Months went by and still it was a miracle they kept 'them' a secret. He gots suspicions from Spock when two weeks before there two year anniversary he made a long distance call to Port Issac. Why? "James hey how's Gwen?" "Yeah she's thriving here I have never seen someone so happy but that's not why I called, well it is but it isn't. James just spit it out, I want your permission to ask your daughter to marry me?" There was a brief but agonising pause as Mervyn thought quietly to himself, "James I already consider you a son to me and would be proud to call you my son in law. Yes," his heart skipped a beat with joy. He had everything set up and ready to go.

After finishing a shift in engineering the exhausted Lieutenant wanted nothing more than to lie in James' arms, to her dismay he wasn't due off for another few hours so before she passed out she blasted her favourite playlist while doing the dishes. Last First Kiss by that band that always slipped her mind only that they were popular late 2000's to early 2010's till they split was the one that got her heart pumping with joy and excitement.

Gweynneth freaked when she felt someone else dancing with her, "James I didn't see you there," "I guessed but I have something important to say and I want you to consider. I know we're young and this might be stupid but, oh god all this practice and I still can't spit it out. What I'm trying to say is I don't want to have to creep around to see my girlfriend I want to be able to walk freely into our cabin and kiss you," he paused briefly feeling the box in his pocket, "I want to be able to walk up to you and kiss you, my wife, no questions asked. I am ready to spend the rest of my life with you so Gwen will you marry me?" Her eyes went wide and shed a tear as she almost yelled yes. Fuelled with new found passion they once again met briefly with a short kiss, carefully he slid the beautiful yet simplistic ring on her finger.

The two were disturbed in the shower to the room door being buzzed a dozen times. Gweynneth frantically shewed Kirk out of sight as she through a towel round herself. Clearly annoyed she opened the door saying rather rudely, "What!" "Well chill. We are looking for Captain we thought as you two were close friends he might be with you or at least know where he is," "He's not here clearly and I don't know what he does on his spare time," 'Aside from seeing me,' she thought shutting the door in there faces. "Alright there gone dam they are pushy today anyway better go see what they want," she chuckled handing him his now clean uniform and a towel.