“I have some things planned.” Zane’s eyes sparkled at me and I knew he was keeping a secret from me, but I decided to be patient.
“And when will I know of these plans?”
“Tomorrow morning.” He grinned. “You’ll know all about them tomorrow morning.”
“I know the plans.” Skylar squealed and I saw Noah’s hand fly to her mouth and cover it before he whispered something in her ear. I looked over at Zane and witnessed him giving Noah a quick death stare before pulling into a gas station.
“Let’s fill up one last time and then we can be on our way again.” Zane hopped out of the car and then stuck his head back in. “Uh, Robin do you think you could help me with something for a second. I want to make sure I didn’t leave something important at home.”
“Sure,” She hopped out of the car and then I turned to look at Noah.
“Okay, what is going on?”
“Nothing.” He said too innocently.
“Uh huh,” I rolled my eyes. “I wasn’t born yesterday. I may be a little slower to walk because I’m pregnant, but I’m not slow period.”
“Lucky, I can’t say a word and neither can big mouth Skylar here.” He made a face. “I’m sorry, but Zane would kill us if we ruined the surprise.”
“He better not be throwing me a baby shower.” I moaned. “I don’t want to lug a bunch of a toys back home from Napa.”
“I can’t say a word.”
I glared at Noah and Skylar and she giggled as I made faces at them. I hated and loved surprises. I hated not knowing what was going on, but loved the fact that someone had taken the time out to do something for me without me knowing. Only I wanted to know what was going on. I had no idea what Zane could have planned for me. Whatever it was, he had been super quiet about it. In fact, I had only known about this trip for two days. And there was no way he could have planned anything big in that amount of time. Unless of course, it really was just a family trip, but for some reason I highly doubted that.
“You’re not getting sex for a year if you’ve planned something crazy, Zane Beaumont.” I hissed at him as he got back in the car. “I mean it, not for a whole year.”
“You can’t keep your hands off of me, Kinky McLucky.”
“You want to bet?”
“Hmm,” he grinned at me. “I bet you a years worth of dishes that you’ll be all over me tomorrow night.”
“Really?” I laughed. “Are you sure you want to do that?”
“I’m sure.” He leaned over and kissed my nose before restarting the car. “I’m willing to risk it.”
“If you think I won’t abstain for one night to get out of a years worth of dishes, then you are a fool.”
“I’m willing to take my chances.”
“You’re on.” I sat back smugly. There was no way I was going to lose this bet.
“Oh Lucky. I can’t wait to see your face tomorrow night.” He laughed confidently and I stuck my nose back at him.
“I wouldn’t count on seeing anything other than me sleeping.” I winked at him and turned around and saw Robin and Noah laughing their heads off. “I don’t know what you two are laughing at! Imagine keeping a secret from a pregnant woman, for shame!”
“Lucky, don’t try and pressure them into saying anything. I told you already, we’re going on a family trip.”
“Uh huh.” I rolled my eyes. “Sure.”
“If I was you, I’d sit back and relax my dear.” Zane squeezed my knee and I decided to take his advice as I was starting to feel very sleepy.
***
The sunlight pouring through the window woke me up. I stretched out and opened my eyes slowly, feeling relaxed in the warm comfortable bed. I reached over for Zane and felt dismayed when I realized he was no longer in the bed with me.
“Good Morning, my love.” Zane’s face bent down to kiss me as he handed me 12 single stem red roses.
“Good morning,” I kissed him back eagerly and tried to pull him down on the bed with me, but he shook his head and sat down on the edge of the bed instead. “What are the roses for?”
“The roses are for you, to show you how much I love you.”
“How sweet, thank you.” I stared into his blue eyes and felt a twitter of excitement.
“I wrote something for you.” He took my hand in his and cleared his throat. “I wrote this for you a few weeks ago. I wanted to sing it to you the morning of our wedding so you could know how much you mean to me. I wanted the day to be perfect.”
“The day of our wedding?” I asked confused, but he kissed me to shush me.
“I love you, I love you. More than words can say. I need you, I need you. More and more everyday. I’ll cherish you, I’ll cherish you, in every single way. I’ll protect you, I’ll protect you, as if you were made of clay. I’ll watch you, I’ll watch you, like the sun rising in the bay. Just love me, please love me and that will keep all my worries away.”
“Oh, Zane, you wrote that for me?” I stared at him in amazement, with tears of joy falling from my eyes as I pulled him towards me. My heart was bursting with happiness and I wasn’t sure I was ever going to be able to stop smiling.
“Lucky Starr Morgan, I think I fell in love with you the first time I saw you dancing in Lou’s diner. You definitely wormed your way into my heart the first time you smiled at me. From the moment you entered my life, I’ve felt more alive than I’ve ever felt before. You’ve made me complete in ways that I never knew existed. When I wake in the morning, I check to make sure you’re breathing before I do anything else. And when I see your chest rise, my own heart can start beating. You’re as important to my existence as the oxygen in the air. You’re my everything, Lucky and I want to marry you so that I can spend the rest of my life trying to prove my love to you.” Zane then got down on the floor and looked up at me with tears in his eyes. “I’ve done this once before, but I want to ask you again. Will you marry me, Lucky?”
“Of course, my love. Oh, Zane.” I jumped out of the bed and held him to me as I showered him in kisses. “You’ve already made me so happy. I didn’t know you could make me even happier.”
“I want us to get married today.” He grinned at me impishly. “If you’ll have me. I planned a wedding for us today.”