"Put this on and let's go somewhere
exciting," I said as I handed you a dinner dress I had bought with a
year's savings. A marvellous look came into your eyes and you cooed, "Wow."
I used to have a crush on Nicole Ari Parker |
That evening, I didn't hear a thing of
whatever was said at the party. I was being tormented by a gripping presentiment
that the mission I meant to accomplish later that night would probably go
wrong.
After the party we drove in silence till we
stopped outside your father's house. You hesitated and pecked me on the cheek.
"I had a glorious time," you said, "thank you." You stepped
inside and I watched the door of gate begin to close in slow motion.
"Wait," I shouted before I was
shut out completely. And out of my pocket came a little box that I gave you and
asked you to open right there. You gave me a look of utter surprise, then total
interest, and I watched with a pounding heart till the box revealed a ring that
sparkled goldenly in the light of the gate.
"Santurina," I said going on
bended knee, "will you marry me?"