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He blew out a breath and nodded. “Yep, kind of.”
“Aww, babe. That’s so lovely.” I leaned in and kissed him. “Thank you, oh and by the way, you look bloody hot as hell.”
Elijah gave me a tight smile and without saying anything pulled me into the shed. Once inside I gasped, it looked exactly as it had the night we’d stayed in there – the flowers and all the candles and fairy lights were exactly as they had been, even the lace curtain at the window looked familiar. The only difference was there was no bed.
“Eli, it looks just like that night.”
“I hoped you’d remember, because I do, every single part of it.”
I thought about how we’d lain awake most of the night, talking, laughing, and having sex until finally, as light started to seep through the window, we’d drifted off to sleep.
“It was perfect,” I sighed.
I looked over at the wild flowers and smiled. “Are they the same ones?” I asked.
“Pretty much.”
Elijah had bought me lots of wild flowers since that night, but while they were gorgeous, none had ever been as beautiful as that first bouquet. This one was pretty close though.
“It’s all amazing,” I replied, feeling a huge swell of love in my heart for him.
“There’s a reason I’ve done this,” Elijah said, taking a deep breath. “This place for all it’s a grotty little shed, holds some of my happiest memories with you, and I wanted my happiest memory to be here too.”
“You do?” I asked, frowning, wondering what he had planned, particularly as there was no bed in here this time.
Elijah nodded and put a hand into his pocket while still keeping a tight hold of mine with his other one. I watched him carefully and when he produced a small, square, purple, velvet box, I thought I was going to have a heart attack, the thudding in my chest increasing with every second that I stared at the box.
When he held it up in front of me, I felt my legs go to jelly.
When he let go of my hand and opened the box to reveal a gorgeous, square cut diamond, I felt the breath whoosh from my lungs.
“I love you, Amy,” he whispered, taking the ring from the box. “I think I loved you from the minute I saw you playing with that gorgeous hair of yours outside class. I know I’ve loved you since the day you bought me a new pair of gloves for our one month anniversary because mine had a hole in them and you were worried my hands were getting cold riding my bike to school. I also know that I was blind to every other female on this planet from our first date, where we had greasy pizza and I picked you up in Sam’s car and you never once complained about the smell of his musty swimming gear that’d he left on the back seat for days.”
Elijah put the box back in his pocket and held the ring between his thumb and forefinger, and as I watched him and saw his utter love and devotion for me in his eyes, I struggled to hold back the tears.
“Will you marry me?” he asked softly, his hand shaking as he took mine.
There was no doubt in my mind about my answer. Elijah was everything to me.
“I love you, Elijah,” I whispered. “And just so you know, I think I loved you from the minute you asked me out in class and weren’t embarrassed. I know I’ve loved you since I rang you crying just a day after our three week anniversary and told you, Hammy our hamster had died and you called at our house on the way to football with a cuddly hamster and a big bar of chocolate to cheer me up, and I have most definitely been blind to every male on this planet from the day you walked into class with your hair all sexily messed up and wearing that white t-shirt that showed off how bloody hot your body was even then, and when I smiled at you, you said ‘hi there gorgeous’.”
Elijah groaned. “What a knob.”
“No you weren’t,” I protested, linking our fingers together. “You were and still are perfect.”
“So is that a yes?” he asked.
I nodded vigorously and with a tear soaked grin, stuck out my hand and held my breath as Elijah slipped the ring onto my finger.
Once he had, I had mere moments to admire it before he dragged me against his chest and kissed me. It was a kiss that I’d always remember, because it was hot and sexy, but it was sweet and shy all at the same time. I wanted it to go on forever, I wanted us to stay in that shed, alone, forever, but no sooner had our breathing started to get heavy, the door burst open and both our families were there shouting their congratulations. At the back stood Alex, Lucas, Rachel, and Adam all grinning like idiots as Elijah and I got lost amidst the hugs and kisses.
It was the perfect proposal, from the most perfect man for me.
