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"I did my research," I joked, happy to see her enjoying herself.
After we finished our meal, the waiter brought over a bottle of wine. I poured us each a glass, and we toasted to the perfect night. As we sipped our wine, the piano player started playing a slow song, and I knew it was my chance to ask Maya to dance.
"Would you like to dance?" I asked, holding out my hand.
Maya hesitated for a moment, but then she took my hand, and we made our way to the dance floor. As we swayed to the music, I could feel how her body perfectly fit into mine, and I knew that I never wanted to let her go.
All the while, I had something I wanted to tell her, but I decided not to. We had the whole night anyway, and I knew she wasn't much of a public person. I didn't want to ruin the perfect moment by saying or doing the wrong thing.
As the night wore on, we danced to song after song, and I could hear Catherine's voice in my head telling me to just let go. Let go and allow myself to feel how it feels to be in love. Maya was perfect in every way, and I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her.
Hours later, we found ourselves back at Maya's house. She led me to her bedroom, and we both managed to get into our pajamas before we collapsed on the bed, exhausted from our night out.
Lying there next to her, I couldn't help but feel grateful for everything that had brought us to this moment. All the pain and heartache we had gone through, separately and together, had led us here, to this moment of pure happiness.
I turned to Maya, taking in her beauty once again. "Maya, I love you. I can't imagine my life without you in it."
Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked back at me. "I love you too, Jack. I never want to lose you."
I sat up, reaching for something in my pocket. Maya looked at me curiously as I took out a small box.
"Maya, will you marry me?" I asked, holding out the box.
Her eyes widened dramatically as she opened the box. Inside the velvet ring box wasn't a ring. In place of a ring was a blue button.
Maya gasped.
"Jack! How did you get this? I thought I lost it!"
"Let's just say, someone who cares about both of us, gave it to me and said she'd really like me to return it, but at a time that worked for me." I paused. "You were somehow always going to be in my future, Maya. We just didn't know how or when, but I'm so grateful for every day we have from now on. You, me and Eli. I'm the luckiest man in the world."
"Oh, Jack!" as she caught me a kiss.
I broke the kiss, laughing, "So? Don't keep me in suspense! Will you marry me?"
"Yes, Jack!" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around me. "Of course, I will!"
We wrapped each other up in our arms and passionately kissed, sinking into each other and feeling like this was the most right thing to happen in our lives.
"Okay…so then I should really give you this." I leaned and grabbed another little box from the nightstand.
She gasped again when she saw the glittering, vintage-inspired diamond ring.
"Jack!" she said in wonderment. "This is too much."
"Nothing is too much for you, Maya."
As we lay there in each other's arms, Maya admiring the shining diamond and holding the button tight, I knew that this was the start of something amazing. We could regret all the pain we experienced in the past, but, at the same time, we had both grown and learned so much from our past mistakes, and we were ready to move forward together.
“See, no socks,” I whispered, tickling her bare foot with mine. “I told you back in Crested Butte that I’d knock your socks off when I proposed.”
Maya cracked up laughing but sobered when I kissed her.
I think she knew where this was going because she wrapped her legs around me and deepened the kiss.
Maya
I couldn't believe what just happened. The button. The ring. It was too much. So now it was time for me to show him that this was it. This was so right. I put the button on my bedside table and turned to dreamily look into Jack's eyes. God, he was so fucking gorgeous. Inside and out. But right now, I wanted us to create some magic on the outside.
