The Stranger on the Train

Chapter 99: Finally diving in the ocean

Pov y/n

On Wednesday, Lizzie arrived and when I say Rose was happy to see her, that's definitely an understatement.
She was thrilled and instantly claimed Lizzie, which made all of us smile.

Rose's and Lizzie's bond really is adorable and I love seeing them together.
Lizzie stays in the guest bedroom and Rose absolutely loves it and instead of waking us up in the morning, she now wakes up Lizzie.
The good thing about Lizzie staying is also, that we don't have to wake Rose up that early and see where she will stay that day. Lizzie loves taking care of Rose and when I got home on Thursday, I found them in the treehouse, having a tea party with Rose's stuffed animals. They looked adorable and I had to take a picture.

That day, Scarlett and I spent a nice evening together since Rose was occupied and we talked about our days before starting to talk about diving. Scarlett remembered that she gifted me a diving trip to my birthday and that I never did it, at first because it was winter and too cold and then I kinda forgot.

So, she made a few calls and came back with a huge smile, telling me we can do it on Saturday. My excitement grew with every day and I couldn't sit still at work on Friday because my mind constantly went to the trip on Saturday.
Rose also was excited, even though Scarlett said it's not for sure that Rose will be allowed to dive in the ocean as well.

Well, for her it would also be more like snorkeling but still. She was okay with the 'maybe' she got and was excited to be on the boat with us then since she never was on the ocean with a boat. Lizzie also asked to come with us because she likes to be on boats.

On Friday, after dinner, Lizzie showes us the pictures from her wedding and I smile at the cute married couple. When she shows us the pictures of Scar, Rose and me, my heart melts a little because they are really cute and we all look so happy.

It also reminds me of how Rose asked me to marry her mom that day and how it'll be under 72 hours, until I plan on asking her.
Well, planning is maybe a little much said but I thought about proposing on the 31st of July because that's when we met.
I don't have anything further planned and maybe I'll chose a later date to plan it properly but still, it's not long anymore.

We laugh at the pictures Rose took, some of them just blurry and others from random things like the dessert but it's cute to see the wedding from a child's view. When we see Anthony posing in front of the cherry blossom tree, I laugh so hard that tears pool in my eyes. He really is a goofball and it looks hilarious how he poses in front of the light pink tree.
Rose tells us all about that moment and it's really cute. After some more pictures, we go to bed and I feel the excitement rushing through my body again.

Lizzie, Scar, Rose and I am sitting on a boat, looking onto the blue water ahead of us as the captain steers the boat.
All of us wear life jackets and especially Rose looks adorable in hers.
I know she has a bathing suit underneath her cloth and so do I.

The diving gear is stored in a box next to my diving partner because diving alone is way too dangerous. Scarlett has one arm securely wrapped around Rose, so she won't trip or fall off and with the other hand, she holds mine.

I am smiling as if I just won the lottery but I definitely feel as happy as that, my life long dream will come true, if we don't count that trip in Florida.

Lizzie sits on Rose's other side and has her eyes closed, feeling the wind on her face and smiling peacefully.
The ride to the diving spot is quite long, because we really want to be on the ocean and not in some bay. The waves luckily aren't high or wild today because otherwise it would have been a little dangerous. And to be honest, we couldn't have picked a better weather, it's a clear sky with the sun shining down on us and even though it's pretty warm, it's not burning hot and the water around us also cools the air.