Stacie pushed her bike against the wall. She saw Aubrey's keys on the table and frowned. She walked upstairs to their room and found her sitting on the floor surrounded by shoes. "Babe, what are you doing home so early?"

"You're back!" Aubrey stood up. "Shit, what time is it?"

She wrapped her arms around Stacie's neck. "It's six, what are you doing?" She hugged Aubrey close.

"I came home early to be here when you got home from your exam. I was cleaning out the closet and lost track of time, I was gonna make dinner." Aubrey pouted.

Stacie smiled and pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. She kissed her. "We can order in."

Aubrey nodded, rubbing their noses together. "How did your exam go?"

Stacie groaned. "I don't know, it was long and I'm sure everything I wrote is wrong."

"I'm sure you did great, babe. You're my little genius." Aubrey kissed her. "Now lie down and relax while I order something. I'm really glad the semester is over."

"Me too. I've been working so hard I was afraid my brain might melt and start leaking out my ears." Aubrey chuckled and rubbed Stacie's temples.

"We can't let that happen." She pushed her down onto their bed and kissed her. "I'll be back in a bit to give you a backrub."

Stacie stretched on the bed and sighed. She couldn't believe she was done with her first year of grad school. She looked at the picture of her and Aubrey on the bedside table and smiled. Things had been good. It was a little wobbly at first but things were better than ever now. Living together had been an adjustment at first, but they had settled into a nice routine soon. Getting to come home to Aubrey every day was amazing.

"I ordered Chinese." Aubrey got on the bed next to her and put her hand on Stacie's hip. "Now, I believe I promised you a backrub."

"So he fell into a bear trap, and we were waiting for the people with him to figure out how to get him out because well, that's the point. But apparently everyone hated him so they just stood around staring at him, dangling up there. And he was yelling, just cursing at everyone which of course didn't make anyone want to move to help him. So anyway, I wanted to leave early to be here so I didn't have time to wait for these people to feel sorry for him or for him to stop being an ass, so I got the shotgun and shot the rope." Aubrey took a forkful from the container in her hand and put it in her mouth.

"Oh my god, Bree! You can't get people down by shooting at them!" Stacie laughed. "You're gonna kill someone or get sued."

Aubrey scoffed. "Everyone signs a release. Pass me the spring rolls."

"Still, no shooting." Stacie pointed her fork at her warningly. "I'm used to having you here, I'd be so lonely if you go to jail."

Aubrey rolled her eyes. "Fine, I won't shoot at people anymore."

Stacie got up and kissed her on her way to the cooler by the door. "Thanks, baby."

They had dinner on the roof of their brownstone whenever the weather allowed it. They had a table and some chairs set up, as well as some fairy lights. Stacie grabbed another beer and walked back to her seat but Aubrey pulled her onto her lap as she walked by. Aubrey wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled her close. Stacie looked into Aubrey's eyes, she ran her fingers down her cheek. She could look into those eyes for the rest of her life. "I love you."

Aubrey smiled. "I love you too."

Stacie shook her head. "I really, really love you."

Aubrey chuckled. "I really, really love you too, babe."

"Aubrey." Stacie swallowed. She could feel her heart hammering in her chest. She hadn't really planned on doing this tonight but she had been thinking about it for a while. This wasn't the way she wanted to do it but she couldn't wait any longer. "Will you marry me?"

Aubrey's eyes widened. "What?"

"Will you marry me? I have a ring! I don't have it on me right now, I didn't plan on doing it like this, I just couldn't wait." She cupped Aubrey's cheeks. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I-I love you, Bree, I love you more than anything. Please say yes." Aubrey was looking at Stacie with her mouth open. She blinked and a tear escaped her eye. She nodded and choked out a sob. "Is that a yes?" Aubrey nodded again. Stacie wiped Aubrey's cheeks and kissed her. "Wait here."

Stacie got up from her lap and ran downstairs. She came back up a minute later and kneeled in front of Aubrey. Stacie took her hand and Aubrey covered her mouth with her other hand, tears streaming down her face. Stacie held out a box in her hand and opened it. She took the diamond ring out. "Aubrey, baby, you make me so happy. I don't ever want to be without you again. Everything I do, everything I've worked for, it's better because I have you to share it with. Will you make me the happiest person in the world and agree to marry me?"

Aubrey chuckled. "Yes."

Stacie slipped the ring onto her finger with a huge smile on her face. Aubrey lifted her hand to take a closer look at the ring. She looked at Stacie kneeling in front of her and jumped on her, kissing her. When she pulled back, they were both beaming. Aubrey pecked her lips. "I love you."

"I love you."

A/N: Thanks for reading!