Puppy dog eyes

chapter ● 45

Jonah and I walked around the lake for around an hour. It was now 3:17pm. He still had tears in his eyes, one would escape every now and then. Rolling down his cheek and I'd wipe it away for him.

I loved how sensitive he was to stuff like this. It sounds mean but it gives me reassurance he still loves me. Whenever I hear him mutter something under his breath like "please don't leave me" I can't help but smile. It's so nice to know that he loves me almost as much as I love him.

Noticing the time I realise that we need to head back soon. He needs to cheer up first though or his parents will ask questions.

"Oi jo!" I shout as I pull my hand away from his and hide between a tree.

"Babe? Baby are you oka-" I throw a snowball at him and he smirks.

"You wanna play that game do you?" He laughs and runs towards me. I run away, stumbling over the tree roots. My breathing is hitched from laughing in the cold air. It doesn't take long for jonah to catch up to me.
He grabs my hand and pulls me back, looking into my eyes.
I lean in as he wraps his arms around my waist, butterflies flutter in my stomach. They do every time we kiss. But they quickly leave when in one swift move, jonah turned me upside down and dunked my head into the cold snow!

"Sorry babe!" He says running away before I could even get up. I try to look mad but fail miserably as I can't help but laugh at his cuteness.
My baby is happy again!

I chased him through the woods when he stopped and turned back to face me. I back away catiously as he lifts his hands up.

"Hey I just regret not taking that kiss! Give jojo a kiss?"

I smile before walking over to him. We lean in and I smirk whilst grabbing his beanie and crouching down filling it with snow. I pull it over his head again and he shivers from the cold.

"Eviee!" He laughs as I kiss him quickly. I pull his hat off and shake out as much snow as possible before handing it back to him.

"sorry boo" I kiss his shoulder and intertwine our fingers. He instantly starts fiddling with my engagement ring.

We head back to his house and are greeted by his mom with hot chocolates already made.

"Aww look at your red noses and cheeks,bless you two" she tucks us up in a blanket on the sofa and puts on a family film. We sip our hot chocolates as his mom asks questions about our future.

"You know you two, I wasn't completely sure evie was right for my jonahbug but now I'm convinced this is going to last a lifetime..." she giggled and looked at my ring before continuing.
" I can't wait for the wedding. And I know you want to wait until you're ready but if you guys told us you were getting married tomorrow we'd be more than thrilled. Just don't go off eloping. I want to watch it all,whether it's a small arch in the back yard or a huge cathedral. I want to witness it."

I look at jonah, mesmerised by his beauty as he laughs.

"Hypocritical. " he smirks and carrie rolls her eyes.

"And what are you inferring by that, marais?" They laugh as I sit confused. Waiting for an explanation.

"My parents eloped when they were younger. Not us young, but still young"

"Oooh really? Omg carrie you have to tell me everything! What did Tim even look like?!" She smiled nostalgically.

"Handsome. He was very handsome, just like little jonah here" jonah rolled his eyes as I pinched his cheeks laughing.

"October 24th, 1991. Las Vegas. We snuck off to get married as jonah's older brother zebulon was due to be born just 2 months and 2 days later on boxing day. Timothy was 28 and I was 27. We have just one wedding picture that we took ourselves but I can confidently say it's my favorite picture of all time."

She smiled widely to herself as she stood up.
"I suppose we'd better collect that pup now eh?" She walked out into the hallway to begin getting svea ready as I looked up to jonah, taking in everything I was lucky enough to have.

"What?" He laughed before kissing my nose.
"I wanna be like your parents jo, I want a happy marriage that 27 years later still feels brand new. I wanna grow old and still flirt as if we're trying to win each other over. I love you jonah. I want to be yours, forever."

He just looks at me in awe, mouth slightly open. He goes to speak once or twice but stutters, seeming lost for words.
Finally he speaks.

"Holy shit I love you" is all he says before he kisses me firmly. passionately. I smile into the kiss before pulling away.

"Jonah?"
"Yes baby girl? "
"Let's get married."

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Just want to point out that literally all the information about carrie and Tim's marriage is true. I'm kinda proud of myself for knowing that but also kind of scared... I'm not a stalker, you are.... 😶