The Selection (1x1 with AnnaCat17)

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"No, that's fine. What did you come for?" Elliott smiled at her, bounded over to her. She gave her a hug, too happy to be shy. Abril looked over at Dacey, giving her a reassuring smile as she helped Victory with the wedding dress. Victory was Elliott's maid of honour, and Solace was putting final touches on her dress.

"Thank you, Your Highness. Do you want to take it from here, or should I continue?" Atlas asked him. Abril had wanted him to take care of Jakob, but if Matteo wanted to do it, he wouldn't object.
"You look stunning, Matteo," Jakob teased. "I think you'll take the center of attention away from the wedding couple."

[AnnaCat17]

Dacey smiled and hugged her back. "I wanted to give you your gift a bit early." She said and handed her the gift inside of which was an old celtic hair pin with blue gems in it. "Its supposed to be good luck and should fulfil the something blue thing."

"Ill take it from here. Thank you Atlas." He smiled gratefully at Jakob but his expression was clouded with worry and nervousness. He began to push Jakob down the hall but instead of going into the ceremony to their seats he pushed him out to the garden. "How are you feeling?"

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Oh!" Elliott stared at the pin in awe. "It's so beautiful! Thank you, Dacey!" She gave her another hug and then examined the pin. She loved it. "Could you put it in my hair?" she asked her.

Atlas bowed and went down the hallway, leaving them alone.
"I'm fine," Jakob lied, not wanting Matteo to worry about him. Everything ached. His lungs felt heavy to move and they hurt. He wanted this to be a good day, and he wanted to dance with Matteo. He rested his hand on top of Matteo's as they went into the garden, forcing himself to take a deep breath of the fresh air.

[AnnaCat17]

Dacey nodded and carefully placed it in her hair where it glimmered beautifully. "Im really happy for you." She said as she hugged her. "I told you I would get him to want you again." She whispered and gave her a wink.

Matteo gently squeezed his hand and once they were alone by a fountain he stopped walking and moved so he was kneeling on the ground in front of him, looking up at him sadly. "I need to talk to you about something and its not entirely good but I think its important." he released a shaky breath as he took Jakob's hand and kissed the back of it. "The doctors and scientists were sayign they don't have a lot of faith in the surgeries and treatments and so I did a lot of thinking and I want to make sure that no matter what happens you are happy and Maisie is taken care of." He kissed Jakob's wrist, desperate for his approval and acceptance as he fought tears. he didn't want to think about this let alone talk about it but he knew he couldn't go on ignoring everything. "I want to take care of you and give you whatever you want and need because you deserve everything you have ever wanted. I wish I could take this illness from you and deal with it myself but I can't so i want to give you something to fight for." He let go of Jakob's hand and reached in his pocket, fumbling a bit as he pulled out a ring box and gently sat it on Jakob's knee so he could take it from him if he wanted it. "I want you to marry me. I know things are complicated right now but lets just elope. We will keep between us and the only person who has to know besides us is whoever we convince to be the witness so its offical and everything. I want to be here for you and make sure that everything is handled correctly and I want to make sure that if something happens to you Maisie is taken are of. I want to be the one to look after her so you don't need to worry about what happens if you.." He had to pause for a moment as he fought tears but managed to regain composure and looked up at him again. "I love you more than anything, Jakob. You are it for me. I don't ever want to love someone else but I know that I am difficult and being with me will be complicated and involves so many rules its suffocating. I promise if you marry me I won't ever ask anything of you. I'll let you do whatever you want and I'll try not to bother you and to be less annoying and if you make it through this we can get a divorce if you want or if maybe you think you could be ok staying with me we could have an official wedding then. I know its selfish of me but I need you and I cant bare to say goodbye to you when being without you feels like trying to breathe underwater. I love you and whether you have ten days or ten thousand years left I want to make you feel loved and have you know how much you mean to me."

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"I should have believed you." Elliott smiled at her, happily reaching up to lightly touch the comb in her hair.

Jakob took Matteo's face gently in his hands, pressing a kiss to his lips. "Yes, Matty," he whispered. "I'll marry you. Being with you would make me the happiest man in the world. I love you so much, Matty." He felt tears in his eyes, but they were happy tears. He would have asked if he was certain this is what Matteo wanted, to marry someone who was dying. But he knew he was, and he wanted to marry him more than anything.

[AnnaCat17]

Dacey giggled happily. "Well i should get downstairs. Congratulations again. Im really happy for you."

Matteo smiled and moved into his lap. He kissed him deeply as he held onto him, finding it even harder to fight tears. "I love you Jake. I dont want to lose you." He whispered against his lips.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Thank you, Dacey." Elliott smiled at her before going back to getting ready.

Jakob closed his eyes happily, holding him as tightly as he could and kissing him back. He felt happier than he had ever felt before as Matteo told him that he loved him. He rested his forehead against his, wishing he could reassure him that he wasn't going to loose him.

[AnnaCat17]

Matteo covered his face in kisses but knew they needed to get back inside. "Can i stay with you tonight?" He asked softly as he got up and gave Jakob the ring.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

"Yes," Jakob whispered, sliding the ring onto his finger. He gave him one last kiss, happiness warming his heart.

[AnnaCat17]

Matteo smiled and kissed his forehead before pushing him in to their seats.