He took a deep breath as their feet took them around the side of a building, to a deserted alleyway. "I guess what I'm trying to say is…I don't want to think of a life without you. I don't want a life without you. So…"
M.J. felt her breath catch in her throat when Joe suddenly dipped out of her line of sight and she pivoted on her heel to see him kneeling in front of her, dark eyes staring up at her with an unreadable expression. "Will you marry me?"
"You big idiot," M.J. grumbled, feeling unwanted tears prick at the corner of her eyes. She hastily wiped them away, lest he see and use it as fodder for a later joke. "Of course I will."
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Zell Am Zee in Austria was one of the most beautiful places any of them had ever seen.
No one had really wanted to leave the Eagle's Nest or Berchtesgaden, until they saw Austria, of course.
But it wasn't as if there was a sudden army-wide vacation. Just because their location was beautiful, didn't mean they were off duty. Many of the men were stuck in Europe because they didn't have enough points to go home, and they were delegated to tasks such as directing refugees, resettlement efforts and accepting the surrender of the German Troops.
(Continuation of Chapter 8)