28-year-old Dixie Cohen is a firefighter. A badass one. She proves to everybody that not all girls belong in the kitchen. She's on Truck 81 at Firehouse 51 and she's rocking her job.
32-year-old Matthew 'Matt' Casey is getting over the breakup with...
"Thanks for agreeing to babysit Katniss on such short notice, Kel."
"No problem." Kelly replied from the other side of the phone. The phone was on speaker, sitting on my vanity table while I looked for a dress to wear for date night. It was Friday and Kelly agreed to babysit Katniss until the next morning so we could do whatever we pleased.
I chose a maroon halter neck plunge dress which collected at the waist, flared and stopped at the ankles. I sat down at my vanity, doing winged eyeliner and applying light red shimmery eyeshadow. I put on red matte lipstick before hanging up the phone call. It was 8 p.m. and Kelly had just reached home with Katniss. I walked out, putting my phone and some cash into a black clutch. Then, I put on black suede block heels before grabbing my keys and locking the door after stepping out.
Matt had gone out to run some errands, so he was going to meet me at the restaurant.
"Hey, going on a date?"
"Yeah." I replied, waving to my neighbor, before walking towards the elevator. I pressed the button, stepping into the elevator before pressing the button for the ground floor. I received a call just as I stepped out of the lift, so I answered, "Hello?"
"Hey babe."
"What's up, Matt?"
"Our reservation's for 8:30, you on your way yet?"
"Yep." I replied as I unlocked my black Porsche Cayenne, getting into it, closing the door and starting the engine.
"Okay, see you. Love you."
"Love ya' too, muah." I said, hanging up as I pulled on my seat belt.
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"Reservation for Matthew Casey?" I said, talking to the waitress. She nodded, saying, "This way, please. You look amazing, Mrs Casey."
"I'm not...nevermind. Thank you." I said as she winked, walking off. I pulled out my chair, sitting down and pulling the chair back in. We were in a fancy Italian restaurant, our favorite. Matt sat opposite me, a white dress shirt on with the top two buttons unbuttoned, black dress pants and a black jacket on with nice shoes.
"Hello, handsome."
"Hey, gorgeous." He said, smiling as a waiter handed me a menu. As I scanned the menu, I said, "You know the craziest thing happened? The waitress called me Mrs Casey." Matt nearly choked on his water.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm. Fine." He replied, wheezing.
"Okay, ready to order?" I asked as the waitress walked up to us, notepad in hand.
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"Thanks for dinner, it was nice." I said as we walked out. After walking straight out was the Riverside Walk, so we decided to take a walk. A gust of wind blew and I shivered in my sleeveless dress, so Matt took off his jacket and put it on my shoulders.
"Thanks." I whispered, smiling as he took my hand and walked with me. I looked at the clear blue water, lights decorating lamp posts, life filling the busy restaurants. We stopped at one point and I looked at the river, stepping closer to the railing, letting the wind ruffle my hair.
"Matt, look at this-" I said, turning around, pointing at a boat when I found Matt on one knee, ring box open.
"Oh my God." I whispered, hand covering my mouth as Matt said, "Dixie Cohen. You are the most beautiful, wonderful woman I know. You're smart, fun, badass and an amazing mom. Dixie Cohen, will you marry me?"
"Matt, I...yes. I will marry you." I whispered as tears rolled down my cheeks. Matt slid the ring onto my ring finger. It was a perfect fit. I whispered, "It's beautiful."
"Kelly helped me choose it."
"Ah. You guys have good taste." I replied, giggling.
"Thank you." I whispered as we got into the car and drove home.
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The smell of sex and sweat lingered in our bedroom. Both of us just lay there, too tired to move. I giggled, "That was amazing."
"It was." Matt replied as we both took our phones to scroll through social media.
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dixie_cohen: guess who's getting married?💍
kellyseveride: congrats! #cohey
gabidawson: go, girl! #cohey
sylvie.b: congrats guys! #cohey
peterM: Now we got a little family in a big 51 family! 🎉
