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“Then, you disappeared. I couldn’t find you, and only had one thing to remember you by.” I reach into my pocket, pulling out the other item in there. I hold out the very claw clip that I’ve had for a year and a half now. Josie chuckles, her cheeks flaming red as she takes the claw clip, holding it in her right hand with the small bouquet. “I had this. Then, fate, aka Marley, intervened, and I got to see you again. Right here,” I point to the dock. “Is where we had our first kiss. I wanted to bring it full circle today.”
Sinking down onto one knee, I reach into my pocket to grab the small velvet box. Josie’s left hand is covering her mouth, eyes widening.
“Josie Rae Carter, I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy, and supporting your dreams, and the dreams we have together. Loving you is the easiest thing I’ve ever done. Would you do the honor of marrying me, and becoming my wife?” My voice wobbles and breaks on the last words, my emotions showing. Tears sting my eyes as I wait for her response.
She silently nods, her hand still over her mouth. Tears stream down her cheeks, but I can see the smile on her face. Finally, she speaks. “Yes, oh my gosh, Andrew. Yes, I’ll marry you. I love you so much,” she cries.
I quickly realize that I forgot to open the ring box. “Oh, shit,” I mutter. “You probably want to see the ring before you agree,” I nervously chuckle.
Josie drops her hand, waving me off. “I don’t care about the ring right now, I get to marry you,” she says.
I open the box anyway, gauging her reaction when she sees the ring. It’s simple. Nothing over the top, but so her. The center diamond is oval shaped, with smaller leaf shaped diamonds on either side. The band is soft gold, thin and delicate. Josie gasps.
“It’s gorgeous,” she says. I take the ring from the box with shaking hands, and slide it onto her finger. I stand from my knee, and we both stare down at the ring I bought her on her finger, where it will be for the rest of our lives.
Josie pulls me into her, the hand with the ring on it cupping the back of my head as our lips meet in the middle. I fist bump the sky, because hell fucking yes.
Cheers and laughter surround us, and our families race to the end of the dock to congratulate us. Gramps meanders over with his arm looped in my mom’s. We receive hugs from each member of the family, and of course, Lennie is asking if she can wear a pretty dress to the wedding.
Gramps reaches me, slapping me on the back. He pulls me into a tight hug, and my throat thickens with emotion. “Congratulations, kid,” he says. “Cindy is perfect.” I chuckle at the nickname he still uses for her, and hug him tightly back.
Josie hugs him, laughing when he calls her Cindy. I don’t think he’ll ever call her by her real name, not that I mind. Nor does Josie. If anything, it makes it even more special.
I’m thanking my lucky stars as I hold Josie in my arms on the solid ground, that not only did we not fall into the water this time, but that she just agreed to be mine for the rest of our lives.
The End.
