Loving Will

Chapter 30

We made it to Vanessa and Sam's house at noon. They opened their arms to Will wishing him a happy birthday. I stood awkwardly to his side waiting for their attention to be lost in another conversation. They were going on about how he should be moving closer to them because they don't see him enough.

I mumbled our plan of moving closer under my breath, I knew Will could hear me, he laughed "I will move close soon, Carley and I are looking for a place closer to her uni."

Vanessa started to pace her office, Sam sat down on the chair studying the pair of us "I'm glad we will see more of you, son."

As they adjusted to the news that I'm going to be with their son for some time now Will took me upstairs to settle in. He jumped on his childhood bed grinning at me "you're the first girl I have had in here in forever, I hope we both fit on this bed."

I rolled my eyes joining him on the double mattress. It was smaller than we were used to but that just gave me an excuse to sleep closer to him. "Your mum wasn't as dramatic as I thought she would be, that surprised me. I think she may start to like me."

Will laughed "I had never seen my mother this dramatic, I'm glad it skipped a gene with me."

I rolled my eyes "I don't know what I would have done with myself if you were half that dramatic."

I hooked my leg over Will's thigh cuddling into his chest "have you decided where you are going to teach yet?"

Will shrugged "I could stay where I am it just means a longer trip or I could teach at the school close to your uni and have an excuse to always see you. That school only has an English position available, it's a lot less than I'm used to."

I kissed his lips "do what makes you happy, baby."

He grinned 'you make me happy, now as much as I love this we only have a few hours until dinner."

I sighed 'I need to get ready then, you Mr Peters need to be wearing the suit I packed for you."

He followed my instructions dressing into the navy suit I placed on top of his bag. I looked for my dress I had packed yesterday. The dress was a dark blood red that went until mid' thigh. The bodice was covered in lace and sequins whereas, the bottom of the dress was ruffled. I kept my make up simply because of it being a family function. As I sat next to Will on the bed to place my shoes on he smiled "you look beautiful, you always look beautiful."

I cupped his face him my hands stroking his jaw "I love you."

He kissed my lips murmuring into the kiss "I love you, baby."

I ran my fingers through his long hair brushing it to the side "I like your hair long, it suits you."

He wrapped his arms around my waist "I like all of you, it suits me."

I fell into a fit of laughter "smooth, Will." I wriggled away from his heated look fixing my hair "we have an hour until guests arrive I'm going to go and check on Rebecca. She changed the venue to your parents' place."

Will nodded "yeah, she called me to ask if that was okay."

I kissed his once more before rushing downstairs. Rebecca stood outside under the marquee bossing workers around. She smiled as I walked over to her "you look beautiful."

I blushed "thank you, I came down here to see if you needed any help?"

She shook her head "no, these guys were late so I haven't been able to get everything done until now. I just need to go over the table one last time before everything is done. I left mum to organise catering if you want to check with her."

I nodded reluctantly going inside to the kitchen. When I got there Vanessa was sitting inside with Olivia having tea. I smiled warmly at her "hello, sorry to interrupt I wanted to check in to see if there was anything I could do before guests arrive?"

Olivia and Vanessa both looked at each other "no, Carley. We are about finished here. When the guests arrive the food will be taken out but it's all cooked."

I smiled at them both appreciatively "thank you both for helping with Will's birthday, it means a lot to me."

I didn't wait around for a response, I left the kitchen the clear my mind. Will was descending the stairs when I exited the kitchen "Hey, are you alright?"

I nodded "yeah, everything will be fine."

He grabbed my hand pulling me into his side "can I see what you all have worked so hard to do?"

I nodded "of course but before I do..." I wrapped my arms around his neck "happy thirtieth birthday Will." I brought my lips on his kissing him passionately, his arms snaked around my waist pulling my body against his. I kissed him as though he was the air I breathed.

Rebecca cleared her throat "guests are arriving if you want to come down."

Will nodded, his chest heaving because he was breathless "of course, let's go."

After the first lot of people arrived it wasn't long until everyone showed up and we started to eat. Will grabbed his glass of whiskey off the table holding it in the air gathering everyone's attention "first I would like to thank all my family and friends for coming and celebrating my dirty thirty with me. But that isn't the only reason I asked you all here. This next part requires Carley, come here baby."

I stood from the table confused, I don't remember Rebecca mentioning anything about this. Will grabbed my hand in his "Carley and I met a year ago and since then I have loved every moment we have spent together. Carley, I agreed to this party for one reason..." he slipped his hand into his pocket pulling out a royal blue velvet box. I gasped in shock and anticipation watching as my Aunt stood from the table, I hadn't even noticed she was there. He continued "I don't want to ever be apart from you baby, I love you, would you do the honour of becoming my wife?"

I tearfully nodded my head "yes, Will. I love you."

I throw my arms around his tackling him in a hug as he slipped the ring in my finger. He pushed his lips on mine "thank you."

I cried "I love you."

As the clapping died down I took my seat again admiring the ring, I looked over to him "I love it, it looks like my mother's, thank you."

Will grinned "your aunt said the same thing when I asked her permission."

I playfully nudged him with my elbow "you asked for permission, thank you. I'm sure my Aunt respected you more after that. I can't believe I didn't suspect anything."

He grinned "I know I was so secretive, you nearly found the ring once."