Friday was my 20th birthday. I
woke up the morning of my birthday especially early. I'd fallen asleep
earlier than normal the night before and woke up unable to fall back
asleep around 4 in the morning. I was turning 20. It was all I could
think of. I was no longer a teenager. I was growing up. Josh snored next
to me and I smiled as he mumbled something in his sleep. Around 7 he
got up and got ready for work. We had a cup of coffee together and
kissed goodbye. The morning past rather uneventfully. Josh's mom, Ann,
took me to Coopersville and I filled out applications for apartments and
we got lunch at Taco Bell. We did a little shopping for my birthday
dinner, picked up my cake, and came back to the house. Ann wouldn't let
me see the cake. It was a surprise. She was mad because the bakery had
apparently messed up the colors on the cake. She started dinner and Josh
got home. I chose Stir Fry and onion rings for my birthday dinner.
(Don't judge. It sounded good.) Then they unveiled the cake. At first I
didn't know what it was. They finally told me that it was supposed to be
the main character from the book I'm writing. I was so surprised. I
didn't care that the bakery had messed up on her hair or her gun. It was
awesome. I blew out the candles and finished eating. Finally, it was
present time. I ripped the wrapping off of the big box. Inside was a
bunched up plastic grocery bag and a bunched up paper grocery bag. I
pulled them out. Inside the paper bag was a smaller box. I opened it and
inside was a smaller box. I pulled it out and opened it. Inside was a
little angel pin. Josh said it reminded him of a character off of Doctor
Who (my favorite show). I was looking at it, wondering when I would
ever wear it when I looked up. Right next to me was the sliding door to
go outside. It was dark outside so I could see our reflection. Out of
the corner of my eye, I saw Josh's reflection and he was getting on one
knee. I slowly turned and started crying.
"Will you marry me?" he said.
I
cried harder and said "of course I will!" I pulled him into a hug
before he could even stand up. I was crying and shaking as he put the
ring on my finger.
Ann
was crying. She was recording the whole thing. I laughed when I
realized the angel pin was just a decoy gift to the even bigger gift I
was about to receive.
If you would like to watch him propose, you can watch it here.
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