Bab 15: Chapter 15 - Deeply in Love
*1 Year Later*
Me, Chris and Bailey have been living in both Manchester and LA, alternating between the two, with a few holidays to France in between. I still see the girls and my mum every couple of months and I have endless girlie nights when we're in England. Chris has taken everyone to France a couple of times for a big family holiday which has been nice. And in all of this, me and him have remained closer than ever, i feel like i know him like the back of my hand. He's always taking me on dates and romantic weekend get-a-ways that are so perfect, he treats me like a fucking Queen let me tell you. And of course, Bailey had very much become part of the family as soon as I saw her little face.
It's Christmas 2022, I could hear a strange loud noise coming from our back garden, lights coming through the curtains of the bedroom as we lay in bed watching 'It's a Wonderful Life' (i feel like this is gonna become a tradition of ours). Chris looks at me as I ask him if he can hear it and he goes to check it out. As he shouts for me to come down, Bailey starts barking. Scared as to what it is, I walk down the stairs apprehensively whilst asking Chris where he is. I walk into the kitchen, and see him standing with a smirk as he grabs my hand, "come on, you gotta see this."
I take his big hand and walk out into the garden with him, clutching onto his arm as we make our way further into the abyss. We turn a corner and I see a white helicopter.
Walking closer, the driver gets out and opens the door for us to both get in. Sitting ourselves down, the engine starts up again, I feel the helicopter lift off the floor, I look at Chris and give him a look of excitement. "What's this?", "I guess you'll see Harp, just wait" he says whilst winking at me.
As it's the evening, the city lights of LA glow beneath us as we glide across the city. In absolute awe of what I'm seeing, Chris turns my head and gives me a small kiss. "What do you think?", "Chris, it's beautiful, I never realised how gorgeous LA was at night."
Looking back at the skylight, I feel something poking my back. Clueless as to what it is, I turn round and see something glimmering in the light. Focusing my attention to Chris, he looks nervous. I look back down to the object and just make out what it is. It's a big fucking ring is what it is. Oh. My. Fucking. God. This isn't happening. Completely and utterly speechless, I look to Chris, "Am I dreaming?", he laughs a little while touching his lips. "No babe, you're not dreaming. And well, i guess, erm, what do you say Harp, will you be my w..."
"Yes! Yes! Chris i'll be your wife. Oh my god. Yes!"
Peppering his face in kisses, he rubs my arm and laughs whilst saying, "wow hold your horses, you need to put the damn ring on first", i look up at him and laugh. The laugh quickly turns to a smile when i watch the man i'm going to marry put the most beautiful ring on my finger. As it slides on perfectly, he takes my hand in his bigger one and looks straight into my eyes. "I love you so much, Harper". I kiss his gorgeous lips and reply with "I love you too... FIANĆE!!"
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Coming back to land, the engine gets turned off and the driver once again gets out of the helicopter and helps us out. Once he's helped Chris out, Chris shakes the man's hand and he walks off, leaving Chris to help me out the helicopter. As soon as my feet hit the ground, I'm swept up again by Chris's tattooed arms as he carries me bridal style back into the house. He whispers, "okay fiancée, now you go and get ready, i'm taking you out to celebrate!" as he squeezes my thigh and kisses my forehead. "Oooh, okay, i'll dig out one of my dresses..."
Wearing a long black dress with a slit up the side, and small heels with a silver necklace and my NEW ENGAGEMENT RING!! I walk out the bathroom in anticipation of whether Chris will like the dress. I look up from the floor and see him standing there with his mouth open, showing his gold teeth. He moves his hair out of his face as he moves on to his mustache. He looks at me, with an all black tuxedo, looking as sexy as ever if i may add. "Wow, Harper you look... wow", i walk up to him and put my hands around his neck. He lowers his head to mind and kisses me before I say, "You look handsome Chris, really handsome.."
We arrive at the same restaurant that we went to for our first official date. Hand in hand, Chris leads us into the restaurant, "Hi, i reserved a table for two at 8:30pm, it should be under the name Adams.", the small man in front of us gave us a welcoming smile as he said "Yep, Mr and Mrs Adams, you're tables right over here follow me this way...", i look over at Chris, "Ooo Mr and Mrs Adams, we must look like we're a couple". Chris gives me a 'seriously' look as he bursts into a fit of giggles.
We get seated at the table, and I say to Chris, "okay babe, i'm going to buy the drinks", and before he says anything to stop me im already at the bar. I see him get up to go to the toilet before my view is blocked by a man in front of me, he looks in his late 30s with blonde hair and some stubble. He's clearly tipsy as he starts speaking with the line, "Whys a pretty girl like you sitting at the bar all by herself?". Sighing and huffing I look him right in the eyes, "I'm not on my own thankyou.".
As he replies with "well that's not what it looks like to me.", a certain man walks round to my side and towers over this guy. "Hey babe, this guy bothering you?", Chris looks at me before turning his attention to the other man, "Hey bud, you can leave now... Im her fiancé." and gives him a short nod. The guy gets up and walks away before Chris gives me a peck on the lips and returns to the table. I order a gin and tonic for me and a pint of beer for Chris.
I sit down opposite my Christopher, he takes my hand with his big tattooed hands, looks me in the eye before he takes a breath. "So, are you happy?", i look at him with a sweet smile and say, "I couldn't be more happy, Chris. There's no way on earth I would've thought two years ago that I'd be sitting here with my fiancé. No way."
He smiles back at me and says, "I know people might not think we're your traditional couple but we just work. I've never been with someone that I, you know, work with so well. I knew from the moment you were in my dressing room at that gig, you were mine. The way you spoke, the way you held yourself, you know. You made me laugh all night long and you called for me when you needed help. That showed me you needed me and that was it for me, I fell in love there and then. I can't imagine growing old with anyone else, I mean at my age that's inevitable, but nor would I want to grow old with anyone else. Life offers so many challenges, we gotta grasp them with both fucking hands and get through it. I can fucking promise you, nobody will work harder to make you happy and protect you more than me. I'm in this for the long haul babe. I fucking love you."
Holding back the tears, I squeeze his hands with mine and say, "Chris in the past 18 months that I've known you, you've meant more to me than you'll ever realise. I know it's a cliche but i literally couldn't imagine my life without you. You've helped me grow as a woman and I just can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you and help you as much as you've helped me, I love you Chris.".
I mouths back 'l love you more' with an air kiss.
Out of nowhere, he simply says, "Okay, so I know i've just asked you to marry me, but i really think we should set a date." - he does a small laugh whilst then saying, "I mean i just wanna marry you, i've not got all the time in the world as you know so..."
I looked shocked, but felt so relieved inside, "that's the best news, i feel the same, why should we wait? if we love each other there's no reason to postpone it anymore right?"
He looks at me with wide eyes as he leans forward, "Exactly Harper, exactly."
"Right lets both say a date at the same time and we'll go with whatever date falls in the middle, okay?", Chris instructs.
CA : "July 1st?"
HJ : "11th of July?"
Chris questions, "Okay, how about July 5th?"
I smile back with happiness, "sounds fucking perfect babe, July 5th it is!"
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