Will You Marry Me?

Mark laughed silently while tightening his hold on Fem's hand.

"You're the only one who can turn me into a complete idiot like this. Thanks for your forgiveness sweetheart. " Mark's face was elated from the worried and anxious look earlier. He wanted to hug and kiss her now .... but not until he has done the most important thing he planned.

However, the moment was interrupted. "Mark, I'm hungry, can we eat first. I haven't had a dinner last night. " Fem eyed the plastic bag of bread on beside the table. "Stan bought some bread. That one please. " Fem pointed the plastic bag with her chin. Her hands were clasped in his.

"Oh, you sure are hungry. Is there anything we can cook?" Mark asked. He himself didn't have breakfast. He remembered his grandparents in the school canteen. Coincidentally, his phone rung in his back pocket. It was his grandfather.

"Fem, my grandparents are in the school canteen. I brought them along. I'll take this call." Mark said as he swiped his phone.

" How is it Mark? We're done strolling around the school campus already. Where are you?" Dave's aged voice was deep but has a powerful reverberating sound.

"I'll ask her if she wants to have breakfast in the canteen. She just woke up and we're both starving." Mark said.

"Okay, otherwise if you want to stay there longer, I wanna fly for an hour to have an over view of this place. We'll be back before you know it." Dave Arevalo was a former soldier who has flewn so many places using war planes and various kinds of aircrafts. At his age, he was still very energetic and sharp. His self discipline kept him from indulging in too much of everything.

"Okay then, you can go ahead grandpa. Be watchful and alert!" Mark said then hung up.

"So, you brought them along? Why?" Fem felt nervous.

"To meet you of course. Why else would they come?" Mark poked her nose.

"Can we just eat some then. We can go visit the school campus afterwards. It's boring here. " Fem said.

"K, let's make do with this bread then. Thanks to your sweetheart cousin." Mark said feigning jealousy.

"Yeah, thanks to him. Indeed." Fem nodded in constricted face.

Mark eyed at her. His expression changed from pretense to real.

Fem noticed him and stopped from opening the pack of cinamon bread. " What again? Did I say or do something wrong?" Her eyes got wide.

"Nothing, I'll tell you later. Eat now." He said.

They ate in silence face to face on the small study table beside the bed.

After they were done, Fem excused herself to use the bathroom taking her whole back pack with her. Her toiletries and clothes were all in her bag.

"Oopppssss!!! You said you just go to the bathroom! Why is that? " Mark blocked her way pointing at her back pack which she quickly hung on her shoulder.

"Tch! Excuse me, Mr. Major Arevalo. Don't block my way!" Fem said and like a jelly, she swiftly slipped from the firm tall blocking figure.

"You can come to watch me brush my teeth if you want! Or do you want to come and bath me?" Fem turned to see him catching up as she wore her shoes. She wanted to laugh out loud at his paranoid expression

To her surprise, Mark really followed her all the way to the kitchen. He let her get her needed things from the back pack and held the rest. He watched the door as his woman took time to take a bath inside.

"Mark, I don't have slippers. I don't want my shoes to get soaked. Can you help me secure some slippers anywhere?" Fem called out from inside.

Mark was very suspicious of her actions now. Was she planning to run away? No way. Never! He will go crazy if he'll let her slip away this time. What was she thinking anyway? This woman is so subtle and cunning!

"It's okay. Just come out if you're done. Just put on your clothes." Mark called out.

"But the ground is dir...." Fem emerged from the bathroom wearing shorts and tight fitting thin t-shirt. She was wiping her hair with a small towel. Her eyes met his the moment she opened the door. Her back pack hanging loose on his shoulder.

Mark immediately scooped her into his arms and hurriedly carried her back to her room. He made her sit on the edge of her bed and eyed intently at her. His eyes were piercing her soul like she was being exposed to an scanning machine.

"Ha ha ha!!! Look at you! Why are those eyes?" Fem laughed out loud.

"Fem! Don't ever joke like this! Tell me! What were you planning to do just now?" Mark was dead alarmed. He wasn't sure if she planned to escape or do something in the bathroom.

"What? " She raised her eyebrows at him feigning innocence.

"This time, you can't fool me Fem Law! If I need to tie you with me, I'll do it! You understand? You think I'm really an idiot, don't you?" Mark's voice started to sound startling to her ears.

"What have I done? I just wanted to freshen up for you, you see? Am I not looking better now?" She murmured as she gave a bewitching smile. She tossed her shoulder length hair at her back pretending she got long ones and reached out for comb on the counter opposite the bed where Mark's back was facing. Mark was sitting on his knees infront of her so when she reached out to get the comb, her breast brushed past his ear.

Fem's smile didn't escape Mark's sharp eyes. The eagerness that he had been holding since he arrived this morning wanted to explode from him. Seeing her long slender legs, her full breasts covered by thin layer of cloth, her wet hair and her lips as they gave away those bewitching smile...Ahhhhhh... who could take all these in ?

Mark began to lose focus of his plan as he felt his body reacting so much. No way! Its only a matter of days and she'll be his. He tried hard to admonish himself.

Without delay, he quickly brought out the small box from his inner pocket then went on to kneel on the floor. He looked at Fem in the eyes to see if she was attentive and focused enough. Having seen her eyes settled from making fun, he went on. With a raspy and hoarse voice, he said, "Ms. Fem Law, will you marry me?"