I am sorry about the last chapter there was some mix ups about invitation for all comments going to the middle of the story instead of before the story. I would still love to hear your comments at wyogent67@yahoo..com especially from you transgender ladies.
Jamie and I have been together now for a year and Randy's and my business has been booming now and we have 5 employees. Jamie has been doing extremely well with her firm and her clientele is getting larger and she does alot of business from home and I have built an addition to our office and also have built an addition to the garage so now there is her car and my pickup stored in the garage.
I got home early from the work site since it was a moderate sized job. Randy came bounding into the house.
He said," So what is your plans since you plan to pop the question?"
I said," First off I have reservations for the Montana Sky Restaurant."
He laughed and said," Montana Sky Restaurant huh,well you know that you can't rely on clothing like Wranglers and a work shirt."
I laughed and said," Hey I have been good at humming and faking it. Besides I do have a t-shirt with that black tie on it."
I went into the bedroom and reached into my pocket and saw it was undisturbed and pulled out the ring box. I went back into the living-room carrying the ring box.
I opened it and showed him the ring.
He asked," How much did that set set you back?"
I said," $1,500."
He whistled and said," Well I have to say she is worth it."
I said," Yes she is."
He said," I hope you the best but I have a feeling she will say yes."
I said," I am nervous as heck. I have to start getting ready I want to spring the news about the restaurant when she gets here."
I went into the bathroom and started the water to get it ready to take the shower. I stepped into the shower and got myself wet. I washed myself thoroughly and washed my hair After rinsing myself off I stepped out of the shower and shaved and dried myself off. I walked out and was surprised to see Randy still there. I went into the bedroom and put on a pair of socks and than I put on a light blue shirt and than I put on a pair of navy blue slacks and put on the black belt and I put on a tie and tied the classic Windsor knot in it. Than I pulled on my pair of dress boots on and walked out to the living-room but went into the bathroom to put on the aftershave. I came back out making sure I had the ring box in the blazer pocket.
Randy whistled and said," My you are pretty aren't you. So what is your cover story?"
I said," I told her that this is a celebration of how well she is doing in her job."
He said," Sounds good to me."
We talked for a half-hour longer and we heard Jamie pull into the garage. Jamie walked into the house and saw me.
She looked at me and asked," Sweetheart, what is the occasion?"
I said," The occasion is you sweetheart I thought you deserve to celebrate with how well you are doing in your job. I have a reservation for us at the Crowne Plaza-Montana Sky Restaurant in Billings."
She gasped and said," That is such a beautiful restaurant and it has to be pricey. We can't go there."
I said," Sweetheart I made the reservation a month ago and I won't take no for an answer and we are going."
She asked," What time is the reservation for?"
I said," I set for 8:30 it is just now 4:30. If we leave by 6 we should be there in plenty of time."
She said," OK I have time to get ready."
She went into the bathroom and sprayed on some perfume and went into the bedroom and was in there for about an hour.
She came out and was wearing one of those little black dresses and stilletto heels and went into the bathroom again and came back out with ruby red lipsticks.
Randy said," Wow are you a sexy thing."
Jamie went over and hugged Randy and said," You are such a nice gentleman and you know you will be snatched up by a lucky lady."
Randy looked at his watch and said," I have to go and you two have fun."
He walked out and I looked at my watch and saw it was 6.
I said," Well it is time to go."
I grabbed her arm and put her arm into mine and escorted her out. She now had a 3 year old silver Ford Taurus. I held open the passenger door for her and she stepped inside and sat down and straighten out the black dress.
I got in the car behind the wheel and belted myself in and saw that she did the same.
Jamie said," I talked to my parents the other day about you."
I was shocked and asked," What did they say?"
She said," Oh don't worry they knew about me for years and it was my dad who suggested while I was in college to maybe go through the transition. It was they who paid for my surgery and he said consider it a gift."
I was surprised and said," Your parents must be pretty liberal in their thinking."
She said," No, it took them a long-time to come to peace with this. My dad is a retired CFO from the company I worked at. My parents saw I would never grow up to be your typical man so it was in college that they finally came to terms with me being gender confused. Anyway, you remember my dad he worked for the accounting firm I work for now he said you were a good man and you have their blessings. Just one thing they would like you to visit them with me."
We made our way up the Belfry Highway and Jamie looked out the window.
She said," So, Sunlight Basin is now the Chief Joseph Highway."
I said," Yeah and now it is completely paved."
She said," I bet that saddened you."
I said," Yeah, but I came to terms with it change will always happen no matter how much you fight it."
She kept looking out the window and she said," I am so lucky I have come to terms with who I am and I have the man I love. Just think it was a year ago when I wrote you and I came up and I was so afraid you would reject me."
I said," Well it is hard to believe how much happens in one year."
We drove on for about another hour and 45 minutes and we arrived to down-town Billings and we pulled in front of the Crowne Plaza. I went over and held the door open for her and she got out and readjusted her dress.
I took her by the arm and walked up to the door and held it open for her and went in behind her.
We than walked our way up to the maitr^e de who was standing behind the podium.
I told him my name and said we are here for the 8:30 reservation.
He led us back to the table of two and he asked if we wanted any beverages. I told him we would like a bottle of white wine. He said that would be very good. He came back with the bottle and a white towel over his arm and 2 glasses. He than popped the cork and after it breathed for a couple of minutes he poured it into our glasses. I sampled it and said it is very good. After he walked away I went to where Jamie was sitting and dropped to one knee and I brought out the ring box.
I said," Jamie, this has been the best year of my life and I love you more than I can properly describe. Jamie, will you marry me?"
Her eyes went misty and said," Yes! yes! yes!"
I said," I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
I than brought out the ring and put it on her finger and than she grabbed me around me neck and hugged me and smothered me with kisses.
She said," I was hoping that someday you would propose to me and tonight is the best night of my life."
We sat and talked and they brought our meal and we enjoyed our dinner
After we got done eating we stayed until about 10:30 and we got up and we made our way to the car and this time I let her in through the driver's side and she made her way to the middle of the seat. I got in after she readjusted her dress.
I said," I wanted you to sit closer to me on the way back to Cody."
She said," I love it."
Before closing the door I saw her holding up her hand looking at the ring.
I started the car and made our way out of Billings and got to the interstate towards Laural.
By the time we got to Laurel Jamie fell asleep on my arm and I had the country music station playing softly.
We made our way about 10 miles and I turned left to the Belfry Highway.
We drove for about another hour and 45 minutes and we made it to the outskirts of Cody and after another 15 minutes I pulled into the garage.
I said," Sweetheart, we are home."
She asked," I slept all the way?"
I said," You fell asleep at Laurel."
She said," I get sleepy after surprises and tonight was the biggest and most glorious surprise of my life."
I got out and helped Jamie out of the car and we walked inside and went to the bedroom and she got in her nightgown and I stripped to my underwear. We climbed into bed and after she cuddled up to me I kissed her goodnight. I slowly fell asleep knowing Jamie is the girl of my dreams even though I didn't know it a year ago.