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You’ve got to be the cutest mom in the world, too!
I rolled my eyes, but grinned. I’d never thought I would fall into an already existing family like this, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I loved Ben like he was my own, and I couldn’t wait for the rest of our lives together––the three of us.
We headed to the car, and Ben hopped in the backseat. Aaron and I drove him to the school, where we watched him give her flowers and tell her how pretty she looked in her dress and how she melted at the compliments.
Just before they walked in, when her back was turned, Ben flashed us the biggest smile. He was happy––it had worked.
“Turns out you were right,” I said, nudging Aaron.
“About what?” he asked.
“Girls do like it when you make an effort.”
Aaron chuckled. “I have something to show you.”
“What?” I asked.
He opened the car door for me and got behind the wheel after I was seated. He drove away from the school––we would pick Ben up later––and took me to a park. We climbed out and walked through the trees and onto the lawn drenched in moonlight. The stars were bright, the sky clear, and the breeze was fresh and crisp.
Somewhere from beyond the trees, music started. It was the sound of a lone violin singing into the night.
“What is that?” I asked.
The sound of another violin sounded, and then the sound of a cello until a whole bunch of them made a sweet melody.
“Let’s go look,” I said. Were we intruding on something? What if it is an event?
I walked through the trees, and Aaron followed behind me. When I stepped through the trees onto the next manicured lawn, candles had been put all over the grass, lighting up the night. A string quartet played music to the side, and a red blanket was laid between the candles.
“Oh, I think this is––” I turned around while I talked to face Aaron to tell him that we were probably intruding on someone’s special moment when I found him on one knee behind me.
“What are you doing?” I asked. “What…” My eyes widened when I realized what was happening. This wasourspecial moment.
“You’re everything, Jade. I don’t have all the perfect words to tell you how much you mean to me. All I can say is that I was incomplete until I met you, and I don’t want to do another day without you by my side as my wife. Marry me?”
I blinked at him, tears welling up in my eyes.
His eyes were filled with questions, and I glanced down at the black velvet box with the perfectly sized diamond in it.
He was asking me to marry him, to be his wife. He was asking me to share the rest of my life with him. He was offering to give me the world.
I wanted nothing more than to wake up at his side every day for the rest of forever.
“Okay,” I whispered, the tears rolling down my cheeks. “I’ll marry you.”
Aaron grinned and jumped up. He grabbed me tightly and kissed me.
“I love you so much,” he said.
“I love you more.”
He shook his head. “Impossible. Here.” He took the ring out of the box and slid it onto my finger. It fits perfectly.
“How did you know?” I asked.
“Olivia and Ava together are a mean team,” he said with a grin, and I laughed. My friends had my back, and it meant so much to me.
“Dance with me,” Aaron said, nodding at the red blanket between the candles.
