Sam woke up, he didn't know when they had dozed off but he remembered what he asked Mara. He lay there in bed not sure whether he had scared her off, but she was sleeping next to him. He sighed in relief. She had just told him that she loved him and he asked her to marry him. What was he thinking! He put his hand over his mouth, rubbing his chin thinking of what he could do to fix this. But why should he, I mean they loved each other. But maybe it was just too fast for her. He drifted back to sleep holding her.
Sam woke up and turned over and the bed was cold. The clock read 8:00am. Mara loved to sleep late, where the hell was she? Freaking out, he jumped out of bed calling for her. Then he heard her. "Sam! Sam! Oh my god," she came running in. "Jilly's coming soon, I totally forgot the date. I ran out to get some donuts and muffins and coffee."
He relaxed when he realized she was still there and freaking out about something else and not what he had asked her last night. "I have to go back out, crap I have to go food shopping first." She ran over to him, she was cute running around all frazzled. "Babe, calm down, she's been home before, everything will be fine." She was in sweats, cleaning up the room.
"I know, I know, but I always want to make it special when she comes home, you know. Listen I have to go, I have a million things to do. You're coming back for dinner tonight right?"
He was so excited she wanted him to meet her daughter. "Of course baby, I wouldn't miss it for anything. I'm going to head home and change. Then I have to head to the station and figure out my new schedule. I'll come back after I'm done." He walked over to her and threw his hands around her pulling her close to him. "Can I bring anything babe?" She thought for a minute. "Ohh what's that cherry pie that Pam gets, it's from that bakery I love...MagPies Bakery?".
"Yeah baby I'll pick it up." Mara jumped up wrapping her legs around him and kissed him. She was so happy, even if she hadn't yet processed that fact that Sam had asked her to marry him last night. But she had too much to do to get into that right now. "You're the best! I can't wait for you to meet Jillian, she's gonna love you, like I do."
"Well if you love me so much than how about you stay a little longer," he said as he tried to throw her on the bed. "Sam!" She was laughing and crawled out from under him. "I have to go!"
Sam was at the station, cleaning up his desk. He had been out for a while and it felt good to be back. He saw some of the guys and they started talking. "What the hell happened the other night man," Adam asked him. Wiley was at the desk right across from Sam, Tyler came over with some coffee. Wiley looked over at them confused. "We went out for Ty's birthday," he said to Wiley. "Oh the STD club, right," Wiley said. Adam spit his coffee out. Sam was laughing.
"Yeah, but your partner here almost broke Shane's jaw, not that he didn't deserve it," Tyler said. "What?" Wiley asked, "You don't say," he said sarcastically. "You mean like the time, the Captain came in here and almost broke Shane's arm off when he found out he pinched his wife's ass." Adam was cleaning the coffee off his shirt, "I mean ok he didn't know it was his wife."
"I swear you would defend that guy till the cows come home." Wiley said. But that's how Adam was, he always looked out for all of them. Sam closed a drawer, "No man this was different. I basically ran my mouth about something private between me and Mar. It was a stupid mistake. But apparently Shane took it as some invitation to try and get into Mara's pants."
"You mean he tried to get her into his pants." Ty said and Sam stared him down. "Semantics, " Shane raised his hand. "Sorry man, listen I would have done the same thing as you, just getting the defense ready for you."
"Listen it's no excuse, but he was a drunk as a skunk, I mean I don't know what got into him." Adam said. Wiley was putting some papers away, "I mean it's obvious isn't? Adam has his girl, and now Sam's got Mara. We know Tyler will be the next Hugh Hefner, so Shane's clearly feeling left out."
"I don't care how he feels, if he ever goes within a 5 foot radius of Mara again, I will break his jaw." Sam said as he got up to get more coffee. Adam was rubbing his beard,, "Listen man, he knows he fucked up. Just give him some time, he'll do the right thing."
"Whatever, I've got to get going. I'm meeting Mara's daughter tonight. I promised her I'd run over to Magpies and get some stuff before I get there."
Tyler's ears perked up, "So is she like a younger version of Mara? Wiley and Adam both cracked up. Sam just looked beyond tired of this fool. "Ty, don't start." Wiley was still laughing, "Come on Sam, if Jillian is your step daughter and she marries Ty, he'll be your son-in-law. Won't that be great!" Adam spit his coffee out for the second time. "Dammit Adam, all over my desk." Wiley yelled. "Always nice to see you guys, I'm out," Sam said before he had to deal with any more of their talk.