"So baby, do you like the place? I think it's suiting for a two year anniversary, don't you think?" Irvine said in an ecstatic tone. I looked all around me; it was a fancy restaurant that looked like it had been on a decorating show. The burgundy color carpet with the champagne color of the walls complemented each other.
Chandeliers adorned the ceiling over each table with glamorous diamonds, sparkling in the bright light. The napkins were done up like origami, and the silverware was shining like the bright sun. Everyone was dressed up here, including Irvine and myself. I was wearing a golden yellow knee length dress, made of satin.
Irvine and I had been married for two glorious years, but it seemed only a short while. Our daughter, Camille, was at home with the babysitter. She was six months old, and was a little darling.
Irvine worked as a psychologist, and had his own practice. I was a stay at home mom, ever since Camille was born.
We lived in a generously sized home with four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The backyard was large, and filled with healthy green grass. Our dog Rex had his own little doghouse he occasionally slept in, but most of the time he slept in between Irvine and I. Rex was a beagle-basset hound mix and was about a year and a half old. He was adorable! Which is the reason I picked him out. I remember when Irvine and I went to go pick out a dog; he was parading around his cage, like a high and mighty admiral in an army.
Lately yeah, life has been great, but I had a light feeling in my stomach that something was going to happen.
"You can have anything you want Butterfly." Irvine said lifting his menu. I looked at the daily special which was lamb chop served with soup or salad and two sides.
"I'll have the daily special and a slice of chocolate mousse cake alamode." I sounded like I knew exactly what I wanted, but really I didn't know exactly what I was going to get. Irvine raised his eyebrows and replied, "Picky one aint you?" I smiled and set down the menu. I thought it would be nice if we started up some conversation because the silence was killing me.
"So Irvy, in your point of view, what has the last two years been like for you?" Irvine smiled and began talking right away.
"It's been the best two years of my life." For some reason that answer wasn't good enough for me, luckily he kept going.
"Brining Camille into our lives had to have been the happiest memory of all. Even the wedding was memorable." I had a huge grin on my face buy now and I reached across the table for his hand. I held it and rubbed it gingerly.
After we had ordered our food, we played footsie under the table. Luckily there were floor length table clothes, or else I would have been really embarrassed.
I took a sip of my drink and chewed on a chunk of ice. The restaurant had a certain buzz to it, but was still calm and soothing. There was a man sitting in the corner under a bright spotlight, fingering his black grand piano. The music relaxed me and set more of a romantic tone.
"So what if someone was to ask you if you would go back to being a bachelor, would you?" I asked anticipating his response.
"You see, being married is so different than being single, because I have more responsibilities, and I have to support two other people, but I wouldn't miss this feeling I have for the world." He smiled at me and rubbed his foot up against my leg again. After about 30 minutes of conversation, our food was prepared, and brought to us on a beautiful porcelain tray.
I tried the lamb chop, and it was very good. All the flavors mixed together made the meal all the more enjoyable.
After I had cleaned off my plate, the waiter came back and asked, "Would you like any dessert?" I replied, "Yes, can I have the chocolate mousse cake?" The waiter nodded and wrote it down on his little pad of paper. "And for you sir?" He said turning to Irvine.
"No thank you I'm stuffed full." I giggled and the waiter walked away.
"Well, the night has gone good so far." Irvine said, stretching out his long limbs. The waiter came back with my slice of cake and it had a candle in it and all the waiters were singing happy anniversary.
I felt a little uncomfortable having almost the entire restaurant standing and singing. After the singing ceased, I was able to enjoy my cake in peace. I fed Irvine some too; I mean I wouldn't eat an entire piece of cake and not give him some.
By the time we had left the restaurant the sun was down, and the stars were shining bright.
We walked casually to Irvine's car hand in hand, staying close together. Once we were in the car, Irvine got out a bandanna and leaned in close to tie it around my eyes.
"What are you doing?" I asked, and he replied, "You'll see when we get there, it's a surprise."
The car ride seemed to take forever just because I couldn't see where we were going. I think Irvine might have been driving in circles, because it took so long.
"Can you guess where we are butterfly?" I had no idea but I would guess anyway.
"At home?" I asked, "No…" he said teasingly.
"The movies?"
"No…"
"The flower field?"
"No…"
"I don't know."
"Okay well lets go in." Irvine said gingerly helping me get out of the car. There was whispering when we stopped and then a moment of silence then we began moving again.
"Irvy?" I asked getting lost, and scared.
"I'm here, were almost there." Suddenly it smelled really bad. I couldn't stand the stench so I let go of Irvine's hand and pinched my nose. I stood still and let Irvine link his arm through mine. We walked further and the smell got stronger! It smelled really bad, like crap.
Soon enough we stopped and my blindfold was pulled off my face. I was standing in the middle of a HUGE chocobo coral! I was stunned; the chocobo's were so magnificent. They stood tall, and their feather's shone so greatly.
"Oh my goodness!" I squealed as I saw a chocobo that I absolutely adored. I ran over to the chocobo and stroked its golden-yellow and black feathers. Irvine followed me to the chocobo, and said surprisingly, "Would you like to ride that one?" I looked back at him and smiled and began nodding my head vigorously. Irvine laughed and said, "Saddle her up Sal!" A man came over and pulled on the chocobo's reigns and pulled him to the saddling room.
"Which one should I ride Sefie?" Irvine asked wandering around, looking at all the different chocobo's.
"How about this one Irvy!" I yelled spotting a baby pink chocobo. Irvine took one look and said, "No, pink is not my color." I laughed at his comment and headed over to another chocobo. I looked all around me, and finally found the perfect one. It was a jet-black color that was so black, it looked like it had a blue shimmer, and stood really high off the ground.
"Hey Sal! I found the other one!" Irvine yelled across the coral. The man came back out of the saddle room, and had my chocobo ready for me to mount. I took the reigns of the chocobo, and had Irvine help me up into the saddle. I got used to the feeling of riding a chocobo rather quickly. Soon enough, Irvine and I were off on our ride into the night. We stayed close to each other, and had a blast. We first took off in a run, and then when the chocobo's got tired, we settled for just a walk. We were on a moonlit path and it was really romantic. We walked side by side, and talked about a lot of things. We were out on our own for at least 2 hours. It was perfect. We rode back into the coral, and with the help of Irvine, I made it safely to the ground. After we had gotten back to the car, I was very tired, but Irvine still had plans for us. We went to a gorgeous park, that had a sto pathway, lighted by hidden lights. We walked hand in hand when the breeze picked up. It was chilly out, and I was very cold. I began to shiver, so Irvine put his duster ove rmy shoulders. His body heat was still the coast, and it felt good to me.
The night was brisk, and crickets were singing their nightly song. Our footsteps padded down the path, as we found 'our tree.'
"Do you remember?" Irvine asked. I knew all too well, I remembered the day in head.
It was a bright sunny day, and Irvine and I had been dating for 15 months. We were enjoying the outdoors by having a picnic under an old oak tree with much shade.
"Mmmm. These sandwiches are delicious Selphie. What's in them?" Irvine asked chewing through the sandwich.
"Well," I said hesitantly, not really sure if I should tell him my 'secret' recipe, "I grilled some pork, and marinated it with a sauce I made up, and put the port on white rolls, and put on some more of my secret sauce, with lettuce." I said nodding.
"Wow they're delicious! Like at first the pork was sweet, and then all of a sudden, POW! The tang hits you!" Irvine said acting out his description. I giggled and took a bite of my sandwich, making sure I savored the sweet and tangy flavors.
"Selphie, we've been together for a little over a year, and if you are willing, I think we should take our relationship to the next level." I remember that I was a little confused about what he meant. I'm glad it was what it was though.
"Selphie, will you marry me?" Irvine pulled out a velvet box, and opened it, to reveal a golden ring with a large diamond in the center, with silver connected to the band.
"EEEEKKK!" I yelped in excitement.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Irvine took the ring out of the box, and slipped it on my finger. It fit like a glove, and I absolutely adored it.
We sat by each other the memory tree, which I named it. I was still wearing Irvine's duster, and was sitting in between his legs. Irvine his arms wrapped around my shoulders, so I snaked my arms around his.
"Irvine?" I said breaking the painful silence.
"Hmm?" Irvine said pleasantly.
"I love you."
"I love you too butterfly. I'll never let anything bad happen to you." I felt complete sitting there with the only man in the world I would ever love. I felt at home.
"we better get going back home before they start getting worried." Irvine said nudging my side a little with this knee. We leisurely walked to the car and a quiet car ride home.
"Tonight was so wonderful. Thank you Irvine." I said as we pulled into the driveway.
"For what?" Irvine asked questioningly.
"For loving me, when no one else did." He leaned over the center console of the car and lovingly kissed me on the lips.
"No problem." He said once he pulled away. I smiled and got out of the car. I walked to the front door, as Irvine got his things out of the car. I opened the door, which was unlocked, and walked into the dark house.
"HELLO!" I yelled as I moved towards the light switch. I tripped over something, but didn't question it, because Rex leaves his toys anywhere and everywhere. I inched closer to the light switch, and when I was within reach I clicked it on.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"