The Proposal

Originally posted in Cowboy's blog -

He had woken up early, fortunately she was used to him sneaking out of bed to go jogging. There was just so much to be done that morning and he needed to get moving. He was amused when he made his way downstairs and was greeted by a houseful of kids as he entered the kitchen. He glanced around at the group gathered there that was waiting for him and he smiled as he took the mug of coffee off of Rita. He flipped open his song book and pulled out the page at the back to run through the checklist with his accomplices.

A few hours later, after a quick dip in the ocean to aid his cover story, he went to wake her. She lay in the middle of the large king-size bed in the gorgeous master bedroom in Rio, stirring to Neil covering her in kisses. "Wake up Babes" she heard him whisper as his lips grazed her naked shoulders, then her neck and then her lips. "Is Jesse okay?" she murmured under the comfort of body weight, as he chuckled. "He is good" he smirked, "I just need to show you something." He whispered as he kissed her again. She opened her eyes and smiled, when she saw his gorgeous face. "Pass me your shirt" she said gesturing to his white cotton dress shirt that hung over the chair in their bedroom.

He crawled off the bed and tossed her the shirt, staring at her as she pulled it on over her shoulders and yawned, she pushed her long hair out of her face, and she giggled when he took her hand and led her out to the balcony, that overlooked their private beach. "What?" The words hung in the air as she saw the spectacular showing out on the beach.

There was a giant marquee set up, a long red carpet leading from the house to the beach with flowers covering every inch of the place. There were staff working busily, fixing things up as Beth looked at Neil in confusion. He was beaming at her as he reached over and pushed her hair out of her face. Leaning in, he cupped her face with his hands and kissed her softly.

“So, this has been an interesting journey. Never in a million years did I think I would find this kind of connection with someone like you,” he whispered, his hands, sliding down her neck, across her shoulders and down her arms till he had her hands in his. “I know we have talked about it and we have both laughed it off... but..”

He held her eyes with his as he lowered himself to one knee slowly and pulled a ring with a huge diamond out of his pocket. “I made sure it was a big fucking rock.” he said with a grin. “Now to explain all of this down below...” he grins, “You see, I don’t want to wait to marry you. Today, right here, all of our family, our friends, everyone will be down there, waiting to watch you walk down the aisle and become my wife, if you will take me. Will you marry me Beth?”

Tears fell from her cheeks, as she looked down at him. Word escaped her at that moment, as she looked down at the man she adored, the beautiful ring and the waves crashed onto the shoreline. "Yes… yes!!" she fell into his arms and kissed him passionately. He slipped the ring onto her finger and she blinked for a moment. "Wait… today?" she repeated finally catching the last part of his proposal.

He nodded, grinning . "Yeah, Sylvia, Chelsea, Chia and Ashton, the kids.." he smirked, thinking that without these people he never would have been able to pull it off. "They are all here. They have been helping me, they are all waiting for you. The day is completely planned out. You just need to show up my love, walk down the aisle and say yes." She didn’t move off his knee as she leaned forward and kissed him again.