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"Shhhh, Mi. Close you eyes." The curly haired boy commanded the brunette; his hands were placed over her eyes to prevent her from peeking.
Giggles erupted from her throat like bubbles from a tub. "Where are you taking me Nicholas?" She demanded through her suppressed giggles.
"It's supposed to be a surprise, now hush!" he said, and guided her into a deserted beach.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now." He said, a hint of nervousness laced in his melodic voice as he removed his hands from her eyes.
Her eyes flew open and she came into view with possibly one of the most breathtaking sights of her entire life. A small part of the beach had been laid out with a blanket, and with a picnic basket on top. There were a few un-lit candles and soft music could be heard playing in the background, she recognized it as a piece by The Temptations. You could see the dim lights of the small island of Tybee from this spot, the most noticeable of which was the circular motion of the brightly lit roller coaster in the carnival. The sun had set not too long ago, and the dim lights of the town topped with everything he had set up made it seem like a scene taken right out of a movie.
"Oh, my god," the sixteen year old girl had been rendered motionless. "I- oh, did you-"she tried to speak but it seemed as if words had failed her.
"I know I'm late but… Uh, Happy late anniversary Miles." He said, with a small smile on his face.
"Oh, nick! That's the sweetest thing anyone's ever done to me!" She gushed, and flung out her arms to meet him in a hug. "Thank you so much."
He welcomed her into his arms, and held onto her as if he never wanted to let go. After what seemed like an eternity of just holding onto each other, Nick felt something wet drip onto his shirt.
Panic stricken, he half heartedly pulled away from the embrace and towed up her face by her chin softly.
"Why are you crying?" he asked, and frantically wiped away some of the tears with his cold fingers.
She passed him a smile through the tears, "they're happy tears, silly." She said, shaking her head and sucking in some fresh air.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this." She sniffed. "C'mon lets go sit down now…" she said, happily and took his hand to guide him to the blanket laid out on the ground.
They both sat down, and nick scooted her closer so that her head was lying on his chest.
"Do you remember Mi, our first kiss?" he said, tilting his head so he could see her face.
She chuckled, "you think I can forget?"
He smiled, "it was looking over the skyline. Los Angeles city."
"On a rainy day." She completed for him. "It was perfect" she said, adding it as an after thought.
"Yeah well.. I kind of wanted to recreate that tonight. To make it special. And I think I got it all, except for the rain part." He said, smiling. But there was something about this smile, he still seemed nervous.
She let out a happy sigh, "Wow. Who knew you were such a romantic?" she playfully poked him the ribs.
"Eh, well it comes out every now and then…" he joked.
"Happy Anniversary. I love you." She said, and gave him another hug.
Even though he knew she just meant it as friends, a rush of excitement flowed through his veins when he heard her say that. But instead of saying it back, he proceeded to part two of his mission tonight.
"So, aren't you going to ask for your present?" he said, and imitated her previous actions by poking her softly.
"Oh, nick.. you didn't. Did you?" she said.
"What kind of guy would I be if I wouldn't get you a present on our anniversary.?" he replied, smiling cheekily.
"Geez, fine. But you're embarrassing me. Here you are being the sweetest person alive and heres me being a complete free loader. I didn't even get you a gift!" she said, and buried her face into her hands.
Nick chuckled at her antics, "Here open it." He said, and nervously placed a small box in front of her.
She removed her hands from her face and her eyes landed on a small box from Tiffany & Co. Knowing where this was heading, her heart beat fastened and she drew a shaky hand to open the box.
And there it was, nestled in white satin was a ring; a silver band studded with a small shining stone.
"Before you freak out, I'd like you to know this is just a promise ring." Nick nervously cut in.
"A promise ring?" she repeated, relieved yet confused at the same time.
"Yeah, uh.. its just a promise from me to you that someday, we will.. be together… forever." He explained, quickly.
"Like… like get married?" she said, not really believing anything that was happening.
"Maybe. Yeah." He said, immediately feeling like an idiot as he said the words out loud. Maybe he was going too fast..
"Oh."
"You know, on second thought, I'm sorry. I'm moving too fast, I.. know you just got through a messy break up, I shouldn't have just thrown this on you… lets, lets just forget about this?" he rambled at top speed, and ran a hand through his hair. A nervous habit that he had picked up early in his life.
"Shut up. I.. I love it!" Miley replied, surprising Nick.
"You do?" he said, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.
"Yes, its wonderful. And damn nick, you are breaking records on my list of 'sweetest things ever' today!" she said, causing Nick to grin cheek to cheek.
She pulled out the ring from the box and saw that their were some words engraved on the band.
It read; I love you, now and forever.
"Another record." She said, and slipped the ring onto her finger.
"So, do you… well, agree? With the promise, that is." He asked.
She held out her hand and examined her ring. "Someday." She agreed, and sighed in content.
"Someday…" he repeated and tried hard to fight the smile off his face.
They sat in silence for a moment, but then Miley spoke up.
"Nick, would you like if I gave you a present?" A mischievous fire was ablaze in her eyes as she said this.
He nodded, completely unaware of what was coming. She smiled nervously and asked him to close his eyes.
"Your not going to rape me, are you?" the sixteen year old boy joked but inside he was curious to know what she had for him.
"Shut up before I change my mind." She said, rolling her eyes.
"Yessir."
And before he knew it, her lips were on his. Nick was quick to recover as his hands automatically landed onto her waist, locking her into place. Their mouths moved in perfect sync, and they both felt something that they hadn't felt in a long time; love.
"I love you," nick breathed, once they pulled apart.
"The feeling is mutual," she giggled once before he connected their lips again.
The moment was perfect, and they thought nothing can tear them apart now. But little did they know, fate has its own ways of making things fall into place and breaking them up all over again…
So this was just a little prologue of my new story.:) Kind of blah-ish but it'll get better, I promise=]
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