He took a deep breath and reached for my hands. I could feel his feet shaking under the table. It was so silent I could hear his heart beating inside his chest. I could hear mine pulsating, it was then I realized our hearts were beating in unison.

This was it, I thought. This is the moment I've been waiting for. "Izzy," he began. I squeezed his hands as a motivation for him to continue. "I…I…um…," he paused, as if pondering whether he should say it now. "Izzy, I love you."

I leaned in over the table and kissed him with every fiber of my being. "I love you too," I whispered. As I sat back down at my table, he reached for my hand.

"There's something I want to show you," he stated excitedly. I placed my palm in his without taking a second thought, barely even taking an initial thought. Any chance to be with him was not questionable. I would gladly be at his side for the rest of my life.

I stood up and he walked me outside to some laser looking thing. "Watch," he said, guiding my eyes to the place he was pointing at. It was the tree he would sit under as a child. The tree was well over 20 years old now. I watched as he walked over to the contraption and pressed the red button. He walked back to me and held my waist, squeezing me; as we both watch the laser carve something into the tree. It was when it was finished that I realized it had our initials in a heart. I had to hold my breath to stop from crying. I walked over to the tree and traced along the carving with my finger. I then titled my head, sure enough, like I assumed there it was. I couldn't help it anymore, tears where pouring down my face and couldn't help but run to him and hug him like my life depended on it.

When we were younger, in high school, we wanted to carve our name into the tree. It took us roughly 3 days to complete. He promised me, when we were older, he would propose to me, after he carved our names into the same tree again, when the tree had grown. And he would carve them once more when we were even older; he promised it would be our tree until the day that we died.

He let go of me and bent down on one knee. I cried even more, as I realized this was the real moment I had been waiting for all my life. "Isabella, I love you with all my heart and soul." I couldn't help the tears that were falling from my eyes. "You are the girl I have always wanted, and the only girl I will ever need." I was now in need of a tissue because the tears where staining my dress. "Will you marry me?"

It was those words that would carry me through the rest of my life. "Of course, I too love you with all my heart and soul," I cried. I closed the space between us as he stood up. We both held each other like we were the last people on earth, and kissed passionately.