BILLIE-HALES

Chapter 20

CHAPTER TWENTY

JAX,
Some weeks later...
"Okay, guys, I've heard nothing, but great things about this calendar. I've still to see the finished product myself."
Carson says while standing in front of everyone, who's in that calendar. Well, aside from my baby. She's not in it, but she is here. She's here sat next to me with her leg resting on my thigh while it's hidden under a table. We're all sat in the stadiums meeting office just readying ourselves to see it.
Even though, my Angel has seen them first-hand. You know, what pictures have made it in there. Well, I've still to see them. Sadly, she's sworn to secrecy.
Anyway, he's stood there with his hand resting on top of a box that holds just a few of those calendars. Even though, they're just pictures I'm still feeling nervous. I mean, I've done this before, but never like this not the way Billie, has shot them anyway.
"So I'm going to pass them out, so you'll have one each. Well, Billie here has made a little request she'd like for us to open them all together. So if you can contain your excitement just for a few moments until everyone has theirs then that would be great."
He passes them around the room and when we finally get ours, I grinned because the cover picture is one of all, of us. You know, when we were all lined up? Yeah, it's funny as hell.
As they're all getting passed around, I'm rubbing my hand over Billie's leg. This causes her, to move further in towards me. So I turn my head, just to look at her that's when I tell her, it looks amazing.
"Angel, I'm so proud of you. Fuck. I can't wait to make you my queen."
As I tell her this I'm leaning in so that I can place a kiss on her lips.
"Thanks, baby, but is it only so you can get the best pictures?"
I can't help, but grin when she says this.
"Too right, Baby. You take the best ones, especially the ones that we have at home. You know, our own little calendar."
I end that with moving in and kissing her neck, which results in her giggling.
"Will you shush they'll hear you, but yeah I know they're pretty good. Well, our own pictures are anyway, but let's see what everyone thinks when they open this."
She places a kiss to my nose and then whispers again making my body pull tight just with what she says.
"And I can't wait to be your Queen B."
Now you're wondering, what's with that? What's with the king and Queen Stuff. Well, I've kind of asked Billie, to marry me. She'd said yes, of course.
The happiest day of my life, up to now it is anyway, but yeah, it's up there with the best. I mean, we're gonna wait a bit. You know until we can save our money for the wedding. Not just that but our honeymoon too. Though, I'm sure we'll get there.
Her parents are helping too, which I'm not thrilled about. I don't know why though. I guess I just, don't want them to feel like we're sponging off them you know?
So when did this happen? Well, it was that day the day of the calendar shoot while Billie was working with Dawson I'm off setting up the hay barn. Yes, I did it all on my own. I've never felt so proud, but so freaking nervous at the same time. I've obviously never done this before. So it was kind of nerve-wracking, to say the least. We both arranged a picture, once everyone had left.
Billie, wanted to take one of me dressed up in that cowboy shit. Obviously, I said okay, anything for my lady. Well, that's when I'd set my own plans up.
I made a basket up and it's one with, champagne and her favourite strawberries. The strawberry's, have melted chocolate and cream, something she really loves. I'd even gone out and bought her a bunch of red roses. Oh and two balloons, one rugby ball and the other a red heart with a little something extra something. Yeah, I know for a fact, she'll love it too. So once I'd set up, I'd gone back to look for her. She was in one stable with Dawson and the donkey. I was hoping to see him, but they'd wrapped up by this point. So Billie was finishing up giving the Donkey some food and water. She's getting it ready for Garrets buddy, to collect it the next day.
"Angel, are you ready?"
She looks back at me with a smile on her face. Only it turns into a chuckle when she nods her head.
"What's so funny?" I ask with a smile of my own. I have a good idea why, but I just want to know anyway.
"Just that last shot. Oh, shit, Jax, he's going to flip. I mean, hopefully, he'll see the funny side, but if this blows up and he kicks off? You're on your own. I was only joking when I'd said that I'd get a donkey so this is on you and Garret. Honestly, I've never struggled so much to actually keep a straight face in all my life. I thought at one point that Sally was going to pull a buckaroo. You know, when Dawson, sat down on her.
Seriously, his face was hilarious. I think I did laugh with that one though, shit I couldn't help it. He looked like he was going freak out on me."
I end up laughing and I know I shouldn't, but it's too funny not to. I mean, the fucker deserves this. He'd messed with her head telling her Aly and me, are a thing and he knows for a fact we're not. Trust me, we never will be either.
Yes, he's one of my friends. Hell, probably one of my best friends actually. Yet after this shit, after he'd purposely gone after her, it's not exactly the same.
Don't get me wrong, we're adult enough to not kick the crap out of each other. Even though I'd really like to, but it's definitely not the way it used to be.
"Can I see it? The shot I mean?" I ask with a grin, but then it turns into a sad face when she tells me she's sworn to secrecy.
"Carson said he wants all shots to be exclusive that's even from the team. He wants it to be a surprise for you too, but don't worry, I'm sure this one will get a chuckle. No doubt a lawsuit too. You know, if Dawson kicks off."
Bollocks!
I end up giving her my best sad face which makes her laugh.
"I'll be there in a few minutes, baby. I've just got to finish up here first I promise I won't be too long. So you go get yourself comfortable and I'll be right in to take your picture."
She ends that with a sexy wink one that makes my dick twitch. It's twitching just with knowing full well, what's going to happen. I just hope to god that she doesn't run for the hills.
So while I wait for her, I make sure everything's set just right. I then lay myself down on the blanket, one I'd set up for us.
I'm looking outside the barn door, just watching the sunset. All the while I'm watching it, I'm hoping she not too long. I'd hate for her to miss getting this shot, it's one I want us to have together.
Just when I'm about to send her a text, one to hurry her up, she finally walks through those barn doors. She's looking hot as hell dressed in my old rugby shirt, but that's all she's wearing while holding her camera. Well, seeing her like this? Well, it instantly makes my dick twitch again desperately needing to feel her, all, of her.
"Hey, there cowboy so are you ready to take some pictures?" She asks with a sexy grin and then she bites her lip when I tell her, I'm always ready.
Eventually, she notices the extra prop. It's one I've brought in here. She nudges her head towards it and asking me what's with the bike.
"Well, you're always telling me you love it so I thought it'd be a pretty good prop. It's just as well, too because seeing you in my shirt? I've no doubt at all that this is going to be hot as fuck."
She's looking at me and then to the bike again still grinning while chewing on her lip.
"Okay, I can work with this, but first, I'll take a couple of shots of you lying there in the hay. Only, I want those shorts gone, and then cover up with your rugby ball."
With no hesitation, I do as she says. All the while I'm doing so I can feel my heartbeat it's going nuts. It's pounding in my chest. I've been nervous before, but never this nervous. I mean, I know it's pretty early, but when you know. You know, right?
Anyway, she's not seen the basket or the rest of her gifts yet. So I'm hoping that I can pull my shit together. You know, before I ask her.
After she'd taken a few shots, I ask to come and sit with me. She attempts to sit by me, but I pull her over and into my lap making her straddle me while I'm still lying in the hay. She leans forward after taking another picture of me and kisses me. She attempts to pull back, but I'm keeping her there. I'm still nervous as hell I'm stalling that and the fact, I love kissing her, but mostly because I'm nervous.
Eventually, though, I pull back, just needing to take in some air into my lungs. I'm looking into her eyes like she is with mine. I'm holding my hand to the side of her head, running my fingers through her short hair. Yes, she's had her extensions removed. I mean, I liked them she looked hot as fuck with them it's just I like her rock-chick look better. She's left it a little long on too though. So when it hangs over her eyes, I can move it to one side and play with it. Trust me, it's something she loves me to do. Just like, she does with my now growing beard. Yep, it's coming back baby.
"I fucking love you, Billie, Angel I love you so damn much."
She smiles when I tell her this I also notice the blush that covers her face.
"I love you too, my prince." She ends that with a giggle which causes my dick to twitch again. She'd noticed it too when she grins while biting her lip.
I end up pushing my hands under her shirt and I feel the flimsy material covering her hips. I carry on moving up. All the way up, to her tits, ones also covered in a thin satin material. I need to see them, so I pull away, her shirt. While I do this, I ask her where she sees us, you know in the 'future'.
She jumps slightly, obviously taken back with my question. Yet she ends up, grinning when she tells me exactly what I want to know.
"Well, what I see and what I hope for is us you and me growing old together. We'd grow together. You know, move in with me permanently.
We'd maybe get a dog, get married one day too. Eventually, have our own kids. You know, so that they can have happy memories growing up here just like I did. So hopefully, one day when it's time for us to leave this place. Hopefully together, but I hope that our kids carry this place on. I see our future and yeah I'm expecting some trials. I mean, no one is perfect, but that's the great part about this I know we'll get through whatever attempts to hurt us.
Why, did you want to know this? I mean, what do you see for us?" She asks and just with the smile on my face I'm silently telling her I want exactly that.
"I want it all baby, but without the trials, please. Yeah, we'll probably have them and I know we'll get through them, but if we can avoid them, then I will. Well, the reason I ask is that Well, I wanted to ask you something.
When I spotted you that day, popping your gum, I knew then you were for me. It's like our lives, our future had flashed across my mind. I knew instantly that I'd make you mine.
When I was little, and my dad came back into our lives. Well, as young as I was, I still remember most of our conversations. One of them was about when I'd meet the one, the one I'd spend my life with.
He'd told me, he knew who his angel was. He knew that my mum Breanna was his true love. He'd told his mum my Nana May that he'd found her. He found her on his first day at school. Only she told him, if by the end of his last year at school, if he still feels the same about her? Then come back and see her, but for now, just concentrate on school and rugby there's plenty of time for girls.
So he did and as much as it killed him to do so he did as she asked, but he still felt the same he always felt the same.
Anyway, it was coming up to their school prom, and it meant that this was his only chance to tell her how he felt. Well, my mum, she didn't exactly make it easy for him. She didn't because every time he'd approach her she'd run the other way. My dad Well, he was in with the in-crowd. He was the star player of their school rugby team. They called him "the prince" of tries and the girls if. You know, what I mean. Well, that's what mum thought anyway, but she was wrong. He was always hers, her prince.
So he'd gone back to his mum telling her he loves that same girl the same girl he'd told her about. He told her again one day he'll marry her. Yet while he was trying to get her attention, they offered the spot in Australia.
He couldn't pass this opportunity up. So he had to take whatever time that he had left with her. Well, that's where I came in, but my parents, they'd never stopped loving each other. Even though they were at, the opposite sides of the world they still loved each other.
When my dad finally returned home one morning, we had a bit of a chat and I'd told him, I loved Alyssa. He'd said to me I'll tell you what, son. When you grow up and go to the big boys' school, and you still love her? Well then, in your last year of school, come back to me then. We'll discuss this again.
Well, that never happened. Even if he was around still, it was never gonna happen. I mean, not with Alyssa anyway. No, but I went to him. I went to his grave, and that's where I'd told him, I'd found her I'd finally found my Angel.
I'd told him, I'd found the girl I'm going to make my queen Bee, the woman I'm going to one day marry. I'm going to marry the woman I'm now in love with."
As I take a deep breath, I notice a tear rolling down from her eye. So I reach up and wipe it away with the pad of my thumb.
"So what do you say, Angel? Would you marry me, and become Mrs Colton? Be my Queen, my Queen-Bee?"
Her eyes go wide and then she smiles when I turn my hand round where I show her the ring that my dad had given my mum. It's the same ring that my Grandad Beau had given to my Nana May, a white gold diamond-encrusted engagement ring. I've had it on my pinkie finger since before she entered the barn I'm really surprised that she didn't see it.
Anyway, as I show her it, she gasps in shock while also lifting her hand up to her mouth.
"Oh my god, Jax.
Jaxon, it's beautiful. I don't know what to say."
I end up grinning when I tell her, yes would be a good start which makes her chuckle through her tears.
"Yes, I'd love to become Mrs Colton to be your queen, but why Bee, what's that about?" She asks with a chuckle.
I explain and tell her all about how my dad would call my mum his Buzzy Brea. He'd call her his Queen B, which makes her smile again while I'm pulling her in for a kiss.
"I had my mother bring the ring with her. You know, the last time she was up. She'd asked me if I was one hundred percent sure that this is what I want. I'd told her, I see it I see our future. I see exactly what you see too. Angel, I want to spend every day with you to grow old with you forever and beyond always."
As soon as I tell her this, she takes me by surprise when she pulls me in for another kiss.
Eventually, she pulls back. Damn, I've completely lost all function to breathe, but she tells me something. It's something which should terrify me, but in fact, I'd already done it.
"Baby, you might have to square this with my dad's though. I mean. You know, they'll go mad if."
This is where I shake my head telling her it's already done.
"Angel, they know I'm serious about you. I think everybody knows. I mean, it didn't come without a few threats, ones to chop my balls. Yet, I expected it. I'm sure I'll be the same when we have our own kids someday."
Her eyes are wide with total shock written all over her face and seeing it made me grin.
"Wow Jax, you're brave. I mean, taking on my dad's after only knowing me for a few months."
"You're so worth it, baby. I love you Billie-Hales Lawrence soon to be Colton."
We spent all night in that barn making love after I set out the basket of goodies for us. We'd taken the fun over to my bike where I again made love to her.
My Angel the love of my life had agreed to be my wife.
My Billie-Hales, my Queen B.