GROUNDING 🏈 Nick Bosa. {Bosa Brothers series.}

#ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINETEEN.

3 months later.

Nick and I were back in California. And as much as I wanted to be here with Nick, I hadn't realized just how much I'd miss Florida and Mark.

The California house no longer felt like home. It held a lot of bad memories and emotions...

Emotions and memories I never wanted to remember.

Nick promised me that we would move soon. Hopefully, before playoffs. I didn't want to rush him, though. Especially, during the football season. He was dealing with enough as it was.

I tried to hide my distain for the house, but I knew he could still tell I was struggling to feel comfortable here.

Most of the time I was alone in this big cold house. I didn't even have Boomer to keep me company, because he was staying with John for the season.

The first two weeks Nick had to stay in a hotel for training camp and we got to see each other every Thursday. It was rough, but we made it through it.

Now he was mostly just gone every day until like, 6pm. Sometimes, 7pm if he stayed late during training.

The football season was about to start, so most of the time he'd be home by 7pm.

I hear the front door beep open and I hurry downstairs to greet him. Jumping into his arms as soon as he tosses his bag down onto the floor.

He easily cradles me around the waist as I press my lips against his.

"I missed you." I say.

"I missed you too." He echos back, before returning for another kiss.

"How was practice?" I quickly, ask him as he sits my feet back down onto the floor.

"It was good." He over looks my appearance. I was wearing a crop top and shorts. "What did you do today?" He questions me as he goes to the fridge and grabs a water.

"Nothing, really." I shrug.

Today was actually, quite miserable and boring, but I had no plans on telling him that.

He watches me as he takes a long sip of water. "Nothing sounds boring." He replies after swallowing a big gulp.

Sometimes, he could just read my mind.

I smile. "It's ok." I tell him.

"Are you sure?" He sits down the water bottle and stares at me from across the kitchen counter. "I'm worried that you're starting to feel like a prisoner here."

Well, that wasn't too far from the truth, because that's sorta what it was starting to feel like, but I lie..

"I'm fine, Nick. I swear." I try to smile more happily to convince him things were alright.

His eyes drag over me again, this time more thoroughly and he stands quietly for a moment. "Once the season starts you'll have more fun. Watch."

Would I? I ask myself. That just seemed more stressful to me, but I continue to give him my smile and nod in agreement.

The next day.

I just got back from an evening walk.

I enter the key code to the garage and as the garage door lifts up I notice Nicks car. I quickly pull my phone out of my back pocket and check the time. It was 5:30, I rush inside knowing that was odd for him to be home so early.

He was already waiting for me as I get through the door.

"What's wrong?" I ask, frantically. "Are you hurt?"

He laughs deeply, and runs his hands down the sides of my arms. "I'm fine. I just wanted to come home early." He reassures me.

I breath a sigh of relief. "Oh, god. You scared me." I laugh, pushing him in the chest. "Don't do that!"

He pulls me in closer and kisses me. "I have a surprise for you." He says.

"Yeah?" I smile up at him. "What's that?" I ask seductively, softly pulling at the ends of his cotton shirt.

"Go upstairs, it's waiting for you on the bed."

I quickly comply and head upstairs to the bedroom. I approach the bed smiling once I catch sight of red.

With the season starting soon. I mentioned to Nick how bad I wanted to wear his jersey number and it looked like he remembered..

I carefully, unfold the jersey and immediately notice a diamond ring fall out onto the mattress. My breath catches. I pick it up and stare at it for a moment.

The entire room began to spin and I was starting to feel very light headed. As if I could pass out at any moment. I was completely caught off guard by the sight of something so incredibly beautiful.

I hear Nick come from behind me and I spin around to face him. "Nick, what is this?" I breath. My eyes starting to tear up, but I knew exactly what it was.

He starts to laugh, but the more he laughs, the more he starts to cry, before he soon completely loses control over his emotions...

I pull him into a hug. "Nick..." He kisses my lips. "Nicholas..." I start to get even more teary eyed and try to get him to look at me, but he was avoiding my attention.

He drops to his knees and presses his face into my tummy. He kisses me there, in the center of it.

"What is this?" I show him the ring, softly laughing through tears as he stares back up at me.

"I need you." He says, through his own tears. "I am nothing, without you." He pauses trying to catch his breath. "I know training camp has been hard, but I promise you I'm not going anywhere. We've been through so much together..."

I run my hands through his hair and smile down at him. "Just breathe... just take your time." I tell him.

"I want to marry you..." He says. "I want you to be my wife, I want you to be the mother of my children." He tries swallowing his tears, but it was way too late for that. We were both crying like babies..

He continues. "I want to grow a garden in the backyard at our new home and I want to cook dinner for you and our kids. I want you there when I'm old and can't move around good, because I only would trust you with my life for the rest of my life, Liliana. You grounded me, I am down bad."

He kisses me in my stomach before continuing. "A future without you in it is fucking meaningless to me now. Please... please don't leave me." He begs as he stares back up at me with stained cheeks. "Please, marry me? Will you do that?" He softly, asks.

I laugh as the tears seep from my eyes. "Yes, of fucking course I will marry you!"

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