Just My Luck 2

Chapter 7

Isaac was down on one knee with a breath-taking ring in hand. He just asked me to marry him. I just stared at him though. No words are coming out of my mouth. How is this happening? Right here, right now, the man I am in love with is down on one knee asking me to marry him and that scares the sh*t out of me. My life has been turned upside down a few times. The amount of crap I have been through would easily scare anyone off. But here he is asking me to marry him.

"Sam? Say something please." The sound of Isaacs' voice brings me back to reality.

"Why me?" My face immediately went red when I realized I had just said that out loud.

"Why not you?" Isaac stood up, grabbing both my hands.

"Sam, when I first met you 6 years ago, I had no idea then just how much I would love you. You are brave, courageous, caring. You put up with my sh*t." Everyone laughs at that. Including me.

"You have been through so much in your life, and you've had to go through it alone."

"Hey now." Sadie shouted out.

"Sorry, but my point is, you are the most amazing girl I have ever met in my life. You filled the empty space I didn't know I had in my heart. So Sam, will you do the honor in becoming my wife." Tears are falling down my face with all the sweetest things he had said. Everyone waits for my response in silence.

"Yes, of course I will marry you." Cheers erupt as Isaac grabs hold of me, lifting me in the air, swinging me around.

"God I love you Sam." He says kissing me with a fiery passion.

"I love you too Isaac." Our friends came to congratulate us. We spend the rest of our night enjoying each others company and celebrating the love we have for one another. The following day I wake up with the worst headache. I walk out into the kitchen to grab some water and an aspirin when I am met with a mostly naken Sadie and Ian coming out of the door hand in hand with big smiles on their faces. They don't notice me at first, so I stand there silently. Waiting. They laugh and Sadie pushed Ian and turned. Spotting me. They froze in their tracks.

"Hey guys." I say with a sh*t eaten grin on my face.

"Hey Sam. Um, what's up?" Ian pipes in.

"Not much. It looks like you two are having fun." I say smiling.

"Yes Sam. We are having a lot of fun thank you." Sadie says rolling her eyes at me. We spend the day relaxing, veggying out and curing our hangovers. That evening, the guys decided to go get Chinese food for us. So it gave Sadie and I time to talk.

"Hey, I'm sorry about earlier. I wasn't meaning anything bad. As long as you're happy."

"To be honest I like him. I have fun with him."

"So what's the problem?"

"He's just so....... Ian." She giggles a little,

" Okay, and your point?"

"I don't know. We will have to see where it goes, I guess."

"Okay." I gave her a hug and we start a show waiting for the guys to get back. When they finally return we turn the show off and put on a movie. That's how our days off go. We hang out, have a few drinks, and make memories. The rest of the time is spent at work.

It's been a year since Isaac proposed to me. Things have been good. Rough but good. Sadie and Ian moved in together. They are inseparable now. And they make such a cute couple. Isaac and I have had our ups and downs. But what couple doesn't. The latest argument?? It's about why I haven't started any wedding planning.

"I told you I didn't want a rushed wedding."

"It's not rushed! We have been together for over a year now!"

"You're right. We have been. But most of that time has been full of changes and drama and life-changing events. We haven't had a lot of time to just......... Be."

"So what, you don't think that my feelings are real?"

"That's not what I said!!"

"It basically is." He said as he stormed away and walked to the bedroom, slamming the door.

"Really, slamming the door?! You're acting like a child!" I am met with mumbles that I can't hear. God I love that man but he really p*sses me off. If our lives aren't in danger, or the club is getting cleaned up after a murder, or My best friend is hooking up with his brother, we fight. I mean really, how do we know how we truly feel about each other without any drama? I decide that I am going to take a walk so I put on my tennis shoes and walk to the front door. Isaac comes out just as I'm about to walk out.

"Where are you going?"

"Out."

"Where?"

"Oh my god..... STOP! You don't get to control my every move Isaac. I'm going out." I walk out closing the door behind me. Later I find myself sitting on a swing at the local park. Thinking about everything. I'm not sure how long I have been here, but I have finally cleared my head and let out all my anger. I start walking back home. By the time I get there it's already starting to get dark. I walk inside to see things smashed everywhere. Glasses, vases, the kitchen table is flipped over, the coffee table is on its side, the couches are not in their normal spots. They are about 5 feet from their usual spots with the coushons flung everywhere in the living room. I follow the mess to my bedroom. Isaac is sitting on the floor leaning up against our bed with a bottle in his hand.

"Did you do all this?" I am met with silence.

"Isaac!!" Still silence. A few moments later after I had left the bedroom Isaac walks out and stops in the entrance of the hallway.

"Is it because of Scott?"

"Excuse me?" I spin around.

"You heard me. Do you not want to marry me because of Scott?"

"You have no right...."

"I have every right!!!! You are my fiance!!!!!" I stumbled back a bit. He has raised his voice to me sure but never like this. What has gotten into him?

"I was." I say as I take the ring off my finger and throw it at him.

"Sam."

"Don't." I say holding up my hand. I go to grab my purse and my keys when Isaac come up to me and grabs my arm.

"You can't leave."

"The hell I can't."

"Sam please."

"Get your hands off me." He slowly lets go of me and I walk to the door. I make my way to my car and drive away. Down the road a bit I have to pull over. Tears are blurring my vision. I have to pull myself together. When I finally collect myself I look in my purse. Damn, I forgot my phone. It's ok. I don't have any one to call any way. I don't want to burden Ian or Sadie with this. I put my car back in drive and go. I don't know where I am going I just know I need to go. I must have been driving for at least 3 hours when I spot a motel. I have cried so much I have a headache, my eyes burn, and I am utterly exhausted. I pull in and get a room.

"How many nights?" The clerk asks.

"Um, can I do a night by night?"

"Sure honey." She says handing my room key after I pay. I make my way to the room and collapse on the bed. I don't have clothes, I don't have toiletries. F*ck!!!!! I have to go home. I guess not till tomorrow though. I took a shower, and even though I had to put my clothes back on it was a much needed shower. I played in bed not able to fall asleep. How dare he accuse me of not wanting to marry him because of Scott. I want to marry him. I just don't want to rush it. I want to make sure that it will last. Is that too much to ask for? Sometime during the night I fell asleep. I'm woken up to the hotel phone ringing.

"It's 8a.m. ma'am. Are you going to stay another night?"

"No ma'am. I will be leaving here in just a few."

"Okay. Thank you for your stay." And the phone goes dead. I guess it's back to reality now. I drive back home going over what I could possibly say to Isaac. Dreading the state of our house when we get there. I pull up to the house and see his truck is still there. Thank god he didn't drink and drive. I walk to the front door and open it. Yup the house is still a mess. I guess I'll have to clean that up. He's probably still sleeping with how f*cked up he got last night. I put my purse down on the counter and start cleaning. 15 minutes in to my cleaning I hear rustling coming from my bedroom. Is he finally waking up? I go to the hallway and make my way to my door. Opening it.

"You have got to be f*cking kidding me."