Chapter 25
Erin’s aunt and uncle couldn’t help but admire the way Ella and the keeper moved around each other in the morning. It was as if they had been married for twenty years; the way Ella added just the right amount of cream to Erin’s coffee, and how Erin put just the right amount of chocolate chips in the forward pancakes. All these little things that after less than six months together they knew off by heart. There were so many small little touches and smiles and kisses, the older couple couldn’t help but adore at the radiant smile on their niece's face.
It wasn’t until Erin wiped a drop of milk from the corner of Ella’s mouth that the keeper’s aunt spoke up. “I can’t take this anymore!”
“What’s wrong aunty?”
“You two! You are so god dang cute I just ughhh I can’t handle it.”
“Ella blushed and the keeper laughed a bit.
“Seriously the way you two look at each other and move around one another it crazy that you’ve only been together for like half a year, it’s amazing.”
“I guess we just get each other, we’ve kind of always moved easily around one another.” Erin said lightly, reaching over to grab the forwards hand.
“What you two have is really special, I’ve only been around you for a day and I can see how much you compliment one another.”
“What can I say, she’s a hell of a catch.” Erin said confidently never taking her eyes off Ella.
“You’re so cheesy.” The forward blushed. “But I love it, and you.”
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“Cara! Megan!” Erin shouted almost tackling her sisters to the ground as they stepped inside.
“Hey lil sis I’ve missed ya.”
“Missed you too Meg, and I guess I missed you too Car.”
“Ya ya, I’ve missed you too.”
“Ella, this is Cara and Megan, guys this is my girlfriend Ella.” The keeper smiled wide as she introduced her sister’s to the forward.
“It’s nice to meet you two.” Ella smiled, both Erin’s sisters pulled her into a quick hug.
“With how much this one talks about you I feel like I already know you, but it’s nice to meet you in person.” Cara smiled giving a nudge to the keeper.
“That seems to be what everyone says.” Ella winked at the blushing keeper.
“Yeah yeah I talk about you a lot what else is new.”
Everyone got a laugh out of this, before they all went to the living room to talk and catch up.
“Okay E, before we get too settled, Car and I both want to have our big sister talks with you and Ella.”
“Oh god, please don’t scare her away.” Erin sighed, and shot daggers at her sisters.
“Hey now, we mean well, just because you’re last girlfriend couldn’t handle us doesn’t me we go in planning on terrifying them.”
“Ya, anyway I can already tell Ella is tough, she can take it.”
“Babe should I be worried?” Ella whispered.
“Don’t worry, they act tough but you could take them.” Erin winked. “Seriously though, they’re just kidding, they really just want to talk.”
“Okay let’s get to it. I call Ella first!” Cara shouted, grabbing the forwards hand and pulling her out to the balcony.
“In case you don’t come back I love you!” Erin shouted, trying to stifle her laugh.
“Love you too!” Ella called out.
“You look a little nervous.”
“Um yeah it’s not you, I just get kind of shy around new people.” Ella admitted.
“Hey don’t worry about it, and I promise I’m actually really nice, as much as we may try to sound intimidating. This is just kind of something me and Megs do because we jokingly made the promise when our dad left that whenever she got a girlfriend we would interrogate them like a father would.”
“That’s really sweet of you, it’s a little thing that I think means a lot to her.”
“Well then, let’s get this interrogation started.” Cara smirked.
“So, what exactly are your intentions with my sister.” She tried to keep a straight face, but failed in the end and burst out laughing.”
“Serious answer?”
“I mean if you’ve got one go for it. Honestly I was just expecting an “I love her and that’s about it.”
“Well I do love her, so we’ll start with that, but quite honestly that doesn’t really sum up how I feel about Erin. She saved me when I was in a really bad place and if it wasn’t for her I don’t know what I would be doing. She is the most amazing person I’ve ever met and honestly I don’t see myself in a future where she isn’t a part of it.”
“Well fuck. That was… I don’t even know what to say.”
The forward blushed, it was so easy for her to get carried away when she was talking about Erin and once she started, it was hard to stop.
“Do you want to marry Erin?” Cara asked quite frankly.
“I do.” Ella answered simply, because truthfully, there was nothing more she wanted than to be the keeper’s wife one day. “I know that we’re only seventeen, and maybe six months isn’t exactly enough time to know that we want to get married but I stopped thinking things were meant to be normal the day I met your sister. She changed everything for me in the way I imagined love being.”
“Well you seem like an amazing person Ella, and quite honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen my sister as happy as she is right now. Thank you so much for making her happy, that’s all I’ve ever wanted for her.”
“I’m glad to be the person who makes her happy, and trust me she makes me the happiest girl in the world too.”
“I think it’s safe to say I can welcome you into this family, clearly you are here to stay.”
“That means a lot Cara, thank you.” Ella smiled, grateful that the keeper’s family so far had been so welcoming of her relationship with Erin.
“Well I’m sure Meghan is about ready to hear what I just did, so let’s head back inside and switch off.”
“Sounds good.”
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“Babe?” Ella asked when the couple was laying in bed that night.
“Yeah El?”
“What’d you talk to Megan about well I was talking to Cara? You looked like you had been crying a bit when we came back in, but I didn’t want to bring it up in front of them…”
“They were happy tears babe, I promise. Meg wouldn’t let me leave out any details and I guess I just got a little emotional.” Erin admitted with a slight blush.
“Awe babe,” Ella leaned over and kissed the keeper. “I love you.”
“I love you too baby.”
*Flashback*
“So...”
“So?” Erin asked.
“Don’t so me.”
“You so’d me first!” Erin countered.
“Ugh you are impossible! Just tell me about your girlfriend already!”
“Well geez you could have just said so.” The keeper spoke sarcastically earning a shove from her oldest sister.
“Well I mean, what do you want to know?”
“I don’t know, I mean I know how you met and stuff, but I haven’t talked to you in a little while and you seriously look like a love sick puppy so just explain to me how you are so in love after barely six months.”
“I don’t know, it’s hard for me to put into words… she’s just so… perfect. Everything she does and every detail about her are utterly perfect to me. I didn’t used to think that anyone could be so perfect until I met Ella, and I definitely didn’t think that I’d ever be so lucky to call someone like her my girlfriend. She’s so amazing Meg, and ya maybe we’re still just kids and maybe it’s crazy to other people that we talk about being together forever but that’s what she is for me. She’s my forever. She’s my person Meg.” Erin’s eyes were filled with tears but the smile on her face told how she was feeling.
“Holy shit. Does mom know how serious this is? I mean obviously Ella lives with you guys so she probably knows enough but really, does she know you want to get married to this girl?”
“Trust me mom has heard plenty about all of this, especially while me and Ella were at camp, I’m pretty sure ninety percent of the time I called her just so I could tell her what Ella has said to me that day or just what I was thinking about Ella at that specific time.”
“I can’t believe my baby sister is in love, I better be a bridesmaid at the wedding.”
“Don’t worry Meg you will be.”
“Can I be the godmother of your first kid too?”
“I don’t know you’ll have to fight Cara for that one.”
*End of flashback*