{john POV}

a few days after rocky and i picked out the horse shoe ring for chris, chris and i packed out bags and headed to vegas for the NFR finals.

yes chris packed for me which means i only have tight blue jeans, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. just so my girl is happy i'll wear it, i dont care if i have to wear these clothes the rest of my life, they make my girl happy and i'll never stop trying to make her happy. seeing her smile and the way she looks at me when i wear that cowboy hat is a look i dont ever want to lose at least not from her. 

we finally arrived in vegas and checked into our hotel room before we went out and ate then got ready for the first night of the NFR finals.

we pulled in the parking lot and i looked over at chris, her face was lite up, her smile was ear to ear and she screamed in excitement. she was dressed like a cowgirl from the top of her hat to the soles of her boots shes a cowgirl. we parked and headed inside to our seat before i  went to set things up for the proposal. 

we sat there and watched the rodeo before i slipped out and headed down to get on the horse then they called her down into the arena floor.

"john what is this?" she asked with the biggest smile on her face as i rode up on the big brown stallion, i smiled 

i slid down off the horse and pulled the ring out of my pocket before i got down on one knee, she looked down at me and smiled so big.

"christen balboa, i knew the moment i met you i knew you were the one for me. i went home every night and you were the only thing i thought about then when once we became best friends i couldnt help but be happy and feel like i had been given the best of the best when you walked into my life. i know i'm not the man your dad imagined for his daughter but y'know i never was that kinda, i got permission from both your mom and dad, your dad even helped me pick out the ring so with everything being said will you marry me?" she smiled

"yes!" she smiled and fell in my arms before i slid the ring on her finger and pulled her up from the floor. 

"i said yes!" she screamed before i grabbed the reins on the horse and walked back out the the section i got the horse from then we went back to our seats to finish watching tonights rodeo.

once it was over we went to eat and headed back to the hotel.

4 days later 

we headed back to tampa for christmas with both my parents and chris's parents. 

-jan 5th-

christmas was very busy with both my family and her family here together plus friends and extended family. the house wasn't really truly quiet until tonight and thats because tonight everybody went home today. 

i never knew just how small chris and i's home here is till everyone was here and it was so busy but now i've come to realize what chris means when she says she prefers a busy house to a quiet empty house.

"babe you okay?" chris comes up behind me and wraps her arms around me.

"yea, i'm just thinking about maybe moving to oklahoma and thinking about working in the rodeo, maybe riding bulls or roping" i shrugged 

"are you serious babe?? like for real moving??" she beamed

"yea, y'know i've been wearing these clothes and this hat and the way that rodeo made me feel down deep inside, i just think its what i'm meant to do" i smiled

"now you feel the way i do when ever i'm at the rodeo. i love the idea of moving to oklahoma an becoming a roper babe, i just love it!" she smiled

"i'm glad!! so what if we want out there this weekend and checked it out then started looking at houses?"

"i'd love it! i'll start packing oh but what if your work doesnt let you off friday and monday?"

"well i guess i'll get you on the plane on friday and i'll get on one saturday then i'll come back on sunday and you can stay till tuesday"

"babe i dont wanna stay without you" he rested her head on my left shoulder

"i know but i dont wanna make you come back before your ready"

"i know. now i'm going to go attempt to make dinner for us so you sit here and relax" she hugged me from behind and kissed my cheek before she got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen wearing blue jean cut offs and a white lace tank top.

"can you please not burn the kitchen down" i chuckled

"i'll try not too, i promise. now what should i fix grilled chicken or steak and potatoes?" she asked looking in the freezer

"steak and potatoes, please tell me i can grill it though?"

"if you promise to rub my feet"

"anything you want"

"i just thought of a really good idea"

"and what was that?" i asked starting up the grill on the back back

"what if we got married while we're in oklahoma? then we wouldnt have to plan something big and fancy and it would be just us and we could surprise everybody. its not like we can really afford a big wedding anyways" she smiled 

"are you sure thats what you want? i'll work over time for the next 3 months to pay for a big wedding if thats what you want" i looked at her with my hands on her shoulders

"yes its what i want! i want you to be here and be my husband for the next three months and besides we might be moving to oklahoma so i this is perfect!" i hugged her

"if this is what you really want then this is what i want too! lets get married Ms Balboa" i smiled

"lets get married Mr Cena!" she laughed and we made dinner before we sat down at the table on the deck and ate dinner.

4 days later we were on our way to oklahoma and since we decided to get married while we're there we decided to drive instead of flying.