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The Proposal [Kidge AU] Part 2

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Right after work, Katie and Keith both went on their way to the USCIS Texan Office, Keith holding their papers as they entered the office. Katie could see Keith's disdain as he passed by the many immigrants. He shamelessly pulled his jacket closer to his body when he saw a man dressed like a homeless. "Keith-" Katie warned but he only ignored her as he began skipping the line, "Keith! The line's back there!"

Keith only hissed at her, "Come here." Katie muttered under her breath, "Keith!" Nevertheless, she followed him as he looked for an open attendant. When the next one ordered for the next one in line, Keith jogged in front of the person and gave them a fake smile, "Sorry, this will only take a second. I need for you to file this fiancé visa for me, please."

The attendant seemed visibly disgusted with Keith but he didn't seem to notice. "Mr. Kogane?" Keith nodded, "Yes." The attendant closed the file and cradled it in his arms, "Please come with me."

Keith gave Katie a sly smirk and followed the attendant into an office, "You'll wait here for a Mr. Gilbertson, he'll handle your situation." Keith nodded and the attendant went back to his business. Katie sat down on the seat in front of the desk while Keith just stood in front of the door with his hands in his pockets, annoying Katie while he tapped his foot on the floor, "You know, I'm not poisonous."

Keith chuckled, "Well, I'd rather not risk my chances." Katie rolled her eyes and looked at all the awards Mr. Gilbertson received, most for the dumbest thing like: Most illegal immigrants caught. Honestly, the guy looked like the biggest jerk imaginable. Maybe even bigger than Keith if he works hard enough. Katie mused in her head a small smile appearing on her face. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door and Keith turned to find a pale-skinned man standing at the door with balding brown hair. His blue eyes stared at Keith's purple ones. He motioned for Keith to step away from the door, and Keith did as told.

"Hi. I'm Mr. Gilbertson." The middle-aged man walked in with a file in hand, "You must be Katherine and you must be Keith. Sorry about the wait. It's a crazy day today." Keith started opening his mouth and Katie knew she was going to regret it immediately.

"Of course. We understand. And I can't tell you how much we appreciate you seeing us on such short notice." Wow, alright. Not what I was expecting but good thing he's playing nice.

"OK." Mr. Gilbertson sighed as he began reading the 'couple's' file while simultaneously make weird noises, causing both Keith and Katie to look at each other suspiciously.

"So, I have a question for you. Are you both committing fraud to avoid her deportation so he can keep his position as Commander in Chief at the Texan NASA base?" Katie narrowed her eyes at the accusation and Keith mentally thanked her for not making them seem suspicious as he began covering for them, "That's ridiculous. Where did you hear that?"

Gilbertson leaned back in his chair and began searching on a sheet of paper, "We had a phone tip this afternoon from a man named-"

"Would it be Lotor?"

"...Lo..tor."

Keith shook his head in fake disappointment, Katie knowing that it was actually rage, "Lotor. Poor Lotor. I am so sorry. Lotor is nothing but a disgruntled former employee. And I apologize." Katie released a breath she didn't know she was holding and thanked her lucky stars that Keith didn't say anything rude.

But she bit her tongue when he began speaking again, "But we know you're incredibly busy with a room fool of garbagemen and farmers to tend to. If you just give us our next step, we'll be on our way." Katie sighed in disappointment to the man next to her, her hate for the idiot growing even larger.

Mr. Gilbertson didn't take any crap from Keith, thankfully, and chuckled, "Mr. Kogane, please." He motioned for Keith to sit down, which he finally did and he interlaced his fingers. Mr. Gilbertson began again, "Let me explain to you the process that's about to unfold. Step one will be a scheduled interview. I'll put you each in a room and ask you every question a real couple would know about each other. Step two: I dig deeper. I look into your phone records. I talk to your neighbors, I interview your coworkers. If your answers don't match up at every point, you will be deported indefinitely. And you, young lady, will have committed a felony punishable by a fine of $250,000 and five years in federal prison." Katie caught sight of a woman being taken away by the police, screaming and trying to get away. She then turned back to Mr. Gilbertson when he called her name.

"So... Katherine... want to talk to me?" Katie shook her head no, looking to the scene contemplating what to do about the current situation. Mr. Gilbertson, knowing that she is about to break, decided to tease her a bit, "No?" Then Katie nodded, making Gilbertson smile a bit, "Yes?"

"The truth is... Mr. Gilbertson... that Keith and I. We weren't supposed to fall in love, but did." Katie turned and smiled at Keith lovingly, him grabbing her hand and rubbing circles. Katie, however, squeezed it hard, making Keith groan and let go of her hand. "We couldn't tell anyone we worked with because of my big promotion coming up." Katie glanced at Keith, smiling at him mischievously, Keith returning her smile with a tightly closed-lip smile, scrunching up his nose in mock doting but, really, he was fighting to not reach for Katie's throat.

"Promotion?" Katie nodded, "Yes. We... I mean, we... both thought that it would be deeply inappropriate if I were to be promoted to Commander..."

"Commander. Mmhmm." Keith commented as he nodded, silently planning Katie's demise.

"... while we were, you know."

"So..." Mr. Gilbertson started, flipping through some pages, "Have the two of you told your parents about your secret love?" Keith shook his head, "Impossible. My parents are dead. I have a brother but I don't even know where he is. So..." Katie looked at Keith curiously, wondering why he never said anything about his parents being dead.

Gilbertson chuckled in surprise, "What, are your parents dead too?" He asked as he pointed at Katie. She shook her head and Keith began answering for her, "Oh, no, his are very much alive."

"No... very much."

"Very much. They're, ah... Well, we were gonna tell them this weekend. Grammy's 90th birthday and the whole family's coming together," Katie turned to Keith, surprised that he actually heard her and that he remembered, "We thought it'd be a nice surprise."

Gilbertson asked, "And where is this surprised gonna take place?" Keith smiled, "At Katie's parents' house." Katie almost stopped working, that was the first time in five years that Keith had ever used her nickname. But Keith nor Gilbertson noticed her tenseness, because Gilbertson began again, "Where is that located again?"

Keith clammed up, especially because he didn't know where their house was so he covered quickly, "Why am I doing all the talking? Why don't you tell him where it is? Jump in." Katie laughed "lovingly" and looked at Mr. Gilbertson, "Sitka."

"Sitka," Keith repeated, getting a feel for the name. But what he didn't expect was the next thing that Katie said, "Alaska."

"Alaskaaaaah?"

He looked at Katie with a crazy look in his eye but Katie ignored it and looked straight at Mr. Gilbertson, who was enjoying this way too much. "You're going to Alaska this weekend?" Katie nodded, "Yep." Keith, still worrying about this new information, "Yes. We are going to Alaska. Alaska, that's where... my little Katie's from." Keith grabbed Katie's hand and squeezed it even harder, making Katie yelp and she smiled at Keith scrunching her nose, while he did the same but, not because they wanted to be cute but because they were very close to killing the other.

The 'couple' turned to Mr. Gilbertson and prepared to listen to what he had to say, "OK. Fine. I see how this is gonna go. I will see you both at 11:00 Monday morning for your scheduled interview, and your answers better match up on every account." Katie and both stood up, Katie grabbing the offered post-it with the appointment written in sloppy handwriting. She smiled and thanked the man while Keith just got a phone call and started talking obnoxiously loud, only giving Mr. Gilbertson a mere wave before leaving the office.

Gilbertson chuckled at Keith, "I'm looking forward to this one." Katie smiled sarcastically, "We're looking forward to this one."

After another reminder that he'll be watching, Keith and Katie both walked out of the building, Keith had just finished his call and already beginning to bark out orders, "OK... so, what's gonna happen is we will go up there. We will pretend like we're boyfriend and girlfriend, tell your parents we're engaged..." Katie looked up at the big USCIS building and tried to calm her beating heart, only listening to Keith when he began being a douche again.

"I guess I will pop for you to fly first class-" Keith was rambling on as he worked on his phone, but he immediately stopped when Katie spoke up, "Excuse me, Keith, but were you not in that room?"

Keith rose an eyebrow and shrugged, "Oh! The thing you said about being promoted? Genius! Genius. He completely fell for it." Katie crossed her arms, "I'm serious."

Keith sighed but let Katie continue, "I'm looking at a $250,000 fine and five years in jail. That changes things."

Keith shook his head, "Promote you to Commander? No, no way." Katie scoffed, "Then I quit, and you're screwed. Bye Keith, nice knowing you." Katie turned and walked down, her heels clicking against the concrete and her hair swishing from her ponytail across her back. Keith breathed out in frustration, "Katherine, Katherine! Fine, fine. I'll make you commander. Fine. If you do the Alaska weekend and the interview, I'll make you Commander. Happy?" Katie stopped and turned to find Keith looking resigned, but she wasn't done yet, "And not in two years. Right away."

Keith sighed for the umpteenth time that day, "Fine." Katie was giddy inside, but she needed to take advantage of this, "And you'll send my prints to Bergen and Malloy." Keith looked at Katie with disbelief and Katie smiled, "Fine. Any other wishes, Your Majesty?"

Katie smiled, "Yes actually, we tell my family about our engagement when I want and how I want." Keith nodded, annoyed and asked again, "Done?"

Katie scrunched her nose, "Nope. Now ask me nicely." Keith furrowed his eyebrows, "Ask you nicely, what?" Katie crossed her arms, "Ask me nicely to marry you, Keith." Keith threw his hands in the air, "What? What does that even mean?" Katie smiled devilishly, "You heard me, down on your knee."

Keith grumbled some incoherent words, but Katie was sure there were some bad words said. Eventually, Keith got down on one knee and looked back up at Katie, "Does this work for you?" Katie smiled, "Oh, it's perfect."

"OK. Would you marry me?" Keith asked, putting his hands in his pockets. Katie rolled her eyes, "No. Say it like you mean it, Keith." Keith sarcastically laughed and looked down at the concrete before looking back up, "Katherine?"

"Yes, Keith?"

"Sweet, beautiful Katherine?"

"I'm listening."

"Would you please, with big, fat cherries on top, marry me?" Katie shrugged her shoulders and pretended to contemplate the question, "I don't appreciate the sarcasm, but I'll do it. See you at the airport tomorrow." Katie stated, turning around immediately, leaving Keith all by himself on one knee. He looked around the sidewalk and thanked that no one was looking at him. He started to get up before someone accidentally pushed him and he fell back down, quickly getting back up and brushing the dirt from his clothes. Keith turned his head up and watched Katie leave with a small smile, "I see why Lotor did this all the time."

Katie turned and flipped him off, making him laugh and wave her away, "Love you, cupcake!" Katie rolled her eyes, "Eff off, Kogane!"

The next morning the two were finally on the plane and are about to arrive, which is why Katie decided to start checking out the questions Gilbertson gave them to study.

"All right the bright side is that I already know all these answers for you. The bad news is that you have three days to learn all this about me." Katie said as she read the questions, thankful that she didn't need to learn any more about the idiot next to her falling asleep as he watched Doctor Strange on the small tv the plane provided.

"Give me that," Keith ordered as he took the folder from Katie, glad that he finally had something to do on the plane. Keith flipped the pages as he skimmed over the words, "You know all the answers to these questions about me?" Katie nodded, getting up and close to his face, creepily smiling into his face, "Scary, isn't it?" Keith leaned away from Pidge and smirked, "What's scary is that huge zit on your forehead."

Katie rolled her eyes and put some space between the two as Keith continued reading, "What are my dislikes?" Katie got comfortable and started listing things on her fingers, "Almonds, chocolate ice cream, sushi, Steven Yeun, happy children-"

"You're hilarious. Here's a good one. Do I have any scars?" Katie looked out the window, "You have one on your lower abdomen."

Keith raised an eyebrow, "How do you even know that?" Katie shrugged, "I saw you changing shirts. And I'm pretty sure you have a tattoo."

"Oh, you're pretty sure?" Katie nodded, "I'm pretty sure, last year your dermatologist called and asked about a Q-switched laser, which removes tattoos. But you canceled your appointment." Keith nodded sarcastically. "What is it? Guns? Japanese calligraphy? Barbed wire?" Keith rolled his eyes and deadpanned, "You know, it's exciting for me to experience you like this."

"Love you too, jerkwad."

Katie returned to watching Doctor Strange as the pilot spoke on the speakers, "Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts. We're beginning our descent into Juneau." Keith put the folder down and began putting on his seatbelt, "Juneau? I thought we were going to Sitka."

Katie put on her seat belt while simultaneously rolling her eyes, "We are." Keith became impatient and asked, "How are we getting to Sitka?"

Katie only smiled mischievously, "You'll see."

"I hate you on so many levels." Katie laughed as Keith tried to keep himself from throwing up on the shaky plane. They flew out of Juneau on a small, ratty plane since it was the only way to get to Sitka, which Keith did not like AT ALL, but it had to be done.

When they landed, Katie looked out the window, finding her mother and grandmother jumping up and down with a poster board saying: WELCOME HOME, PIDGE, making her reevaluate bringing Keith with her to meet her parents, "Alright, here we go."

She turned to look at Keith, who, unfortunately, vomited in a paper bag on the way and was filling his mouth to the brim with mints. Katie scoffed and smiled at Keith's antics as they finally touched the ground.

They finally made it out and the very second that Katie stepped out, she could hear her mother's screaming out her name.

Katie smiled and waved to her mother and grandmother, ignoring Keith as he struggled to walk down the stairs. “Hey!” Katie smiled as she reached out to hug her grandmother and mother at the same time, “Missed you guys so much!” Katie laughed as she felt her mother’s grip tighten. Katie pulled away a bit, “Where’s Dad? Matt?” Katie’s mom shrugged, “Well, he stayed at home, preparing some things for your arrival. You know how he is, always having to do something.” Katie nodded in understanding, though, they could see the sadness in her eyes.

To cheer her up, her grandmother began again, “Well, enough chit-chat. Where’s your boy?” Katie turned and looked for Keith, finding him taking down the luggage from a cart, “There. That’s him.” The two grown women turned their heads to have a perfect view of Keith’s back muscles tensing as he placed Katie’s suitcase down. The two women were practically drooling, and her grandmother even whispered, “I guess the man is a much better word.” Katie rolled her eyes and called Keith over.

As he approached, Katie whispered into his ear, “Be nice.” With a slight nod from Keith, Katie began the introductions, “Keith, this is my mom Colleen.” Keith smiled at Colleen but was taken by surprise when she pounced on him to give him a hug, “Nice to meet you.” Colleen said as she hugged him. Keith laughed nervously but responded kindly, “Pleasure’s all mine.” Katie smiled and began introducing her grandmother, “And this is my grandmother, Grammy.”

Keith nodded and smiled, “Well, hello there! Now, do you prefer being called Keith, or the ‘Devil’s Spawn’? We’ve heard it both ways. Actually, we’ve heard it lots of ways.” Keith’s smiled turned to raised eyebrows and he looked at Katie, who was glaring at her grandmother. But soon enough Colleen jumped in to save the day, “She’s kidding.”

Keith’s eyes brightened and he smiled again, “Oh! Oh, OK.” Keith laughed but he was still glaring at Katie, who was sheepishly smiling, “Well, thank you for allowing me to be a part of this weekend.” Grammy then started talking again with the same huge smile, “Oh, you’re welcome. We’re thrilled to have you. Let’s get you two back to the fort.”

Keith, with fake excitement, yelled, “OK!” But the second, they turned around, he continued glaring at Katie, “Devil’s Spawn?” Katie merely shrugged her shoulders and continued to follow her mother and grandmother to the truck, leaving Keith behind.

On the way to the dock, Keith admired the dark green of the trees lining the path to town when suddenly, they were replaced with lots of shops. But something was weird about the shops, they all included the name: Holt. Holt Photography, The Holt Collection, Holt Parcel and Post, Holt General Shop…

Keith then looked at Katie’s bag, seeing there was a tag on it: K. Holt. He looked back up at his ‘fiancée’ and softly whispered her name, “Katherine.” She kept looking through the window, “Katherine!” She still didn’t hear him, so he did what he had to do: he poked her side. She groaned and glared at him, “What?”

Keith pointed to the outside, “Didn’t tell me about all the family businesses, babe.” He shook his head like, ‘What the hell?’ and Katie smiled awkwardly and shrugged. “She was just being modest dear.” Her grandma answered.

“Oh.”

Soon enough, they all reached the dock and they parked near the water, Keith looked at Katie quizzically and asked, “Aren’t we supposed to be heading towards our hotel?” Colleen overheard and answered for her daughter, “Oh, I canceled your reservation. A family doesn’t stay at a hotel, you’re going to stay in our home.” Keith turned and smiled at the kind woman, “Great! Great.”

Then he turned to Katie, “What?!” At that very moment, Katie brought down one of Keith’s very heavy suitcases and she was already mad enough as it is, “Keith, you might wanna shut it before I throw all your luggage into the dock. Trust me, I tried talking to them to let us stay at the hotel, but they didn’t let us, so just deal with it.”

Keith groaned as Katie began following her mother to the dock, “Come on, babe. Haven’t got all day.” Keith huffed and began carrying the luggage behind, almost falling when it got stuck in the gravel. Finally, they made it to the boat and started lowering the luggage, the last one to go down the ladder. Katie looked down to Keith, who just got to the bottom and urged Katie to go down, “Come on.” Katie shook her head and Keith laughed, “Babe, you’re the one who lived here for years.” Colleen whispered into Keith’s ear, “She rarely came to the dock, she hated the ladder.”

Keith pretended to give his ‘fiancée’ an empathetic look, but actually, he was struggling not to laugh, “Alright, babe, I’m going to help you.” Keith walked closer to the ladder and watched her as she started going down, “Looking good.” Keith struggled to keep his laughter and he almost choked as Katie struggled to find the next step, “Take your time.” Katie growled, “Shut up.” Katie was only two steps away from the floating dock and her bum was in hands reach, so of course, Keith took advantage, “I’m just gonna give you a hand here.”

He extended his hand and shamelessly grabbed her butt, making Katie pause and breathe deeply, “Hand off *ss. Off *ss!” Keith chuckled and let go, faking surrender by lifting his hands. Finally, Katie reached the bottom and Keith put his hands in his pockets, “Congratulations. I’m a hundred years old.” Katie glared at him and punched his side, making him laugh teasingly as they approached the boat.

On the ride, Keith stared at the open water taking in the calm sound of the waves crashing on the rocks, but suddenly, Colleen, who was piloting the boat, pointed out an estate by the edge of the water, "We're home." Keith's eyes widened as he studied the huge three-story mansion, "That is your home?" Katie looked back at her boss' surprised face, enjoying his surprised face.

They finally reached the dock and as they were walking down to the house, Keith whispered, "Why did you tell me you were poor?" Katie rolled her eyes, "I never told you I was poor." Keith turned, "You never told me you were rich." Katie kicked a rock, "I'm not rich my parents are rich." Keith rolled his eyes, "You know that's something only rich people say." When Keith turned around, he saw a group of guys wave at Katie, "Hey, Katie! Welcome home!" Katie waved back, "uh-Hi!" Then she turned to her mother, "Mom, what is this?" Colleen smiled mischievously, "Nothing. Just a little welcoming party. Is that a crime?" Grammy then spoke up, "Just 50 of our closest friends and neighbors. And all excited to meet you. Come on. Come on."

Grammy urged as she continued walking, Keith then turning to Katie, "A party?" Katie sighed, "I guess so. Now come on. My grandmother's moving faster than you." Keith grunted and continued walking, dragging his suitcase towards the door.

Once inside, they put their stuff away and began introducing themselves to the party guests. After a few minutes of introductions, Keith whispered in Katie's ear, "How come you never told me you were some sort of Alaskan Kennedy?" Katie shrugged, "Sorry, we were kinda busy talking about you the last five years."

Before Keith could spit something back, a middle-aged man with white hair interrupted their conversation to give Katie a tight hug, "There's my girl!" Keith was slightly confused until Katie wrapped her arms around the man, "Hi Dad." The two hugged for a bit before letting go and Keith still didn't see the man well yet. Katie realized this too and turned her father around, "Dad this is-"

"-Keith."

"Mr. Holt." The two shook the other's hand, making Katie stand there like an idiot, "Uh... What?" Keith smiled as he looked at Katie, which she still needs to get used to, and Sam explained, "I was Keith's mentor when he was in the training camp. Are you still a jerk?" Katie's eyes widened at her father's comment but didn't get to say anything before Keith, "Are you still destroying cadets' dreams?" Katie got in between the two and sent her father away, harshly whispering in Keith's ear, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Shiro's here." Sam announced before leaving, making both of their jaws dropping and simultaneously exclaiming, "No way!" Katie groaned, "Come on! How do you know him?" Keith rolled his eyes, "I'm his brother."

Katie's jaw dropped and she smiled, "You're Mullet?" Keith rolled his eyes and nodded, "Oh My Gosh, you were the cutest as a teen. You should've kept the mullet." Katie exclaimed as she reached for Keith's hair, which is still long, but much shorter than when he was a teen.

"Alright, Pidge, could you stop admiring my brother's hair and come hug me?" The two froze and turned to look at Shiro, who was leaning on the doorway wearing a smirk. Pidge squealed and jumped to give Shiro a hug, which he laughed at, "Nice to see you, too, Pidge." Shiro's eyes then found his brother and let Katie go, "Come here, Mullet." Keith tried to run away, but Shiro caught him anyway and gave Keith a nookie. Keith pushed him away and tried to fix his hair, "I hate you."

Shiro laughed and Katie asked, "Why are you here?" Shiro smiled, "I wasn't gonna miss the opportunity to see my brother's little sister and, since I heard my brother was coming with you, I couldn't miss the opportunity to see the both of you at the same time." Katie smirked, "I know it's because Allura made you." Shiro shook his head, "I can make my own decisions. Allura's not the boss of me."

"Oh hey, Allura!" Katie exclaimed, but Shiro only shook his head, "You're just trying to mess with me, she isn't- Hey, Allura!" Suddenly a tanned, blue-eyed girl stepped in from behind Shiro, her white hair swinging loosely from her behind. "Katie!" Allura exclaimed excitedly, hugging said girl tightly, "I missed you so much!" Shiro visibly breathed out in relief. Katie chuckled and let go, "Keith, this is my cousin, Allura." Keith smiled and extended his hand for her to shake, "Nice to meet you." Allura looked at his hand and ignored it and went for a hug, "Nice to meet you, too." Keith, though still quite awkward with hugs, hugged her back and quickly let go. Allura then turned around and grabbed Shiro's hand, "Come on, Shiro! I think I saw Hunk!" Shiro chuckled as he was practically dragged by his girlfriend.

Katie chuckled after her brother and turned to her boss, who asked, "When are you going to tell them we're engaged?" Katie looked around and sighed, "I'll pick the right moment."

"Pidgeon?" Katie turned around and smiled widely, "Matty!" Katie ran towards her brother and hugged him tightly, both siblings laughing as they embraced, "Heard you got a boyfriend." Matt stated as they let go, making Katie roll her eyes, "Yeah. Keith?" Keith approached Matt, shaking his hand and finally being able to study his face, immediately recognizing his face, "Matthew Holt." Matt smiled, "Nice to see you again, Commander Kogane." Katie huffed again, "You know him too?"

Matt turned to his sister, "We went on a mission two years ago. How come you didn't know?" Katie shook her head, "I'm not allowed to know anything from Keith's missions." Matt nodded and then excused himself and left the two to their own devices. Katie and Keith were somehow separated and Katie bumped into her father again, "Hey da-"

"Why'd you bring him here?" Sam asked harshly as he looked at his daughter, "Excuse me?" Sam shook his head, "You show up here after five years with this man you hated and now he's your boyfriend?" Katie shook her head, "We just got here. Can we wait three minutes before we throw the kitchen sink at each other?"

"Just never figured you for a girl who slept her way to the middle." Katie had to hold in a bunch of inappropriate words and continued, "Actually, I'll have you know that that man in there is one of the most respected Commanders in NASA."

Sam rolled his eyes, "He's your meal ticket." Katie shook her head, "No, dad, he's not my meal ticket. He's my fiancé." Sam stood stiff, "What'd you say?" Katie crossed her arms, "You heard me. I'm getting married."

In the other side of the house, Keith was walking through and was met with a caterer with a plate of hors-d'oeuvres heading his way. He tried to get away, but he had to pass by her anyway, "Hello. Would you care for some hors-d'oeuvres?" Keith shook his head, "No, thank you very much."

However, the waitress insisted, "It's a tradition." She started picking one up and Keith declined, "No. I just, really don't-" Suddenly, the waitress stuffed it in Keith's mouth and he, unfortunately, had to pretend to like it.

The waitress just stared at Keith as he tried to eat it hungrily and, despite her very pretty face, it made Keith extremely uncomfortable. Suddenly, they could hear Katie's voice from the living room, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very important announcement to make. Keith and I are getting married." Keith at that moment spit out his food, "I'm so sorry." The waitress merely kept staring at him, "It's OK. It's wash-and-wear."

After Keith cleaned his mouth, he heard Katie call out, "Yep. Babe? Where you at?" Keith peeked through a corner and looked at Katie quizzically, "There he is." She exclaimed, smiling at him and telling him to come closer, "Come on, babe." Keith smiled sheepishly and began approaching the center of the living room, smiling the whole way.

"Congratulations!" Someone yelled from the crowd, Keith smiling and both of them saying, "Thank you." When Keith got in the center of the living room, they all started clapping for the two and Keith grabbed Katie's hands, pulling her close, "You could've warned me." Katie smiled lovingly at Keith, "Well, I didn't plan this either."

The two stood in the middle for a while longer until they opened the champagne and began celebrating, "That was some brilliant timing." Keith said again. Katie grabbed a glass of champagne from the same waitress from before and smiled, "Nice to see you again, Natalia." The waitress smiled and walked away, but not before staring at Keith some more. Keith smiled awkwardly at her until she left. He heard some laughter next to him and saw Katie laughing, "She-She soooo likes you!" Keith rolled his eyes, "She creeps me out, Katie." Katie only laughed some more until she saw a familiar pair of blue eyes approaching, "Katherine. Hi."

Katie's eyes widened, "Lance? Oh, my God. Hey, hi. Wow!" Katie reached for him and hugged him tightly, giving Keith time to study the man. He was probably around his age. He was taller than him, though. He had light tanned skin and brown hair, making a nice contrast to his blue eyes. He was undeniably handsome and Keith didn't like him one bit.

Katie let go of the man first and began asking questions, "How you doing? I didn't know that you were going to be here." Lance chuckled, "Well, your mom wanted it to be a surprise. So... surprise!" Katie smiled and then Keith cleared his throat loudly, gaining the attention of the two.

Katie suddenly remembered the existence of her future husband and widened her eyes, "Oh, God. Keith, this is my ex..."

"Hi. I'm Lance."

Keith smiled and shook his hand, "Nice to meet you." Lance was completely polite and respectful, Keith could tell, but for some unknown reason, he didn't like the fact that he and Katie were so nice, especially since they were exes.

"Well, congratulations, you guys. So did I miss the story?" Katie and Keith both turned to each other in confusion, "What... story?" Lance rolled his eyes, "About how you proposed?" Lance looked towards Keith with a 'duh' face. Keith suddenly came to the realization that he nor Katie thought of a story to tell the family.

"Oh! How a man proposes says a lot about his character." Keith nodded and started cursing his place in life, "Yes, it does." Colleen, who was holding a glass of champagne, added, "I actually would love to hear the story, Keith. Would you tell us?" Keith started to think up stories in his mind but, he couldn't think of anything, "Actually, Katherine, loves telling that story, so I'll just let her tell it to you guys."

Keith smirked as he passed by Katie and sat next to Shiro, looking at Katie intently as she began, "Wow. How to begin? Wow... uh... So, Keith and I were going to celebrate our first anniversary together and I could tell he was extremely nervous. His hands were sweaty and everything and he would mention having a family lot of times." Shiro chuckled, "Sounds just like you." Keith turned and glared at his brother as Pidge continued.

"And we were going to go hiking. I had some suspicions because I saw a velvet box on top of the bed." The whole crowd laughed, "So once we got there, the whole cabin was decorated-"

"Normally," Keith jumped in before Katie said something he will regret, "Yep. Decorated normally. I mean, I didn't want her to think I was trying too hard. You know? I know Katherine doesn't like that type of stuff."

"But he secretly likes it, so the next morning I found Keith missing and a little box full of cut-out pictures of us all around and a whole lot of little heart-shaped confetti," Keith turned and started glaring at Katie again, "And once the confetti cleared I saw this big-"

"-Piece of paper." Katie turned to Keith, who wasn't even looking back at her and glared at his black hair. "No ring. But inside that box..." Keith turned to Katie, "Underneath all that crap..." Katie smiled at Keith, "was a time and place. I told her to meet me at a small cave in the woods."

"And I was originally gonna ditch him and go shopping because he actually did that on our first date and ended up scaring me." The crowd laughed as Katie continued, "So I went into that cave and initially I saw nothing, it was extremely dark. Eventually, I saw a small light at the end of the cave and followed it. And there I saw Keith-"

"Standing."

"Kneeling."

"Like a man."

"Crying like a baby."

Keith glared at Katie as she finished, "And once he finally cleared his tears he opened the box and he said-"

"'Katherine would you marry me?' and she said yes. The End!" Keith finished excitedly, leaving Katie with a dramatic look on her face. The whole crowd talked amongst themselves, Shiro clapping on Keith's back, "Never knew you were so romantic, bro." Allura walked over to Katie while Keith talked with his brother, "He's such a fox." Katie turned to Allura, who was checking out Keith while he talked to Shiro, "Allura! You already have Shiro! Don't try to steal my man!" My man? Seriously?

Allura chuckled, "Alright, I'll leave him alone." Katie nodded in thanks until she heard Shiro tap a glass, "Hey! Let's see a kiss from you two cuties." Katie froze as she looked towards Keith, who was coincidentally right next to her, "Give her a kiss!"

Keith started blushing and, if Katie weren't doing the same, she would've thought it was cute. "Um.. no?" Suddenly, Colleen spoke up, "No. Come on!" Keith then started blushing more, not believing that her own mom would encourage them to kiss. "Alright, yeah. Here we go." Keith grabbed Katie's hand and kissed its backside.

Everyone groaned and shook their heads, "No, come on!" Lance yelled at the two, making Keith even more uneasy. "Uh..." He looked to Katie, who nodded and whispered, "Just a quick one." Then the two leaned and gave the other a quick peck on the lips.

The crowd groaned again and urged the two to do a 'real kiss'. Lance even went to the extent, "Kiss her on the mouth like you mean it!" Katie glared at Lance and Keith sighed, looking at Katie, who nodded.

Keith then grabbed her hips and leaned in slowly, in case Katie wanted to back out, but she only urged it on and tilted her head. Now the two were kissing in front of the whole house, everyone cheering for them, and right when they were going to separate, they found that they couldn't. Katie lifted her hand to cup Keith's jaw as the two continued, making the crowd clap louder. Then they finally had the strength to let go, but as they looked at each other, they felt something shift inside. And they didn't like it. But they liked it at the same time.

Then Grammy stood up and hugged the two, "I'm so happy for you kids!" The two awkwardly smiled as they stared at the other for a while longer. "Let's bring out the champagne!"

After everyone left, Katie and Keith followed Colleen up to their room, "So here we are." Keith and Katie both walked in the room after Colleen and Grammy, both taking in the beautiful simplicity of it. "Wow. It's amazing." Keith exclaimed as he walked in.

"Here's the bed!" Grammy exclaimed, pointing to the huge King sized bed, causing Katie to chuckle at how excited her grandmother was. "Wow. Exquisite bed, grandma. Well, I guess I'll go look for my old room." Before Katie could get too far, Colleen grabbed onto her hand, "We're not under any illusions that you two don't sleep in the same bed." Colleen started chuckling, "You'll sleep here with Keith." Katie scrunched her nose, "Well, that's great because we love to snuggle. Don't we, babe?" Keith suddenly appeared from behind her, "Huge snugglers."

Suddenly, a flash of red dashed right to Keith's leg, "Oh my God! Is that a cat?!" Keith jumped up in the air, trying to get it away. Katie, however, exclaimed, "Oh my God! It's so cute! Hi!" Katie bent down and picked the cat up in her arms, "Who's this?"

Keith stared at the cat with wide eyes, hiding behind Katie. Colleen grabbed the cat, "That's Red, I'm sorry, Keith. We just rescued him from the pound and he's still in training. Sorry." Keith nodded and stepped away from Katie, now more comfortable with the distance between him and the cat.

"And there are extra towels and linens in here if you need them." Colleen offered but then Grammy added, "But if you get chilly tonight... use this." She said as she pulled out an Eskimo blanket with red, green, and brown, "It has special powers."

Katie took the blanket, looking at it, then eventually handing it to Keith to look, "What kind of special powers?" Asked Keith as he slightly opened it to look at the pattern.

Grammy smirked and with an amused tone in her voice, said, "I call it the baby maker." Keith suddenly clammed up and stared at the sly grandmother surprised. Katie grabbed it and folded it again, "Well, we'll be super careful with that one." She threw on the chair.

"Alright, Annie, let's leave them alone. Alright?" After a quick goodnight (and some winking) they left the two alone. "Cats?" Katie smirked at Keith, which he stammered, "His kind did that horrible scar," Keith defended as he mentioned the scar that Katie once saw when she walked in on him changing his shirt.

"Your eyes are closed right?" Katie asked as Keith laid on the floor with his eyes opened wide, "Yes."

"Are you sure?" Katie asked again and Keith reassured, even though his eyes were open, "Completely." Katie hesitated but she turned off the light to the bathroom and tiptoed her way around Keith and onto the bed. And Keith, being the sneaky bastard her is, turned his head and sneaked a peak.

Keith almost laughed at Katie's Captain America booty shorts and Marvel t-shirt. "Those are the pajamas you decided to bring to Alaska?" Katie inhaled deeply, "Yes because I was gonna be in my own hotel room. Not sharing a room in my house." Keith nodded, "OK."

Katie suddenly heard chuckling and rolled her eyes. "But seriously. Captain America?" Katie sighed, "Shut up like your banana pants are any better." Keith nodded, "In fact, they are."

"Keith."

"Yeah?"

"Goodnight."

...

"Goodnight... Katie."

Katie then turned off the light and put her glasses on the nightstand. And she was about to fall asleep when she heard Keith constantly moving and she knew what was causing his uneasiness. She picked up a remote and pressed the close button, causing the curtains to the window to close and to shut the light out. "Thank you."

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