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Beau's phone alarm went off, waking him up. He sat up in his bed, grabbed his phone off the bedside table, and turned off the alarm. He looked over at Marigold seeing her wrapped up in her covers, still asleep, and thought, 'She looks so comfortable, I don't want to wake her up but we have to go, we can't be late for our flight… I guess I can give her a few more minutes of rest while I finish packing up everything.' He pulled the covers off of himself, swung his feet down to the floor, and stood up while stretching out his back. "Uh, I'm so tired," he whispered. He walked over to the dresser that was in the hotel room and finished packing up everything that belonged to them in their suitcases.
20 minutes passed, and he finally finished packing everything up. He walked over to his bedside table, grabbed his phone, and looked at the time. '7:00am we're right on time,' he thought. He put his phone in his pocket, walked over to Marigold's bed, kneeled down to her level, and began gently shaking her, saying, "My princess, it's time to wake up." She continued sleeping, mumbling, "Beau, don't leave me. Stay with me." He stopped shaking her, looking at her face, and thinking, 'Every time she asks me to stay, I feel like I'm the luckiest man in the world. To have her want me by her side, to have her think those things about me… I know now… I know now that I love her, and I hope she loves me too.' He put his hand on her face and thought, 'Look at my love sleeping. She's even beautiful while she sleeps. So stunning in every way… My other half…" She slowly started waking up, feeling his touch on her face, she began smiling. She slowly opened her eyes, feeling the cool air dry her eyes. She gripped his wrist, looked at him staring at her, and he said, "Good morning, princess." She mumbled, "Good morning Beau." He ran his fingers through her hair, saying, "I hope you slept well. You seemed like you didn't want to get up." She chuckled, mumbling, "Because I didn't, I'm so tired." She touched his face and he kissed the palm of her hand, while saying, "I know, these beds are so comfortable, but we got to get home, your surprise is waiting for you." She mumbled, "Can't we… Can't we just stay like this for a minute. I just want to feel your touch for a while longer." Her eyes widened and she thought, 'Did I just really say that out loud? I'm so tired I'm just blurting out my thoughts. He must think that I'm crazy, a silly girl with a silly crush… UGH why did I say that to him? Why?' He felt his face turn red and he thought, 'She said that to me? She really said that to me? I could just bounce off the walls! She wants me to hold her. Alright Beau play it cool, play it cool. Don't get nervous, just say something cool.' He looked at her not being able to say a word and she thought, 'Great now I just made him uncomfortable. Look at his face, he's embarrassed by what I say and I just embarrassed myself… Any chance I had for him to truly like me has now flown out the window. He must be thinking how to let me down nicely… Maybe I should just change the subject so he feels better,' and she said, "Alright I'm up, I know we have a flight to catch." They stopped touching each other, she pulled the covers off of her, and got out of bed while she stretched her arms and her legs out. He stood up thinking, 'Great Beau you just blew it. She says she wants to feel your touch and you say nothing like an idiot. I probably made her extremely uncomfortable. I have to get it together… I love her and I want to be with her. I have to stop allowing myself to get tongue tied and just say what I want… Respond to what she says.' She looked at him, thinking, 'Look how he's just standing there. He hasn't even said a word to me because I'm such an idiot. Why did I say that? Now everything is awkward between us… UGH I just messed everything up… I just made him feel so uncomfortable…. I ruined everything and quite possibly my chances with him… I made myself look like an idiot and for what? I can't even take back what I said…' He looked over at her, seeing her staring at him, and he thought, 'Look at her, you love her Beau. Take the initiative… She already told you how she feels about you, tell her and show her how you feel about her… Don't let her think her feelings are one sided… Keep your promise to her.' She looked away thinking, 'He's staring at me, I can't focus when he's doing that…' He walked towards her and she glanced at him, thinking, 'Ugh he's probably coming over here to let me down gently… Stand strong Marigold, you can take rejection… You can…" He grabbed her, pulling her closely to him, and interrupting her thoughts. She stared into his eyes that were intensely looking back into her's. She felt her cheeks turn red and she thought, 'He… I want to stay like this forever… Feeling him hold me… He makes me feel so safe all the time… I never want him to let me go.' He touched her face, while still holding her, and he said, "My darling as much as I want to hold you forever, we have to make our flight but I promise to hold you when we get back home." She smiled, saying, "Fine, it's a deal but don't go back on your word." He put his forehead against her and said, "I wouldn't dream of doing that." He looked at her, thinking, 'How much I want to go for the kiss right now my love… I love you with all my heart but I have to make sure I don't overwhelm her… Take it slow Beau Bax… Ease into it…" He let go of her, removing his forehead from her's, and said, "Now princess, we really have to go." He walked over to their suitcases, grabbing them, while she stood there, watching him, and thinking, 'Why didn't… I wish he… Hmph… Am I falling for him?' He looked at her, saying, "Princess are you okay? We got to get going so we don't miss our flight." She shook her head, looked at him, and said, "Yes I'm fine… Let's get going." He smiled and said, "Good and I can't wait to get home… I have a surprise for you that I hope you'll adore." She sighed, with a smile on her face, and said, "If it came from you, I know I'll love it."
They made sure they grabbed all their belongings and left the hotel room, heading for the airport, making it there on time.
After an 18 hour flight they finally landed at their local airport, safe and sound. They left the airport, Marigold getting into the front passenger's side of Beau's car, closing the door behind her, while Beau put the suitcases in the trunk of his car, and got into the driver's seat, closing the door behind him. She leaned her head against her window and he glanced over at her, asking, "Are you sleepy?" She answered him, saying, "Yes, I feel the effects of jet lag. I'm so tired Beau…. I just want to fall asleep in my bed, I can't wait to get home so I can go to sleep comfortably." He chuckled, saying, "Oh I thought you would be too excited for your surprise to be able to sleep." She laughed, saying, "Normally I would but I'm so tired. I just want to take a hot bath and go to sleep." He thought, "Awe my baby is so tired… She is so adorable,' and he said, "Well my princess, I'll make sure you get some uninterrupted sleep." She began closing her eyes, mumbling, "Thanks Beau." She shut her eyes, falling asleep. He looked at her seeing her sleeping, smiled, and started the car, taking off to his home.
Two hours passed and they finally made it home. Beau parked his car at the front of his home and glanced over at her seeing that she was still sleeping. He smiled, got out of the car, quietly closing the door behind himself. He walked over to her side, slowly opened her door, catching her head so she wouldn't wake up, unbuckled her seatbelt, and carried her inside, quietly shutting the car door and the front door behind himself.
He walked down the front stairs of his home and Carls walked up to him (Beau), whispering, "Welcome home Master Beau. I hope you and Miss Marigold had a wonderful travel." Beau whispered, "We did… We had so much fun together… How did everything here go." Carls whispered, "Perfectly. Everything went as smoothly as possible and I'm sure Miss Marigold will love her present." Beau whispered, "I hope so. If she doesn't, we'll just have to redo everything until she does like it."
"Beau, Beau is that you," a male voice shouted. Carls turned around and Beau looked straight forward seeing Nathaniel storming up to them. "Where have you been," Nathaniel growled. Beau whispered, "Shhh you'll wake her up… We went to Paris for the week." Nathaniel said, "Well next time you go to Paris don't do renovations here or at least inform us at least 2 weeks in advance before you just go off renovating things. We barely got any sleep. We could've been out of the house on a vacation too if we had known you were going to renovate the house." Beau whispered, "I'm sorry dad, I'll make sure I'll plan the next renovation but it wasn't like the trip to Paris was planned. I just needed her out of the house for a bit. Besides you have enough money to do a spontaneous trip, why didn't you just do that?" Nathaniel said, "Because me and your mother like to plan things out. We need order, we don't do spontaneous things." Beau whispered, "Alright I'll be sure to plan things out with you next time." Nathaniel said, "See that you do… Now I hope you two had a good trip and are getting along nicely." Marigold began opening her eyes and Beau said, "We are, and thanks for waking her up." Nathaniel said, "UGH don't be dramatic and don't get smart with me boy. Now be sure to be ready for tomorrow, we have a lot to do for the upcoming charity event." Beau said, "Will do," and Nathaniel walked away, heading back to his (Nathianel's) room. Marigold looked around, saying, "Awe we're home." Beau said, "Yes, we're home, now let's get you to bed." Beau began carrying her up the stairs and she mumbled, "Beau, I-I can walk." Beau smiled, saying, "Why would I make my tired princess walk. I'll carry you to your room.
Beau walked up 5 flights of stairs, and down a hallway, standing in front of a gray door. She looked at him and said, "Beau you must be sleepy." He smiled, saying, "Why do you think I'm sleepy?" She said, "Because my room is on the 2nd floor and you just walked all the way up 5 flights of stairs." He smirked, saying, "That's because I told you I had a surprise for you and I thought you might want to see it before you go to sleep." She smiled and said, "Alright, what's behind the door?" He put her down and said, "Open the door and find out."