Elora's point of view:

"Marry me then," Flynn said to me as we lay in bed. My eyes widened when he said the words. He wanted to marry me? He was proposing to me? I had no idea how to react, but I was happy that he was asking.

"You want me to marry you?" I asked. I wanted to say yes, but something kept poking at me. Maybe it was the danger we were both in. The fact that I was in the middle of a high speed chase from the KKK. I wanted to get married, I had envisioned being with Flynn for the rest of my life more than once and it brought happy tingles to my stomach. I just didn't know if now was the time to do it.

"I know now wouldn't be a great time. I know we're in a lot of danger. But why not? We get married, and then we get back to business. At least we have some semblance of unity that could keep us together," Flynn replied. He had quite the point there. I still didn't know if it was a good idea. I wanted to marry him, I really did. There was just so much going on right now.

"You're right," was all I could say. That was because I didn't know what to tell him. I wanted to say yes, but what if it didn't work out? What if something happened and we would have to stop it? I didn't want to postpone my wedding if I was having one.

"How about this. Think about it for a bit tomorrow, and then let me know. I don't want to rush you," he explained. I took a short breathe and nodded. He was so patient, so reasonable to me. I loved how good he was, no matter what I wanted to do or how I did it. I didn't understand how I could get so lucky.

"Alright. I'll think about it," I replied. He nodded and kissed my lips quickly before he and I lay down in bed. He pulled me into his arms as I turned off the lamp, and we fell into peaceful and dreamless sleep.

•••

Flynn's point of view:

Asking her didn't grant me the idealist of reactions from Elora. I basically told her what she could do, which was think about it. She agreed with it quickly, and that informed me that she didn't know if she wanted this or not. I didn't show it to her, but it bugged me a little. Why couldn't she just say yes or no? I know it's my fault that I put the idea into her head that she could think about it for a while. I sacrificed my own hopefulness and patience for her, but that was a small price to pay if I had a chance at making her my wife.

In the morning, I woke up before she did. I usually did, Elora was a rather late sleeper. It was about eight thirty when I pulled myself out of bed and made my way to the kitchen. David was already awake making breakfast. The smell of eggs and sausage filled the room in a powerful and decadent aroma that instantly made me hungry. I already loved it here and it hadn't even been two days.

"Morning, Flynn. Did you sleep well?" David asked. I went and sat down at the breakfast bar. My face went down when I thought of when I asked Elora to marry me. I didn't sleep at all that night, even though she did, heavily. She always did though, that was just her.

"Well enough," I said, half-heartedly. I knew David had sensed there was more to my speech than what I was letting on.

"Is something the matter Flynn?" He asked. I sighed and shrugged as he served me a cup of coffee. The steam of it billowed into my nose, creating a scent that reminded me of the coffee farms of Colombia. This must have been coffee he had shipped on his own.

"I asked Elora to marry me last night," I replied. Why did I do that? I never shared things about my personal life, how did I manage to just tell David why I was so down? Things just seemed to be getting more and more unexpected, and now I was getting pulled into that. David's reaction was surprised but not baffled.

"And based on the way you look this morning, she said no?" He asked. I shook my head. I would be in even worse shape if she had said no to me. I was just unsure about whether or not I made the right choice in telling her she could think about whether she was up for it or not. I liked for sure answers, and I robbed myself of that.

"She said she would think about it. It's my fault though, I told her to do it. She just looked so uncertain. I can kind of understand why, I mean look at what we're doing. We're running away from a dangerous extremist group, I can see why marriage wouldn't be a thought as of now. But it still stings when I think about her saying she doesn't want to," I replied. David nodded, listening as he poured himself some coffee and made a plate of food for me. I thanked him as he handed me the food and I began to eat away.

"You're not wrong when you say that. I, however, still have to disagree. Elora's mother and father got married when they were in danger of being killed by the Nazis. Trust me, if they can get married when being tracked down by them, you and Elora can wed no problem now," David explained. That was true, he had a point. I didn't know if that's why Elora refrained from saying yes, but if her parents could get married during a war like that, we could get married now.

"She'll want the ceremony to be with her family. I don't know when we'd have time to do that," I replied. I didn't want to elope either. My father always wanted to be at my wedding, and now that he wasn't around I would honour Elora's family. Jack and Hilda were the closest thing I had to parents now, and I sure as hell wasn't contacting my mother, I wasn't going to make that big of a mistake.

"Well, what if you get engaged, have a courthouse wedding, and then have a ceremony when you get home safely?" David suggested. I liked that idea, if only I knew if I was getting married or not. Not to mention, I didn't have a ring nor did I have the money to spend on one right now. The money I had was working towards helping Elora and I survive while we ran from the KKK.

"That sounds like a great idea, David. I just don't know if she'll say yes. Plus, I don't have a ring. Maybe we should just wait," I replied. David thought for a moment, and then ran to a little box he had sitting on his bookshelf in the living room. He opened it up, and he handed it to me. I looked to see inside was a gorgeous, obviously old, ring. It was beautiful, and I knew that Elora would adore it, if only she'd say yes.

"I found that ring when I was living in Paris for a while. A woman was selling it in an old shop of hers. I bought it a little cheap, but I found it to be worth much more than what I paid for. The ring dates back to the eighteenth century. If she doesn't fall in love with that ring, then I don't think she wants to marry you, Flynn," David said. I had to smile and laugh when he said this to me. I examined the ring in my hand as my eyes searched over it. He was willing to give me something so old and valuable, just because I wanted Elora to marry me. He didn't even know me and he was doing this. A quality like that only came with the purest of kindness. He reminded me a lot of Hilda, in a lot of ways.

"David, this is wonderful, but I can't take this from you. This is an artifact you found, and I can't do that. You don't even know me," I replied. He chuckled and shook his head, pushing my hand back as I tried to hand him the ring and the box.

"If I wanted the ring that much, I never would have given it to you. When I see love as real as yours and Elora's is, well, I'd be a fool not to assist. Take the ring and give it to her. It's the least that I could do for a man who would go this far just to protect the woman he loves," David replied. I appreciated all of the sentiment that came with his statement. No one had ever spoken so highly about me like that, except for Elora of course. I took her compliments to heart, but I knew she loved all of me and found it difficult to find a flaw and hate it. When someone else, who didn't draw a closeness to me, said that, it was all the more memorable.

"Thank you, David," I replied. I wished I could have said more. But for some reason I was unaware of, I couldn't say another thing. My mind couldn't even generate words that could fully describe the appreciation I felt for him giving me this ring to give to Elora. I hoped what he said about was true and I would soon become an engaged man. How amazing would it be to go around telling people I was married? That there was no other woman that posed an importance anymore because I had my beautiful wife.

"Think nothing of it. If you'll excuse me I must go outside and feed my dogs. If Elora wakes up, tell her to help herself to whatever she wants," David said. I nodded and watched as he stepped out of the house and went to the back to feed his two dogs. I still had the ring he gave me in my hand.

•••

Elora's point of view:

Flynn didn't know that when he was in the kitchen, talking with David, that I was listening in. I had woken up shortly after he left the room and went to eat breakfast. When I walked out to join them, I heard him telling David he asked me to marry him. I stayed behind the wall so I could hear what David had to say. They talked of what Flynn wanted to do and what he thought that I wanted, then David said that if my parents could get married in the middle of a deadly war that he and I could get married no problem. Then Flynn went to say that he didn't have a ring, and David had fixed that before he left to feed his dogs.

I hadn't thought about it a lot since I had woken up, but now it was all that I could. I wanted to marry Flynn, and the only thing that was stopping me from doing it was me saying I had to think about it. What doubt was there? There was danger, yes, but not for us, not for our marriage. It didn't matter if we were married or not to the KKK. They wanted me, and if I was going to die by them, I would be Elora Nash before it happened.

"Flynn?" I asked. He turned around in his chair as he saw me leaning against the wall of the hallway. He got up and stared at me from a distance. I could tell he didn't really know what to say to me.

"Morning, baby," he said. Even when he said this to me, it was strained. He felt drained of energy because he wanted a straight answer. I understood this, which is why I would be giving him one.

"Yes," I said. He stopped, confused as to what I meant.

"Elora I---"

"Yes, I will marry you," I said to him. Flynn's eyes went wide for a few seconds before a wide smile swept across his face. He began to laugh, and I swore I saw him tear up a little. His smile was so uncontrollably contagious that I smiled back, but I let tears fall from eyes unlike him.

"You will?" He asked. I nodded, and as I wiped a tear from my face, I galloped over to him and hugged him tightly. He wrapped his arms around me and spun me around in the air as we kissed. When he put me down, he handed me a small box with a ring inside it. When I opened it up and saw what he had for me, my crying fully erupted and I put my hand over my mouth. It was the most amazing ring I had ever seen. To think I thought my mother's ring was the best there ever was, and then Flynn brings me this.

Flynn took it out of the box and slipped the ring onto my finger. When I felt the rose gold on my skin, it was like I was at last complete. When I saw that ring, I could only feel the void that I had fill up and disappear in seconds. Flynn had saved my life countless times before, he had told me he loved me and he had the will to give me all he had, but this was the best thing he could ever do for me, and that was the honest to God truth.

•••

Hilda's point of view:

The kitchen was silent, and so it had been for a while since Elora and Flynn were gone. I didn't realize until now that she was the main reason that room bursted with noise and bright song, she was the one that always cooked in it. I missed her so much, and I constantly wondered how she was doing and what was happening. We had heard from David the day they arrived saying they were safe, which put my mind at ease somewhat.

The phone rang when I was preparing lunch for everyone in the house. Since she left I was the one left to do the cooking. I didn't really mind though, it kept me busy and away from all the danger Elora was in. I knew she was fine with Flynn protecting her and the fact that David was hiding them. But it could only work for so long before they would have to move away again. When I went to answer the phone, I was just relieved to hear from Elora.

"I have news," Elora said happily on the phone as I held it to my ear. To hear her laughing and to picture her smiling was more than enough to put me into a good mood for the rest of the day.

"What are your news?" I asked. Elora seemed so excited, as if something so revolutionary had happened to her that her life had changed forever. Maybe it had, maybe something that crucial had happened to her. Whatever it was, I just hoped it would keep her as happy as it could for as long as possible.

"Flynn proposed to me, and I said yes," she replied. My eyes widened when she spoke those words. Flynn and her were getting married?! My baby was going to be a wife?! I could barely contain my excitement as she announced this. It was true that happiness and love still existed in times even as tough as the ones we were going through were

"What?! Elora! Congratulations!" I said to her. She was laughing and I could tell she was crying tears of joy. Finally, my baby could breathe for a while before she had to go back to figuring out this trouble.

"We're getting married in a courthouse in a couple of days but the ceremony is going to be at home when all of this is over. I want all of you to be there when I get married," Elora replied. I was so happy for her, and I couldn't wait to see her walking down the aisle so she had the chance to spend her entire life with Flynn. I couldn't pick a better man for my daughter. I was glad all my babies knew how to pick men, I would hate to know they had failed my daughters. I didn't want to have to kill anyone.

"That's amazing, Elora, really! Thank you for telling me! I've been wanting to have a call from you for a long time," I said to her. I could basically hear her smiling from the other line. I heard the voice of Flynn from the other side, but it was muffled and I couldn't hear what he was saying.

"Flynn asks that you check with dad to make sure it's okay that we get married. He says he's sorry that he can't ask him himself," Elora said with a laugh. I knew Flynn and Elora would get married whether Jack wanted it or not, but I was glad that Flynn was so courteous towards his future father in law.

"Absolutely. I should go before these long distance charges rack up. I love you so much, and take care of yourself. Tell David I said hello," I replied. She told me she would and that she loved me back. She hung up the phone and as I placed it back on the receiver, I had to cry in happiness. Finally, there was a little semblance of happiness that my baby could keep with her forever.