. We have something to talk about. Okay?"

I giggled, "that sounds ominous, but okay."

Chris laughed, "it's good. I think. I hope. Come on."

I followed him out of the bedroom to find Kahlan waiting for us, "oh Kahlan, you look beautiful."

"Thanks mom! Happy birthday!"

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I gripped Chris's hand as we entered the restaurant to find his family as well as my parents and Hailey. I turned to Chris, "this is so great Chris, thank you."

He nodded, "yeah, of course. You're turning 30, I wanted to do something special for you. I rented the whole restaurant for us."

"Ugh. That's amazing Chris." I leaned up, kissing him softly. I watched Hailey come up to me as Chris walked away to talk to his mom, "hey. Where is Alec?"

She shrugged, "not here yet I guess."

I looked at her, "are you guys not together?"

Hailey laughed, "well after Kahlan's comment we talked about it and found it too weird. If we did work out and had a kid, they would be Kahlan's sibling and cousin. Kind of turned us off."

I laughed, nodding, "I see. I'm sorry."

She shrugged, "don't worry about it." She motioned to a man to come up to us, "this is Austin. We've been dating for a little over a month now."

I shook Austin's hand as he smiled, "nice to meet you Austin."

He smiled, "same. Happy birthday Natalie."

I smiled at my parents as they came up to me, Hailey pulling Austin away as they did. I sighed, "hey mom. Hey dad."

Charles leaned down, kissing me on the cheek, "happy birthday sweetie." He looked around, "is Alec not coming?"

I sighed, "he's on his way."

Miranda nodded, motioning around, "this seems like a lot. Is this why you're dating this man? For the perks?"

I groaned as Kahlan came up to us, "no mom. Of course not."

Miranda motioned to Kahlan, "as if he doesn't spoil her as well."

I shook my head, ignoring her as I turned to Kahlan, "hey. Have you talked to your dad?"

Kahlan nodded, "I just talked to him, he said he's running late but he'll be here soon. He said he was just leaving the house."

"Oh. Okay."

Chris placed his hand on my back as he came back up to me, "why don't we sit down. We can wait for dinner until he gets here?"

I smiled at him as I followed him to a table, sitting next to Kahlan, "of course."

Chris smiled, "while we wait."

I looked at him confused as he just smirked at me before going to the piano in the corner of the room. He winked at me as he started to play.

🎵 I won't run out of songs to tell you I love you
And I won't be done 'til you say I do
And when we grow old babe
Heaven will know that we made it through
Just me and you
It's the way you say hi
When you do you're kind of shy
But not the times when you're with me
And you're too loud when you laugh
When you're talking with your hands
And I just want you to kiss me
But maybe there's more to this little story
Cause I won't run out of songs to tell you I love you
And I won't be done 'til you say I do
And when we grow old babe
Heaven will know that we made it through
Just me and you
And every time we say goodbye
You hold my hand too tight
And then you cry when I kiss you
And every letter that you sign
Theres a heart over the I'
Each time you write I miss you'
When you're lying next to me
And you're talking in your sleep
You're so damn sweet when you're dreaming
And the mornings we wake up
When we've had a bit too much
We made love til the evening
But maybe there's more to this little story
Cause I won't run out of songs to tell you I love you
And I won't be done til you say I do
And when we grow old babe
Heaven will know that we made it through
Just me and you🎵

I sat next to him on the bench, leaning over to kiss him, "thank you Chris. I love you."

He smiled, "I love you too. Can I talk to you about something?"

I nodded before putting my hand up to Chris to hold on for a moment as I heard my phone ring. I answered it, "hello?"

'Is this Natalie Whitaker?'

I looked at Chris nervously as I nodded, gripping his hand, "this is her."