Cherry

I Promise Forever

Ramon

"This beach is so beautiful Ramon!" exclaims Celestia as we walk up to the house on the sand.

          If only she knew that the real beauty here was her. Only her.

          As she looks around, I gesture for Wyatt to come to the door. He looks at me confused but walks to me anyway. I hand him over the key and tilt my head towards the door.
"Open it. There's something for you inside."
"Sir, you've given me everything and more, there's no need."
"It's not an item, well the first part isn't. Just go inside." I smile.
          He takes a breath and unlocks the door.
"Surprise!"
"Hi, daddy!" screams Luna as she runs to her father's feet.
          Wyatt looks at me shocked.
"How did you-"
"You thought this wonderful man would forget about your birthday?"
"Aurora, my love is that you?"
"Yeah, baby, I'm here too," she says as she emerges from the kitchen with Evelyn in hand.
          He rushes over to her and kisses her tenderly. Aurora looks at me as Wyatt takes the baby out of her hands and she mouths a thank you. I nod at her and before I turn to find Celestia, her arms wrap around me.
"That was very sweet of you," she whispers behind me.
"His wife told me that he hadn't celebrated his birthday in years and she wanted to do something special for him this year, so I brought them here."
"He'll remember this birthday forever." she smiles as she waves at Aurora who is now coming towards us.
"Thank you, Ramon, he's so happy. I can never thank you enough."
"It's no problem Aurora, where's Mateo by the way?"
"Oh!" shouts Celestia.
          We all turn to see Mateo holding a small crab in his hands. He was smiling, showing his missing tooth.
"There you are, Matty. Look at you, you're all dirty with sand."
          Aurora moves around us and picks up Mateo.
"Hi, Mr.Osy!
"Hi, buddy." I smile as I give him a high five.
"So this is the amazing Mateo, I've heard about." smiles Celestia as she waves at him.
"I am amazing, I am!" he squeals and laughs. He holds his hands out to her and Aurora hands him over.
"What's your name?"
"I'm Celestia,"
"Are you princess Celestia from My Little Pony?" he says as his eyes go wide.
"No, she's way better than me. I don't have any wings, see?"
          As we all go inside and Aurora taps my arm.
"Is she it?"
"What do you mean?" I question her as I watch Celestia play with Mateo.
"Is she the one, I mean. Let's not forget you had a reputation with women, everyone saw you both on the front page. And I haven't seen you with anyone new. She's your secretary right?"
"Yeah, she is."
"And does she live with you now?"
"Yes,"
"And she knows about your sexual lifestyle,"
"I-"
"I'm not dumb Ramon, I have eyes. I can see the faint cuff marks on her wrists."
"Yeah, she's into it."
"Then what are you waiting for? When you asked me to set up the back of the house for you, I knew that you were head over heels."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You're clearly in love with the girl."
          I take a deep breath and look at her.
"I am. But I don't know how to bring it up to her."
"Just tell her. There's never a perfect time Ramon. But all I'm going to say is that when you say it, make sure you mean it."
"I will," I reply just as Celestia comes up to us.
"You ready to leave princess?"
"You're a princess?!" brightens Luna as she comes in with Wyatt. "Mom I wanna be a princess too!"
"You are a princess sweetie, you're my princess."
"Where are we going?" asks Celestia.
"Next door."
"Next door?"
"Yep," I say as I take her hand.
"Bye-bye CC!" shouts Mateo.
"Bye, sweetie!"

"You must be hungry," I say once we get outside.
"A little yeah."
"Sorry, I just wanted to give Wyatt his gift first.
"It's all good. I enjoyed my time with the kids."
          I take her into the other beach house next door and bring her out to the back. Aurora had placed lanterns everywhere and the small table was adorned with flowers.
"Wow, this is so pretty."
          I pull out her chair and she sits down.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome," I reply. "Don't move I'll be right back,"
          She nods and I go back inside to find aurora bringing in the food just in time.
"Thank you again for this."
"Anytime Ramon, remember what I said earlier."
"I know, I'm thinking about it."
"Good, I'll talk to you later," she says as she walks out.
          I grab the food tray from the counter and go back outside with it.
"Ooh, what are we having?"
"Omelets, french toast, Belgian waffles, and sandwiches," I reply as I set the long tray on the table and sit down.
"You're going to spoil me rotten Ramon,"
"That's my plan." I chuckle, picking up a waffle with my fork as we continue to talk about anything and everything. Life and death, past and future.