"That's... a lot," he mutters.
"Yeah. I'm sorry I... made that choice for you."
He stares at me for a long minute, without saying anything. I see the sunrise in his clear eyes, but he's looking at me, and only me. After a few seconds, he lets out a little smile, and leans in to give me a quick kiss.
"...So stubborn," he whispers.
"...Anything else?"
"Yeah. My brother was right. I hate that you gave up half your life for me, but... I would have done the same for you."
I smile. I suppose that's okay, then.
"I'm still sorry," I mutter. "We won't get to... grow old together."
"We'll live together for the time we've got," he retorts. "That's fine by me. Also... just because we have a few years doesn't mean there isn't a ton of stuff we can't do."
"Really? What do you have in mind?" I ask, getting a bit closer to him with excitement.
"Well, we should really think about spending more time together, so we should live together."
"Agreed. You can move here, then."
"Why don't you come to my place?"
"Your place is too big, and I love my current roommates. Let's just share with Ben and Kelsi."
"...Okay, I like that. What else?"
"I want to get my own bike, and a proper license," I announce. "Let's go on a road trip, just you and me. I want to go and visit Amy, and meet that useless father of mine. I need to look for young witches too, and teach them what Luna wants me to teach them. It's probably going to be one long trip."
"Deal. ...Is it okay to leave Silver City, though?"
"Silver City will be just fine," I chuckle. "There's your brothers, Nora, Selena... Moreover, I think Ayesha wants to stay. She can watch over while I'm gone. And we can come back whenever we want... I think I found a very nice way to get home very, very quickly if we need to. A new little spell in my book. So, let's just go as far away as we want."
"Oh, I like that. Just you and I on a honeymoon..."
"Honeymoon?" I repeat, raising my eyebrows. "Liam Black, aren't you getting ahead of yourself there?"
"Why not?" he chuckles. "My understanding was that we have to live fast. I want to call you Mara Black soon."
"I never took you for the ceremonial type. Wait... Then, I get to see you in a suit?"
"I get to see you in a pretty dress."
I try to imagine it for a second.
"Alright, but it will be a black one, then."
"Now we're talking, Mrs. Black... Also, I want to have a Liam Jr. or a Mara Jr."
"You want kids?" I repeat, blushing all the way up to my ears.
"You don't?" he asks, visibly worried.
I take a second to think. Well, it's not like I'd be against the idea at all... I can definitely imagine us with a baby or two... A mini Liam and me. I smile.
"No, I think I'd like it... having our own baby."
