One Step At A Time - A Dawsey Story

Chapter 6 - "He smiled like a little boy on Christmas"

Hello everyone :* I have exciting news (exciting for me, boring for you 😂):
For the first time EVER, I finished writing a fanfiction 😂 I have seriously never finished a fic before.
So, after this one, there will be 4 more parts to this story, I decided to keep this one short and focus on "It's Been A Long Day" 😊
I hope you enjoy the last few parts!
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Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart
The beat goes on, and on, and on, and on
Boom! Clap! You make me feel good
Come on to me, come on to me now

I was driving through the streets of Chicago, trying to find the address that was written down on the note paper paper in the dashboard.
When I finally arrived, I was surprised at what I saw.
A pretty, white house with yellow windows, yellow fences and a cute backyard.
Casey was waiting in front of the door, his rain coat pulled deep down into his face. I parked my car right behind his, pulled the sleeves of my sweatshirt over my hands - also to protect the ring on my left ring finger from the rain - and got out.

No silver or no gold could dress me up so good
You're the glitter in the darkness of my world
Just tell me what to do, I'll fall right into you
Going under cast a spell just say the word
I feel your love

I ran through the rain towards Casey. "Hey!", I said when I reached him. I was already soaking wet.
"Hey", he said back and pressed a quick kiss onto my lips. "Wanna go inside?" His face was one big grin.
I shrugged my shoulders and returned his smile, even though I had no idea what he seemed to be so excited about.
Casey took a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door.
The house looked just as pretty from the inside as it did from the outside. Through a short hallway I could see a big, bright living room and a lovely kitchen.
"Casey, what are we doing here?"
"You'll see." He smiled like a little boy on Christmas.
"Come on."

Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart
The beat goes on, and on, and on, and on
Boom! Clap! You make me feel good
Come on to me, come on to me now

He led me up the stairs into another hallway.
"Look", Matt said. "There's a bedroom, two bathrooms and a guest room. And this", I followed him to the end of the hallway and watched him open the last door, „could be a kids room one day."
These words woke a sadness deep inside of me, but I pushed it back down and continued to ignore that it even existed. Instead I put a smile on my face and asked: "Matt, what is all of this? Why are you showing me this?"
"If you want to", he finally started to explain, "this could be our new home. We could move in in two weeks already. We could also keep the furniture, or bring our own, as you prefer-"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!", I interrupted with a laugh, "Again, what? Are you serious?"

You are the light and I will follow
You let me lose my shadow
You're the sun, a glowing halo
And you can keep burning up with your love, uh

Casey turned around, gently took my hands in his and kissed my forehead. "I know this is spontaneous, but look... it's been 4 months since all of this happened."
By 'All of this', he meant his proposal, the explosion and losing Mills. He still didn't know about my miscarriage.
"I thought it would be a good idea. A good time for a new beginning. And there's no one I'd rather have this new beginning with than my fiancée." He gave me this typical Casey-smile that made my legs go all weak every time I saw it. "So what do you say?"

Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart
The beat goes on, and on, and on, and on
Boom! Clap! You make me feel good
Come on to me, come on to me now

I got up on my toes to lightly kiss him. Then I returned his smile, wrapped my arms around his neck and said: "I say we should go home and decide what of our stuff to take and what to leave behind."
"You like it?"
"I love it!"
Without any warning, Matt lifted me up and swirled me through the air. A surprised scream escaped my mouth and I gripped onto his shirt and giggled.
I wrapped my legs around his hips when he started kissing me passionately, and I knew that I already felt home in this place.