The Question!

[nikadawson]

Tony walked back and forth around the small towel that was placed on the sand, watching the sun just beginning to set. He was waiting for his girlfriend, and the love of his life to arrive. He had called her earlier and asked her to meet him at the beach around seven. He had been there for two hours now, and had to resist the urge to turn to alcohol to solve his nervousness. Butterflies were swarming in his stomach, and he felt like her was going to throw up, he was so anxious. Tonight was the night. He was finally going to ask Eva to marry him. And he was scared out of his wits.

[Gaby.Lily.Kaci.Eva.Cam♥]

A smile appeared across Eva's lips and she listened to the message Tony had left on her cell phone. It stated that he was going to the beach and he wanted her to meet him there as soon as she could. When she returned his call to confirm her being able to come, her phone lost charge and shut off almost immediatly after dialing. Pouting at the poor memory she had that made her forget to charge her cell, she grabbed her bikini, flip flops, and beach bag and got into the car.

As she drove on the open road she began anxiously wondering what he had in store for her. Why the beach? Why so last-minute notice-wise? What suprise awaited her? Butterflies filled her stomach as these thoughts swarmed her. She glanced at her radio clock and it was just before sunset, 5:38 to be exact. 'I hope I'm not late.' she thought to herself as the radio played, ironically enough, the song 'The Chapel of Love' by the Dixie Cups. She began humming along to it as she neared the beach.

5:49. She finally arrived to the beach and was now heading down the way, searching for a lonely looking guy on the sand. Scanning the premise for not even a minute, her eyes caught a glance at Tony, pacing around what seemed to be a beach blanket, all prepared and set up for two. Smiling anxiously and nervously she ran towards him, her long brunette hair blowing in the sea-wind.

[nikadawson]

Tony continued looking at the ocean, not even noticed that Eva had arrived. His hair was dripping on his face, his jeans and bare chest soaked. He had just got back from swimming for a few minutes, hoping maybe that it would calm his nerves. It hadn't. In fact, it just made him cold. He ran his hands through his wet hair, wondering if Eva would come early. He was both scared and relieved by the idea that she would. If she came early that meant less time he would have to spend with his nerves the way they were, but then again that meant that possiable rejection could come quicker. He wondered if his brother Matt had felt this nervous when he proposed to Nika. Tony hoped so.

[Gaby.Lily.Kaci.Eva.Cam♥]

A smile of great pleasure lit Eva's face like a shining star as she got closer and closer to where he was sitting. She watched as he ran his fingers through his sexy wet hair. It reminded her of all those life guard shows where there'd be a hot life guard, who'd be running in slow motion to go save someone. All the while she'd be watching his hair blow in the wind, and him running his hands through it to catch it. She giggled at the thought as she finally reached the towel.

She noticed that he was zoned out, most likely lost in his day dreams at see. Thinking it funny to creep up on him, she tip toed her way behind him and then tapped his shoulder. This was her plan: when he'd turn around to see who was tapping him, she'd quickly move around to his front and when he'd turn back around, she'd spook him. It was flawless, or was it?

She took position, tapped him twice on the shoulder and waited for her plan to unravel. As she was doing this on the outside, she was a mess of jello on the inside. It was bothering her wonders that she didn't know why he invited her to this beach at the romantic time that was sun-set. Did he want to ask her something? Or did he just want to see her again? The questions built up, tossing and turning her stomach along with them.

[nikadawson]

Tony was almost startled when he felt the tap on his shoulder, but he knew who it was. Strangely, knowing that she was here, his nerves seemed to have calmed. It was probably because he was so happy to see her. He was always happy to see her. There was just a sense of rightness when she was around him. He smirked and quickly reached up to snag her hand giving it a kiss and, than reached around, wrapping one arm around her waist, and maneuvering her onto his lap, "Hi luv," he said.

[Gaby.Lily.Kaci.Eva.Cam♥]

She loved it when he did that to her. When he acted all gentle-men like by kissing her hand, and then all fun-like by pulling her down to him. "Hello babe." she replied as she wrapped her arm around his neck. She looked into his eyes and once again she was hypnotized. Strangely enough, she never expected to be caught in his eyes, but she always was. When she looked straight into his lovely eyes it felt so right. Like re-assurance that she made the right decision by being his girl friend. She was completely convinced that he was THE ONE when she read the words his eyes spoke to her when they met.

"I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting. And I'm sorry for my busy schedule. It's just Lillian has been out with Derek so much that I've been babysitting like crazy, and then Gaby and Justin have been leaving the twins with me so they could plan their wedding, so my hands have been pretty tied. Not to mention, the flu that came to know me." she remarked as she turned her gaze out into the ocean. "So, why did you invite me here? Did something happen?" she asked. A pause followed, a pause that seemed longer than it was. For this pause bewildered her mind. Did he invite her here to tell her something good? Or something bad?

[nikadawson]

Tony smiled and played with a strand of her hair, twirling it around his finger. He kissed her on the nose. He couldn't get enough of this woman. He had know the moment he met her that she was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. He thought of the ring he had in his jean pockets. He wanted to wait to just the right moment to ask her. He wanted everything to be perfect.

"It's okay, I understand," he told her, "And no, nothing's happened. Well, nothing all that serious. The only thing that really happened is Jaime pouring ketchup into Maddy's hair when she was sleeping the other night." He smiled, and kissed her. "I just wanted to spend some time with you."

[Gaby.Lily.Kaci.Eva.Cam♥]

Now she had mixed emotions. She thought...nevermind. He invited her to the beach just to spend time with her? On one hand, she was disappointed because she drove all the way to the beach thinking he was going to ask her...something. Something life changing, relationship strengthning....something. But on the other hand she found it cute that he would want them to just see eachother again in such a romantic place.

She giggled at the ketchup comment, "He put catchup in Maddys hair? Did she freak out?" she managed to spit out between laughs. She cuddled up closer to him as the sea wind brushed her body, sending chills down her spine.

[nikadawson]

Tony smiled, remembering the chaos that morning when Maddy woke up to find ketchup in her perfect blonde locks. She usually didn't yell, but that morning Nika, Matt, and Tony could have sworn that people in China were hearing her screeching. "Yeah," he laughed, "She freaked out. After she got done screaming, she ran to the shower. Wouldn't look at Jaime for two days. That upset him, so to make it up to her, he gave her a dandelion."

Tony wrapped his arms around Eva, wondering if he should ask her now. He wanted everything to be perfect, but he wasn't sure if their was going to be a perfect moment to ask her. What if by waiting for a perfect moment, he ended up not asking her at all.

[Gaby.Lily.Kaci.Eva.Cam♥]

Oh poor Maddy. If Eva's sister or neices ever did that to her, she'd freak out too. "I can't blame her, I'd do the same." she replied honestly, with a giggle. "Wouldn't you?" she kidded, nuzzling up into him. She looked into his eyes again, being taken away yet again. As she felt all the love he had for her, she couldn't help but feel that he was hiding something for her. Something big. His eyes hinted that he wanted to tell her something, something he wasn't sure she wanted to hear.

"What is it baby? By the look in your eyes, I get the vibe that you want to ask me something." she told him. Yes, once again it was proven that she was his mind reader. She always seemed to know what was on his mind, and sometimes it was vice versa. Another great aspect of his that caused her to fall head over heels in love with him. She wondered if he'd ever want to settle down with her. She wondered if they'd ever have a meaningful future together. As much as she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, she was still scared of that commitment, although her heart spoke true. She loved him and she was possibly ready to give it a shot. But to her it seemed that Tony was not. Lately he has been coming across as just a boyfriend, who would never want to chance there relationship and marry or have a baby.

A baby was another thing she wanted. At first, when she first met him she absolutley wanted to just stay friends. But then as they grew closer, she somehow fell in love with him. Then, with these new feelings of love, came the feeling of wanting to be a mother and grow a family of their own with him. This would have been unspeakable about a year past. Settling down, commiting, being a mother, being someones wife...she would have never even thought about it. Remember, she used to be a party girl, swinging from guy to guy for meaningless flings. But now she has Tony and he has flipped her world upside down, and she was beginning to feel like she was ready to be a wife, mother, and all of the above.

[nikadawson]

Tony thought about when he and Matt were kids. Matt and Ricky used to put a lot more gross stuff in his hair than ketchup when they were younger, so he didn't really think he would freak out. When Eva asked him if he wanted to ask her something, he gulped. He guessed now was it. The scared feeling came back, threatening to well up inside him and consume him. He almost wanted to bolt, to not know what she would say, so scared he was that she was going to say no.

"You're right, I do want to ask you something. It's probably the most important question I will ever ask someone in my entire life, and I'm really scared, so please don't interrupt me till I get all the words out, because I think if I don't do it know, I might not ever be able to. Part of me, a small part, wants to run right now, but the rest of me wants to stay here and hold you, and ask you this," Tony began, hoping that the words that came out of his mouth didn't sound chocked.

"Eva, the moment I met you I had one thought, 'This is the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.' It terrified me, and it excited me. It terrifies me and excites me now. I have never before felt the way I feel for you about anyone. I love you. A passionate, all consuming love that feels sometimes like I'm drowning in you. I love everything about you. You're the one. I understand if you don't quite feel the same way about me as I do about you. And I can't promise that we are never going to have problems, or that we are never going to be angry with each other. I'm sure sometimes we are going to feel like we want to kill each other. But I can promise you that I will always love you, no matter what happens, tonight, or in the future. So I'm asking you, Eva Solice," and then Tony searched around in his pocket, bringing out a small black box. Flipping it open, he screwed up his courage, "Will you marry me." It was odd the things you notice when your waiting for someone to answer a life changing question. He noticed that the sun was setting, and the sky looked almost as beautiful as Eva did.

{The Ring.}

[Gaby.Lily.Kaci.Eva.Cam♥]

Eva was speechless. She felt like she was not herself. She felt like it was an out of body experience. That she was in the sky watching her body be proposed to. She looked down at the beautiful, couldn't have been more perfect ring, and then at the handsome, couldn't ask for anything better man who was anxiously and nervously awaiting her reaction. On the outside her jaw dropped and her eyes watered. Her stomach felt as violent as the waves out at sea during a storm, and her knees felt as if they were about to give way on her.

"I--" she paused, wondering how she could gather words that could come close to being equal to what he just said. "I--I---I---I---" she felt like a broken record, not being able to breathe past the simple one syllable word."Tony, from the moment I saw you I felt the same thing, but my fear of commitment made me tune these unfamilar feelings out. But then as we spent more time together I grew to tune you back in and allow my fears to discapade. Fact is, I've never stopped loving you, from the very second you said hello at Nika's apartments." she paused. " So naturally, I do, I- I mean, I will! Yes!!" she finally blurted out, wrapping her arms around him and kissing the most passionate kiss on his lips. She was happy, anxious, excited, and nervous all at the same time.

Happy because she was enagaged for the first time in her entire life. Anxious for the day that she could say 'I do' and be announced as Mrs. and Mr. Tony Hunter. Excited for all the wedding planning she'd be doing, and for the honey moon of course. And nervous for the way her friends and family would react to her engagement. She was also a smidge nervous to meet his parents and the rest of his family outside of Nika and Matt. She knew well that when you marry someone, you marry their family too. Let's hope they get along, or else it'd be a life of battles.

[nikadawson]

Tony felt a bubble burst inside him at her answer. All his mind could think at the moment was 'she said yes, she said yes, she said yes.' It was like a mantra, repeating over and over again in his head. The relief he felt was so large, he imagined he could almost taste it. The joy was threatening to consume him. He figured he might go back to being nervous later, there where a lot of things to do, but for now he was so happy that all he wanted to do was stay in this one moment for the rest of his life.

He kissed her back just as passionately, than stood up, his arms around her waist holding her up, and spun her around. "I love you..." he kept repeating, peppering little kisses all over her face. He nose, her lips, her cheeks, any spot within reach. Setting her down after about five spins, he gently took her hand and first kissed each and every single finger, before he took the ring and slipped it on her hand.

[Gaby.Lily.Kaci.Eva.Cam♥]

Eva was filled with nothing but happiness. Like Tony, she wanted to pause this moment and never resume time, never. But as we know, that can't happen, so instead she cherished every little thing from this moment, knowing it wouldn't, no...couldn't last long. Moments like this come once in a life time, you can't re -live them, so just make them as special as you can and keep them near and dear to your heart. That's exactly what she intended to do.

She giggled as Tony peppered her with kisses and found it romantic as they spun around on the beach, during sun set. It was all...perfect. "Oh, this is so much better than I pictured it. It's truely scrumptious!" she remarked, her voice was filled with glee. She loved how he excitedly kissed all her fingers before placing the beautiful engagement ring onto her. She knew this would be a moment she'd look back on and smile. Someday, she knew she'd be telling her grandchildren how their grandfather kissed each and every one of her little fingers before giving the ring to her. It was so cute, such a Tony thing to do. "Eva Hunter, doesn't sound half bad." she told him, still living in the moment. She kissed him again, passionatly and sexily. This was it, this was the moment, it haden't left yet, she'd do ANYTHING to make it stay. "Need I say it? No, but I want to anyway, I love you, I lov you, I love you, I love you too, my fiancee!" she happily remarked.

Finacee. She liked the sound of that. She wanted to tell the world 'Look at me, I got myself a fiancee!' but instead she continued kissing him. Instead of just peppering him with kisses, she passionatly kissed him, for her love for him has never been so much before. And she wanted to make sure 100% that he knew that.

[nikadawson]

He loved her so much. When she said Eva Hunter, he wanted to forgo a big wedding for a second and just elope, but he knew Eva wouldn't want that, and he didn't either. Their wedding was going to be perfect, special, even if it was the last thing he did. He was a little nervous about meeting her family. He only really knew Lillian and the kids. He thought Eva was probably as nervous to meet his family as much as he was hers.

He kissed her passionatly, taking one of his arms from around her waist, and running his free hand in her hair, lost in the moment.