Damon stood in the grass with Emily. He had a big surprise for her but it had steps to it.
"Do you know this place Emily? he asked.
They stood in the grass by a river running downstream like it always had except Damon knew that this time everything felt different.
"Yes. I do. It's where we first met."
The Keggar had happened at night in that same place. The music stand lay over to the right side of them and Damon stood in front of where the keg had been on the night he had first seen her face. They were both changed as a result of that night. He had picked up her shawl and said "I believe this belongs to you." The money had been her reward that night, but he had gotten a bigger reward. Damon drove Emily out to the Evergreen Plaza. They stood in front of a resturant that smelled like fresh bread and cheese.
"The Pizza Shack!" Emily said happily looking up at the blue sign advertizing the resturant where everyone always ate.
Damon said " Why are we here? Can you guess?"
"It's where we work."
"Anything else specail about it?" He couldn't hide his smile at the news as she figured it out. "Our first kiss was here."
He stood behind the counter as she waved at him. They fought at first but then the magic happened. They kissed. He had smiled at her and talked about Razor to get her to open up about life. He was keeping something as she took a breath, opening her mouth just the right way and he took it as a sign to go further. He tongue had slid inside her mouth and she bit his lip wanting more unconsciously. She had asked why he had done it and all he said was " You're mom said you'd never been kissed before."
And she hadn't ever been kissed by anyone else after that day.
He slid into a booth at a swanky French resturant and Damon smiled again.
"What about this place."
"Our first fancy date."
Emily laughed as Damon's car drove down the road to some unknown destination.
"Where are we now Damon?" Emily asked as Damon held her hand and they both got out of the car. They faced a waterfall flowing freely into a big pool of crystal clear blue water.
"Damon" Emily breathed"This place is gorgeous! But I don't know why we're here. "
Damon shifted his weight over to the other foot and cleared his throat. This was a huge moment for him but he knew he could do it right.
Emily felt his rough hand on his shoulder forcing her to turn around to face him.
What she saw took her breath away.
"Damon…"
Damon Young sunk down to one knee and looked deep into her eyes above him.
"You will…" he breathed.
Emily listened as Damon Young proposed. She said yes and Damon brought her to him as they kissed all of the puzzle pieces lost in their lives fell into place.
