Chapter 2 #3
By ten that night, not only had she gotten her house cleaned up, but she’d also brewed some tea for the two of them.
Beer was in the fridge, and she was happy that she’d been able to get a couple of different brands.
She had wine too, but since he’d not liked it, she didn’t even bother with opening it up for herself a glass.
Rosie was as ready as she could be for her second date with the love of her life.
She really was in love with Wylie and had been forever, it seemed.
She was going to make sure that he knew how much she was in love with him tomorrow night, too.
While she didn’t know if they’d ever marry or anything like that.
She just wanted to be with him while she could.
Not only was she in love with him, but she also thought that she could consider him a best friend too.
They could talk about anything and everything when they were together.
Up by six the next morning, she’d not slept all that well; she’d changed the sheets on her bed and put the dirty ones in the washer.
They’d be drying when he got there, but she didn’t care.
Things were about as perfect as she hoped they’d be, and she was glad that she’d be able to have him over tonight.
Almost as soon as she was in the office, she knew it was going to be a longer day than she wanted.
Right off the bat, she was brought into a big fight with one of Mr. Ralph’s neighbors.
He was going to expand his place, and she didn’t want the lights of his new place keeping her up at night.
As far as she knew, there weren’t any neighbors close enough to be bothered by extra lights, and she thought that the woman just wanted to complain about something.
She was going to have to go and see the elderly man to see what was going on, and she wasn’t looking forward to that.
She’d just gotten him calmed down from before; she didn’t want him to get his dander up again about someone complaining about lights that may or may not happen.
After getting that squared away, she had to work at keeping the town together.
There were so many little fires that had to be put out, she sometimes felt like she was a school teacher and that her students were acting out again.
As soon as lunch time rolled around, she was ready to call it a day.
Lucky for her, she had Wylie to look forward to tonight and was excited as she’d ever been about a date.
By the time it was quitting time for her, she was ready.
Going home, she was just putting her sweats on when the doorbell rang.
Wylie had a lot of food with him, and she helped him carry it into her kitchen.
She wondered what he’d gotten when he started naming off things that had been on the menu that he’d wanted to try.
“If we don’t eat it all, we can eat it tomorrow.
I’m not going anywhere tonight, so I’m planning on making love to you all night.
” She told him good that’s what she needed and they laughed.
“I’m feeling kind of like a man on Christmas morning.
I have no idea why I feel that way, but it’s a good feeling. ”
“I’ve been working hard all day and would find my mind drifting to you coming over, and I’d have to wake up my computer again and start to work.
It’s been a long day, and I’m looking forward to eating a nice, fun meal with you.
” They separated out the food and began opening the containers while they sampled each thing.
By the time they’d gotten everything out of the large bags, she was ready to have a big meal and sat down at her table with Wylie to enjoy dinner.
It was fun to have so much to choose from, and she was glad that he’d done it this way.
She was stuffed by the end of the meal, and they didn’t have as many leftovers as she’d thought they would.
Skipping lunch today had made her very hungry.
Going to the living room, leaving the mess in the kitchen, they sat down on the couch to watch some television.
She could see them doing this all the time, the two of them just enjoying each other’s company.
By the time she’d dozed off for the third time, she was ready for bed.
Her belly was full, and she had a great man in her place. What more could she ask for than that?
At around midnight, she woke up to be entangled with Wylie on the couch. He was snoring softly, and she had her head on his chest. The sound of his heartbeat lured her to sleep again, and she didn’t mind that she wasn’t in bed with him. She was just where she needed to be, and she loved it.
Getting up at two, she had to go to the bathroom.
He was lying on her in a way that she was smushed up under him.
Getting off the couch, she was glad that she’d had to roll to the floor to get out from under him because had they been in bed, she would have hurt herself.
Going to the bathroom and turning off some of the lights, she was startled to find him sitting on the side of the couch waiting for her.
“I guess we should go to bed. I’m more exhausted than I think I’ve ever been.” She said that she’d had a long day as well. “We can sleep together tonight and make love all day tomorrow. How about that?”
“I think you have a wonderful mind.” They laughed, and he took her hand into his as she led him to the bedroom.
“I’ve been looking forward to this all day, and now I’m going to sleep with you.
I don’t care what people will think about your car being in the driveway all night, either.
I’m fed up with living my life around others. ”
“That’s kind of out there.” She told him that she’d been thinking about quitting her job for a while now.
“I can understand that. It must be hard on you to get up every day to clean up messes that have to do with people. I think I’m going to enjoy not having to work hard every day.
I just want myself a nice house, a garden for the fresh things that I’ve gotten used to, and have a good life with you. ”
“What are you saying when you say that? I mean, we’ve only been out twice, and one of them was us sleeping on the couch.
” He said that he was in love with her. “I want you to be sure about that, Wylie. I’ve been in love with you since childhood, and if you break my heart, I’m going to be a shell of a woman from now on. ”
“I’m sure about what I’m saying. Today, when I saw you there with the crowd of people, I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you.
” He got down on one knee and pulled out a little blue box.
“I saw this, and I thought of you. It’s going to be one of the many things that I buy you from now on because I want to pamper you for the rest of my life.
Will you marry me, Rosie? I’m so in love with you that I find that I can’t keep my heart in its place when I think of you. ”
“You have to be sure. I’m not going to say yes, then have you change your mind in a few months.
If you’re serious, then I am too. Yes, I’ll marry you.
” They kissed and held each other. He’d not put the ring on her finger yet, and she found that she didn’t care.
She was going to spend the rest of her life with the man of her dreams, and she couldn’t have been happier.
Once he put the ring on her finger, she knew he’d spent a lot of time on picking it out.
It was perfect for her, and she couldn’t wait to tell her parents.
After all this time, she was going to be married to the man of her dreams. Yes, she thought, life was just about as perfect as she’d ever dreamed it would be, and all because she’d found the man of her life.