Love Off Track - Pato O'Ward

VEINTE

THIRD PERSON POV:

Six months later...

Catalina and Pato where walking in the snow, they where currently in Les Portes du Soleil, France. Catalina loved the cold as much as she loved the warmth however, winter was something that Catalina always enjoyed more. It was currently December 5th, Catalina and Pato had a week left before they had to leave for Mexico. During their entire trip Pato had the ring that he planned to propose with in his back pocket, he has been waiting for the perfect moment to ask the question.

They where alone, the view was breathtaking. It was a perfect spot for Pato to ask the question. While Catalina was distracted, Pato quickly pulled out the ring box and got down on one knee. "Aren't the mountains beautiful..." Catalina said, she waited for Pato to say something. But he didn't, she looked behind her and gasped. She had tears in her eyes, she has waited for this moment her entire life.

Pato looked into her eyes, he let out a quiet breath. "Catalina my love, my life, my sun, my world... I have never met someone like you, you make me feel like I can't live without you. And I'm not complaining..." he stopped mid sentence, and the two of them chuckled. "That night when you asked me If I had seen a future with you, I said yes. But I held back on what I wanted to say, In all honesty I have seen a future with you ever since I laid my eyes on you two years ago. I knew you where the one who I wanted to marry, have kids, grow old and share the rest of my life with... Our moments that we have together is something that I will never forget, something that I cherish all the time. However, I want to make our moments into our entire lives. So Catalina  Palou... will you make me the happiest man in the entire existing universe by marring me?"

Catalina let out a small, high-pitched noise and smiled. "Yes, Yes, Yes and million times yes!" she yelled, she then pulled him towards her and they kissed for a long time. They finally pulled back, Pato gently placed the ring on her finger. "Perfect fit..." he whispered, "I love you so much..." Catalina whispered. 

That night they made love, they connected like they have never done before. "That was amazing, you where amazing." Pato groaned, he then laid beside her. "I didn't know that it was possible, but I love you even more..." Catalina admitted, "So you didn't love me more when I proposed to you... but when we have sex you do?" Pato joked. "You know what I mean..." Catalina scoffed, Pato chuckled and faced his fiancé.

• Time Skip •  

It was now mid January of 2025, Catalina and Pato where planning their wedding together. They discussed idea's and places where they would want to hold it, but they couldn't decide just yet. "I have to go to the bathroom, I will be back soon." Catalina said, she then left the room. Pato was busy looking at different wedding venues, that he didn't realise that Catalina left the room. Suddenly her voice caught his attention, "Pato..." she said with a grin on her face. "Yes?" he asked, he turned and looked at her. "We might have to wait a bit longer for the wedding..." Catalina said while she slowly walked over to Pato. She handed him a pregnancy test, he looked down at it.

Positive 

He felt tears of joy leave his eyes, "I can't believe it... we're going to be parents!" he yelled. He stood up and picked her up, he spun her around and gently placed her back down on the ground. "The test says I'm around six weeks pregnant" she whispered, Pato thought for a moment and he smirked. "When I proposed to you" he chuckled, the couple smiled at each other and kissed. This was a moment that they would never forget, not in a million years.

• Time Skip •  

Catalina waddled down the pit-lane, everyones attention was on her and her baby bump. This was the first Indy GP that she attended after publicly announcing her engagement with Pato, the man that was currently standing next to her. "I hate that I can only move if I waddle... it's annoying!" Catalina complained, "I find it cute!" Pato admitted. Catalina was about to say something but she had seen her brother standing in-front of her, it was safe to say that he was shocked. Pato looked away from his fiancé and looked over at Alex, he noticed that he was looking straight at Catalina's baby bump.

Catalina couldn't stand the silence, it annoyed her to the point it made her mad. "Are you going to say something, or are you just going to continue to stand there?" She asked, she felt betrayed whenever she looked at her brother. He was the one who stopped talking to her, she tried to talk to him but she gave up after a while. "I- how far along are you?" Alex asked, Catalina chuckled and sighed. "Not that it's any of your business but I'm six months along" she said with a hint of anger in her voice, "It is my business, after all I'm your brother!" Alex snapped. "Brother... I can't believe that you would say that! Brothers are meant to be there for their sister, not ignore them, never talk to them, control what their sister does. I tired to talk to you, but you continued to stay mad at me all because I'm dating Pato. Look at where it got you... you have missed my engagement, me finding out the gender of my child, and now the rest of my life. So I hope that you're happy with what you have caused yourself!" Catalina yelled.

Pato placed his hand on her shoulder, "Catalina calm down, he's not worth it. Let's go before this gets even worse." he calmly said. Catalina nodded and they continued on walking towards his garage, they where stopped by a familiar voice. "Congratulations Cata and Pato!" Christian said, Catalina grinned at him while Pato smiled at him. Once they reached the McLaren garage, they where immediately greeted by Alexander Rossi. "Congratulations!" he said while he came up to the couple, Pato nodded and Catalina hugged him. "Thank you!" she said, Pato grabbed her hand and they continued to walk further into the garage. Pato stopped once he reached his sister - Elba.

Catalina hugged Elba, "I wasn't expecting to see you at the here!" Elba said. "Pato somehow convinced me to join him, I still don't know how he did." Catalina chuckled, Elba and Pato hugged. "I will see you later, I have to do couple of things." Pato said, he turned around and left. "Have you decided the name?" Elba asked, Catalina and Pato knew what they wanted to name their baby ever since they found out that it was a boy. "Valentino Patricio O'Ward" Catalina said while she smiled, in that moment she was thinking of her best friend - Valentina.

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