My Sweet Canadian Girl Ch. 12

"Anything good on?" Cassie asked sitting right next to her friend and all but waving her engagement ring in Lei's face. I sat down on the love seat by myself for a change to watch her antics.

"Not really. Here," she said surrendering the remote.

"Thanks," Cassie said making sure to reach across her body to take it with her left hand.

"What did I just see?" Lei asked in an excited voice.

"What?" Cassie said feigning ignorance.

"Is it what I think it is?" Lei turned to ask me.

"You'll have to ask Cassie it's hers not mine," she said.

"Let me see," Lei said pulling Cassie's hand towards her. "Oh wow, it's so beautiful! I'm so happy for you," she said hugging Cassie.

"Wait until I tell you how he asked me," Cassie said smiling at me over Lei's shoulder.

"And you Rick," Lei said standing up to come over and hug me. "Congratulations, it's not everyday a man gets lucky enough to have a woman like Cassie agree to marry him. I can't believe how wrong Jana and I we're about you at first. The world should be full of men like you."

"No. It needs to me full of women like Cassie to make men like me," I corrected her.

"Well I'm glad you finally asked her before she asked you," Lei said and the three of us laughed though only Cassie and I knew how funny it really was.

The TV was forgotten as Lei wanted to hear every detail of our afternoon together. Cassie told her everything except the intimate parts but it was easy to tell what had happened during the blank periods of her story. Already Lei was asking about us picking a date and making Cassie promise that she could be one of her bridesmaids, a prized position if there was ever one. In my mind the early summer would be best. If they got started on our house within a few weeks it would be ready by then and we could move in before we left on our honeymoon.

Lei wanted to take us out for a late dinner to celebrate but we were drained after the long day and put it off until tomorrow. Cassie wanted to start calling people to tell them the happy news. We started with her parents and her father pretended to be mad but she saw right through him. Marc and Julie were next. They wanted to treat us to dinner tomorrow too and had to settle for joining us with Lei. Cassie called her other brother Jay too but he wasn't home and Cassie was hesitant to leave a message that Tamara might hear first.

Cassie's mom had promised to spread the news to the rest of their family so that left mine next. I suggested my mom first but Cassie said she had to be last. Unlike Cassie's family that we spoke to, mine had no idea I was going to propose to Cassie. I called my father's cell phone and after offering his congratulations to both of us, he gave me a lecture on never forgetting why I asked her to marry me everyday for the rest of my life. By now Cassie knew about his third divorce and though she couldn't hear what we were saying, my eyes caught hers when I looked up. My father meant well with his advice but it always made me question my ability to be the husband Cassie deserved and I needed her confident, reassuring gaze to put my heart at ease like it always did.

Cassie wanted to break the news to my sister Susan. She'd been calling her at least once a week to see how Susan's pregnancy was progressing because I was uncomfortable asking about it. I smiled when I heard Cassie warning her to sit down and making her promise not to go into labor before she told her the good news. When I got to speak to my sister I had to put up with her teasing me about waiting so long to propose to a girl far out of my league that she almost came to her senses and left me. It was just big sister teasing. I could tell how happy she was for me and how much she was going to enjoy having my sweet Canadian girl for a sister in law. Before hanging up I assured her we had already booked our flight to come visit soon.

It was time to call my mom now. Soon as I hung up from talking to Susan, Cassie took the phone from me and dialed mom's number from memory. She surprised me by handing it back to me so I could be the one to tell her. I stumbled through a nervous greeting and mom asked me what was wrong in a concerned tone of voice. For whatever reason I found it hard to tell her even though I was certain she'd be thrilled. I finally managed to tell her that I'd given Cassie a ring that day and we were going to be married. My mom squealed so loudly in excitement that Cassie heard it sitting next to me. She was crying into the phone and I missed half of what she was saying until she asked to speak with Cassie. Within moments Cassie was crying too as the one person who never doubted our relationship offered her congratulations. We were going to be staying with my mom when we went to see Susan's baby and she couldn't wait to celebrate with us. At the end of their conversation mom made Cassie smile by saying she didn't think life could get any better with her daughter about to make her a grandmother for the first time and her son marrying the perfect girl.

That night we went to bed late thanks in part to our nap that afternoon. We were too excited to sleep so we started making a list of wedding guests on my laptop. Cassie looked both guilty and sad when she was still thinking of names to add long after I'd run out. I'm sure there were thousands of people whose lives she had touched over the years. It didn't matter to me if the bride's side of the church was standing room only and mine was practically empty, the only thing that was important was her having the wedding she always wanted this time. Lei excused herself to go to bed after helping Cassie review the list of friends from nursing school to make sure no one was left out.

"How soon do to want to do this?" she asked.

"Now is good for me," I said making her giggle.

"I was thinking we could do it on August 27th," she said smiling. "It'll be on a Saturday this year."

"I don't want to wait that long," I said.

"But it's our wedding day," she said reminding me as if I could somehow forget. "It would be perfect. Now that were engaged my parents won't care if we want to buy a house and move into it before then."

"I was thinking early summer. The sooner we get married the sooner we can start trying to have a baby," I said with a smile.

"Now you're playing dirty," she said. "Even so I still think getting married on the same day again would be best."

"Do you want to be reminded of how we deceived everyone on what's supposed to be the happiest day of your life?" I asked.

"I didn't think about that," she admitted.

"August 27th will always be our special day sweetie but having two anniversaries a year would be fun. Wouldn't it?" I said.

"Yes it would," she said smiling.

"It was the two Thanksgivings a year that gave me the idea," I explained. "We just need to add a second Christmas and another birthday each now."

"Everyday with you is wonderful enough," she said kissing me deeply. "I love you so much. We'll get married in a few months and by the end of the year I'll be pregnant with our first baby."

"Nothing could make me happier than that sweetie," I said rubbing my hand over her flat stomach and imagining what it would look and feel like with a baby inside.

That night I was waiting for her in bed as she finished in the bathroom. I was under the blankets with my boxers on but ready to remove them at a moments notice. She came into our bedroom wearing her sexy robe over even sexier lingerie that showed of her beautiful body in exquisite detail. Instead of teasing me she slipped her robe off and crawled under the blankets into my waiting arms. My boxers stayed on which is just as well because I was well spent after our day of torrid love making.

It rained constantly the following day so Cassie and I drove by the site of our future home and snapped dozens of digital photos that would allow her to paint it at her leisure in the comfort of her makeshift studio in the apartment. I offered to take a quick run in to look for her panties and came back laughing with the dripping wet white panties in my hand. Somehow they had ended up hooked on a tree branch a few feet off the ground. Cassie took one look at them and decided she was going to throw them out but I could tell she was relieved that there would be no one fantasizing over her panties besides me.

Dinner that evening was fun, even with Julie pretending to be mad at me because I made her wait until now to see Cassie's ring. Marc, Julie, and Lei took us to nice restaurant having found a babysitter besides us for their children. As precious as their two wonderful kids were, it was refreshing to spend some adult time with Marc and Julie. Julie made a joke that she was relieved to have a night of peace and quiet at the dinner table but I noticed her checking her cell phone three or four times to make sure it was on in case the babysitter needed her. It was a great meal though at the end Lei argued with Marc and Julie because they each wanted to pay, until Cassie threatened to pay for it herself unless they agreed to split the bill.

On Monday, Cassie was back to work and full of excitement when I got home. Her friends at the hospital had noticed her ring right away and were ecstatic for her. All day she kept retelling the story of my proposal as her coworkers listed attentively. They thought it was wonderful way for me to propose and that the ring suited her perfectly. The parents and even some of the children shared in the excitement, with some of the little girls drawing pictures of our wedding day that Cassie brought home with her. The one I liked best had my beautiful bride Cassie in a white dress and me wearing a crown because I was her prince charming. I had some good news for her too. Our loan papers for the building lot were ready and needed just her signature to be complete. By the end of the week it would officially be ours and we could meet with Marc to finalize the design for our home.

Cassie was so excited that she dragged me to bed where we made love frantically, building up a hearty appetite before dinner. Afterwards as she lay in my arms she started to cry, explaining her day at the hospital was everything she imagined it would be. Our first secret wedding would always be special but it wasn't until now that she fully understood how much we missed out on the first time around. I kissed her tears away and promised this wedding would have everything she wanted and dreamed of, that it would be even better than the Barbie doll weddings of her childhood.

At the end of the week we drove to her parent's house to celebrate with them. It was just the four of us on Friday night. We sat together after dinner looking at pictures from her parents wedding. They couldn't be happier for us and were already getting excited over helping us plan the wedding. Cassie explained that June 25th was out tentative date, earning raised eyebrows from her parents. That gave us only about three months to plan everything but Cassie knew I would work as tirelessly as her to make the wedding of her dreams a reality.

The following day her parents had invited the entire family for a barbecue. I met aunts, uncles, cousins, and even one set of grandparents, most of them for the first time, and received a warm welcome from all of them. Jay's fiancee Tamara was absent yet again and I suppose it should have told me something was wrong but I didn't pick up on it at the time. I'm sure Cassie could see it and had probably known for a while but she didn't say anything to me on what was a special day for us. Cassie's aunts and female cousins cornered her in the kitchen to take turns studying her ring as she told them not only about my romantic proposal but of falling in love with me over the past year. I was outside drinking a beer as her uncles asked me questions about my past. It felt a little like an interrogation to be honest, but with Marc, Jay, and most importantly Mr. Dumont on my side they weren't allowed to get too protective of their niece.

Mr. Dumont's huge barbecue came in handy when it was time to grill meat for the small army of Dumonts and Abbotts (Mrs. Dumont's family). Cassie came out to the patio to sit next to me with her drink having been turned on by retelling parts of our love story. I told her I had just been thinking about us getting a big barbecue like her father's to host our own gatherings like this and she kissed me on the cheek with a happy smile. None of the men has seen her ring up close yet, so she made the round letting them take a closer look. When she got to her cousin Alex she said his girlfriend Jennifer had instructed her to make sure he took notes on what an engagement ring looked like. It was an obvious joke at his expense that made him blush and we all laughed, his father the loudest of all.

When it was time to eat an extra table was pulled out and set up to allow just enough room on three separate tables in the dinning room and kitchen. I sat next to Cassie with some of her cousins surrounding us. There were three cute cousins, along with Alex's girlfriend Jennifer, who asked me questions of their own over dinner now that they had me to themselves. At the time I could barely keep their names straight but there was Melanie, Kirsten, and the youngest Renee, who was still in high school. This felt a little like an interrogation too but they were quick to warm up to me without Cassie having to say a word. I looked at her and realized they knew all they needed from the way she gazed at me.

Some of the family had driven for hours to get there and they slowly left one carload at a time after dinner until it was just her brothers, her parents, and us remaining. Cassie and Julie were helping her mom clean up in the kitchen and insisted that we relax in the living room until they joined us. Marc and Julie's two kids went to bed in his old room soon after with the baby monitor on in case one of them woke up. As we chatted Cassie's mom asked us about our up coming trip to see my sister's baby. I couldn't believe my ears when Mrs. Dumont reminded Cassie to make sure we brought a gift for them. Ever since Cassie found out my sister was pregnant she'd been hoarding baby gifts for us to bring with us to California. For a moment I was perplexed until it occurred to me that her mom was a lot like her and Mrs. Dumont's friendly reminder was no different than the way Cassie would casually mention play night at the hospital each and every week.

Now that we were down to the immediate family, it was a good time to do some of the initial planning if we wanted to be ready for a wedding in three months. The women were excited over the opportunity to bounce ideas off each other and the men were free to go. I was required to stay of course even if I wasn't planning to do anything but agree with whatever Cassie wanted anyway. While her father and brothers went downstairs to watch TV, I sat at Cassie's side writing down the ideas she, her mother, and Julie agreed were good. Marc and Jay didn't hesitate to make fun of me but quickly vanished when their mother threatened to make them stay.

Though I wasn't as keenly interested as them at the start, I couldn't help but get drawn in when I saw how truly important it was to Cassie. My promise to give her the wedding of her dreams meant everything to me. When she turned to me with her bright blue eyes and asked what I thought of something, I answered honestly even if she seemed to be leaning a different way because the wedding of her dreams was one that would be memorable to both of us. Cassie knew she could have whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted it from me but our relationship was much more enjoyable for her when I was willing to speak my mind. In the end, she knew it was our wedding but that she had the final say when necessary. It would be more memorable years down the road if she could remind me of the cake I help pick or the DJ I hired for the reception.

"Is it really two in the morning already?" Mrs. Dumont asked not trusting her eyes when she checked the clock.

"Sorry for keeping you up so late," Cassie said with a slightly guilty smile.

"Staying up this late makes me feel young," Mrs. Dumont said.

"You have nothing to be sorry for," Julie said smiling at her sister in law. "I'd never forgive myself if I didn't do everything I could to help you Cassie after what you did for us when we got married. Marc and I wouldn't even be together if it wasn't for you," Julie said touching Cassie's arm and then hugging her when that wasn't enough.

"Well if we can't be sorry for keeping you up, we can be grateful for your help," I said.

"Yes," Cassie agreed. "Thanks to you I already have lots of good ideas to show Rick's mom when we see her in a few weeks."

"What kind of mother would I be if I didn't want to help my only daughter plan her wedding?" Mrs. Dumont asked smiling at me.

"The same kind of future son in law I'd be if I didn't say thank you," I said with my own smile making her laugh.

"Keep your eyes on him Cassie to make sure some other girl doesn't steal him before the wedding," Mrs. Dumont said as she stood up. "C'mon Julie we better check on the men downstairs, I'm sure my husband is asleep down there and the boys might be too."

"We'll wake our husband's up first and make them carry Jay," Julie said snickering with her mother in law as she followed her towards the stairs.

"That was..." I started to say as they turned down the stairs when she swallowed my words with her heartfelt kiss.

"I love you so much," she said with dreamy eyes.

"I love you too sweetie," I said kissing her back. "We better take this to your bedroom before they come back upstairs."

"I'll race you," she said pushing me over on the sofa and rushing towards the stairs. I laughed and decided instantly I'd get back at her by taking my time in the bathroom. By the time I opened the bathroom door she was standing there waiting for me. "I need to pee too," she said smiling at me.

"It's all yours," I said stepping out of her way.

"Don't fall asleep on me," she said with a naughty smile as she gave me an erection-inducing full body hug that would keep me up half the night if she didn't take care of it for me.

"I'll try," I said.

I was under the blankets when she came into the room. She gazed at me for a moment then studied the floor and upon finding my boxers her gaze returned with a smile to accompany it. Cassie started to lift her shirt only to stop when I pointed at the door. Pausing long enough to lock the door she stripped off her clothes so fast my eyes were left spinning after trying to look everywhere at once. She bent over our suitcase and knelt on the end of her bed with her bare pink slit peeking shyly from between her legs. In her hands she had a bottle of body lotion that she squirted into her hands and began rubbing into her already luxuriously soft skin. The smell was intoxicating and the way her skin glistened as she waited for the lotion to absorb drove me wild. When she smiled and held the bottle out to me I nearly fell out of bed in my haste to get the blankets off of me.

Cassie was rubbing lotion into her arms leaving the fun parts for me. Predictably, my hands went straight to her breasts where I squeezed them feeling her already excited nipples stiffen further. The slick lotion made the firm flesh of her breasts slip between my fingers as I tightened my grip. Flicking my thumbs over her nipples made her moan softly through clenched teeth. I repeated the maneuver until she pushed my hands away and threw her arm around my neck pulling me in for a kiss. Her nipples felt hot where they dug into my chest and I knew she felt and appreciated my hard cock trapped between us when she flexed her stomach muscles to tease it.

The game she had started with the lotion was too much fun to quit yet. When she released me and moved as if she was about to mount me, I stopped her and whispered for her to lie on her stomach instead. She agreed but made sure to arch her back in such a way that I got an eyeful of her pretty pink pussy to test my willpower and let me know the continued foreplay wasn't necessary. Once she was comfortably positioned with her hair tucked out of the way, I kissed her near the ankle and made my way up to her lips making sure to stop everywhere in between. Squirting a big pool of lotion into the palm of my left hand, I dropped the bottle on the bed for now and rubbed my hands together in anticipation of caressing her beautiful body.