"You're beautiful Elise"
"Zach, please..."
I smiled when she called me Zach. It was always Zachary or Mr. Walton and when she called me Zach I...
"Zach?" she sat up on the bed raising an eyebrow "If you don't want..." I cut her off by kissing her ge...
"Since the day we decided to fake a relationship, I knew you'd change my life. And you have. You came into my world like a wrecking ball, a good one that pushed me into being a better man. As the day passed, I couldn't tell you how I really felt, scared I'd push you away. But trust me that I've never wanted to be with anyone as I wanted to share my life with you. Elise Collins, would you do me the honor of being my wife?"
Silence. She had a hand covering her mouth while the other was by her side. And she didn't fucking say a word to me. I was starting to over think the situation still forcing the smile on my lips. Maybe she didn't want to be my wife, maybe she didn't want to spend the rest of her life with me. But I couldn't rely on my inner thoughts and I was growing restless. I had to hear it from her. I cleared my throat urging her to say something. Anything.
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She giggled and nodded excitedly "yes! A million time yes!"
I couldn't contain my emotions as I slid the ring on her finger and instantly wrapped my arms around her swirling her around a few times. I let her down and held her face with both hands bringing her closer to me "You killed me Elise, It felt like you were going to reject me"
"Never"
"You hesitated"
"You surprised me. I couldn't find my voice"
"So you didn't hesitate?"
"Of course not silly"
"I love you"
"I love you too Zach, more than anything"
I heard her stomach growl and chuckled "I knew you'd be hungry"
"It's because you wore me out before the show" she wiggled her eyebrows at me making me laugh as I lead the way to the table.
"I'll always do that before we go out." I smirked remembering how I cornered her in the bathroom before we left for Amelia's show.
I had ordered her favorite food, and favorite wine. I wanted everything to be perfect, because she was perfect and she deserved nothing but the best of the best. We ate, talked about random things, but most of all talked about our daughter, and our future. It felt like I was in a dream. I never had thought I would settle down and start my own family. I was always furious when my mother would bring up that subject.
But as my friend William Barns once said, 'you always hate it until you meet the right one'. And I had. Seeing her smile would brighten up my day, and the moment I saw her that day on the beach, a week ago, I vowed to myself I would never let her go again. She was everything to me, my friend, confident, lover and the mother of my child.
