by Thomas, Anne
He sighed. "You want me to do that again?"
"No. Just to finish it."
He nodded. "Okay. Well Molly, what I was trying to say before I was so rudely interrupted and dragged out to the car, got caught in an accident, ended up in a river in the middle of Main Street, nearly drowned in pursuit of trying to find you shelter"
"Harrison." She reminded with a grin.
"But...I digress. I was saying that I love you, Molly. It's hard for me to admit, but I'm doing it now. And I'm sorry I never told you sooner. And if you'd allow me to, I'd love for you to love me back. To date a while until we get comfortable with being romantic towards each other. And then go on to furthering the relationship. Molly, I really want you in my life.
Forever. And not just as best friends. Friends could never be enough when it comes to you and I."
She kissed a spot on his neck and cuddled in to him. "I'd really, really like that, Harry."
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Chapter 15 You go and Save the Best for Last
The rain finally did pass. It took hours until the city made its way around to making it's streets able to be driven on, but around three in the morning, Harrison and Molly were getting a lift to their apartment building.
Relief filled them at the sight. Seeing there was no welcome committee, they guess that Joe and Marty had been smarter than them and stayed at the dance.
And then Molly remembered why they had left themselves.
"Oh damn." she whispered, running in to the apartments.
There was water running down the stairs. They ran through it until they reached her door. When it opened, more water flowed out. Harrison barged in before her and ran to the bathroom to shut it off. When he came back, soaked once again up to his thighs from splashing, his face showing signs of his hot temper rising.
She shrugged at his silent accusing. "It sure is good you love me." She whispered, doing her best to look adorable while she walked towards him. "But to be fair, I told you I left the water on."
Harrison just shook his head as a slow smile appeared on his face. Taking her in his arms, he forgot all about the water as he melted in to her kiss.
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Epilogue:
"It's a real fancy place. Harrison really pulled through after all that talk of being broke."
"It's the most important day of their lives he was bound to find it somewhere."
"Where's the champagne? We need more champagne."
"I always knew they'd end up together. It was certain Destiny. And my, aren't they beautiful?"
Molly sat in the middle of all the attention, dressed in a flowing white gown and listening to everyone's input. It was the last that made her ears perk the most. Both of the mothers were very pleased to hear the engagement announcement, some six months after the couple had visiting Vermont together. The parents were even happier to hear that the wedding would be in Vermont.
As she wrapped her arms around one of Harrison's, she thought about what her mother just said. Destiny. Yes, she supposed it was. Once she and Harrison started serious dating, they became more of a team than ever. He had helped her with all her goals she had been trying to complete. He helped get her in to a college, a far cry from Harvard but good enough for the deed, which started her down the path of becoming that lawyer she always had a goal to be. No, she wouldn't be the country's finest. Now, she just liked the idea of being a good, top notch lawyer in the small Nevada city.
Harrison had brought her to the most beautiful house she ever saw one day. It was only a twenty minute drive from their apartments, but she had never seen it through the years of living so close. After she had said yes to Harrison's proposal, made in the living room that was decorated with beautiful flowers everywhere, he told her that it was theirs. That once they were married, she'd no longer be living in that little place she had wanted to get out of.
And just being with him had made her flourish and grow. She started to understand her own self more as she learned more about Harrison. Who knew two close friends who'd been together near their whole lives could have missed so much about each other before?
Molly snuck a peek at Marty and Joe. Marty always blushed a deep crimson whenever she caught Molly looking at them. But right now Marty wasn't paying any attention to who stared at her. She was quite occupied locking gazes with Joe. They had come far from the mere acquaintances they once were. They had been dating for about a year now and were still quite crazy about each other. Molly smirked. Who knew?
"Are brides always this quiet on their wedding day?" A soft, husky whisper blew against her ear.
She looked up at her husband of an hour and a half and smiled brightly. "I suppose not. I was just...reflecting."
"Reflecting, huh? On what?"
She kissed him, a round of applause and cheering around them as she did so, then laid her head against his shoulder. "On how perfection can come out of places you least expect it to."
He wracked his mind a moment, then gave up. "Is that a compliment or an insult, Molls?"
She giggled. "A compliment. I think." She added with a wink.
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The End
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