The Home Run

Chapter 19

The next morning I woke up and snuggled closer to Alex who wrapped his arms tighter around me and pulled me as close as he could. I smiled and kissed his jaw, and he leaned down and kissed my forehead. "Good morning beautiful" he said in his husky morning voice "good morning" I replied as he rubbed my stomach. Suddenly I got an idea and I sat up and grabbed my bag. "What are you doing?" He asked as he leaned up onto his arms "I want to go swimming" I told him as I pulled out my red bikini and started to put it on. He sat up and kissed my bare shoulder as I tied the straps into place. "I love you" he told me as I put my hair up "I love you too" I smiled, then climbed out just in time to see the sun rise.

A few moments later Alex came out with his swim trunks on and he pulled me into a kiss. I smiled and kissed him back. Then he pulled away and got down on one knee. My stomach was full of butterflies and my hands started getting sweaty. "Stazie Ive thought about how I'd do this at least a million times but every time I do, I feel like it wouldn't be good enough. So I'm just going to say what comes to mind. Baby I love you so much, I've loved you since I first met you. You're it for me. You're my end game. You're the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I want to wake up next to you every morning for the rest of time. I want to be the reason for the smile on your face, for the butterflies in your stomach. I want to be the one you argue with about the stupidest shit. I want to travel with you, to show you the world. To give you the things you've always wanted. We've had a rough past and I'm sure we will have a rough future but baby I want you forever. I want to be your family, your lover, your husband. So Anastasia will you marry me?" He asked and I could tell he was nervous. I nodded my head as my eyes started watering. "Yes, yes, yes!" I said as he stood up and slid on the ring. I looked down at it and I smiled then immediately pulled him into a kiss.

When we pulled away I smiled and looked down at the ring again and I heard a camera click. I glanced up and noticed Alex took my picture and I smiled at him and he took another one. "I love it, and I love you" I told him as I pulled him into a hug. He rubbed my back softly and kissed my shoulder "do you like it? I was so worried you wouldn't. I spent hours and hours trying to find the right one" he said as he looked at my hand "it's perfect thank you" I smiled and whipped a tear. "Oh don't cry" he chuckled "they're good tears I promise" I told him.

I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face for the rest of the day. I took the ring off only when we went swimming because I didn't want to accidentally lose it. The ring was stunning, it wasn't massive which I liked. It fit my finger perfectly, the ring had tiny diamonds along the edges along with the bigger diamond in the middle. I placed the ring back on my finger once we got out of the water and I placed my hand on my stomach and smiled then I heard another camera click. Alex and I took a few pictures of us smiling at each other just to remember how great today was.

As the light blue sky turned into a darker shade we crawled into the tent and relaxed for the rest of the night.