five months now, right? I don't know about you, but I pretty much felt the attraction the minute I set eyes on you."
Jordan nodded. "I think I was in love with you before I met you," she said.
Maggie placed her hand on Jordan's arm and playfully pushed her away. "Get out of here," she exclaimed. "How could you possibly love me before you met me?"
"Let's just say an angel visited me in my sleep. She had wild curly red hair, and looked an awful lot like you. She told me everything about you. I couldn't help but fall in love the moment I saw you."
Maggie smiled. Try as she might, she could not take her eyes from Jordan. "Jordan, I love you so much. I have never felt this way about anyone before. I can't begin to tell you what your smile does to me. There are so many emotions that run through me when you look at me. It seems that you can see deep into my soul."
Jordan reached forward to cup Maggie's face between her hands. She placed a delicate kiss on her lips. "I am so glad you love me, Mags. I have wanted this for so long. You have no idea what I've been through to get here."
Maggie smiled and blinked rapidly to clear her vision that had become cloudy with unshed tears of joy. "I do love you, Jord. I love you beyond anything in my life's experience. I want so badly to be the object of your desire, your partner in heart and in soul. I dream of a life together in body, in spirit, and in name."
Jordan took Maggie's hand and raised it to her lips then kissed her open palm. She felt Maggie quiver as she looked into her eyes. "I want to share your life, my love. I want to laugh with you and cry with you. I want to help you achieve everything you ever wanted in life. I want to be by your side through all the good things, and the bad things too. I want to spend every day of the rest of my life looking into your beautiful green eyes, even when we're old and gray and rocking beside each other in our chairs on the front porch, even when we have just one tooth between us and you have to change my diapers. If that isn't love, I don't know what is."
Maggie wiped an errant tear from the corner of her eye as she laughed at the verbal picture Jordan had painted with her words. "You are such a goofball sometimes. So, as one member of the mutual admiration society to another, does that mean you'll marry me?"
Jordan grinned. "Yes, my love. I'll marry you."
Maggie squealed with delight as she threw her book on the bedside table and stood on the bed. She danced around joyously as Jordan laughed.
"Now who's the goofball?" Jordan exclaimed.
Maggie threw herself at Jordan and straddled her lap. She took Jordan's face between her hands and kissed her soundly. "I love you so much, Jordan. Thank you for loving me, too."
"That is so easy to do, Maggie. I was gone the first time you visited me in my dreams."
Maggie looked confused. "You are a complicated woman, Jordan. You talk in riddles sometimes. I realize there are things about you I don't know, but my heart is telling me to trust you anyway."
Jordan nodded. "Thank you, my love."
Maggie grinned. "I'll call the justice of the peace tomorrow and…"
"Whoa," Jordan exclaimed. "Slow down a bit, sweetheart. Why don't we plan this out? I want it to be special, not just the two of us standing in front of a total stranger saying I do."
"Jordan, I don't want to put it off forever."
"Neither do I, love," Jordan replied. "Let's wait until the weather breaks, say, maybe April or May?"
Maggie nodded. "Okay. I'll compromise. My birthday is April sixteenth. That's about a month from now. I'm still going to call the justice of the peace tomorrow though. It's not too early to begin planning."
Jordan smiled. "What am I getting myself into here?" she teased. "I hear redheads are notorious for determination and hot tempers."
Maggie whispered into Jordan's ear. "I'll show you hot, but it won't be my temper."
"Oh, God," Jordan exclaimed as she scooted down in the bed taking Maggie with her.
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Jordan nodded. "I think I was in love with you before I met you," she said.
Maggie placed her hand on Jordan's arm and playfully pushed her away. "Get out of here," she exclaimed. "How could you possibly love me before you met me?"
"Let's just say an angel visited me in my sleep. She had wild curly red hair, and looked an awful lot like you. She told me everything about you. I couldn't help but fall in love the moment I saw you."
Maggie smiled. Try as she might, she could not take her eyes from Jordan. "Jordan, I love you so much. I have never felt this way about anyone before. I can't begin to tell you what your smile does to me. There are so many emotions that run through me when you look at me. It seems that you can see deep into my soul."
Jordan reached forward to cup Maggie's face between her hands. She placed a delicate kiss on her lips. "I am so glad you love me, Mags. I have wanted this for so long. You have no idea what I've been through to get here."
Maggie smiled and blinked rapidly to clear her vision that had become cloudy with unshed tears of joy. "I do love you, Jord. I love you beyond anything in my life's experience. I want so badly to be the object of your desire, your partner in heart and in soul. I dream of a life together in body, in spirit, and in name."
Jordan took Maggie's hand and raised it to her lips then kissed her open palm. She felt Maggie quiver as she looked into her eyes. "I want to share your life, my love. I want to laugh with you and cry with you. I want to help you achieve everything you ever wanted in life. I want to be by your side through all the good things, and the bad things too. I want to spend every day of the rest of my life looking into your beautiful green eyes, even when we're old and gray and rocking beside each other in our chairs on the front porch, even when we have just one tooth between us and you have to change my diapers. If that isn't love, I don't know what is."
Maggie wiped an errant tear from the corner of her eye as she laughed at the verbal picture Jordan had painted with her words. "You are such a goofball sometimes. So, as one member of the mutual admiration society to another, does that mean you'll marry me?"
Jordan grinned. "Yes, my love. I'll marry you."
Maggie squealed with delight as she threw her book on the bedside table and stood on the bed. She danced around joyously as Jordan laughed.
"Now who's the goofball?" Jordan exclaimed.
Maggie threw herself at Jordan and straddled her lap. She took Jordan's face between her hands and kissed her soundly. "I love you so much, Jordan. Thank you for loving me, too."
"That is so easy to do, Maggie. I was gone the first time you visited me in my dreams."
Maggie looked confused. "You are a complicated woman, Jordan. You talk in riddles sometimes. I realize there are things about you I don't know, but my heart is telling me to trust you anyway."
Jordan nodded. "Thank you, my love."
Maggie grinned. "I'll call the justice of the peace tomorrow and…"
"Whoa," Jordan exclaimed. "Slow down a bit, sweetheart. Why don't we plan this out? I want it to be special, not just the two of us standing in front of a total stranger saying I do."
"Jordan, I don't want to put it off forever."
"Neither do I, love," Jordan replied. "Let's wait until the weather breaks, say, maybe April or May?"
Maggie nodded. "Okay. I'll compromise. My birthday is April sixteenth. That's about a month from now. I'm still going to call the justice of the peace tomorrow though. It's not too early to begin planning."
Jordan smiled. "What am I getting myself into here?" she teased. "I hear redheads are notorious for determination and hot tempers."
Maggie whispered into Jordan's ear. "I'll show you hot, but it won't be my temper."
"Oh, God," Jordan exclaimed as she scooted down in the bed taking Maggie with her.
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