Outside the Box (30 page)

“Home?  Did we turn around?”

Spencer laughed, “No, we didn’t turn around I’d say were about an hour away from our destination.”

“And where is that?” I asked while I cleaned myself up. 

“If you can guess by looking out the window I’ll tell you if you’re right or wrong.”

I looked around the bedroom but there was no window, I flipped him off.  He laughed and put our luggage on the bed so we could get dressed.  “Dress casual.” He told me as he slipped into a pair of blue jeans, electric blue
V-neck t-shirt that made his eyes brighter and formed to his massive chest and biceps, then he put a pair of black motorcycle boots on.  “What?” He asked and looked down at his outfit. 

“Nothing, you look really
really
fuckable in that outfit.  The way the jeans mold to your body, I can see the bulge of your…”

“You’re a damn sex fiend, but I love it.” He leaned across the bed, so did I, “I mean it, I love you.  We’re going to have wild monkey sex when we get home.”

“I’m holding you to that.” I whispered against his lips.  We kissed then he left bedroom.  I dressed in my skinny blue jeans, black knee length leather boots, black sequin tank top, then combed my fingers through my hair. 

I buckled my seatbelt and gripped Spencer’s hand tight as we descended from the air to the runway.  “Aren’t you going to look out and see if you can guess where we are going?” he asked with a laugh.

“Nope, if I feel like we are crashing, I’m sure looking out the window will make the feeling feel a little too real.”

The jet bounced on the runway then
eventually slowing to a stop a couple of minutes later. The steward smiled at me and let the door down.  As soon as I seen the tiny airport we were at I realized we were back in my home town. 

“Why are we here?” I asked.

“Just thought a quick visit was necessary, you’ve been too busy to come home.  I want to see where my beautiful woman came from.”

I jumped into his arms and kissed him loudly, then ran down the steps to the waiting car.  Spencer put our bags in the trunk then opened my door for me, then climbed into the driver’s seat.  “Where to ma’lady?”

The drive to my house only took about ten minutes, sadly there wasn’t anything interesting to point out beside the hill side cliff that I made out with Carter on numerous times.  Spencer didn’t like the story and told me he had heard enough.  We pulled into the driveway of my house, tears formed in my eyes, dad’s pickup was parked at the very back of the driveway by the garage, and a couple of newspapers laid on the front step.

“You okay?” he asked me.

I wiped the tears away, “Yeah, I didn’t realize how much I missed this place.  I’m not sure I can go inside though.”

“I’m here with you, you can rub that big green snot ball on my shirt if you want.”

“Oh my god I do not have a big snot ball.” I laugh cried. 

“Come on.” He kissed my cheek then we both got out of the car.  He held his hand out to me and walked with me to the front door.  I fumbled through my purse for my keys, took a deep breath and unlocked the door.  When I opened it Harold and Carol were standing in the entry way.  “SURPRISE!” They both said with a laugh. 

I looked at Spencer, back at them, then ran and hugged them both.  I couldn’t stop the tears from falling when I felt their arms around me.  “Hey kiddo, you’re okay.” Harold whispered while trying not to cry.  Carol sniffled then pulled away, “You look radiant, my goodness.” She wiped her tears away and smiled at me. 

“Is something baking?” I asked after I had composed myself.

The timer went off, “Yep, supper is almost ready.” Carol turned and went to the kitchen and took a casserole out of the oven. 

“Wait, how did you know we were coming?” I asked then looked at Spencer.  He smiled at me and placed his hand against my back while we walked to the kitchen. 

“Lexi, show him around real quick while Harold and I finish up getting the table ready.”

I showed him the small two bedroom one bath house, he kissed me long and hard in my room.  “I wish I could have met them, they did an amazing job raising you.” He told me causing me to start crying again.  He pulled me into a tight hug, “I love you Alexia.”

“I love you too, thank you for bringing me home.  You’re not planning on leaving me here though are you?  Are you tired of me is that why we are here?”

His laugh vibrated his chest, “Nope, you’ll be going home with me tomorrow.”

We walked out of my bedroom, when we were about to the kitchen Spencer grabbed my hand and turned me to face him.  He knelt down on one knee and looked up at me, “Alexia Dawn Davenport, since the very first kiss we shared I knew that I couldn’t live my life without you in it.  I fell in love with you so fast and hard it scared the living hell out of me.  I can’t stand the nasty ranch and ketchup sauce you eat with your fries, but I would rather eat that than go another day not having you in my life forever.  Will you please say you’ll be my wife?  Marry me Alexia.”

I stood there staring down at the man that I had fallen in love with, the man that
I was so scared was going to break my heart, but this man…this man knelt down in front of me was the man that showed me what true love is. 

“Alexia?” Spencer said with a nervous tone.

“Yes Spencer, I’ll be your wife.” I said.  His smile lit up the room, he slid a massive silver ring onto my finger.  The center stone was a large glistening square with three small squares down each side.  Through my tears Carol’s movement caught my eye, she held her camera to her eye and started taking pictures. 

Over supper we talked about the changes that were taking place around town, Harold and Carol told us about the vacation that they had been on in Arizona, and I told them about beauty school and college.  After supper Spencer and Harold went onto the back patio to visit while Carol and I did dishes.

“Spencer called about a month ago and asked Harold for his permission to marry you.  Imagine the shock when he told us you two have been together for a while, we didn’t meet him when we were there.”

“I know, there was some things going on I wasn’t sure of.  I’m sorry I didn’t
tell you the truth. 

“How did you two meet?” she asked with a big smile.

“Well…I don’t think you really want me to share that story.”

“Sure I do…”

I interrupted her, “I’ll tell you, but you have to promise me you won’t think differently of me.”

“Sweetie I would never think differently of you.”

So…I broke down and told Carol the entire story from day one with Spencer, the fight between Spencer and Derrick, up to where we were currently in our relationship.

She was quiet for a few minutes, I wasn’t sure what she was thinking or what she thought of me.  Carol cleared her throat, “That has to be the most, how should I put it, out of the ordinary, drama filled, best love story I have ever heard.  It makes Harold and I’s meeting at the local town hall dance pretty boring.” She finished with laugh.  “Lexi I don’t want you to ever think you could do anything that would change my opinion of you, you are a smart woman and have blossomed into a beautiful woman since you moved.  I can tell that you are deeply in love with Spencer, let that man spoil you and love you until your last day.”

I wiped away the tears on my cheeks and nodded my head.  Spencer wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my shoulder.  “Everything okay in here?”

“Yes, are you ready to go to bed?  I’m wore out.”

Carol and Harold hugged and kissed me then hugged Spencer, they congratulated us then locked the door behind them when they left. 

The following morning as we started for the airport I asked Spencer if he would stop at the cemetery first.  I found mom an
d dad’s headstone and knelt down in front of it, I spoke no words, I just closed my eyes and let all the years of wonderful memories flow through my mind.  I could feel Spencer when he walked up behind me, he knelt down beside me, “Mr. Davenport and Mrs. Davenport, I promise to love your daughter until I take my last breath, thank you for making our paths cross and bringing this beautiful woman into my life.” He said. 

I started bawling, the ugly kind of cry, the kind where you snort to catch your breath, and hiccup between snorts.  I kissed my hand, touched the headstone and whispered that I loved them. 

On the flight back, Spencer told me he had a couple more surprises waiting for me at home, “You’ve already done too much.” I looked down at my ring, back at him and smiled. 

“I’ll do whatever I want as long as it puts a smile on that beautiful face.” He told me.

We slept most of the flight home, through the turbulence Spencer held me tightly against him in the bed. 

I couldn’t wait to get home, I wasn’t sure what was going to top the beautiful ring he had put on my finger but I knew it would be something I loved. 

Jocee and Victoria were standing on the front steps of the house waiting as we pulled up in front of the house and greeted us both with hugs and kisses.  They cried when they looked at the ring, but they both admitted they knew he was going to be asking me.  We walked in the house, there was a little tiny black kitten with a diamond shape patch of fur on the end of it nose sitting on the floor with a pink ribbon on tied loosely around its neck. 

“Oh my goodness!” I squealed and picked it up. 

“That’s Casper.” Spencer said from beside me, I turned and there was Spencer holding a large floppy eared dark gray almost blue looking dog that was about the size of a baby calf.  “And this is Tiny.” He scratched the dog’s head.  “I figured until we get started on those twelve kids, these would have to do for a while.” He smiled at me. 

“Thank you so much!  What kind of dog is that?”

“It’s a Great Dane.” Spencer smiled proudly. 

I laughed, “People are going to think we are crazy when they ask our pets names.”

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Destiney screamed with excitement and cried when I showed her my engagement ring, she told Spencer, “You’re an asshole for not asking me, THE lifelong best friend!”

“Right, like you would have been able to keep your mouth shut.  One glass of wine and you would have ruined the surprise.” He told her.

She gasped, “I most certainly would not have!”

He raised one eyebrow at her, “Okay maybe I might have.” She said and laughed. 

I continued going to school and working at the salon, I had researched dress after dress
online, but couldn’t find anything I liked.  Carol and Harold flew out one weekend so she could go with, me, Destiney, Amber, and Julie.  Spencer insisted that he pay for the dress and shoved his card at me, “Don’t come home without one.” He told me.

I tried on forty seven dresses, and hated every single one of them.  “You guys, he’s going to think I’m doing this on purpose.  I can’t find one dress in this city?  Who has that problem?!”  I flopped down into the car. 

“You’ll find something, when you find the right dress you’ll know.” Carol patted my leg.  We went out for supper before returning back to the house.  All of the guys were out back around the pool listening to music, playing poker, and drinking beer.  Derrick yelled, “Fucking cheaters!” and threw his hand of cards into the pool, Tiny the not so tiny Great Dane jumped in after them.  Harold and Spencer were both laughing so hard they were in tears, Derrick walked around the table.  Grabbed Spencer by the collar of his shirt and dragged him to the edge of the pool then pushed him in.  Tiny had three cards in his mouth and swam over to Spencer that was still laughing. 

“Oh my god, you’re really going to marry into this family?” Amber asked. 

“Yep, if you’re lucky maybe you will too.”

“Oh no no no…that’s the furthest thing from my mind.  I’m good with dating.”  She was staring at Derrick and biting her bottom lip.  I elbowed her in the ribs then walked over to the pool edge.

“Cheating huh?” I asked Spencer.

He had his arms resting on the edge of the pool, with his hair spiked up, drops of water streaming down his face, and the blue pool lights he looked like a model ready for a photo shoot. 

He crooked his finger at me so I knelt down, “Did you buy a dress?” he asked.

I shook my head ‘no’, before I could say anything I was being pulled into the water. 

“You…you dickhead, my phone was in my pocket!” I sputtered when I surfaced.

“So, you needed a new one anyways, why the fuck won’t you buy a dress?”

“Because I don’t like any of them, isn’t that usually why you don’t buy something?”

He had me pinned against the far side of the pool, “Keep it up with the mouth and I’ll be shoving something in there to shut you up later.”

“Get out of the pool you can bang her when we all leave!”  Derrick yelled.  I pushed Spencer away and swam to the ladder. 

He caught up with me and pinned me against the ladder, “I love you, you’re making me nervous since you haven’t bought anything.  Talk to Jocee and
Victoria, their other sister is a seamstress maybe she knows of a good place.”

“I love you too, honestly I have hated everything I’ve tried on.  I’ll ask them about it Monday.” I kissed him then climbed out of the pool.