Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Oct 22, 2015

“Jon what are we doing and why do I have to straighten my hair to go out with you?”

“Because I plan on us getting wild in the leaves and they won’t stick as much in your straight hair.” He laughed and patted me on the ass.  “You look really good baby, I love these jeans, the pattern on your ass makes me want to spank you and brand it there.”

“Jonny you sass.”

“You love me and you know it.  Come on, you tease me with that Maroon tank top wait until we come home tonight I’m taking that white sweater off you and sucking on your shoulders.”

“Honey I hate to burst your bubble but you’ll suck on pretty much anything on me.”

“Well yeah you have a very perky and suckalicous body.  Especially your nipples and your belly button oh and your clit and your elbow and” Jon continues until I wrap my arms around him and kiss him.  I spank his ass and he starts to laugh. 

“God I love you I can’t wait to make love to you all night when we get home.” I tell him.

“I’m all yours baby doll.” He took my hand and led me out to my car.  We use it so little that it seems odd to get into it.  Jon gets in the drivers seat and we head out of the city.  The whole way I’m playing DJ, Jon is laughing at all the wacky music I have on my iPod.  He laughs at me singing along carefree and he’s touched that he’s seen me come from someone who could find a smile if she tried really hard to the woman he loves that smiles all the time and that lives life to the fullest.  To him it seems I’m living a whole new life.  One that I closed the door on the pain of the past and decided to be open to the love in the future.

That afternoon Jon and Serena take a walk in the fall leaves, down trails in the woods, lots of people are around taking pictures and they even take pictures with their phones before Jon starts getting playful and throwing leaves at her, sooner rather than later they are rolling around in a pile of leaves before Jon lands almost on top of her, he moves to the side and pulls a diamond engagement ring out of his pocket and moves to get on one knee.  Serena sits on her heels and looks at him.

"Serena I want this relationship with you. What we've had for the past 6 months has been what I’ve been yearning for.   I want to give you the chance to know how amazing it can feel when a man loves you with his very core.  I would be honored if you would accept this ring and agree to marry me.  Will you be my wife?"

I almost fall backwards into the leaves even though this is what we talked about and I knew I wanted it too.

"Babe are you going to give me an answer?" He asked.

"Yes, oh Jon, yes." I smile and he slides the ring on my finger before covering my mouth in a kiss that makes me melt.  After about fifteen minutes of kissing where he's laying on me I smile and ask him,   Little do I know that the people wandering around closest to us were paid photographers Jon hired so I have pictures of this special day.

Once we are home and have made love Jon starts talking while we are in bed and he’s holding my hands facing me. "Do you believe in me yet?" He asked going back to the original vow we made each other about trust and belief.  He trusted me completely even before I moved in but we were still waiting on my heart to heal enough to let him in. "Yes honey, I believe in you."

He smiled. "Do you believe that I want to be with you forever and I want to marry you and never be without you by my side?"

"Yes Jon."

"Do you think you can plan a wedding for March?"

"March? Why?" I ask him not sure why he wants a certain month.

"Well honestly I know you don't want something huge or very traditional but I got married already in Vegas I don't want to do that again so I was thinking how about something that most people wouldn't do.  A Winter Wedding and I was thinking that the easy way to do it would be to use the house in the Hamptons.”

"A winter wedding sounds fun honey, original and not traditional."

"I only have 3 requests."

I reach next to me and into my nightstand and grab my always present notebook, "What are they?"

"1. My parents are invited  2. My kids are invited. 3. You wear a wedding dress"

"Seriously? A dress."

"Honey I want to be in a tux and I want my bride in a dress that I get to take off of her."

"Sure honey, what's the budget?"

"We don't have one.  There's nothing you could spend that we couldn't afford so go wild."

"I can think of a million other ways to go wild Jon than to plan a wedding."

"I will give you all of that as well I just want us to be permanent and then we can do whatever it is you desire."

She laid her head on Jon's chest and asked him, "what is it you want that you want us to be permanent for?"

"I'm that obvious?"

"Yes my dear, I know you pretty well after a year together."  She finally got up out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. "Come on shower with me while we talk."

"I would rather get your dirty."

"I know Mr. Hormone but you'll survive, talk to me."

Jon sighed and then threw the covers back following his naked fiancee into the light grey marble and glass bathroom. He patted her ass gently before she walked into the clear glass door shower and into the water.  Following her closely he took her in his arms and hugged her tight before starting to wash her back.  "I want to move back to Jersey for a while."

"Why? I thought you liked our house."

"I love that you call this place ours because it is.  I do love it but I miss Jersey and New York right now.  My brother is about to have another kid and my dad is having knee surgery in a month and I'd like to be there with them during this stuff."  He concluded while washing my arms and back.

I loved that he was honest and told me the truth of why he wanted to move. "I'd have to find out from Kal how flexible he can be.  I really like my job Jon, I don't know if I am in the mindset yet of having to give it all up."

"Baby we're getting married, at some point we're going to have to learn to compromise with each other and I think me moving here to be with you at the very beginning was a nice compromise on my behalf do you think that Kal will be able to be flexible?"  He hated to ask, he knew that I took great pride in what I did and I enjoyed my job.  However he also knew that his income could pay all the bills we have with all his houses and I didn't need to work.  Of course he didn't have the balls to tell me that, especially when I had my hands on his balls right now and was washing them.  He was in a precarious position right now and needed to tread lightly.

"How long are you thinking you want to live out East?"

"I'm not sure, maybe another year and then we'll see." Jon answered without really being very concrete.

She looked at him, "Are you telling me without telling me that you want me to stop working and just follow you around?"

"No, yes, no um, actually honey I don't know exactly what our future holds when it comes to where we'll live from year to year.”

She kissed him and then turned the water off.  "What about what I need? Stability and security and a place to call home?"

"Baby that's what I am.  That is why I want to marry you so you know where home is no matter what. You will always be able to be safe, stable and secure and loved because with my ring on your hand you have all of me that is yours.  It won't matter where we live."

"It will to an extent though Jon what if we want more kids."

"Honey we talked about this, natural children aren't really going to happen and if you want to adopt kids at that point we'll have to have a long talk about what raising them looks like to us.  Do we home school them or put them in a structured environment but how close are you to wanting that?"

"I'm not sure its just you just asked me to plan the wedding so we went from a couple with no solid wedding plans to all of sudden you want me to quit my job and move to who knows where with you."

He sits down in the cozy chair with me and we curl up in our lounge clothes, him in track pants and a t-shirt and me in yoga pants and a baggy t-shirt.  "Okay I understand, too much too soon. Thanks for pointing that out to me I just thought if I brought them both up together you would be able to digest all the changes coming up soon in your life.  Besides if you told your boss you're getting married and your husband's job demands he move back East wouldn't that work easier to get him to let you telecommute?"

The rest of the weekend they talk about plans to head out to the Hampton's so she can see the house and they can spend some time alone.  Jon also lets her know that he needs to spend some time down south in a few weekends, it seems he has some interests down there he wants to check out.  While discussing all that I just smile and relax because nothing is discussed in the first person most every comment that comes out of his mouth is 'we need' or 'we should' and every time he does that she feels safer and more loved.  His ability to think of her needs as well as his own remind her daily why she is so in love with this man.  He makes her complete and that's something she's not willing to give up.  She decides she would give up work if she needed to but since she finally found love, true love, the kind that stories are written about, now that she has that she is not willing to let it go.  She wants it to last and if making it last means she has to have a wedding she's going to but its going to be done with her feelings being considered to.

Being concerned about her boss is absurd she finds out. When she heads to work and quickly she pings Kal,

*Hey do you have a few?*

*sure give me 3 minutes then come up*

And she does. When she walked into his office she smiled right away and just blurted it out. "Kal I'm getting married in March."

"OH you two finally set a date, great.  Tell me how much time you need off."

"Well that's the thing." She swallowed.  "Jon's job is requiring that he lives back east for a while so I was wondering if I could have my job changed to be a work at home job. I do not want to resign but he's lived here for over a year pushing back at his job and well its time I return the favor."

"I might have a better solution.  Where are you guys moving to?"

"I think his place is in Red Bank if I'm not mistaken."

"How far is that from Jersey City?"

"I really don't know.  An hour maybe two, why?"

"Well no one knows this yet but we're opening a East Coast office and the two sites we are looking at is New York City and Jersey City and from a pure expense standpoint Jersey City is winning."

"So where would this office be?"

"Well we're looking at 101 Hudson Street, ask Jon what he knows of the area and see if its something you could do.  We don't offer 100% work at home positions.  You have to be able to go to the office 3 times a month at minimum for some reason or other I can't quite understand why yet myself but that is the way its set up."

"So would you be moving to Jersey or would I report to someone else if I do this Jersey thing?"

"you'll still report to me, since I'll be moving out East in June.  They want the execs to split their locations and well my ex wife and I are officially over it seems logical for me to be one that moves. My kids are in college and do not need daddy watching over their shoulder all the time anymore. In fact they told me to move and get a life.”