A blessing in disguise

Twenty Nine

He pulled out a small box and paused. He took in some air through his nose and began to speak "Grace, from the first moment I saw you and John together, from that beautiful moment I've known that I want nothing more than for the three of us to be a family. I want John to grow up in a house with two loving parents, I want to have more kids with you, I want to retire in Florida with you, I want my grave next to yours. I just want you." He paused.

"Will you marry me?"

The crowd went wild, all I could hear was thousands of people screaming "say yes" My heart was pounding and my palms were sweating. My stomach was in a whirl and my heart felt like it was doing back flips.

"Yes!" I said looking down at Zach.

A smile instantly grew on his face, he broke out eye contact and put the ring on my finger. He set the empty box on the stage and wrapped his arms around my waist lifting me off the ground. Our lips met instantly. The kiss was so gentle and passionate. We looked like a couple in an 80's movie scene. My fantasy became a reality on that stage tonight.

Zach put me back down on the floor and turned towards the crowd to thank them for coming out tonight. He grabbed my hand and lead me towards the side of the stage. The crew backstage stood there with their mouths open, including Mikey and Cameron. I guess Zach kept it a secret from everyone.

"Wait in here for a moment?" He pointed to the green room. I gave him a smile and entered the room, sitting on the couch closest to me. I could hear Zach talking to someone in the hallway about the bus schedule tomorrow. I was thrown off guard when my phone rang.

"H..hello" I was still trying to catch my breath after being startled.

"Hi sweetie, happy birthday." I rolled my eyes when I realized it was my mom who called me.

"MOM GUESS WHAT?" I jumped up and screamed into the phone.

"WHAT, Grace why are you yelling?"

"Mom I'm engaged!" I said while looking down at the ring on my finger.

I heard the phone drop on the other end of the line. "Mom are you still there?"

The phone shifted around before she answered me "Grace, why are you engaged? You just turned 18, there is no need for you to be engaged, you have your whole life ahead of you."

I was furious. Who was she to tell me not to marry Zach?

"Mom, I love Zach and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. We already have a son together and we plan to have more kids someday. This is my life and this is my decision." I spit out.

At this point Zach walked into the room and gave me a weird look before plopping down next to me.

"Wait more kids, are you planning on having sex any time soon." Her tone was harsher than before.

"Yeah mom, now that I'm 18 that's my decision and in fact we're about to have sex right now, I'm hanging up." I hit end call and turned to Zach.

I stood up and grabbed his hand "Let's go" I said with a wink.

The tour bus was deserted when we got on. I assumed because most of the crew lived in San Diego and were going straight home after the show. Zach and I were headed up to LA to unload the bus.

I pulled on Zach's hand to lead him into the back lounge. He shut the door behind him and turned to smile at me. I was already on the bed waiting for him. I tapped my hand on the spot next to me signalling him to come sit next to me.

He sat next to me and traced circles on my neck with his finger. I shot him a dirty look and he laughed before connecting his lips with my neck. The hairs on the back of my neck stood while his lips moved up and down. He pulled away to catch his breath. I wrapped my fingers around his the back on his neck and pulled him closer to me. His lips met mine, I could feel the moisture from him mouth. His tongue grazed the top of my teeth and entered my mouth. During our tongue war I began to unbutton his shirt. He snapped his arms back and pulled the rest of his shirt off for me. He moved his lips off mine and lifted his head to look me in the eyes. He smiled and ran his hand up the side of my dress. He leaned down and whispered in my ear "May I?" I nodded my head and bit my lip as I felt his lips graze the hairs on my neck near my ear. He ran his hand up the bottom of my dress and began to pull it off me. I put my hands up and he pulled the dress off my neck and head. He threw it on the floor and went back to kissing me. I placed my hand on his bare stomach and felt his warm abs. I slowly moved my way down to his his pants button and fiddled with it before snapping it open. He wiggled out of his pants and made his way down.