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[Kelli-wa]

Gracie smiled at him and shook her head, "Avery, it is way more than nothing. I know how much this outfit costed. It means a lot to me." She shook her head gently and looked back down at it before she nodded to his question, "I would really like to take a shower. I didn't get to take one last night because Devyn was up so late." She smiled. "I'll be quick, though, I promise." She moved into the bathroom and started the shower to warm it up while she brushed her teeth.

[Tiff]

Avery followed her into the bathroom and stood in the doorway while she got the water running, when she was well into brushing her teeth he moved into the bathroom behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "You could have grabbed me, you know I don't mind helping out." He kissed her neck and right behind her ear. "Alright I'll leave you alone."

[Kelli-wa]

Gracie smiled as he wrapped his arms around her from behind. "I know," she said before she spit the toothpaste in the sink. "I figured we could just save the dirty shower for later. This one is supposed to get me clean, remember?" she rinsed and grinned at him as he left her alone in the bathroom. She watched him walk out and she moved to grab her clothes. Under normal circumstances she would definitely have asked him to join her, but she had a surprise for him to and if he watched her get dressed there wouldn't be much left to surprise. She smiled and hid back in the bathroom with her clothes locking the door as she pulled the surprise out of its hiding, setting it on top of the pile of clothes. She then got in the shower playing out her daily routine.

[Tiff]

Avery made his way back down stairs and called his brother, while he waited for Gracie to finish her shower. "Seriously Avery if you're calling and waking me up this early to remind me about my 'job' today, you owe me big time." Avery grinned. "How much do I owe you? You have a tendency to forget things, and today can't be one of those days." Monte was quiet for a moment. "I'll get back to you on what you owe me, but it's going to be big. I'll get it done and disappear before you get there, swear it, now if you don't mind I'd like to get another hour's sleep before I head out." Avery hung up and tried to distract himself with a game on his phone until she was ready to go.

[Kelli-wa]

Gracie showered quickly, making sure that she was still thoroughly clean before she rinsed, got out and dried herself off. From there, she got dressed and dried her hair, styling as she went to get a light curl that she'd wanted for that day. She looked at herself in the full length mirror, making sure you couldn't see her lingerie through the sweater. She smiled when she found that you couldn't, straightened out her skirt and walked out of the bathroom. She searched for Avery and found him downstairs playing on his phone. "I'm ready, Ave," she said lightly, holding her arms out for him to see the new outfit.

[Tiff]

Avery set his phone on the table and gave her a good look over. "Damn you're hot. Maybe I should just take a rain check on what I've got planned and take you upstairs." He grinned and got to his feet, wrapping his arms around her. "But I can't do that because I just can't." He kissed her cheek, scraped his phone off the table and pulled his keys out of his pocket.

Avery drove to the airport and ran around to the other side of the car to let Gracie out. "I promise this time you don't have to wear the jumpsuit or the helmet." He pointed out the plane they'd be flying, it was quite similar to the one he'd taken her up in when they'd first met, except a completely closed cabin. "Excited?"

[Kelli-wa]

Gracelyn smiled at him and wished she could stay in his arms forever, the way that she always had. She took his kiss and smiled, "That's right you can't. I simply won't allow it, not after I got all dressed up." She let out a giggle and for the first time since the twins were born, she actually felt pretty, sexy even. She realized that Avery always thought that she was pretty, but she never thought so herself. The baby weight was nearly gone now, however and it felt great.

She smiled as he opened the door for her, still getting used to that again. No one did that for her while he was gone and she had missed it, but at the same time, it was weird again. She laughed lightly, "Good. I would hate to cover up this adorable outfit you got me." She smiled and nodded at his question. She really was. Being in a plane was an amazing experience, especially one that was so small. Most people can't say they've flown in one, but her fiance was a pilot, and that made her proud.

[Tiff]

"I'd love to take everything off of you up there, but I know not possible right?" He locked up the car and took her by the waist. "I won't bore you with the plane details, because I know I'm the only one who really cares about that sort of thing." He winked and guided her toward the plane, he was most anxious about getting up in the air and flying her around.

[Kelli-wa]

Gracie laughed lightly at him and shook her head, "Yeah, sorry, even if it was possible, not gonna happen." She kissed him on the cheek and walked with him toward the plane. She shook her head gently and let out a soft chuckle, "You can tell me details if you want to, but I'm a happy camper either way. I have you home with me and that's all that matters."

[Tiff]

Avery secured the keys to the plane and opened it up. "I won't bore you, here you go." He stepped to the side and lowered the stairs for her. "Just get comfortable." He followed behind her and got everything going. "Any idea what Tally and Zane are doing tonight?" He buckled himself in and started to pull out of the hangar toward the runway. He liked this plane a lot better than the first one he'd taken her in because it would make conversation much easier.

[Kelli-wa]

sorry, thought i replied a long time ago!

Gracie smiled as she stepped up and got into the plane. She licked her lips and smiled at him as he followed her. She shrugged with his question, "You know, they haven't told me. I'm sure Zane had something fun planned for her, he's pretty creative and romantic. Kind of like you," she said with another grin. She buckled in and let out a breath as he started to roll out of the hangar. She could feel her tummy turning in circles with nerves. She let out a nervous giggle, "This just gives me butterflies. It did last time too, but I think that was for different reasons."

[Tiff]

Avery grinned, he knew she couldn't see, but he did it anyway. "You know I've flown dozens of planes and I still get butterflies when I get in one." He checked all the monitors and dials and prepared for take off. Once he got the plane off the ground he flew somewhat aimlessly as if he didn't have anywhere in particular he wanted to fly her to. He loved that the weather was unseasonably warm this year and that some of the fields were already starting to bloom with flowers. He made sure he flew a little lower so she could see them better then after an hour he started away from the flowery fields and followed a rivulet that ran along a farm. On the other side of the farm was another field full of purple and pink wildflowers and in the center spelled out in white flowers. 'Gracie, will you marry me.'

[Kelli-wa]

Gracelyn watched out the window as he took off from the ground, still smiling at the fact that he got butterflies even now. After everything he had done in his life it still made him a little bit nervous, which made her feel better about the butterflies that flittered inside of her. She watched out the window as he flew around aimlessly, or so it seemed at first. She smiled lightly at the flowers, "They're so pretty Ave," she said. She loved all the different colors that seemed to appear in the different fields. As he turned in a different direction she smiled, switching sides, since the only view on the opposite was rows of corn. What she saw there put her into a state of near shock. She knew that he'd promised her he would marry her, she just honestly didn't expect him to formally ask her, since they had already discussed it. Tears filled her eyes and she could hardly get the word out that she wanted to as her throat choked up and tears threatened. "Yes!" She shook her head lightly and licked her lips, wishing she could hug him around the neck and never let go, but the ability to do anything like that in this plane was slightly restricted.

[Tiff]

Avery smiled at her reply and started flying in a curve so he could line the plane up to land in the field. You couldn't see the picnic set up in the middle of the field if you didn't know it was there, but Monte had pulled through for him. Once the plane was on the ground Avery shut her down and climbed out of the plane, offering his hand up to help Gracie out. "Yes?" He already knew she'd said yes, but asked regardless. He pulled her into a hug, thrilled that she'd said yes. "One last surprise then." He led her by the hand toward the center of the field where a blanket was spread out in the center of all those flowers, he had a vase full of flowers sitting on top of a stack of old fashioned suitcases and a cake stand of carefully decorated cupcakes on one corner. He'd put a lot of thought into the day. The picnic basket sat in another corner of the blanket filled with finger sandwiches, small bowls of hot soup, and fresh strawberries soaked in cream. Sitting in front of the basket was a metal tin full of ice and glass bottles of orange soda, cherry soda, and lemonade. A camera sat next to the tin and next to it was an ipod player that looked like an old record player. Avery got Zane to interrogate Tally about Gracie's favorite artists and then filled the ipod, it played softly on shuffle. He'd purchased throw pillows in all different colors and shapes and they were placed here and there for easy lounging and in the center of it all was a tiny blue box with a solitaire diamond ring sitting on top. "I know we talked about getting married, but I had to go all out." He kicked off his shoes and stepped onto the blanket, but did nothing else, waiting for her to drink it all in.

[Kelli-wa]

Gracie was grinning wildly as the plane landed and shut down. She let him take her hand to help her down, but then lept into the hug and squeezed him so hard that she could feel her knuckles turning white. “Yes. Yes. YES!” She followed him through the field and shook her head again, “Avery this is so over the top…” But she loved it, and you could tell that she did. Nothing had been this much about them since before she found out that she was pregnant. She licked her lips lightly and looked over at him, “This had to have cost a fortune.” She didn’t know what to do, really, but after he kicked his shoes off, she did the same, stepping onto the blanket with him. “All the pillows… This is so cute!” She got down on her knees at first and knelt down to get a good look at the ring, sitting on her feet as she did so. “God, it’s gorgeous, Ave.” She bit her lip and could feel more tears forming in her eyes. She didn’t want to cry, but it was coming, because she couldn’t help it anymore.