William's POV:

After Jarrod leaned on my wife's knee and wiped my tear, he went back to his fiancee, I noticed Anna starting to smile and Jarrod corresponding, I didn't feel embarrassed anymore, I feel we are all family.

As I was processing this, Jarrod motioned us to go to the table, dinner was ready.

Liz's POV

I gave Sadie a big hug when she told me that finally her sister had got in contact with her. We drove to my favourite juice bar and got ourselves a table. 

I had my usual cheese and egg toasted sandwich and Sadie had a Sausage bap. We both had a Coke to drink each. It was my first day off this week and was looking forward to spending it with Sadie. But in the back of my mind I was wanting to ask her to be my girlfriend, I just didn't know how to do it. By complete accident the previous night I'd called her 'babe' when she called me and asked if we could delay our lunch date until her sister had phoned and I agreed. I needed the later start anyway.

While we were waiting for our sandwiches Sadie mentioned that her sister had got engaged and she was worried what would happen at the wedding 

'I will be going of course' she said. 'I'm not sure what kind of reception I'd get from Mum, from Dad' I rubbed a booted toe against hers in comfort. Our sandwiches arrived and I heard Natalie speak to us.

'Sorry to interrupt' she said not trying to hide her smile of delight. 'But here is your lunch' She put them down and walked away clearly very happy for me.

'Don't be embarrassed.' I said to Sadie. 'I usually come here alone for lunch, today is the first time I've brought someone' Natalie was quite the romantic. Her girlfriend Emma had been a customer to the juice bar. She'd come everyday for a week to try the toffee sundae and finally on the seventh day had plucked up the courage to ask her out. 

Ever since then she'd wanted to do the same for me. She'd wanted to set me up with one of the other waitresses but it didn't get off the ground. 

We ate our lunch and then decided to order the famous toffee dessert to share. Natalie's eyes filled with tears as she wrote it on the pad and took our plates away.

'She has an emotional connection to the toffee sundae' I explained to Sadie. 'Her girlfriend ordered it every day for a week. That's how they met'

Then Sadie spoke. She first apologised for sounding awkward and a little rushed but that she would like to be my girlfriend if that was okay. My eyes filled with tears and I took both hands in hers

'I would love to be your girlfriend' I said to her, a tear running down my left cheek. Sadie wiped it away tenderly and I loved the cool touch of her finger against my face. Natalie brought our sundae over and it took all of her willpower to fight back the tears in her eyes from streaming down her face.

'Enjoy!' she said happily.

We finished our lunch and drove back to our block of flats. We chose to go back to mine and we shared our first kiss on my couch 

Sadie's POV

I was really happy that Liz agreed to be my girlfriend. I wasn't the only one, her friend Natalie in the juice bar was nearly in tears of joy at our relationship.

We had our first kiss in Liz's flat on the couch. After we broke apart I tenderly ran my fingers through her soft brown hair and down her booted legs.

'I'm so glad I met you' Liz told me her eyes full of tears.

'Me too' I replied, my eyes beginning to fill with tears also. 'I want our relationship to be really special, but at the same time I don't want to rush things. I've done it before with my previous relationships and I don't want to do it with you. I'm ready for a commitment that will last and I promise I will never let you down' My tears started to run down my cheeks as I said this.

Liz gently wiped away my tears as hers started running down her cheeks. I wiped hers away then we kissed again.

'Do you have a day off tomorrow' I asked. Liz replied that she did.

'You took me somewhere today, it's my turn tomorrow. Shall we meet at one o'clock' Liz agreed and we parted

I went back to my flat and began preparing our date for the next day

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Caroline's POV

I was meeting Laura back at 145th Street Station. She had asked to meet her early as she wanted to tick off more stations as she'd cut the previous week early to meet her boyfriend.

I still wasn't sure what to think about her having two romantic partners, but decided it wasn't my place to interfere.

Our first part of our trip was down to Port Authority Bus Terminal and then through the station to 42nd Street Times Square and the S line platform. After going one stop to Grand Central we switched to a 4 line train Borough Hall.

We then had a short walk to Court Street and I casually asked Laura what it was like having both a boyfriend and a girlfriend.

She didn't say anything for a few seconds and then choked out;

'It's really hard.' Within seconds tears were streaming down her face.

'Oh Caroline, I don't know what to do' she sobbed. 'My roommate Megan advised me not to, because I'd have to choose at some point. And I don't want to lose either of them'

I hated seeing Laura cry and gave her a big hug.

'You need to talk to them' I told her. 'Maybe change your plan a little'

Laura nodded wiping away her streaming tears. We reached Court Street and got on our final train of the day to Bay Ridge 95 St

A girl about Laura's age was waiting for her. She was dressed in a duffel coat, beanie hat and black knee boots. She greeted Laura with a kiss and I let them go.

As I got back on the train to travel to Bay Avenue where I was meeting Eliott my apartment manager called and said a parcel had been delivered for me from Gemma.

My thoughts drifted towards my friend who was in England visiting her niece. I hoped she was having a good time, wasn't thinking about Sadie too much and finally what had she bought me.

I couldn't get too excited though. First I had a night with Eliott to concentrate on

After I talked to my sister I climbed back in bed for a few min so Jarrod and I could talk. After a few min Jarrod decided to get up and exercise giving me a little while to rest in bed alone. As son as he was done I could hear him turning on the shower. He told me he was going to leave the door open in case I decided I wanted to join him. As William and Anna had just gotten up I thought better of it. Instead I waited until he was out of the shower and we talked for a bit before heading downstairs to join William and Anna for breakfast.

Jarrod asked me to seriously start thinking of a date I wanted to get married on. He couldn't wait to marry me and wanted to be able to tell William and Anna already as he was almost too excited to keep it to himself anymore. We had already checked different churches for availability as well as availability of hotels and flights for our honeymoon so all that was left was to pick a definite date.

"I hear there are lots of planning that go into a wedding and that it takes quite a while so would next yr be too long to wait? I mean I want to make sure every detail is perfect so I can't really see rushing things." I began excited yet slightly nervous about making such a big decision. "I also want to pick a date that has real significance for both of us. I want to make our wedding as special as possible. So what about the day we started dating? Or would you prefer a different date?" I finished nervously waiting for his response.