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“If you think that I won’t quit school just to keep you sexually satisfied, then you’re so fucking wrong, Alexandria,” I replied wolfishly. “In fact, I can’t think of a better reason to quit school.”
Her lips twitched. “You’re so noble, Hunter Finley.”
“I really am,” I agreed.
“So,areyou expecting Baron back any time soon?” she repeated.
“I can text him and find out where he is,” I offered. “However, before we do that, I have something for you.”
Alexandria grinned. “Yeah, I imagine about eight inches.”
“Ha, ha,” I deadpanned before sitting up, then reaching for the bag that I had packed for our weekend visit back home.
Alexandria sat up with me. “What is it if it isn’t your penis?”
I laughed. “You’re making it hard to believe that you were a virgin just a couple of weeks ago.”
“You would know,” she muttered.
Shaking my head, I unzipped my bag, then reached inside. It was crazy how calm I felt with everything that was happening with us. I’d always felt older than my nineteen years, but I never realized how grown I really felt until this thing with Alexandria. I didn’t feel like we were moving too fast, and I wasn’t scared, even if we were moving at lightning speed.
Pulling out the little black box, I turned, then placed it in her lap. Alexandria let out a low gasp, knowing exactly what was inside. After we had invited Mrs. Draven and Edie over to join us yesterday, deciding to barbecue and turn our news into a celebration, Dad and I had gone into town to pick up some food to barbecue. However, I had asked him to stop by the jewelry store on the way to grab the food. At first, I thought that he’d try to talk me out of it, but instead of looking wary and regretful, he had looked proud of me, even offering to help me with financing Alexandria’s ring. I had declined his offer, and though I’d had to use some of my remaining tuition money to buy the ring, I’d do it again.
“I meant what I’d said, Alexandria,” I told her. “I want to marry you as soon as we apply for a license and can get it done. If you want a huge wedding, I’ll make that happen. Either way, I want my ring on your finger now.”
Those white eyes of hers looked up at me, tears already streaming softly down her face. “Hunter, I don’t need a huge wedding,” she said tearfully. “I just want you.”
“Are you sure?” I asked hesitantly. “Your mother doesn’t want a huge wedding for her only daughter?”
Alexandria shook her head. “My parents just care if I’m happy,” she replied. “I’m lucky in that way.”
Relief almost shook me as I opened the box, then pulled out a simple diamond solitaire engagement ring. I left the matching band tucked safely in the cushion, ready to slide that on her finger as soon as we got married.
“Alexandria Grant, I love you,” I told her. “I love you, and you can’t imagine how badly I want to begin the rest of my life with you and all the babies that you’re going to give me.”
I slid the ring on Alex’s finger, not even bothering to really ask her. I mean, it wasn’t really like she had much of a choice anyway. It was me and her forever, and I’d never been the type of man that let anything stand in the way of his dreams.”
Just as Alexandria threw herself in my arms and I pulled her into my lap, the door to the dorm room opened, and Baron said, “I knew you two were boning.”
We both started laughing, and my arms tightened around Alexandria when she said, “We’re not boning, thank you very much. We’re getting married.”
Epilogue
The ending we all deserve.
Alexandria – (Fiver Years Later)~
Iwalked into the house, and it just didn’t feel right. It was quiet and that wasn’t normal. Now, while I could appreciate a few quiet moments in my life, it also made me fear what my husband and kids could possibly be getting into. I never knew when it came to them.
After dropping my bag on the couch, I kicked off my shoes, then went in search of my family. It didn’t take long for me to find Hunter in his office, clicking away on his computer. After getting our degrees, I’d gotten a job at Rottweiler Investments, and Hunter had gotten a job at Bright Light Engineering. Luckily for us, he was allowed to work a lot from home, and with daycare being what it was, thank freakin’ God. Granted, our parents were always offering to babysit, but still. While the past five years had been a lot, I wouldn’t trade Porter and Sela for anything in the world.
“Where are the kids?”
Hunter looked up from his computer, grinning at me. “My parents got baby fever,” he answered. “Ever since Talon and Kenzlee announced that they were pregnant, they’ve been bugging to see the kids more.”
After graduation, Hunter and I had decided to move back to Lakeside, despite our issues with the town not having a lake. Our families were here, and when Talon and Kenzlee had announced that they had planned on moving back here to start their lives, it’d been a no-brainer. Family was everything, and I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.
Walking further into his office, I said, “It kind of sucks that our kids aren’t going to be close in age.”
