One thing I was sure of more than anything was that I loved Raine. I wanted her by my side forever. But did she love me? I tossed and turned in bed, debating with myself whether or not I should propose to her. If she did not love me, my heart would break a million times over. My first love could never be fulfilled, will Raine be the same?

That's when I decided that I would make sure she loved me before I proposed. Would it be easy to determine? I hoped it would be.

Then I heard cries coming from a different room. Soon they turned into screams of despair. It was Raine!

I climbed out of bed and quickly put on my shoes. After I put on my shirt I heard a louder scream. I rushed out of my room without even bothering to button it. I halted in my tracks when I saw Ellone blocking my path. She looked worried.

"Is Raine okay?" she asked. I knelt down and patted her head. "Don't worry, Uncle Laguna will take care of it. Why don't you go back to bed, okay?" Ellone nodded and walked back to her room.

I noticed the lights were on downstairs, so I headed down there to find Raine making coffee. I heard her crying. When she turned around she gasped, startled to see me. Then she seemed to be stifling laughter.

"What is it?" I wondered.

"Laguna, your shoes are on the wrong feet."

I looked down and chuckled as I saw she was right. Then I addressed the real issue, "Raine, is there something wrong?"

She frowned, shook her head and said, "No, you'd just think it's stupid."

"No," I reassured her. "I think it's everyone else's job to think that about me."

Raine chuckled under her breath. "Fine. I had a dream that you and I were walking side by side. Then I felt this excruciating pain in my body. I asked you to hold my hand but an earthquake split the ground and divided us apart. I tried to reach for your hand but it was no use. The further you were pulled away from me, the worse the pain felt…until I couldn't bear it anymore."

After this Raine turned around and started to weep again while I smiled. It appeared she did love me after all. I turned her around to face me and said, "Even if I leave, no matter how hard or impossible the task may seem, I will come back to you."

"Really?" Raine questioned.

"I promise."

I spoke those words with every bit of sincerity that I had within me.

"How can you be so sure you can do it?"

"You know what they say, even a broken clock is right thrice a day!" I smiled.

Raine laughed and hugged me. It was then I decided to propose to her the next night.