‘What are we doing tonight?’ she asked quickly changing the subject. Rayne picked up on her ploy, but didn’t bother pressing it. ‘Lets go out ...o a nice restaurant. We haven’t had a date in a long time.’ he said enthusiastically. He grabbed a hold of her hand and they continued walking. Alex looked up at Rayne and smiled. ‘That’s a wonderful idea.’ It wasn’t difficult to find a suitable outfit at Rayne’s house since half her wardrobe was there anyways, as was much of her make up and shoes. Rayne. His breath steadily rising and falling and that peaceful look on his face was more than I could handle. I inched slowly over to the bed careful not to make a sound for I did not want to wake him. It was the first day he had off in weeks and he definitely needed his rest. Not to mention, we had a big day planned. We had Christmas shopping to do, gifts to wrap, cards to write and cookies to bake. But all that could wait because my baby needed his rest.As I continued to stare at his beautiful. ’ ‘Choice about what?’ ‘Hasn’t she told you, surely she has? We’re going to get married, JG! I’d made my mind up about that a long time ago.’ ‘We are? Don’t you think that you should recover from this ordeal Kylie, before you make those kind of decisions about the future?’ ‘If you insist, I’ll wait, but I’m not liable to change my mind. All I’ve had to think… and dream about, for the last couple of years, is us… you and me, together.’ ‘Then I’d say that is a very good reason to wait a while,. But now, jeez, it seemed too wrong."You know, there's no way I was going to do all the dishes for a whole year if I lost," I lied. "And I didn't think for a second you'd ever blow your own brother..." And with that, I'd let her half off the hook. But I couldn't leave it at that. I had won the damn bet, after all; I should get at least a little schadenfreude out of it. So, I smugly added, "so it looks like you wasted a fortune on toothpaste."She kept her eyes straight ahead and absolutely.