the possibility

Dil was stretched across the bed with Cady's lap-top. She laid next to him, eyeing the screen.

"You should order it from Kay's." He clicked on different rings. "No, no, Blue Nile. Yeah, build your own there. Thats what you want."

"No, Wal-mart. I'm getting it at Wal-mart." Cady sighed.

"NO WAY!" Dil shot her a look. "This is your engagement ring, we're talking about."

"And I don't want to spend my retirement on my wedding ring."

"Well, Cass should be doing this, but, you know, he's in this slump, because of you." He looked back at rings with lots of carots. The rings only started at 300 bucks with the simplist of settings.

"Me?" She scowled.

"Well, you haven't acted like you wanted to marry him. How come you told Cory and Joy that you and Cass were engaged?"

"I dunno. I had too. I guess. Maybe, I want to."

"Shit!" Dil stared at a selection of men's engagement rings. "I don't believe this. Look how expensive those rings are!" Dil made one of his bitter scowls.

"You want an engagement ring?" Cady looked at him as if he'd lost it.

"Hell, yeah." He looked back at her. "I want to get married just as bad as you do." He looked at the screen. "Jesus! They call this a sale?" He glared at the expensive prices. "Maybe we better check out Wal-Mart, after all." He found the website and laughed. "Well, you can get something as cheap as 64 bucks. But I kind of like these you can put your names on. Is that too cheap?" He winced, looking at Cady. "No, he'd want something simple. He always does." Dil looked back at the screen so solemn then.

Cady rolled over and looked up at the ceiling.

"We got our work cut out for us. If we want thisto  happen." He looked at Cady. "You'll have to ask Cass to marry you, and I'm just going to have to talk Rafe into it." He shrugged with a smile.

Cady was busy looking at her empty fingers. Naturally, she was in her own little world, thought Dil, but so was he. So was he.