What Isnt Expected

Twenty-Seven

So with all this stuff going on, I had to postpone Henry and Emma's birthday presents. For one, I was so hungover the day I was supposed to get them so I forgot. But they will be happy once I show that I have fulfilled the promise I made to them a year ago.

I carry the wobbly box into the home, struggling a bit, but keeping it in tact in my hands. As I step foot in our spacious home, I kick the door closed behind me. It slams a little too loudly, prompting Emma to call out,

"Gina? Is that you?" After that question I hear Henry's rapid footsteps echoing in the home.

"Yes, it's me." Henry finds me and skids to halt. The adorable boy curiously stares at the box and tilts his head.

"What's in there?" He points. Gently, I set the box down. Henry tries to peep into the holes that travel around it but I step in front of him.

"Wait for ma to come. This is your birthday present." The boy squeals and claps his hands. I merely watch the little one run in circles, burning out all of that energy.

"Hey baby," her beautiful voice greets. She doesn't have Hannah with her so I could only assume that the munchkin is sleeping. "Whats in the box?"

Now I step out of the way to present it to them. "Open it and find out." I grin.

Emma gives me a look of suspicion before falling to her knees beside Henry. The little boy squeals as she begins to open it. "It's a birthday gift mommy!"

Emma's eyes water once the box is completely open. She gasps and stares at the brown puppy who stares at her curiously. Henry yells at the top of his lungs and pulls out the other tiny white dog from the box.

"DOGGIES! Ma! It's doggies." Emma is merely lost for words. Carefully she picks up Lola and reads her dog tag. Her eyes fall to mine.

"Oh my god!" She laughs from the happy tears. "Look at how adorable she is."

Henry runs up to me, holding the super tiny white dog as gently as he can. That puppy is very tiny. She's only a little bigger than my hand. When I adopted her they told me she was the runt of a litter that was left on the side of the road with their mom tied to a chain. I knew that people hardly go for the runts so I decided to grab her as well even though I was already set and stone with Lola.

"What's her name?!" He chuckles. Ava's little tongue tickles his chin.

Emma stands up with Lola tucked into her arms, but when her eyes falls to Ava for the first time she breaks down. "She's so tiny baby!"

"That's Ava." I inform Henry and then point to the brown puppy, "And this is Lola. They are our dogs now and I expect you guys to take good care of them."

"We will!" They both blurt together.

I am very conscientious about a dog, even if I wanted one. They are so hard to train at times and they make messes. I hate messes! However, that is not the important thing right now. These two adorable dogs are going to help me in this moment.

Anxiously I wait for Emma to look at the puppies more thoroughly, more Ava than Lola, but with those eyes full of happy tears, it seems to be more unlikely. Henry; however, notices.

My son is sitting on the floor with Ava calmly looking up at him. With pursed lips, he curiously examines her collar after noticing there was something else hanging on it. Those gears in his head begins to turn. Green eyes lock with mine. My smart little Prince grins at me and stands up with Ava in his arms.

Silently, he held up Ava towards Emma, waiting for her to notice the dog. I'm waiting for Emma to notice. Her eyes falls toward the tiny baby but she doesn't even notice the damn collar! All she did was take the puppy with her free hand and snuggled Ava close.

Henry looks at me and shrugs before stepping off into the living room. First off, the silence only pains me more. She's so stuck in this little bubble with the dogs, she doesn't even realize that each of them are holding her anniversary present.

I continue to hold my gaze on the blonde even when she falls down to the floor with the puppies in her lap. When they start to play around, she finally notices the note on Lola's collar. Her shaking fingers grab at the puppy as gently as she could.

A smile forms on my face while watching all of this unfold. Here and there, she let's out small gasps as she reads the note. When she's done, her green eyes falls to Ava. In swift motions, she puts down Lola and picks up Ava. "Gina!" She sobs.

She looks up at me, tears streaming thickly down her cheeks, and stands up. The blonde holds Ava close and wraps her arm around my neck. I accept the loving gesture and pull her in close.

Suddenly, I became Emma's shoulder to cry on. All the emotions seems to flow through her as she sheds every single tear her body could hold. "Yes." She finally answers. Finally!

It felt like I was going to die if I had to wait a moment longer. I gently pry Ava from Emma's embrace and proceed to take the collar off of her. Once I detach the ring, I place it on Emma's perfect finger.

I know we've talked about it and I know I said I wanted to wait until after she graduated college...why should that stop me from proposing? We have all the time in the world to get married and I believe she won't go anywhere, I trust her, so why not tie the knot? Our relationship is the strongest one I've ever been in; I mean, a year is long enough right? We've been inseparable the entire time.

"You make me so happy!" She cries out. I pull her back in close once more. We merely get lost into this moment, forgetting about the puppies and Henry.

Our bodies sway back and forth until Emma calms enough to let me go. Her green eyes sinks deeper into mine. "I mean it Em. You are my happy ending and I will never ever let you go."

A/n: alright guys thats all I got saved. For those of you who don't know, wattpad removed like 40 of my books while i was in the middle of exporting them to fanfic.net. So all that have on fanfic book wise is all I have (i had some freaking good books to🙄) most of them most likely won't be returning but this book in particular have about 54 chapters I believe and it did take a weird turn so those of you guys have read all of those before, be ready for change. Honestly I was thinking of ending it here but if I dont then change starts next chapter. And please comment guys! Let me know if you have any ideas or if you remember certain chapters. Your comments really keep me going and encourage me, if you leave me hanging and wondering if you enjoy it I'll eventually get bored of writing the story so dont be shy ❤️❤️❤️❤️ stay regal lovelies 🤘🏾🤘🏾