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“But insane feels like a great place to be because, baby, I’m fucking crazy for you. Crazy about how you take my breath away every morning. Crazy over wondering how I didn’t steal you as mine when we were younger. I’m crazy over the way you make my heart beat harder each day, and it drives me crazy trying to figure out how it even functioned before I called you mine. Truth is...”

He pops the lid on the box, revealing a pink princess-cut diamond set in a yellow gold band. My hand flies to my mouth, and I stumble, but quickly, his hand comes to my arm to steady me once more.

“The truth is, it didn’t. It was frozen in time. Waiting for me to wake the fuck up and realize what true love really is. It’s being crazy in all the best ways with the best person. The other truth is—” He plucks the ring from the velvet cushion, and I watch as the gorgeous diamond dances against the moonlight. “I got your ring measurements at the same time as your wrist.”

I’ve already pulled my left glove off before he’s even asked the question and he chuckles as he notices.

“So, yeah, I’d say they’ve finally aligned.” He blows out one last anxious breath.

“Be my wife.”

“Yes!” I shout, leaping forward and into his arms.

It’s a good thing he’s built like stone as he clings onto the ring grasped between his thumb and forefinger. “Let me put it on you.”

“Oh, yeah.”

I hold out my hand as he slowly pushes it onto my finger. It’s a perfect fit.

“Zach, it’s, it’s.”

“Is my fiancée lost for words?”

I nod, the sobs breaking free.

“You’d better find them, Rocket, because we’ve got some celebrating to do.”

Zach nods over my shoulder as I turn to look in that direction.

In the distance, I can’t miss the familiar outlines of the people I’ve come to love. I laugh as Kate helps Felicity along. “Kate’s got some moves on the ice,” I say.

“Sure has.”

I turn back to Zach as an admission forces its way from me. “I know I just got this job, but when you’re ready, I want you to know, so am I. My family is here, and I want to start one with you too.”

He drops to his knee once more, resting his forehead against my stomach for a second, and then he wraps his arms around me.

“When it comes to you, I’ve been ready forever.”

THE END.