Picket Fences! Part 60



Over at Rhys' place . . .



Mary Lou had come over to demand that Ryan do the right thing by her daughter . . .

"I just found out Carrie is pregnant and she said you're the father!", said Mary Lou.



"She ain't said nothing to me about it. I'll give her money to buy what she needs for the baby and I'll support it", said Ryan.



"We don't need your money. Carrie needs a wedding ring on her finger before she starts showing. I refuse to have people gossip about my daughter", said Mary Lou.



"I ain't getting married!", said Ryan.



"You do realize Carrie is a lot younger than you, don't you?", she asked.



"I didn't force her to do woo hoo. I asked her and she said yes", he said.



Mary Lou decided to try to reason with Rhys.
"Rhys, you have two daughters. What would you do if one of them were in Carrie's situation?", asked Mary Lou.



"I reckon I'd feel the same way you do", said Rhys, "Let me talk to my son."



"Son, you're going to have to marry Carrie", said Rhys.



"I don't want to get married!", shouted Ryan.



"You should have thought of that before you done woo hoo with a minor!", shouted Rhys.



"You ain't married none of the women who had your babies", said Ryan.

"That's because all the women I had babies with were over twenty-one", said Rhys.



"Now go tell Mary Lou you'll going to marry Carrie and try to be a good husband to her", said Rhys, giving Ryan a hug.



"Mrs. Edwards, I'm going to ask Carrie to marry me. I promise I'll try to be a good husband to her", said Ryan.

"If you mean it, call her and invite her over, so you can ask her", she said.



"Carrie, can you come over?", he asked.

"Sure, I'll be right there", she said.



Carrie arrived a few minutes later . . .



And Ryan went to greet her.



"There's something I want to ask you", he said.

"What is it?", she asked.



He got down on one knee and held up a diamond ring . . .

"Carrie will you be engaged to me?", he asked.


She admired the ring . . ..



Then she jumped into his arms and said "YES!"



"I'm so surprised. I never in a million years expected a proposal", she said.



Then he gave her a romantic kiss.



Mary Lou went over to Ryan and said "Well, now that you're engaged, are you ready to take the next step?"



"Yeah sure, we may as well get it over with", he answered.

"Good, I'll call Peter. We can start the ceremony when he gets here", she said.



When Peter arrived he took his place beside Mary Lou on the sofa.



The wedding ceremony began when Ryan proposed marriage to Carrie.



He held up a gold wedding band . . .



And placed it on her finger and said "I take you Carrie to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward."



Carrie held up a matching gold band and . . .



And placed it on Ryan's finger and said "I take you Ryan to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day foward." The glowing wedding bands appeared over her head.



Ryan and Carrie became husband and wife.


Ryan gave his bride a romantic kiss.





The glowing red wedding bands appeared over Ryan's head a few minutes later when he was rubbing Carrie's belly.



Peter proposed a toast to the newlyweds.



Ryan and Carrie joined in . . .



Rhys proposed a toast to the newlyweds.



Carrie and Ryan . . .



And Mary Lou and Peter joined in the toast.



Ryan proposed a toast to his bride . . .

"To my beautiful wife and the mother of my child", he said.


Then Ryan gave Carrie a romantic kiss.



Assured that their daughter was happy, the bride's parents left to go home.



Rhys called Claudia . . .

"Do you feel like having a sleepover tonight?", he asked.

"Yeah sure, come on over", she said.



"I'm going over to Claudia's house. I'll be back sometime tomorrow", said Rhys.



Then he left to go to Claudia's house.



"You ready for bed Mrs. Carlson?", asked Ryan.

"Yes", answered Carrie.





Ryan relaxed on the bed and asked Carrie to join.



They cuddled.



He gave her a romantic kiss.



"You want to do woo hoo?", asked Ryan.



And Carrie said YES!



"I can hardly believe we can do that anytime we want now", she said.



"Yeah, being married does have it's advantages", said Ryan.



To be continued . . .