I look at Xander and he just shrugs. We walk down the stairs, he leads me out the house and in to his car. We drive for a few minutes and he stops in front of the school’s sports ground. We walk in and stop at the entrance of the football field. I gasp at what I was looking at.
In the middle of the field was an arrangement of white roses, thousands of them. Music was playing through the speakers, something slow and romantic. As we got closer, I notice a white screen that immediately went on and showed pictures of me when I was younger, pictures of my happy times and I look at Xander to find out how he got those, he looked back at me and mouthed ‘Josey’..
A video of me playing with Josey came up. I was around eight years old and I was telling my sister about mates.
‘When we come of age Josey, we will meet our mates. It will be magical and you will love them with all your heart.’ I say..
‘Eeuw I don’t want to be with a boy!’ Josey retorts. ‘You say that now. When the day comes, you’ll be so happy.’ I say. Taking me back to the day Josey met her mates. Before she found out they impregnated Max’s mate, she was indeed happy. She was so happy and not weirded out in any way that she was mated to not one but two men!
I chuckle at the thought as a tear escapes my eye.
A video plays of me singing to Adrastos as he sleeps in my arms. I looked happy when I was holding him, the love could be seen there and Xander sneaked in at the perfect moment to capture this.
Pictures of me passed out in the afternoon with Adrastos, of Athena in her true form. Lastly, a picture of me and Xander laughing at something Adrastos was doing in Xander’s arms.
I remember Dorothy taking that picture and I never asked to see it, but here it was, a picture of me and the two men in my life. The answer has been there the whole time.
Xander was there the whole time. All my pain and wasted efforts in Percy and Max led me here. Led Adrastos and I here.
I turned to look at Xander and found him on one knee, a black velvet box in his hand..
“My sister made me watch some romantic movie and this is what they do when they want to spend forever with someone.” He says to me and I chuckle.
“Sabrina, the first time I laid my eyes on you, I knew you’d change my life. I was a mess Sabrina, I couldn’t imagine a life without my mate before you. I was angry most of the time but then you came and all those negative feelings disappeared. I believe the moon blessed me with you as it rained a few hours before you arrived, before Adrastos arrived. I want a forever with you and the little guy. I will love you and stay true to you. I promise to never hurt you intentionally but if I do hurt you, you better call me to order. I promise to be the man you deserve or at the very least, try to be. I want to work at deserving to be the father figure Adrastos needs, to be consistent and patient with him. I want to work daily on making you happy and feeling safe. You are my home and if you run, I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth and drag you back here because like I said, I want forever with you so there’s no leaving me.” He says and I chuckle in between my sobbing.
Yes I was a sobbing mess.
“I can’t begin to tell you how torturous it was to watch you every day, not being able to hold you. So happy I can now call you mine. I promise to kiss you good morning with every sunrise, to kiss you good night when we go to bed. I promise to steal kisses during the day and maybe at night. I promise to include you in all my decision making and have you fight by me in all the pack’s battles, partly because we are in this together but also because you can kick ass.” He says and I burst in to laughter.
At this point, my face was covered in tears. There was no stopping the water works.
“I promise to love and care for Adrastos and raise him as my own. I promise that even if we have children of our own, he will still be my child, the first born of the 10 children we will have together. I promise that, where you fall short, I will come in. I will work daily to show you the love you truly deserve. With all that said, Sabrina, will you be my forever?” He asks and I nod enthusiastically.
He opens the box to reveal a rose gold band with an incredible and big white diamond. He took the ring out and put it in my ring finger. It fit perfectly.
“Are you sure? There’s absolutely no going back after the kiss Sabrina. You are stuck with me.” He says..
“Yes, yes and a thousand times yes!” I say and he let’s out a sigh.
Xander rises to his feet and pulls me in for a kiss. Fireworks erupt and I break the kiss to look up.
‘She said YES’ in big letters popped up in the sky and the pack erupted in cheers. I laugh at that and he joins in as he picks me up and spins me around.
“What if I’d said no?” I say as Xander places me down gently.
“Well, we didn’t think of that.” He says and Josey comes out of nowhere screaming in delight. Behind her, her twin mates and my brother. Grandfather and dad walked up too followed by Arianna.
I turned to look at Xander and he pulled me closer,
“Tell me I didn’t just kill this? I mean am I romantic or am I romantic?” Xander joked.
“You’re the best.” I said before running to my family and hugging them all. I hugged my dad last.
“I’m happy for you kiddo. You deserve this more than anyone.” My father says to me. I couldn’t smell any liquor on him, I’d have to ask Josey about it later.
Xander walks up to my dad and shakes his hand.
“It’s nice to formally meet you sir and thank you, for giving me your blessing.” Xander said to my dad. I turned to Cj with my mouth agape.
“Look, he asked ages ago but said he’d give you time to heal. Dad just wants you to be happy Sab.” Cj tells me.
“We all just want you to be happy. Now that this is done, where’s my nephew? I missed that little man.” Cj says to me walking ahead of me.
We all walk back to the parking lot and I see more cars outside. Jill and Adrastos standing by Xander’s truck.
“You thought he’d miss his mother’s proposal?” Jill asked and I hugged her. This day just couldn’t get better.