This is the first in a series of short stories where Mindy thinks Danny is going to propose.
They each connect together with time jumps between them.
I hope you enjoy I've been wanting to write this for ages but life has gotten in the way
As always comments and critiques are welcome
Also i don't own these two crazy kids. All due respect to the show and the writers.
The first time he does it there standing on top of the Empire State Building. Its gently snowing and the moment couldn't be anything more than perfect. She may have thought about it once or twice, (or forty) considering they had been together for 3 years now and the next logical step would be marriage, but she hadn't mentioned it and neither had he.
"Everything okay min? Your being extremely quiet tonight and that is nothing like you."
"I'm fine, really. Just enjoying the view from the top of my favourite building and the company of my incredibly sexy boyfriend" she says bumping his shoulder playfully.
He smiles squeezing her hand before turning his eyes back to the vast expansion of city in front of them.
"I'm surprised actually. I thought for sure by now that you would have made a comment as to why I brought you up here" he says turning to face her once again his signature crooked grin creeping across his face.
She turns away from him, her mind still going a hundred miles an hour on the possibility that tonight could be the night, and not wanting to give away where her thoughts were. Her curiosity was piqued aswell, as if tonight was the night he was being incredibly calm about it and not the sweating mess she thought he would be. Finally composed she turns back to him and just shrugs "I figured that you would explain in your own time."
He laughs "Are you telling me that Mindy Lahiri the expert in romantic comedies is not thinking right now that this is the perfect ending to a rom-com movie?"
She looks at him square in the eyes trying to make him nervous "What would make you think that Daniel Castellano?"
He turns to face her completely taking both hands in his "What would make me think that? Oh I don't know. Maybe its just the fact that you are obsessed with them and this" he releases one hand to gesture around the building "Is the typical cliché of where, if someone was planning to, perform a very big romantic gesture."
Her heart starts to race at the words "big romantic gesture" but her mind calms her down causing her to laugh "Oh Danny. If you were planning a big romantic gesture you would be a sweaty nervous wreck right now."
"Maybe I've changed and I know how to control my sweaty and nervous ticks now. I bet you would prefer that person."
"Exsqueeze me? I would never ever want you to change. I love you just the way you are. You have been nervous and sweaty at every big moment in our lives and If you weren't I don't think it would be the same. Trust me okay" she says leaning to kiss him gently on the lips.
"I trust you with my life Min" releasing his other hand to cup her face and kiss her gently back.
They both stare into each other's eyes for what seems like forever before they turn back to the view. They stand in silence for a few minutes longer when out of the corner of her eye she can see him fidgeting one hand playing with something in his jacket pocket. Her heart starts to race again and before she knows it he is on one knee next to her.
"Danny…. Danny what are you doing?"
"Oh I just dropped some money on the ground. Why? What did you think I was doing?" he asks curiously.
"Ah nothing…thought you might have been having a heart attack or something considering your such an old man an all that."
He laughs while straightening himself up "I'm not that old. I'm only a couple of years older then you so stop making out that that's not the case. Are you sure that's all you were thinking about" he says taking her hand again.
"Of course. Nothing else… Nothing else at…" she tries to get out before she is interrupted by a beeping sound.
He look down and groans "I bet that's the hospital. We should probably get going, but I think we should definitely make this a reoccurring thing. The view from up here is amazing."
She stands there nodding still not sure about what just happened. She is broken out of her reverie when he pulls at her hand "Min we have to go. I'm on call remember and babies can't just deliver themselves."
She laughs and starts to walk towards him. He wraps his arm around her shoulder pulling her close. Being happy like this, she knew in that moment that she wasn't ready for that to change yet.