The Proposal

Why is this so... hard 😏

Lou's pov
The weekend ended almost as quick as it started. I was sad to leave but happy that Debbie was now officially going to be my wife. It's amazing how quickly I fell in love with her, after knowing her for 6 years. It took me so long to see her for who she truly was, it made me want to be a better person.

I promised myself that once I got back to New York I was going to be a lot nicer to the people that worked for me. Just to people in general. I was happy now, I didn't need to be such a bitch all the time trying to hide the pain. On the plane ride back we were both too excited to sleep so we decided to go through the questions.

"Question 1" Debbie started "what am I allergic to?" She said looked at me mischievously. "Uhhh I don't know" I said and she scoffed. "What it's not like you know what I'm allergic to..." I trailed off. "I know the answer to every question on this paper" she said confidently.

"Really?" I asked not trying to hide my amusement. "Yeah kinda scary isn't it?" She said holding back a chuckle. "A little bit..." I said "you're allergic to pine nuts. I'm allergic to pineapples and shellfish" she said going to the next question. I quickly wrote her answers down as she asked the questions.

I really didn't know anything about her. "Do I have any scars?" She asked, "I'm pretty sure you have a tattoo, I have a scar on my stomach from where I had my appendix removed" she stated. "You're pretty sure?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah... a few years ago your dermatologist called the office. He asked about your appointment and it was kind of just obvious from that point" she said calmly. "But you canceled it" she finished looking me in my eyes. "So what is it? Some live laugh love bullshit to remind you of the joys in life. Or... like something kinky?" She asked seriously.

"I think we should move to the next question" I said hesitantly, "you know they're gonna ask" she said putting a hand on my thigh. "Let's just do that one later" I finished. "Who's place do we stay at, yours or mine?" I asked to switch the subject. "Yours" she stated plainly while looking for another question.

"Well I guess you decided for the both of us" I chuckled jokingly. "Well yeah, I mean you live in a castle and I have a studio apartment. It's just more reasonable to stay at your place" she said still looking for another question. "It's not THAT big" I said emphasizing, "you practically live at Buckingham palace, shut up" she said lightly hitting my arm. We got through the entire list and then we slept the rest of the way.

Debbie's pov
After what felt like mere seconds of sleeping I was awoken by a flight attendant on the loud speaker. "Passengers if you could please buckle your seatbelts, we'll be landing at the John F. Kennedy international airport in a few moments" she said politely.

I lightly shook Lou awake and told her it was almost time to get off. She fastened her seat belt and held my hand as the plane landed. We got off and grabbed our bags, there would be a car waiting for us. We took in the air of New York, I was sad to have left Sitka but there was something familiar about this city.

I had been here so long that it was finally starting to feel like a second home.

Plus I was a lot more excited now that Lou and I were official? It's crazy because we didn't even date. We got into the car and the driver started to leave the airport. "Do you wanna go on a date?" She asked me softly, caressing my hand. "It's a little late for that" I said jokingly, "it's never to late my love" she said adoringly.

So I nodded and told her I'd need to go home to get clothes. She instructed the driver to make a detour to my house before going to hers. We soon made it to my apartment building "do you want me to come up or wait down here?" She asked nervously.

I told her I'd probably be a while, she sent the driver away and said she'd call another one. We went up into my apartment, she walked in and looked around while I went to take a shower. I came out with a towel around me while drying my hair with another one.