Miranda drove home, and she got out of the car.
"Okay, I'm going to go set my stuff down, and then I'll be back,"
Ben nodded and went inside his house, too.
"How did it go?" his family asked as soon as he walked inside."
"It went great, she said yes, and she loved the prom proposal," Ben informed. "I'm going to show her the tree house now,"
"Okay, see you later,"
Miranda told her mom and dad about Ben's prom proposal, and they smiled, giving her a hug. She put her flowers in water and brought everything up to her room.
Walking back outside, she saw Ben sitting on her porch waiting. "Okay, I'm ready for the second suprise."
Ben grabbed her hand, and they walked down the street together. They stopped at the clearing where they met, and Ben turned, leading her to the tree.
"Oh my God, Ben, it's a tree house. Oh gosh, it's wonderful. Look at it! Can we go check it out?" Miranda asked, staring at it in wonder. She turned around to face him when he didn't respond.
What she saw next caused her to gasp. "Bennnn," she dragged, looking at him down on one knee. "What are you doing?" She asked quickly.
"I was going to wait until prom to do this, but I can't." He took a deep breath.
"Miranda," Ben began, his voice filled with a mixture of tenderness and certainty, "from the moment we became best friends, I knew there was something extraordinary between us and I was only 9. You've been my rock, my confidant, and my partner in all of life's adventures. These last months have been hell for me because I want you, I love you, and I literally need you. I only feel like i'm breathing comfortable now because we are back on better terms. Being without you made me feel like I had asthma and I couldn't breathe properly. And now, I am standing here with you, and I feel better, I can't imagine my life without you by my side."
Miranda's heart skipped a beat, her eyes filled with both surprise and anticipation. She felt a tremor of excitement coursing through her veins.
"Every day for the past 9 years, I have fallen more deeply in love with you," Ben continued, his voice unwavering. "You've brought so much joy, laughter, and love into my life, and I want to spend the rest of my days cherishing and honoring our bond. Miranda, will you marry me?"
A gasp escaped Miranda's lips, her eyes welling up with tears of joy and disbelief. She looked at Ben, seeing the depth of his love and the vulnerability in his eyes. In that moment, time seemed to stand still as her heart raced with a mixture of emotions.
Unable to contain her overwhelming happiness, Miranda nodded, her voice filled with love and conviction. "Yes, Ben. Yes, a thousand times. I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
A radiant smile spread across Ben's face as he reached into his pocket, revealing a beautiful diamond ring. He carefully slid it onto Miranda's finger.
She grabbed his face and kissed his lips hard. "You don't think it's too soon we have been dating for what 20 minutes now?" She giggled.
"Miranda, we have been dating our whole life without recognizing it. I'm sure about this. I want this forever. I know that,"
Miranda cried once again. "Oh wait, what about my parents?" she worried.
"I already asked them, and they were fine with it. Stop worrying so much,"
Miranda nodded and carresed his face, kissing his lips.
"Can we look at the tree house now?" She asked excitedly. It was so much excitement for one day.
"Yeah, come on," Ben voiced. He let Miranda climb up first until she was inside.
"Ben Warren," Miranda shrieked in excitement.
She looked at the bean bag chairs by the window. Then, the small book shelf. A coffee table was inside and a resting area.
"You like it?"
"I love it," she told him, pulling him into a hug before kissing him. Ben kissed her harder and sucked on her bottom lip. He nibbled at it before sliding his tongue across her. Miranda opened her mouth for his tongue, and their tongue met, swiping against one another. She clinged to his shirt, pulling hard, trying to get him as close as possible.
"I missed you," Ben said against her lips as his hands took a moment to travel up and down her body, taking his time to feel every curve of her body.
"I missed you too. God knows I did and right now. I want you. I want you so bad, Benjamin," she told him earnestly.
Ben nodded and lifted her up by her thighs. Feeling his hard member against her aching mound made Miranda take in a ragged breath, he pushed against her, feeling the friction build between them. Ben released a low, breathy moan, causing an electric sensation to shoot straight to Miranda's vagina. She gave a moan in response, and Ben thrusted his hips into her once again.
He walked with her over to the resting area and laid her down.
Miranda leaned her head over as Ben placed kisses on the side of her neck. Suddenly he sat up and she stared up at him. She watched as he undressed.
He took his costume off, and Miranda couldn't help but giggle at it. Next was his shoes and then his boxers. His erection greeted her proudly, and Miranda moved to remove her own clothing, shoving off her shoes before grasping the bottom of her dress and pulling it over her head. Ben kneeled before her, running both hands up her legs, opening them wider.
Ben grabbed his wallet and opened it up to take a condom out. He reached down between them, brushing the pads of two fingers against her sensitive clit, making her gasp for air. Ben continued his gentle touching as he leaned down to resume his kissing on her neck. His kissing trailed a path down to her breasts, where he spent a significant amount of time, giving sweet attention to each one. With one hand rubbing in circles against her aching bud, his other grasped her hips. A single finger gently delved inside her, making her cry out.
It had been a while since they had sex, and her entire body buzzed from his attention. She felt her own slickness with every movement of his finger. Soon, her internal muscles relaxed and grew as her pleasure mounted, and Ben added another finger, and then another. By the end, Miranda was gasping and giving him soft whimpers, and Ben leaned forward to kiss her once more. Miranda rubbed his chest before moaning at the sight of his firm chest and strong arms and her ring. "This is a beautiful ring babe," He chuckled before kissing her once more as she ran her fingers down his bare skin and noted him shivering at her touch.
Ben withdrew his fingers and he stroked his penis before rubbing himself in her wetness then sliding the condom on himself. He grabbed her hips and picked them up, aligned himself, and then eased inside of her.
"Dam," Ben cursed. He closed his eyes and threw his head back, a guttural moan coming forth from his lips.
"Ohhh baby," Miranda moaned, she almost couldn't catch her breath.
He stilled within her, bending down to plant a soft kiss against her lips. Pulling his face away from hers, they looked into each other's eyes as Ben began to move, thrusting in and out of her.
"Bennn," Miranda cried out. They gave each other moans and sweet cries of pleasure as their connection only grew and strengthened, their bodies making their own sounds as they joined, the sound of skin embracing over and over again. Miranda raked her fingers down his back as he nuzzled his face in her neck, his hot breath fanning against her skin. His fingers pressed into her lower back as he held her hips aloft, pushing and pulling in and out of her, her legs wrapped around him.
"Fuck, Miranda," he called out.
The pressure built within Miranda, feeling it grow, especially when Ben reached down, circling around her sensitive nub with the pads of his fingers. She moaned out, feeling her muscles tighten around him at the sensation.
Ben gave a ragged moan as he stopped a moment, Miranda still constricting around him. After another moment, he began again, thrusting his hips against hers. The two sensations of him inside her, brushing against her walls over and over again, combined with his fingers rubbing against her clit, made everything build all the more. Miranda began to huff and squirm, her hips thrusting upwards against him in unison with his thrusts. Her hands continued to roam all over his skin until she finally grasped his sides, feeling herself grow close to climax. Ben grunted, seeming to take notice as his pace quickened, his own resolve breaking as his movements grew erratic and wild. His grunting continued, turning into desperate moans as Miranda finally cried out, feeling herself explode with pleasure, lights popping behind her eyelids as her orgasm took over. Her entire body was ablaze with pure bliss, and she felt every inch of Ben skin against her all at once.
"Ohhh yess, yesss, yess, Benjamin,"
She felt herself pulse around him, coaxing him to give in. Three more thrusts was all it took until Ben gave a wild gasp from deep within his chest, throwing his head into her neck and wrapping his arms tightly around her as he plunged as deep within her as he could. His member began to pulse and twitch within her, exploding as his cum filled the condom. Miranda gasped at the sensation, another jolt of pleasure filling her. The two stilled, and Miranda raised a hand to gently caress the back of his head. Ben gave one last moan before he gave soft kisses to her neck, raising up onto her cheek and finally resting upon her lips.
Miranda kissed him back passionate cupping his face with her hand and throwing her other arm around his.
"I love you, " Ben professed.
"I love you too," Miranda returned with smile.
Ben pulled out of her and moved to the side to lay beside her.
"We are getting married," Miranda chimed happily.
"That we are. I'm excited to be your husband."
"Well I'm excited to be your wife. I had dreams of that,"
"Why didn't you tell me Miranda?"
"I didn't want to mess us up. When relationships don't work out people loose their friends and I didn't want to loose you. Plus, I thought I was just going to be friendzoned too."
"I was doing the same thing. I wanted to be with you in the full aspect after that night. Our first night really opened my eyes for me and I wanted you more than I have ever wanted anybody in my life but after we already decided it wasn't going to be an us. I pushed the feeling down. The second time Miranda I wanted you as my life partner but still I was trying to protect our friendship. I would never use you for sex or for anything." He assured.
"I believe you Ben. We should have just talked instead of me blowing up on you, but you did piss me off. You don't tell anyone to not talk to me."
"I know I was just being a jealous ass. I didn't want you to be with him and I lost it. I was being a bit territorial."
"You jealous fool," Miranda giggled.
Ben turned on his side and laughed. He pulled Miranda ontop of him and cast his eyes down her body.
"Dam you look so good,"
"Thank you and you do too. "
"One more round," Ben suggested.
"Good because I was going to say that too," she giggled, kissing his lips.
After their second round the two got dressed.
"Let's have dinner together," Ben voiced.
"Okay, and gosh I need to tell my mom we're engaged."
"I can come with you. Maybe we all can eat dinner together," he suggested.
"Great,"
They walked down the street back to their house holding hands. Ben sighed when he saw Emily's car after they turned the corner.
Miranda looked at Ben and raised her eyebrow. "I don't know why she's here," he replied.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me," Emily called out as she got out of her red car.
"You are really with her. So the prom proposal is true. Really Ben you want to be with her."
"Yeah he does and forever," Miranda gritted loudly as she held her hand out with her ring.
"So you can turn around. Get in your car and take your insecure, condescending, shallow ass home."
Ben looked down and Miranda. She normally never spoke to anyone in the way. Emily stepped forward her eyes blazing.
"I wouldn't," Ben warned pulling Miranda into him.
"She's not dumb honey," Miranda voiced with a chuckle.
"Ughhh" Emily gritted before turning and marching to her car.
" See what happenes when you date these bird brains who care more about their looks."
"Who are you right now?"
"I'm me," she laughed.
"Come on let's go talk to your parents about dinner,"
9 years later.
"Benjamin you are going to make us late," Miranda called out from the stairs before walking back into the kitchen.
"You're father Is never punctual. Can you say punctual?" Miranda asked her two year old as she ate her cut up bananas
"Pu-nct-ual" Miranda sounded out playfully. She watched as Morgan tried to repeat after her. "Good job pumpkin," Miranda praised.
"Sorry, good morning daddy's baby," Ben greeted kissing her on the head.
"Daddy," she chimed handing him a banana. Ben leaned down and placed it in his mouth.
"Mmmm, good," Ben responded chewing.
"You ready?" He asked Miranda.
"Ben Warren, don't start with me. I've been ready," she snapped.
"Calm down, you are so uptight. Don't be stressed you will have a great first day." Ben replied pulling her by her hips into his body.
"I hope so, it's my intern year. It's like I've just come so far. I'm ready to learn and break down doors. I want to be THAT surgeon." She stressed.
"You will, just be yourself and you will do great. I believe in you and I support you 100 percent. Don't worry about juggling time between your job, me and Morgan. Everything will balance itself." Ben assured her.
"I love you," Miranda smiled as she leaned up and pecked his lips.
"I love you too. Tonight, because you would have been on your feet all day long and I can sense your stressed now. I will take care of you and destress you." He informed licking his lips.
"I like the sound of that," she stated biting her lip. "Are you taking us to work?"
"Yeah, I get off at reasonable time so I will pick you two up."
"Okay come on, I really need to be on time," Miranda said as she picked Morgan up out of her highchair.
"I didn't even eat breakfast," Ben commented.
"You did and I told you that you were trying to make us late then."
"I didn't see you complaining about me eating breakfast when you wrapped your legs around my head,"
"I told you that before hand but you kept going and who am I stop stop you. I didn't have one iota about that," she laughed. "Eat your second breakfast at your hospital's cafeteria,"
"I will, " Ben voiced grabbing his jacket and work bag. He grabbed Morgan's unicorn bag and put it across his shoulder. "Is her lunch box in here?"
"Yeah she's all set,"
The family of 3 walked out of their condo and to the elevator. After getting to the car, Miranda buckled their daughter in as Ben put the bags in.
"Hakuna Matata, daddy," Morgan called out holding her cup of water.
"She is going to wear that song out," Miranda laughed.
"I know," Ben smiled as he placed the cd in.
Ben and Miranda sung along with Morgan as he drove them. At the hospital, they walked down to the daycare.
"Bye bye baby, we will see you later," Miranda cooed kissing her on the forehead.
Ben lifted her and kissed her on the forehead as well. Miranda smiled as she wrapped her little arms around his neck. If someone would have told her at 9 years old or even the summer of senior year that she would have this with him. She would have gasped and thought of it only as a fantasy. She had 27 years of friendship with this man and 2 years of a real relationship and 7 years of marriage and yet she was only falling more in love with him everyday. She swore every time they were intimate they reached a new height in their sex life. She wanted one or two more kids and then she would be complete.
"Miranda, you're crying," Ben voiced.
Miranda shook out of her thoughts and looked to see that Morgan had already walked inside and was playing.
"Oh yeah," she commented wiping her eyes. "I'm just happy. I'm happy that we have been on this journey of love since we were kids before we even had an idea on what it was and now we have a family. I'm starting my first day as a surgeon. You are on your first year of anesthesia. We did it. We completed all these goals as a couple. I'm just greatful."
Ben pulled Miranda into his arms and kissed the top of her head. "I'm grateful for you too and this life and family we created together. You are my reason. Go be great Miranda, I don't want you to be late,"
"Okay I love you. Have a good first day, and remember what you said about tonight,"
"I love you too, through thick and thin, and I can't ever forget that, my dear wife, I got you," he smirked, walking away.