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“Dude, one knee, not two,” Aiden leans in and says quietly, making Sarah and me giggle.
“Oh fuck. Thanks, man!” Chris adjusts his left leg.
Sarah’s biting her bottom lip, and I’m pretty sure she’s shaking.
“Sarah Carlisle, will you make me the happiest man on earth and marry me? Please say yes, this ring cost a fortune,” Chris teases, making us all laugh.
A tear runs down Sarah’s face, and Chris opens the ring box. Sarah’s eyes take in the gorgeous ring in front of her, and I think she stops breathing for just a moment. She stands there in silence just looking down at the ring.
Chris pulls it from the box, takes her left h
and, and slides it on her finger.
She holds it up and looks at the diamond sparkling in the light. “Holy shit, it’s so pretty,” she says, staring at the ring in a daze.
Chris coughs trying to gain her attention. “Um… Sarah, I’m dying here, babe. Plus, my knee is aching from the hard floor. Can you put me out of my misery?” Chris laughs as do we.
She looks at him, grabs the collar of his shirt and pulls him from the floor. He stands in front of her, and she leans in, kissing him with such passion, I feel like I should look away.
Aiden kisses my head and wraps his arm around my shoulder.
“Ahhh…” Sarah suddenly screams while she bounces up and down turning in circles. “I’m so freakin’ excited.”
“Seriously?” Chris asks.
“Yes, seriously. Aren’t you excited?”
“I would be if I knew whether you wanted to marry me or not?” Chris jabs.
“Oh shit, sorry. Yes, of course, I’ll marry you, babe. A million times, yes…” Sarah beams, and Chris exhales loudly, then scoops her up in his arms and twirls her around in a circle again. Sarah giggles like a schoolgirl, and when he places her back to the floor, she jumps up and down.
“Ahhh… Jeni, we’re both getting married,” she shouts, running over to me to show off her engagement ring.
Chris did good—it’s a round diamond set in platinum with smaller diamonds running around the band.
Aiden slaps Chris on the back. “Well done, bro. That was almost as good as mine,” Aiden says, making Chris laugh.
“Yeah, you prick,” Chris replies.
“Congrats! Really, man, you did a great job,” Aiden says as Chris takes Sarah in his arms.
“God, that was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” Chris says.
Sarah and I both look at him furrowing our brows.
Sarah huffs. “Well, you can have the ring back if it was so damn hard for you, you jerk.” Sarah scoffs, her eyes starting to water.
Chris shakes his head adamantly. “No, no... I didn’t mean it like that. I meant it was hard because I was so fucking nervous you’d say no, and I wanted it to be perfect for you. I wanted everything to be exactly right for you. I love you, Sarah, and I can’t wait for you to be my wife. In fact, I want to rush it forward and get married as quickly as possible,” Chris fixes his blunder, making Sarah smile.
She cuddles into him while staring at her engagement ring. “We should go to Vegas and get married.”
Chris smiles. “Fuck, that’s every guy’s dream. I love how you think, babe. But I’ve spent all my money on your ring and these flowers.”
She stares at her ring and shrugs. “It’s okay. We can go to the courthouse and have something quick and simple before our little princess makes Mommy look fat. You did go a bit berserk with the flowers, but I love each and every one of them.”
Aiden looks at me and smiles brightly. I’m pretty sure he’s up to something. “I have an idea, and I don’t want you to say no as it will be Jeni and my wedding gift to you,” Aiden states, and I look at him smiling.
“I want to take us all, including Mel, John, and Trish to Vegas where you can have your dream wedding, Sarah, in a chapel or wherever you want, on us. You guys have been there for us every step of the way, and I want to give this to you both as a thank you. I want to pay for everything, and I won’t take no for an answer. What do you say?” Aiden asks.
