Always

Chapter 22

I wake up feeling really good. Jacks arm is wrapped around me and I slowly peel it off. I don't want to wake up. I go over and grab my laptop out of my bag. "Come back to bed." He says to me. "I was trying not to wake you." I whisper to him. "The coldness of your body leaving me woke me up. Come only lay back down." He says to me. He must be half asleep. "I have to look for a new place to live Jack. I can't." I say to him. He jumps up. "Are you staying in Kansas?" He asked me. "No jack I'll probably love to California." I joke with him. "That's not funny." He says. "I'm moving back home. But I'm done with apartments. I want a home." I tell him. I search for hours and I can't find anything I love. If I'm going to buy a home I want to love it.

"Come one we're going home." Jack says to me. "I haven't found one yet. I just need more time." I tell him without taking my eyes off the computer. "I found one." He says. "You did?" I've been looking for hours. How did he find one. He picks me up and carries me to the car. "I can walk you know." I tell him. "Doctors orders princess." He sets me down into the car and loads up our stuff. He got us some breakfast that I can eat on the way. I really need a toothbrush though.

After a long drive we pull up into the middle of no where. There's a two story house that looks like a mini castle. It's my dream home. My eyes get so big. "Where'd you find this?" I ask him. He knows it's my dream home. I always talked about it. I hurry up and get out of the car and run inside to look at everything. The kitchen is huge with an island and black tile. The bathroom has two shower heads in it. There's a baby room for the twins. My bedroom with a walk in closet. And a big laundry room. "Oh my it's perfect." I mumble. "I'm glad you think so it took 3 years to build." He says to me. I snap my head to him. "You built this?" I ask him. When did he even have time. "Well I didn't but I paid somebody to. That's why one never had much money when we were together. I started building it when we first got together and had gabs tell them to finish it when I was in rehab."

He actually built me a house. Just like he always said he would. I'm feeling so many different emotions right now. But one thing I do know. I still love him. I run up to him and kiss him. We put our foreheads together. "Marry me?" I ask him. He pulls away from me. "What?" "Marry me right now. Not tomorrow not in a year. Let's go and get married. We can live here together and raise our family here together. Marry me." I say it all so fast. "Okay." He says. "Okay?" I say with a smile. "Really?" I ask him. He gets down on one knee and pulls out a diamond ring. "I bought this when we first started dating. I always knew I would marry you." We kiss and run off to the chapel to get married. And we lived happily ever after.