" he glanced towards the door and said, "Say your goodbyes and I'll keep this from the council." with that he turned and walked away. Once Leon was su...e Ethan was out of range he would sigh and his shoulder would sag with relief, however it was than he realized everything was about to come crashing down.Sage stretched on the bed and mumbled in a sleepy tone as he came back inside, "You okay?" he did his best to keep his calm and not give away his worry, slipping into the bed with her he took. Wendy held her breath as she watched joy, distress, wonder, anguish, guilt, fear and acceptance play across Alex’s beautiful face. Alex cleared her throat and smiled. “Yes,” she said quietly. Wendy reverently put the ring on Alex’s hand and pulled her off the stool for a languid kiss . The two lovers kneeled next to each other kissing and hugging until Alex broke down crying. “What a mess,” she said, sitting back down with a sigh. “ I can’t wait to tell Kevin . That’s the first thought I had. Keith said, “Alright then we will sign you up for the contract until your graduation day. I want you both to always be sitting down on a towel or something to protect the seat you are on. I don’t want to see or hear about either one of you sitting down with something like you are now.” Both of them said, “Thanks Mom and Dad”.I looked at the clock and it was 6:46 and the school office opens at 7:15. I gave my husband a big hug and kiss. Then Bailey gave Dad a kiss and Zach told Dad, “I love you. "What was that about?" Elspeth asked, wiping tears from her eyes still."Aiden was worried that Marcus wasn't as happy as the rest of us. Wondered what was going on." We know you're happy for us," Elspeth assured him, with a pat on the knee."I am. Really. I just... the whole jumping and squealing and... thing. Not me." That's fine."He looked up to find the rest of the group had moved to the pavement when a car came by."What are we doing now?" Pub!" Aiden called, and then pretended to be.