He looked down at her and the two silently observed one another for a moment or two.
“…w… would you, when… when and if the day ever comes… Katelynn, would… n-now I know people w-will say that we’re moving too fast but for all the reasons I’ve to-told you today and h-how much my life has changed since I met you I don’t e-ever want a risk of loosing you s-so…” he hesitantly touched her arm. “Y-you don’t have to agree but.. but… w-would you say yes that, when, when I finally ask you if… if y… if you would marry me?”
It wasn’t exactly a proposal. More like a proposal of a proposal. Asking if, when the day finally comes when he has a ring in his hand and is dressed up properly rather than in his pajamas, if the day comes that she would say yes to him and not out right reject him.
And thus he waited.
She gasped, not expecting this at all, her eyes as wide as the moon. Her body trembled despite the warmth. It felt like a proposal to her really. To a woman’s mind it was pretty much that. She knew it was a promise but it felt like since he was proposing to propose that it was more definite it would happen when in the past all it had been was musings for her.
It was too fast, in a slight way. But they had always done everything fast because of how right it felt. Their hearts had connected instantly as friends, best friends and lovers. They fit together so well it was amazing they weren’t already one body and soul, though in love making they were.
She thought it over for a while, though her heart knew the answer right away. Gone were her old fears. How could she still fear things when he was by her side? He did make her feel safe, despite how she had handled Psycho Delic. She had just wanted him safe from a knife wielding maniac. No point putting him in danger against something like that.
Looking deep into his eyes, her face a look of wonderment, she nodded, a smile melting on her face despite everything they talked about. “Y-Yes..Jack..Yes..Nothing would make me happier…”
Technically it wasn’t a proposal, they both knew that; they were far too new to this but the fact it was a promise for a proposal made all the difference. He had gone silent when she thought; a part of him regretting saying it at all. What was he thinking, did he think this would really help? She was going to say no to him. He knew it.
…yet she doesn’t.
His green eyes stare back at her in equal shock, before a smile crosses over his face.
“Y-you… really? I-I mean when. When I can afford it and… and we’re… we’re not so wrapped up in… in all this… stuff… I will, I will…!”
Jack Maple 