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The idea occurs to me when we're in Las Vegas – the city of impromptu and impulsive marriages. Of course, I've already decided I'm spending the rest of my life with my girl; it's the sight of all the happily married couples that glues and cements the idea and pushes me to make it official.
“When we get home, we should get married.”
Claire whips her head around from the balcony of the hotel we're staying in. “What?”
I grin and walk up behind her, wrapping my arms around her as we take in the view. “I say, we should get married when we get home.”
“But...you've always hated the idea of being tied down.”
The thought of being tied down has always scared me, yes, but tying myself to this woman doesn't make me feel nervous or confined.
“What scared me the most was life passing me by without getting to do all the things I wanted to do.”
“I know.” Claire doesn't want to stop me from doing the things I want to do.
“One of the things I want to do is spend my life loving you, Claire.”
“You're really okay with getting married?”
“Isn't that what you want?”
“Yes, but...isn't it too soon?”
“Are you kidding? We've been seeing each other since July, and I was in love with you for years before that. We don't have to get married the second we touch down in Melbourne, I'm just saying I do want that with you.”
I want Claire to have everything she's ever dreamed of. She wants the house, the husband, and the children. I want to give her that. Not because it's what she wants, but because it's what I want, too. If I had a family, it wouldn't have to be like mine when I was growing up. I wouldn't be like my dad. Claire would make sure we have the stability and security we need, and I could balance that out with my own ideas. Claire wouldn't stop me. She wouldn't need to worry about me coming home to her because I'm quite certain she'd be by my side on whatever adventure we'd go on.
We'd find our way in life. She's my perfect complement – the person I want most. Our time apart in New Zealand showed me that I'm not interested in adventure unless she's there to come home to.
I love her more than anything the world may offer.
“What about children?” she asks.
Her voice is soft and dewy, seducing me with the idea already. I press a kiss to her neck, loving the way her breath hitches and the feel of her shiver.
“What about them?”
“Do you want them?”
“With you, yeah.”
I put my hand on her stomach, picturing her swollen with my child.
“It's just one more adventure, isn't it?”
Before I realised how I felt about Claire, I'd had one type of freedom, but not the other. Physically, I'd lacked the pressures and restrictions of one way of life, but I'd been so obsessed with living life that way that I'd been restricted in a way I hadn't seen until lately. Clinging so tightly to one way of life had bound me to something – even if it was the idea that I should never be bound. I can see that now.
Freedom isn't about not making commitments, it's about being able to flow with life and make decisions that make you happy.
Claire turns in my arms, smiling up at me and putting her hands on my face. “I love you, Dylan James.”
Standing on her tiptoes, she reaches up and kisses me, and I let her explore my mouth with her own. My hand slips inside her gaping robe and I press my aching erection against her.
“Want to start trying now?” I murmur against her lips.
She giggles, even as her head falls back and I nip at her shoulder. “After.”
