His Proposal - MATURE VERSION (completed)✔️

Leaving The Marshall's

Nate walks into my room and he sits on the bed as I stand in front of the vanity brushing my brown hair. He looks at me. "What are you doing when we get home?"

I turn towards my brother. "Nothing, why?"

He looks at the ground. "It's been awhile since I've been to the graveyard and I was thinking about going to see Mom, Dad and Aleysa, but I don't want to go alone."

I walk over to him and pull him in for a hug. "I'll go with you." I look at the door. "What about Teresa?"

Nate rises. "She's going to see her parents." He walks towards the door. "She told me that she's going to have a civil conversation with them. She doesn't like what's going on between them, but she also doesn't want to break up with me. I haven't done anything for them to dislike me. Then again people use any excuse to dislike someone. It's just the way of the world." He shuts the door.

I tie my hair into a ponytail and then I walk out of my room.

Jai is leaning against the wall. "Mom sent me up here to tell you breakfast is ready. She wants you well fed before we travel back to Los Angeles."

A smile spreads across my face. "I'm glad we're going back home." I put my hand in his. "I don't want to spend that much time in San Francisco again. I'm fine with spending the weekends there to watch my brother play football."

He places his hand on my stomach. "Soon enough you won't be able to travel with being pregnant. The airlines are going to put a stop to travelling to San Francisco to watch Nate play."

That's going to suck, but I will ask someone to tape it for me and get them to post it, so I can watch my little brother play football.

I look at him. "That's going to suck when that time comes. Let's go downstairs. I'm starving and whatever Veronica has cooked smells great." I walk down the stairs still holding Jai's hand.

We enter the kitchen and on the table are plates full of food. There's waffles, pancakes, toast, bacon strips, orange juice, eggs, milk, apple juice, fruit salad, pitchers of water, tea and coffee.

I thinks she went a bit overboard.

A smile spreads across her face when she sees me. "Good morning, Chloe."

"Morning, Veronica." I point to the table. "Is all that food necessary? It's like you're about to feed an army."

She walks over to me and hugs. "I am feeding an army. Charlotte and her kids are coming over. They want to see you before you leave. We miss you a lot when you leave here." She pulls something out from her apron. "I found this photo while I was going through some albums. I thought you would like to have it." She gives it to me.

It's a photo of my parents, Jai and I. We're all smiling. There's a lake in the background. "Where was this taken?" I ask.

Veronica takes another look at it. "It was taken by the lake, that's behind this house." She looks at Jai. "Jai, will show it to you after breakfast. I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing a place that your parents enjoyed when they were here." She walks back to the kitchen and she begins to clean up.

Jai leads me over to the table and he places a plate in front of me. "Help yourself, firecracker."

I keep looking at the picture.

I really miss them.

A tear falls down my face and Jai wipes it away with his thumb. He turns my head so I am looking him in the eye. "Eat something, Chloe. You're parents would want you to take care of yourself and the baby. Now, eat before I take that picture from you and you will never see it." He drops his hand from my face.