Marjoreece - Date Night

Reece & Autumn

Marjorie opened the door to find Autumn stood there.
"Marjorie, could I have some time alone with my brother, please? There's something I need to talk to him about."
"Of course, Autumn. I'll go out and get some dinner, do you want any?"
"No, thank you, Marjorie. Winter is already at home cooking."
"OK, my love, I'll leave you to it. Reece, I'm just going to out and pick us up a takeaway. Be back in a bit. Autumn's here to see you." With that, Marjorie left the siblings to it.
Autumn walked into the room and sat on the sofa a little over from Reece. "Hey, Aut, I really need to apologise to you."
"What for?" She asked, raising her eyebrow slightly in confusion.
"Well, for freaking out earlier, for not telling what happened sooner... for hugging you."
"Reece, all of that is forgivable. Although I will be honest, it may take longer to forgive the hug than the rest." She smiled slightly as she said the last part, so he knew she was almost joking. "I understand why you acted the way you did. Both this morning and back then. You were only trying to do what you thought was the best thing for me, and I can't be mad at you for that. It's our fathers job to be mad at us for trying to protect each other, not ours. Besides, I went 20 yeats without my big brother and best friend. You'll need to do a hell of a lot more to get rid of me now." They made eye contact, and both smiled at the last comment, so glad that after everything they had managed to begin to heal their rift. "I actually came over to discuss something else with you entirely. I think after today, you really need to hear it."
"OK, Aut, what is it?"
"Well... I'm pregnant."
"What, wait, what.... Are we hap... was it plan..... well, it doesn't have to be planned, but are we happy about it because if not, I'll still support you, whatever, but is this what you.... do you want to... is this what you want?"
Autumn smiled at how tongued tied her usually so confident older brother had become in this moment. She also thought she saw his eyes start to well up, but if she did, he was doing a very good job of hiding it.
"Yes, Winter and I are very happy."
"Oh my god, Aut!!!! You're having a baby!!!"
"Mmhm."
"An actual baby oh my g.... I'm gonna be an uncle!!"
"Mmhm, and a pretty great one as well, I'd wager."
"Oh god, I get to be an uncle. I'm so happy for you!!! I won't offer you a hug, I already took my life in my hands with that earlier. I can't risk you killing me if I'm going to have a niece or nephew to look out for!!"
"Smart move."
"Does Marjorie know?"
"No, I'm not sure I'm ready for that level of... emotion just yet."
"Yea, she's definitely gonna cry."
"Absolutely, and just drag me into a hug whether I want it or not. No one knows yet."
"Wait, so I'm the first person you've told?"
"Who else would I tell first? It was always going to be you because I knew you would want to make sure this little one has all the love and support we didn't growing up."
"Wait, what about dad?"
"Honestly, it wouldn't bother me if father never found out. I have no intention of him being involved in the slightest. However, depending on how long this take over takes I know there's a very good chance he will have to find out because I will be showing before we've kicked him off the board and out of our lives. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, though."
"I can't believe I'm going to be an uncle." They sat there in silence for a few minutes, both absorbing the happiness the other was showing at the news the first time they'd seen each other like that in decades if they were being honest. "Aut, as you've shared something with me, can I share something with you that no one else knows?"
"What is it?"
"I'm want to ask Marjorie to marry me."
"Oh my god, Reece, are you serious!?!?! That could work in my favour because if she's so excited about that she may not be as emotional and annoying about my news."
Reece laughed that this was the first thing this sister thought of at his news.
"Do you know when and how you're going to ask?"
"No, to be honest, I'm really nervous about it because I'm still not entirely sure I deserve her. Especially after today. I really scared and upset Carly today, I can't be the one responsible for Marjorie feeling like that, I'd never forgive myself if I did that to her. Not her."
"Reece, you won't. She absolutely adores you, and any idiot can see you are besotted with her and would lay down your life to ensure she didn't get hurt. You're overthinking and putting too much pressure on yourself. If you think she might say no, you're an even bigger idiot than I thought. In fact, the only way you could be a bigger idiot is if you didn't ask her."
"Ouch, don't pull any punches Aut!" He laughed but at the same time feeling a sense of relief at having actually spoken to someone about it. He hadn't even mentioned it to Charlotte in one of their sessions. "I will ask Aut, just, waiting for the right moment."
"The right moment, big brother, is whenever she's quiet enough to let you get a word in." Autumn smirked.

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Meanwhile, Marjorie had just pulled up outside their favourite Chinese takeaway. She went to pick up her bag before realising, in her hurry to leave Autumn and Reece to their conversation she hadn't picked it up.
"Marjorie, you are such a bloody pillock." She muttered under her breath. "It's ok," she thought. "I'll just pay on my phone." As she picks up her phone, she realises the battery is dead. "Bollocks, Reece must have a charger in here somewhere." She started hunting through the door and arm rest pockets to no avail, she decides to check the glove box, and as she opens it, a small pale blue box falls out and onto the floor. The box opens as it lands and she hears something fall out. "Bugger" she says, louder than she intended. She puts the light on in the car to hunt for it as it's dark outside by now. She finds the empty box first but doesnt really pay any attention. As she goes back to hunting the passenger footwell for whatever fell out of it, a glint of something catches her eye. As she reaches down and picks it up, she sees the most beautiful platinum band covered in diamonds with a large square cut stone in the middle of it. As she finally looks back at the box in her other hand, she notices Tiffany & Co. written on the outside. "Oh my god!"