Compassion (MAJOR EDITING) #Wattys2015

Chapter 43: Louis

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"We're only getting older, baby." I said. El smiled against my chest and nodded her head. We were laying in bed, thinking of what our next move would be. These are the moments that I cherish the most. "Yeah..it seems like our teen years flew by and now our grown up years are easing themselves away too." She was right. Which is why I had to make this move. "El, babe, I know this is sudden and weird and out of the blue and all of that shit but-" She sat up with the covers wrapped around her and looked at me, not saying a word. "Baby, I love you. Ok? I want to spend the rest of my life with you because you're the most amazing person I've met in my entire life. You make me happy when I'm sad. You make me laugh until I'm in tears. You give me those butterflies that everyone talks about in my tummy. Every time I look at you, I can't see anything but your beauty, how grateful I am to have you, and our future together. I know that I don't have a ring right now..we can get that later; but I really really want to marry you and I understand if you say-" She cut me off. "Yes. Yes I'll marry you, idiot." She nodded her head up and down. "I will marry you. I'm sure of it. I've never been so sure in my entire life." I wiped the tears that were falling from each of her eyes. "Lou, meeting you was the best thing that's ever happened to me. It really was. When I met you, I found myself. I wouldn't trade you for anything in this world." I nodded, tears falling from my eyes now. "Oh gosh-" She said. "Look at us. We're both saps." I laughed and wiped the remaining tears that had escaped from my eyes. "We should get dressed so you can pick out that ring." Her eyes glittered as she stepped out of the bed and put on her pink slippers. "Love? Promise me something?" I stood up beside her. "Anything, El. What is it?" She reached up and wrapped her arms around my neck. "Please don't fall asleep at during the wedding."