Under The Sea

Chapter 21

The following afternoon I was in the kitchen making my grandmothers Dutch apple pie when I heard Ricky come into the estate. 

"Baby, I'm home." 

"I'm in the kitchen." 

I dropped the oven door down and placed the pie inside the oven and shut the door. 

"What smells so good?" Ricky asked, entering the kitchen. 

"I'm making my grandmother's homemade Dutch apple pie." I said, cleaning up the counter and taking the dishes to the sink. 

I washed up the dishes and dried them I put the dishes away. 

"I can't wait to try the pie." 

"We can have some later."

"I visited your brother and asked for your hand." He stated, sitting down at the table. 

"What did Jamie say?" I asked, leaning against the counter. 

"He gave me his blessing Jamie said we can elope if we want to." 

"That wouldn't be fair to your parents, Jamie, Katherine, or my mother." 

When the pie was finished baking, I opened the oven door and took out the pie and placed it on the counter. I closed the oven door and turned it off I joined Ricky at the table I reached over and held his hand. 

"How many children would you like to have?" Ricky asked. 

"I'm fine with two or three children." I said. 

Later on that night I was sitting on the carpet in my grandparents room looking at family photos Ricky came into the room. 

"What are you doing?" 

"Looking at family photos."

Ricky walked towards me he joined me on the carpet I showed him my family photos. 

"Baby, who's the little girl on a white pony?" He asked curiously. 

"That's me I believe that was either my second or third birthday." I said. 

Ricky and I continued to look at my family photos. 

"Were you close to your grandparents?" 

"Yes, I was very close to my grandparents." 

We were starting to get tired Ricky and I climbed to our feet we put the photo albums back on the top shelf of my grandmother's closet I closed the closet door. Ricky and I left the room we walked to our room and climbed into bed I reached over and turned off the lamp and drifted off to sleep.