The Basement

Chapter 4 - What's your answer?

Travis and Felicity's house

"My baby.." He begins.

"Felicity Cameron life without you is like a broken pencil it's pointless. I can conquer the world with a single hand so long as you are holding the other. You deserve the world, but since I cannot give that to you, I will give you the next best thing, which is my world. I want to hold you in my arms forever. I tell you I love you so much because you never know, a day might come and one of us would end up in the hospital, and I want the last feeling you feel is of me loving you. Every time I see you, I fall in love with you all over again. Babe, you are my dream girl, and like my parents always say, never give up on your dreams. I wish life had a pause button. I would pause every moment we spend together. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I want to grow old with you. Your love is what keeps me going every day. Even after the years we have spent together, you still make my heart skip a beat. Even when we are old and gray, I will still be holding your hands in our rocking chairs. You have a sweet smile and you even look stunning when you are asleep, I just want to see that beautiful face every morning forever. Fifi you are the only girl I love right now, but in about five or so years, there will be another. She will be calling you "mommy". Felicity Cameron, my one and only, would you do me the honors of marrying me and becoming my wife, Mrs. Stewart?" He asks me with a sparkle in his eyes and sweetness in his voice.

"YES, YES. A million times yes. Travis you make me so happy and there isn't a single day that goes by that I don't want to be with you. YOU are my soul mate and always have been. Life without you would be so boring. It just wouldn't be worth living any longer." I say excitement evident in my voice.

"oh baby, you have no idea how happy I am to hear you say that!" he says all giddy.

"I've been wondering when you were going to ask the question."  I say laughing.

"Baby, I've been wanting to ask you for a while now, I just needed to find the perfect ring for the perfect girl." Travis says sweetly.

"When should we get married? Should we elope? Should we invite Leroy? Where would we have it? Who would we invite?" Fifi bombards Travis with questions in an excited tone.

"Whoah.. Easy there tiger. Let's not rush anything. Let's take our time and decide what we want to do and how we want to build our future." Travis states reassuringly.

My mind is running wild.. There's so many thoughts running through my head. I've always known this is the man I'm going to marry. Does he truly want me as his wife? He's been there for me since day one. I only wish my mom was here to spend this day with me.

I'm lost in my thoughts but am immediately pulled out of my thoughts when I hear a very faint sound of a young women's cry for help.

"Did you hear that?" I ask Travis concerned.

"Did I hear what? " Travis answers, confusion evident on his face.

"It sounded like it came from down there?" Felicity points to a door in the far end of the apartment.

"The basement?"  Travis asks curiously.

"It must be. I didn't even know we had a basement. We should go check." Fifi answers.

"Baby? We aren't even sure if it is a basement. Besides we weren't given a key. There's no way down there, Unfortunately. I'll talk to the landlord tomorrow to find out what's the deal with the basement." Travis says reassuringly.

"Okay." Fifi says slightly uneasy.

"Take a seat..Let's get dessert." Travis says sweetly as he motions for the waiter.

We eat our chocolate mousse which was made to absolute perfection.

The bedroom

As I plop down on the bed I can't help but let my mind travel.  'I'm sure there is something down there.' I  tell myself.

"Fifi?" Travis calls from the kitchen.
"Yes Trav?" I answer as I quickly sit up.
"Are you in bed?" Travis asks curiously as he walks into the room.
"Sort of. I haven't dressed for bed yet, why are you asking?" I ask meekly.
"You can wash up then, I'll go tidy up." Travis says smiling.
"Thank you baby, I appreciate it." I say with a slight smile as I make my way to the bathroom and wash up before climbing into bed and grabing my book that lay on my bedside table to read.

"Fifi, are you happy?"  Travis asks sadly.
"Travis? Why on earth would you think my answer would be otherwise?" Felicity asks offended.
"Look how angry you've been with me lately. You don't trust me and you got into bed upset when I told you I don't have a key for the basement." Travis states.
"Travis, I've only been upset because I have this feeling that you've been lying to me. You seem so deceitful the last while and it's bugging me." Felicity states with a straight face.
"Fifi, I am not lying to you. I love you and that's why I asked you to marry me. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." Travis says sweetly.
"I want to be with you too, you know that. It's just..." Felicity says attempting to finish her thought.
"Trish. It's because of Trish." Travis states.
"MY MOM! Why did you say it so insensitively Travis. She's my mother and you can be fucking sure I am down in the dumps because the woman who gave birth to me won't be at my wedding and I don't even know who my real dad is." Felicity says with extreme anger.
"Wow. Felicity I'm sorry I honestly didn't mean to sound insensitive or rude. I'm sorry baby. I'm so sorry." Travis says genuinely apologetic.
"No I'm sorry. I guess I'm also upset that James ditched me when my mom died. He was technically the only real father I had and he left." Felicity says with disappointment.
"I get it baby. I do. You need some rest. Sleep it off. I'm here for you." Travis says as he tucks Felicity In and turns the lights off.

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