And now it's time for the super epic, super long final chapter!

Put a Ring On It

1945

Minnie was in her living room one afternoon. Daisy sat on the couch flipping through a magazine and she watered the flowers on the windowsill. She loved flowers and her house was covered in them. And her garden was always flourishing.

"These are my favorites," she said as she watered the pink and red roses that Mickey had gotten her. "They're beautiful, aren't they? The biggest roses I've ever seen."

"You'd better take a picture. They won't last forever," Daisy said turning the pages of the magazine.

Minnie thought of that and pulled out her new camera and took a quick picture.

"Hey Minnie, they did an article on wedding dresses," Daisy said excitedly.

Minnie came over and sat next to her to look through the pictures with her.

"How come you and Mickey aren't married," Daisy asked.

"We haven't even been together that long Daisy."

"Please! You've been together for a really long time. You've been together since you were 15 years old for crying out loud."

"Well we already love each other," Minnie said stubbornly. "Why do we need to get married?"

"So you can belong to just each other, so you'll have a wedding ring, so you won't have to go back and forth between each other's houses to have sex."

"That doesn't matter…"

"Come on Minnie. You can't tell me you haven't fantasized about your dress and wedding day and how big that ring is going to be, because knowing Mickey you know it's going to be HUGE. And living together and having kids and all that."

Minnie was silent for a moment. She had fantasized about it a lot actually. She really did want to get married. "Well…"

Daisy was satisfied that she had her now. "Exactly. Donald and I definitely would have been married if we'd been together as long as you two." Donald had worn her down and she gave in and was now his girlfriend. After he crashed her wedding and came into her room before she walked down the aisle and told her how much he really loved her.

"Well how would I know if he wants to marry me?" Minnie said still being stubborn.

"I'll ask him."

Minnie shook her head. "Mickey would never tell you."

Daisy thought about that for a moment. Minnie was the only one who he ever shared feelings like that with and he hadn't even told her. No way he'd tell it to anyone else. "You're right."

"Right," Minnie said going through the pictures. "So it doesn't matter."

"You know sometimes girls ask their boyfriends to marry them," Daisy pointed out.

Minnie looked at her like she was crazy. "Who's ever done that?"

Daisy shrugged. "I don't know but it was in Cosmopolitan magazine about girls proposing. It's becoming very common."

Minnie was still looking at her like she was crazy. "No around here. I've never heard of it before." She closed the magazine. The pictures of wedding dresses were actually starting to make her a little sad. "Forget about it Daisy. If Mickey really wanted to marry me he'd have said it by now. If he doesn't want to then…then I'm okay with just being with him."

After filming that day Mickey was waiting for Minnie.

"So how come you and Minnie aren't married?" Goofy asked.

"What?" Mickey said thinking it was a really random question.

"That is true," Donald said. "You wouldn't believe all the headlines I see. 'When are Mickey and Minnie Mouse going to get married?', every day. It's getting a little ridiculous."

"Well why don't you marry Daisy?"

"We haven't even been together a year. You and Minnie have been together for 17 years for crying out loud."

"You're not getting any younger Mickey," Goofy pointed out.

He saw Minnie and he came over to her and she happily kissed him. "You know you were great today?" he said brushing his fingers across her cheek happy to have a subject change.

She kissed him again. "Thank you honey."

"You want to go out to dinner?"

"Of course." She noticed Daisy giving her a look and mouthing "tell him" to her. Minnie rolled her eyes and left with Mickey.

Mickey was on David Letterman one evening. Aside from acting he was always doing talk shows and interviews. It seemed like everyone wanted to talk to him, especially these days. But it was expected, he was an icon after all. He was on the talk show set sitting on the couch and Letterman was sitting next to him. He liked talking to Letterman. Some interviewers were just annoying but Letterman was cool.

"Disney is continuing to sky rocket. You guys are famous worldwide now. How does that feel?" Letterman asked.

"It's amazing. We all work really hard so to see that it's all paying off is really great."

"Especially you. You're becoming an icon. I don't think there's a single person in America who doesn't know the name Mickey Mouse."

"Yeah. That's pretty crazy."

"I know there's that privacy issue. How do you deal with that?"

Mickey just shrugged. "I don't let it bother me. In all honesty I just ignore it. I can't let them rule my life."

"That's a good mind set to have. A lot of people who have that amount of publicity can't handle it."

"It's true and it's a shame. If you go into this, then that's just the price you pay but you can't let it control you. I go where I want and do what I want and I don't care who's following."

"Are there any movies in the making?"

Mickey chuckled. "I'm not supposed to give away anything. Walt swore me into secrecy."

"Can you at least tell us if there's something coming out soon."

"Well as far as I know the script it still being written but yes, there will definitely be something out."

"So do you ever help Walt write scripts or are you just strictly an actor."

"Oh yeah, I definitely do more than acting. I've written my own scripts a few times and I've directed. The last one I wrote was "Lend a Paw" last year. And Walt usually gives us free range to revise the scripts and improv if we want to."

"You know I have to ask about Minnie."

Of course he had to ask about Minnie. Everyone always asked about Minnie. Not that he minded. He loved Minnie and he loved talking about her. And he knew exactly what Letterman was going to ask. It was what everyone had been asking lately. Either way he said, "What about Minnie?"

"Everyone wants to know, when are you two going to get married?"

"We'll get married when the time comes."

He was at home one morning a few weeks later eating cereal for breakfast. He would have liked a cheese omelet but he couldn't make one as good as Minnie did.

"Hello?" she said.

"Hey baby."

"Hi honey," he could tell how happy he was that he had called.

"Are you doing anything later?"

"No, not yet. You want to go out?"

"Of course dearest."

"Where?"

"It's a surprise. But I will tell you it's something fancy. I'll pick you up at seven, okay?"

"Okay, bye Mickey."

Mickey arrived at her house a little after seven. She was okay with it. She was used to him being late. When she opened the door all ability to speak was gone. She had on a long rose pink dress that was sparkling and a matching hair bow. She looked as stunning as she always did. Before he could find his voice again she reached out and hugged him.

"I've missed you today," she said before kissing him.

"I've missed you too," he said still feeling dazed by how beautiful his girlfriend was. "You look so beautiful tonight Min."

She felt herself blush. "Thank you sweetie."

He took her to a very fancy expensive restaurant on the Hollywood Boulevard. It had several floors. After their delicious dinner they went to the higher floor where they had a band and orchestra playing and they danced for hours. It was very late. Before they left he took her up to the rooftop where there were soft lights and the stars above that set a romantic atmosphere.

"This is so beautiful," Minnie said mesmerized by all of it.

They could still hear the music from inside. It was a slow romantic song. He pulled her to him kissed her lips. "We have enough time for one last dance. You want to?"

She wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled. "Of course I do." They slow danced through the entire song. Jut the two of them up here, under the stars. It was the most romantic thing ever.

After the song ended they stopped rocking back and forth and just held each other. He rested his forehead on hers and looked into her beautiful eyes. "You're so beautiful Min."

She giggled. "You're sweet." She couldn't help thinking of what Daisy said right now. She wanted more than anything to be his wife. "I love you so much Mickey. I…" But she just couldn't bring herself to say it. It wasn't how it was done.

She didn't have to say it. He put his fingers over her lips. "I know Min. You don't have to say it."

She blinked. Was he a mind reader now? "What? You do?"

"Yes. I love you just as much dearest."

She thought he had misunderstood her until he spoke again.

"There's a reason we're here tonight Min."

"What's the reason?" she said confused.

"There's something I want to ask you. Something I've wanted to ask you for a long time." He was so nervous right now. He couldn't imagine why. This was Minnie, his first love, the woman he could tell anything to and not have to worry about being judged. Why was he so nervous around her now? He held her hands and looked into her eyes. "I could never begin to tell you how much. I need you in my life Min. You are my whole life now. I never in a million years could have imagined being able to say that to anyone. There's one person in this world who I love and adore more than anyone could possibly imagine. And that's you."

She felt so touched by him saying all of this. She felt her eyes sting with tears. Then he got down on one knee. Heart raced as she realized what was going on. He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled something out. Then put the most beautiful diamond ring she'd ever seen on her finger. "Will you marry me Minnie?"

A huge smile spread across her face. The tears finally fell. She couldn't have held them back if she tried. She bent down him tightly. "Oh Mickey! Yes!" she exclaimed. She kissed him passionately over and over again. "Yes I'll marry you!" She kissed him a few more times then looked into his eyes. "I've wanted you to say this for so long. I'd be honored to be your wife."

He was so happy right now. Happier than he'd ever been in his entire life. He wiped the tears from her face. "I'll love you forever Minnie. I promise you I will. You'll always be my only woman."

She hugged him tightly again. He had just made her the happiest girl in the world.

Because we all know they've been married for a very long time! They think that we don't know they're married. But honestly, they've been together what, 84 or 85 years now? Of course they got married a very long time ago!

They've got everyone pressuring them to get married, trying to tell them what they already want.

Minnie is struggling with the ideals of the time, that she can't tell him she wants to get married. Keep in mind this is the 1940's. Women are still supposed to be submissive to men. Girls are supposed to obey their husbands and boyfriends and a girl proposing or being the first to bring up marriage is just unheard of.

Of course we all knew Mickey would do it anyway and Minnie had absolutely nothing to be worried about.

Thank you for reading. if you liked it (or didn't like it) please review it. I would appreciate it. Until next time, peace out!