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Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Happy and I spent the entire night making love before finally drifting off to sleep. I wake up and I am in bed alone. I get up and head into the kitchen for coffee and see him sitting on the back steps smoking. I pour two cups and head outside. Taking a seat next to him, I hand him a cup and he says "Thanks." before kissing me softly. "Are you okay?" I ask. "Yeah." he says. I look out at the yard and he doesn't say anything else. We drink our coffee in silence. I see him look at me out of the corner of my eye and he says "I was thinking about something Tig said." he tells me. "Happy, you don't have to worry about that marriage shit. I'm happy with what we have." I tell him. "You don't want to marry me?" he asks. "That's not what I said. I just don't want you to feel pressured to ask me thinking that's what I want from you. I don't want any expectations. Just take shit a day at a time and if it happens, it happens if not, I'm good with that too." I tell him. He puts his arm around me and pulls me close. Kissing the top of my head he says "I love you." I nod and say "I love you too."

After finishing our coffee, we head inside to get ready for him to go to the clubhouse. "You wanna ride with?" he asks. "I think I'll stay here and get some housework done." I tell him and he looks at me. "I'm good Happy. Just want to get the house cleaned up." I tell him and he nods. Kissing me goodbye, he says "I love you." I smile and say "I love you too. Be safe. Please." I say and he nods before walking out the door. I move to sit on the back steps again and just think for a while. I wouldn't mind getting married someday but I don't know if he really wants that.

At the clubhouse, Happy walks up and sees Venus and Lyla standing at the bar. "I need your help." he says to them. "What's up?" Lyla asks. "I need you to get Rory out of the house for a while." he tells them. "What's going on?" Venus asks. Happy reaches into his kutte and pulls out a small velvet bag and says "I bought this two days ago before Tig ever said anything." and shows them the simple but beautiful engagement ring. "When do you want her home?" Venus asks and Happy looks at them lost. "I'll take her out for a while. Venus..." Lyla starts and Venus says "I'll take care of everything else. Come on big boy. We got planning to do." she say and he follows Venus out.

Lyla and I are sitting out doing a little shopping and when we're done, she drops me off at our house. I get out and get my bags. Walking in the door, I saw Happy's bike in the driveway. I walk into the bedroom and drop my bags when I see there's rose petals all over the bed. He comes out of the bathroom in nothing but his boxers and says "Come on." I walk towards him and see that the bathroom is softly lit with candles and there's soft music playing. "Happy?" I ask and he smiles. "Come on." he says and we start stripping down. He gets into the tub and I get in with him. I sit facing him with my legs wrapped around him and he caresses my face. "I love you Rory." he says. "I love you Happy. So much." I say and we continue to kiss until the water starts getting cold. Getting out of the tub, we move to the bed and he makes love to me all night long.

Waking up the next morning, I have my back to Happy and he's holding me close. I turn in his arms and snuggle into him. I look at my hands that are on his chest and see a diamond ring on my left ring finger. "Happy." I whisper. He looks down at me and whispers "Marry me." I look up at him and before I can ask he says "I'm sure. Marry me Rory." I kiss his lips softly and whisper "Yes Happy." before crashing my lips with his and he hovers over me to make love to me to celebrate our engagement.