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growled.
    “Finally,” I said in mock exasperation.
    “Hey, now,” he repeated, raising an eyebrow at me as he propped himself up on his forearms.   I just chuckled.   “So,” he moved on.   “I’ve got an idea.”
    “Oh, yeah?”
    “Uh huh,” he nodded, a smile starting to spread again.   “Now that we have the house to ourselves, and we’re going to be inhabiting it as a married couple soon, I thought maybe it was time to act like real grown-ups and move into the master bedroom.”
    I glanced around my current bedroom, memories attached to every corner of it.   The basement apartment had been a solace for me.   When my life was at one of its lowest points, I had felt protected within these walls.
    “Moving on?” I said quietly as I lifted my head from the pillow and pressed a kiss to Alex’s lips.
    “Moving on,” he repeated, giving me a soft smile.
    “And if Caroline ever comes back, she could use the apartment,” I said as Alex rolled off of me and stood.   I couldn’t help but smile as I took in his half naked form.
    “ If Caroline ever comes back, she’s going straight to rehab,” he said in an exasperated tone.
    I actually felt excited as we started moving things around, clearing out the few things Amber had left behind, switching the mattresses, boxing up my things and carrying them up.   I had been waiting to move on with Alex for so long, and now it was finally happening.   I had the ring, and even though we had been living together since basically the first day we met, it actually felt like we were making the choice to do so.
    As Alex started taking all of my clothes out of my dresser he held something up against him, a smirk crossing his lips.   “What do we have here?”
    “That,” I said as I snatched the black lace out of his hands, my face blushing instantly.   “Is for the honeymoon.”   Butterflies filled my stomach.
    “And this one?” he said as he pulled another red item out of the drawer.
    “Okay, I think it’s time I took over the dresser!” I said as I walked over and pushed him away from it, grabbing the red lace from his hand.
    “You haven’t been shopping since I proposed,” he teased as he leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed over his chest.   “Were you preparing for something else?   You dirty, dirty girl.”
    “Out!” I yelled with a laugh, chucking a pair of underwear at him.
    “And now she’s throwing panties at me,” he said in mock shock, dodging the blue fabric.   “Where does she draw the line?”
    I just shook my head as he winked at me and grabbed a box off of the floor, and headed upstairs with it.
    Well that was embarrassing.
    “So where do you want to go on the honeymoon?” Alex asked, already walking back into the apartment.
    “I guess I hadn’t really thought about that part,” I blurted before I even thought about it.
    Alex just chuckled as he stood in the doorway.   “And what part were you thinking about?”
    “Shut up,” I just chuckled as I finished emptying the dresser.  
    “I’m just saying,” he shrugged his shoulders.   “Anyway, we should probably book something soon considering that we’re only a few weeks away.”
    “Wow,” I said with a sigh as I leaned against the now empty dresser.   “There’s so much to do.   I still have to get a dress, we’ve got to get a cake.   All that stuff.”
    “Whatever you want,” he said as he crossed the room and pulled me into his arms.   I closed my eyes as I leaned into him, his familiar scent filling my senses.   “I’ll make it happen for you.”
    “I just want it simple I think,” I said quietly.   “Nothing fancy.   Just us, Sal, Emily, Amber and Rod.   Rita and Austin.   Caroline if we can find her.”
    “And your parents.”
    “And my parents,” I said with a sigh.
    “You’ll survive, I promise.”
    I swallowed hard, knowing that I could survive anything physically.   “Let’s just finish moving stuff.   I’ll