HARD WORK

HARD WORK _1

MARRY ME...

'Excuse me,you what!?'

Kelly looked at her boy friend of four years. She never expected that their relationship would take this turn. She could not believe what he was asking her right now.

'Kelly I love you and will you marry me?'

He asked her again, opening the red velvet box infront of him. He knew Kelly did not like surprises or attention but he wanted to make this night romantic. He did his best not to alert the other people in the restaurant of what he was doing because of that.

' Uhm...'

Kelly sighed and rubbed her forehead as she could not understand why he was doing this. When they first met she had told him that all she wanted was sex,no relationship and no strings attached and she thought he understood that till now. She was not the relationship or marrying type. She believes that all she needs in this life is herself and her kids.

'Why?'

'Because we have been together for four years and I know I don't want to be with anyone but you. I think we are ready to take this relationship to the next level. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life loving you.'

'We? So you're making life decisions on my behalf now!'

She spoke a little too loud causing customers nearest to them to look in their direction. Her face flushed from embarrassment and she bent her head trying to hide herself. Amadeo shook his head to the fact that she did not even hear him say he loved her.

'I meant why should we get married? I thought we made it clear when we started dating that it was just nothing but sex.'

'Kelly we have a son together! We are too grown for us just to be fucking. I know what you said but my feelings have changed. I want you in my life permanently. I want a commitment,I want to wake up next to you everyday. I don't want to see Quin on a schedule and I want to be a full time father to Star. I want you to carry my last name and let all these men know that you are mine .'

'So this is about you and your ego? I am not a possession. You can be a father to Quin without us getting married and Star. Why do you want to complicate things. We were fine just the way we were. I thought we agreed to co-parent.'

'You know you sound like a man right now. Kelly I agreed only because I knew it was the only way I could have a child with you,I was hoping down the line you would give me a chance to mend that broken heart of yours. From the first day I met you,all I ever wanted was for you to be mine and I settled for anything just to have you in my life. I really thought you'd eventually change your mind and let be the man for you.'

Kelly had been told these words so many times in her thirty-one years of existence. Whenever she would hear this speech she would call bullshit. She thought she knew everything and had been through everything and would not fall back into the relationship trap again. He grabbed her hand as she stood up to leave.

' You can't runaway from love forever Kelly.'

'I am not running away from love,I'm going home to my kids Amadeo.'