Chapter 65

Back to Los Angeles and Christmas is one week away. I can't wait for that. I'm so excited. I don't ask much for my birthday this year. I just want happiness. But I guess I already got it.

Mike and I are still living with Sam and Blaine. But next year we will move out. We're still looking for our new apartment and I hope we will get that.

I'm just sitting down in front of the computer on cashier table and doing the inventory. Suddenly someone massaging my head. I turn my face and Mike is standing behind me.

"What are you doing?" I chuckle.

"You work too much." Mike says to me.

"No, it's okay. I love my job." I smile at him. Mike smiles back at me and pecks on my lips.

"Hi. Can I get a hot coffee matcha please?" A woman standing in front of the counter.

"Anything else, ma'am?" Mike asks her.

"No." She shakes her head.

"That'll be $5." I smile at her.

She gives me a cash and I give the change and the bill paper. "Where is your barista the one who is blonde?" She asks us.

"He is having day off. He will go back to tomorrow." Mike says to her and give her the coffee cup. "Thank you."

"Thank you." I smile at her and go back to sit down.

"Seriously your plan to hire Sam because he is good looking is totally working." Mike chuckles.

"Well, he is like chicks magnet." I chuckle.

"Do you heard that Brittany and Santana will have wedding on Valentine's Day?" Mike asks me.

"Yeah. I know. They wanted me to make a short movie for their online invitation." I nod. "I mean four of our friends are having their own family."

"We also the same." Mike chuckles.

"We haven't married yet." I chuckle.

"Because you said you weren't ready." Mike says to me.

"No. You are. Rachel and Finn's wedding then Santana and Brittany's proposal then being Logan's mom got me thinking that none is ready for anything. If we wait until we are ready, we done nothing. I wasn't ready to be a mother but now I am. I wasn't ready to graduate from high school and live in a city far from my family but I did." I said to him.

"So you're saying that you're ready to get married?" Mike asks me.

"Physically and mentally yes but financially not." I laugh.

"Why is that?" Mike laughs.

"I have my dream wedding, Mike. I mean every girls has. And I want it to be perfect and I'm not sure my parents will afford my wedding." I chuckle.

"They will. Our parents will." Mike says to me.

"Why are you seems like someone who wants to get married?" I chuckle.

"I mean four of our friends are married. Well, two of them are getting married. And I'm like when is my turn?" Mike giggles.

"Honey, that's just nature. Like when one of our friend already found out about their college acceptance, we would think the same thing." I smile at him.

"Schuester, can I get ice latte without sugar?" Jesse walks in and walks to the counter. "Man, life is really sour."

"It was a month ago. Let it go." I roll my eyes and get up.

"What's going on?" Mike asks.

I chuckle and make ice latte for Jesse. "Apparently Jesse can't accept that Rachel is marrying Finn." I laugh and give the ice latte to Jesse.

"I just thought we were meant to be each other. I mean, Rachel and I have a lot of commons. Meanwhile, her and that Frankenstein aren't." Jesse sighs and sip the ice latte. "This is more bitter than I thought."

"Sugar is over there." I said to Jesse and points to the sugar station.

"No, I'm fine. I'm facing bitter life." Jesse shakes his head. "You guys didn't come home for Christmas?"

"We are saving our money for new apartment. So we didn't." I shake my head.

"Where the two others?" Jesse asks us.

"They both having day off. It's Thrusday so not much customers." I said to him.

I walk to some table that the customers already left. I take empty coffee cups and clean the table then throw the coffee cup to the trashcan.

Mike is standing behind the cashier table and serving the customers that come in. This coffee shop is never empty. I mean one customer come and then they go. I even can recognize some regular customers.

"You don't have any food like hot dog?" Jesse asks me.

"We don't but we have this Beef Fillone is like hotdog but with bacon instead of sausage." I said to Jesse.

"Sure. I'm hungry." Jesse nods.

"Said the one who said this is a bitter world." I chuckle and give him a plate of Beef Fillone.

"I said I have a bitter life that doesn't mean I can't eat." Jesse rolls his eyes.

I chuckle and dry the dishes that Mike already washed on the sink. "Make it quick, we will close in fifteen minutes." I said to Jesse.

Mike is standing in front of the cashier machine and ready to do the close billing before we are closing the shop. It's to know our income that we got today.

I walk to the tables and arrange the table to make it look neat. After that I take vacuum cleaner and vacuuming the floor. This is a place where people drink and eat so it has to be clean.

After that I bring the vacuum cleaner to the restroom and put it into the storage. I take a mop and wiping the bathroom floor so it will always dry and clean also not smelly.

In the end, I wash my hands and walk back to the counter. I turn off the coffee machine and put close sign on the door. I take Jesse's empty plate and wash it on the sink.

"Alright, I'm leaving. Thanks you guys for listening to my bitter world speech." Jesse gets up and waves us a goodbye then walks away.

I chuckle and shake my head. "So can we go home now? I'm so tired." I said to Mike and take off my apron.

"Well, it seems like our income increasing these days. Not significant but it does." Mike smiles at me.

"We did it." I smile back at him.

Mike smiles and pulls his face closer to me and kisses me softly as I kiss him back. "I just hope that Blaine really can babysit Logan."

"I hope so." I chuckle and take my purse.

Mike turn off the lamp then we walk out from the shop and lock the door. I love my new life here. And soon I'll be twenty and it will be incredible.

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I walk into the shop and put my paper bag on the counter. I take my apron quickly and put my Christmas hat on since it's Christmas and to celebrate it we decorated the shop with Christmas ornaments.

The waiting line in front of the counter is kinda full. Mike is taking orders and handling the cashier meanwhile Sam, Blaine, and I are making the orders.

I love seeing the shop is full with customers like this. Even though there must be chaos sometimes but it's all good.

"Ah finally my hands stop working like an electric drill." Sam sighs and let his arms up.

"Well the outside is kinda cold so no wonder people are coming for coffee." Blaine says to Sam.

"And me too." I nod and take a cup of coffee. "Where is Logan?" I ask Mike.

"Sleeping in back office." Mike says to me.

I look at to the baby monitor that we put near the cashier machine. And he is raising his legs up and trying to take off his socks while laying down on his bouncer.

I put my cup down and walk to back office and look at Logan and he is awake. I take him from the baby bouncer and hold him then walk out from the back office.

"He is awake now, daddy." I chuckle.

"You better go home with him." Mike says to me.

"You okay with that?" I ask Mike.

"That's okay. You need to rest." Mike nods.

"Alright then. We're going home." I walk to the back office and put Logan on his stroller and put his coat on. I take off my apron and put my coat on. After that I walk out from the back office. "Bye bye." I smile at them.

"I'll see you at home. Just take a rest." Mike rubs my hair and pecks on my lips.

I peck on his lips back and walk out from the store. I walk on the street and look around. Glad that our apartment is not far from here. We can take a walk and it only took about ten minutes. Healthy and fast.

I walk into my apartment building and get into the elevator. As I got into my floor, I take my key and unlock the door then get in. Soon Mike and I will move out. We haven't find the right apartment just yet but we're looking for it.

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I opened my eyes slowly and turn my face. Mike is already home and he is laying down next to me while looking at his cellphone.

"How long I've been sleeping?" I ask Mike.

"About five hours. You seems so tired so I don't want to wake you up." Mike rubs my hair.

"What are you doing?" I ask him and lean my head on his sleeve.

"Looking for an apartment that near here." Mike says to me. "Oh there is one. Available in three weeks." Mike says to me and click the picture.

"I like it. We got Los Angeles view." I giggle.

"Shall I call it?" Mike asks me.

"Yes. Why not?" I smile at him.

"Okay then." Mike nods.

I get up and folded my hair. I walk out from Mike's room and walk to the kitchen. I take fillet chicken breast from the fridge and cut it into cubes. Napping a lot makes me hungry.

"I called the landlord and we can see the place tomorrow and fill the application." Mike walks out from his room.

"Hope it's not that expensive." I said to him and cook food. "You want some?" I ask him.

"Nope. I already had dinner." Mike shakes his head. "You have class tomorrow?"

"Nope. I can go to the shop right after we see the apartment. You can take a day off." I said to him and sit down on the counter eating my food.

"Since when you eat instant noodles right from the pan?" Mike chuckles.

"I'm following Korean style." I chuckle and eat my food.

Mike rubs my hair and walks away. I keep eating my food until Mike walks back and holds Logan then sit him down on his high chair.

"Hi.." I smile at Logan.

Logan just looking at me and babbling. Mike makes him a bottle of warm milk then give it to him. He is finally can sit down properly and holding his milk bottle with his own hands.

I get up and wash my dishes on the sink. Logan is still drinking his milk and looking at us. Mike puts Brownie next to Logan as Logan rubs him.

"Oh also make sure that the apartment is pet friendly." I said to Mike.

"Yeah obviously." Mike nods.

"This year will be his first Christmas." I said to Mike.

"Yeah. Maybe we can go to Disney on Ice for Christmas." Mike smiles at me.

"Oh I love Disney on Ice." I smile back at him.

Mike chuckles and walks away. I smile and looking at Logan who is hugging Brownie. This is also will be my first Christmas without my family but with my little family.

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*Mike's POV*

I'm walking around the jewelry store and look around. "Why do you want me to meet here? In Tiffany & Co store? You don't want to rob this place right?" Sam whisper at me as we walk around.

I chuckle and standing in front of the counter. "Can I see that rose gold ring and that platinum one?" I ask the store clerk.

"This is 1.5 carats Tiffany Setting. The most iconic engagement ring. There are few wedding bands that can match with this ring." The guy says to me.

"I can't decided between this platinum or rose gold." I said to Sam and hold the rings.

"I would say that heart shape one." Sam says to me and points to the ring.

"Can I see that?" I ask the store clerk. He nods and take the ring and shows us. "But this is too much, isn't it?"

"How much is it?" Sam asks him.

"This is 1.5 carats Tiffany Soleste Heart Shaped. Price is $18.100." The clerk says to me.

"Do you have $18.000?" Sam asks me.

"I have but I need to pay the rent for next month since we are already got that apartment." I said to Sam.

"Then take cheaper one. How much is this platinum gold and the rose gold?" Sam asks the clerk.

"The platinum gold is $14.200 and the rose gold is $13.600." The clerk says to us. "But I can give you this heart shape for $16.500 if you want to fill out this application as our membership." The clerk says to me.

"Alright, I take it." I nod.

"Are you going to propose her?" Sam asks me.

"Yes. We can have long engagement. Like we will get married in three or four years." I said to him.

"But why?" Sam raises his eyebrows.

"We have a little family and what are we waiting for." I said to Sam.

"Please fill this application." The clerk says to me and give me the application and pen.

"Why everyone is obsessed with getting married?" Sam frowns.

I chuckle and fill the application. "I'm gonna propose her but we're not going to get married right now. Maybe three or four years." I said to Sam and give the application back to the clerk.

"Honestly, I'd love nothing more than seeing you and Paris together. I mean you both are super smart and I'd be guaranteed that your kids will be the next Albert Einstein. And you two will have beautiful half Asian half American baby just like Logan. I mean, he is like the most gorgeous baby I've ever seen in my life. I can make sure, he will stealing my spotlight being male model someday." Sam says to me.

"Thanks, man." I smile at him and hand the clerk my credit card. "You don't want to pick one for Mercedes?" I chuckle.

"I'm not ready to get married." Sam chuckles.

"Here is the ring and your credit card also the membership. Thank you for shopping with us." He smiles at us.

"Thank you." I smile back at him.

"How are you gonna propose her?" Sam asks me as we walk out from the store.

"I'm gonna do it in my way. Simple but romantic." I grin at Sam.

"Okay just let me know what I can do to help." Sam smiles at me.

"Thanks, man." I smile back and pat on his back.

I smile and hold this paper bag. I can't wait to propose Paris. I love her so much and I want to make this thing official. I mean we have kid and all now.

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*Paris's POV*

I put blanket around Logan as he is sleeping. I turn off the lamp then walk out from the shop and locked the door. Blaine and Sam already left because they want to shop for Christmas gifts and Mike is taking day off.

I put the keys inside my purse then walk on the street while pushing Logan's stroller. He is tired so he went to sleep earlier. He is usually still awake by now.

Mike and I already got our new apartment and we will move out after new year. It's a beautiful place and I really like it because I can see city lights in the evening.

I keep walking then turn my way to the my apartment building. I get into the elevator and look at Logan and he is still sleeping.

"He is super adorable." Ms. Nancy smiles at me.

"Thank you." I giggle.

The elevator door is opened. I smile to Ms. Nancy and walk out from the elevator. I take my apartment keys and open the door until I see the light is off but there are bunch of romantic candles around.

"Sam? Blaine?" I look around.

I know it's probably Sam who wants to have a romantic date with Mercedes or other girl. I don't know. I keep look around and pushing the stroller.

"Mike? Honey?" I look around and keep walking. I open my bedroom door and it's nothing. I open Mercedes' door and it's nothing.

I open Mike's room door and Mike is standing in the middle of rose petals shape love and there are a lot of balloons, rose petals, and candles. Until I turn my face to the bed head board and it's saying "will you marry me?"

"Mickey, what is this?" I smile at him.

"For the past few years I realized something. I found someone that who is just not my girlfriend but you are also my best friend. You told me all your secrets that you never tell anyone else. I told you everything. And for couple months, I lived without you and I realized that there is nothing I can do. I was lost, being stupid, and totally lost my interest on dancing. We started our relationship by being a dance partner but now I want you not to be just my dance partner but my life partner. I was scared to do this but you told me something that changed my mind. I love you beyond eternity, Paris. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and make you as the happiest woman alive. So.." Mike says and kneel down on one knee and shows me a ring. "Paris William Schuester, will you marry me?"

I smile at him and sniffles while covering my mouth with my hands. "Yes I do." I smile at him.

Mike puts the ring on my finger and kisses me softly. I put my arms around his shoulder and kiss him back. Then we both start hugging at each other.

"This ring is beautiful." I smile at him.

"Well, you deserve that." Mike smiles back at me. "And we can have wedding after we graduate from college and have real jobs." Mike says to me.

"You can read my mind so well. I hate you." I chuckle.

"Guys, can we come in now?" Blaine shouts from outside.

"Yes you can." Mike shouts.

I smile and put Logan on his crib then walk out from Mike's room and walk to the living room.

"Let me see the ring!" Blaine says excitedly at me. I show him my hand and giggle. "Oh God, so beautiful. Is this custom?"

"Nope. Just went to the store today with Sam." Mike chuckles.

"You know I have a good taste so.." Sam grins at us.

"Congratulations!" Mercedes hugs me.

I hug her back as the others start joining us. Another higher step that I took and another time I'm not scared of it. This is just beautiful and I can't believe that Mike is totally propose me a night before my birthday.

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