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Click hereThey continued hand in hand, walking in silence until they finally broke through the tree line and froze as they caught sight of the view. The sun was close to setting and struck the slopes on one side of the valley at an angle, enhancing the deep reds, oranges, and golds while the slopes on the other sides were in cool shade as the sun slowly sank behind them.
Mike shook the blanket out and stood behind her, wrapping them both up while they watched the shade chase the color up the sides of the mountains. The steady thump of his heart echoed through Katie's body and she relaxed against him, sighing in contentment.
She tried to lean her head back on his shoulder, but he shifted unexpectedly and dropped one side of the blanket. The chilly breeze snuck into their warm little cocoon and she grabbed the edge and quickly pulled it back up.
"Do you need to pee or something? Stop fidgeting."
"I can't help it, I'm nervous."
Katie snorted and tried to turn and look at him, but he tightened his arms around her and held her still. "I think we can manage to keep from falling over the edge, it's a good ten feet away."
"I'm not worried about falling. I'm nervous about this."
He hand poked up out of the blanket just as the sun dropped below the ridgeline and the last rays of sunshine glinted off the stone nestled in the white gold band, shooting tiny rainbows across his hand.
"I love you, Katie. I can't imagine the rest of my life without you. I don't even want to try."
It was a credit to the hard work they'd put in over the last year, the strength of their love, and probably Katie's continuing therapy that there was no hint of fear or hesitation in her mind. She was nodding before he even finished speaking.
"I love you too, of course I'll marry you." She turned in his arms and wrapped her hands up around his neck, unable to keep herself from looking in his eyes any longer.
"How do you know that's what I was going to say?" He frowned, but there was a glint of amusement in his eyes.
"Oh well," she said, feigning nonchalance. "It's obvious, I mean who wouldn't want to marry me."
Mark's straight face broke and he laughed, the sound warming her from the inside out. "I can't really argue with that."
Katie lifted onto her tiptoes and kissed him, slipping her tongue into his mouth and pressing her body along his. As usual his chest was radiating heat like her own personal furnace and she curled her body around him to absorb it.
Eventually she tore herself away and managed to speak. "I'm sorry I interrupted. Did you have something you wanted to ask me?"
To her surprise and mild embarrassment he immediately dropped to one knee and took her hand.
"Katie, will you marry me?"
She fell to her knees in front of him, nodding as he slipped the ring on her finger. His arms came around her waist and pulled her into his lap as he sat down. They stayed there, quietly sharing each other's space as the sky turned dark and the stars began to appear.
"We should go start the fire," Mike said, kissing her temple.
"Yeah, probably." Katie tightened her arms around him, warm in his embrace and not quite ready to let him go.
Eventually they made their way back to the campsite and got the fire lit. After eating their cup noodles and fruit Mike surprised her with a small bottle of champagne.
"It's warm, but it seemed like a good idea at the time."
"I don't care if it's warm, it's still champagne. Just don't tell Caleb, we have our hardcore backpacking rep to maintain."
"My lips are sealed," he said as he popped the cork and poured the bubbly liquid into their coffee mugs.
"Cheers."
Mike settled behind her on the blanket and she leaned back against him as they gazed at the fire and sipped their warm champagne.
"So how soon do you think your family would be able to make it here?"
"What?"
"Your mom and everyone, do you think they'd be able to get here some time in the next two weeks?"
"Do you...are you...." He stared at her like she'd grown a second head. "You mean for a wedding?"
"Yeah." She shrugged, half turning in his arms so she could look him in the eye. "Why wait? Let's do it before I start school."
"Are you sure? You don't want the whole big...thing?" He gestured in the air vaguely.
"I don't need all that. I don't have any family to invite, as long as your family and a couple of our friends are there it would be perfect. Plus I just got done planning a wedding and it was way more trouble than it was worth. Do you have any idea how much Caleb and Sarah spent on it? And that doesn't even count what Sarah's dad shelled out."
"Well, if you're sure I guess I can call my mom and find out when they can get here."
"If you want the big wedding we can do it. I don't want to veto it."
"No. Hell no, the sooner you're my wife the better." He hugged her tight and buried his face in her neck, chuckling softly. "My wife...I like that."
"Me too."
It's Been Over A Year
Since the the last comment, this series deserves better than that by a long shot. One quibble with way too many authors; "Their egos are so damn fragile." I'm so fucking tired of reading that! Who's ego was so fragile here? It wasn't Mike. It comes up time after time in LW stories and seemingly always After the Woman screws the Guy over and he has a fragile ego. The women don't seem to understand there's a difference between getting screwed and getting laid. Still, *****'s Signed: BTW
Happy tears. Thank you for making me cry again. :)
LOVE Sarah. Awesome bff!
Nice style easy to follow and yes a nice mix of subject. In the name ocf fun a little more embarrassment on the return to Mikes for pizza but that wasn't the point. I would ask if Katie had a sister, God she knows how to cum how fun for me at least.
Well done!
Nice mix of story, characters, plot and porn!!!
Also kudos for readability! Obvious care was taken in the proofreading, thank you for that effort!
You have a gift, or you are a psych major... Lol
Your understanding of human motivation is quite good.
Please keep writing.
I found your stories. They really are a "breath of fresh air." You nicely tied up the loose ends with Chapter 5. Loved it.
I'm a sucker for a romance story with a happy ending. Panthem, you're the best!
You have a knack for making your characters sound like real people! Also LOVE the way you describe the characters without saying "I'm 6'3" with dark brown hair." We understood that Mike and Katie appreciated the other without having it shoved down our throats. Great story! I will be reading your other submissions soon.
and here I am finishing another of your series! Amazing characters, interesting plots, and unbelievable sex scenes in all of your stories; not to mention honest-to-God good writing! Please keep up the great work.
Who doesn't like a little predictability? I found it sweet and definitely worth multiple reads. I'm going through your work in chronicological order, so this is my first but I'm more than happily on to the next one.
-onxy
Beautiful story, captured the essence and beauty of their spirit... erotic, witty, sensitive, perfect dialogue, Definitely up there with Auto_Erotica series (Madam_Noe), Baby Fish Mouth (Zuzuspetal), Various stories by Wishfulthinking, English Rose series (GoJennGo) as well as various stories by Pepperpace.
Panthem? Thank You for sharing your talent with us.
One other person caught that. I did it twice and I really don't know where that came from, I don't have any other characters in any other stories named Mark. I don't even KNOW anyone named Mark. *shrug* Sorry about the slip-up though. I know that sort of thing is distracting.
As for story similarities...I guess I can see your point. There are certain...elements I like to get in my stories. And this story and Turning of the Stars actually started as one story and I had to split it very early on because my characters were getting schizophrenic and the story wanted to go two different directions (tends to happen to me a lot, I wish I could write choose you own adventure romance). Anyway, I really try hard to make my characters unique and true to themselves. I hope it was more plot similarities as opposed to character similarities you were picking up on. That tendency, at least, I am aware of and know when I'm doing it.
At any rate, I'm glad folks are enjoying the stories. This one, honestly, isn't my favorite because it was one of my first and some of the glaring errors make me cringe. Also, the cheese-factor is strong with this one and I'm really trying to cut dairy from my writing diet. I like to think I'm getting better with each try.
So don't get me wrong, I love you and your writing( I actually spent like thirty minutes looking for this story to read it again cause I forgot the name) but am I the only one who noticed that you accidentally called him mark on the last page? Didn't wreck the story for me or anything. Just kinda funny.
Panthem! Keep writing please! Another fantastic contribution to the annals of Literotica :) Fan for life <3
I don't know if it's just me but all of your characters seem the Sam from the 2 stories I've read. In both the girls both give bj's like a pro and they don't have penetration in the first chapters just masturbation and they break up and get back together. I don't know if that was on purpose but I think on the next story you should mix it up because you are an amazing writer and I like your writing style. Keep up the good work!!!
I am so glad I found your writing. I have been reading stories from Literotica for a long time now and you are one of the best on the site. I never knew how much more turned on I could be with no misspelling or bad grammar to get in the way. Your characters are great and the writing is so witty and sexy. Keep the stories coming!
This story deserves more than a 5. Like the judges on Dancing With The Stars say, perfect rhythm, perfect choreography, perfect timing.
OH My! What can I say....Mike! what a hot guy! And a really sexy story in all! <3