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Barnum was quiet while Laura and Almanzo stood beside the buggy when Pa's song was finished. Then Laura held her face up in the moonlight. "You may kiss me goodnight," she said, and after their first kiss she went inside the house, while Almanzo drove away.
Almanzo's POV
"I am the luckiest man alive," Almanzo told Barnum as he put him up for the night. As he walked from the barn to the house, he thought about the events that had happened that day. He had proposed to Laura, and she had said yes. Finally, Laura Ingalls was going to be his wife. He didn't think things could get any better than they were.
As he walked into the house, he saw that Royal was still waiting up for him. "How'd it go little brother? What'd she say" he asked. "She said yes," replied Almanzo.
"Well good. I told ya you had nothin' to be worried about, you were all worked up this mornin' for nothin'."
"Yeah, yeah, you were right. How'd your day go Roy?"
"Pretty good, I got a letter from Father today, he wants us to head up to Minnesota early this year, Mother wants us to be there in plenty of time for good weather, and she wants to make sure she can spend as much time with us as she can before we have to come back. So I was thinkin' that we probably better leave by the end of this week."
"What? Why so early? We planned on leaving a month from now and still being there in plenty of time." Almanzo replied.
"Well Manzo, you know how Mother is, always worrying."
"But I don't want to leave Laura so soon! She just said she'd be my wife tonight, don't ya think it'll look bad if I ask her to marry me, and then leave her for 6 months right after I ask her. Besides, I don't want to be away from her for that long. 6 months is a long time Roy."
"I know Manzo, but Mother doesn't know you just asked her to be your wife, and do you really want to upset Mother? Besides, what's 6 months, when you're gonna get to spend the rest of your life with her. Think, you'll still get to send her letters, so it's not like you won't get to talk to her ever. Do you really want to upset Mother by waiting any longer?" said Royal
"I guess not," Almanzo replied, "I'm gonna go to bed, night," as he walked away.
"Night Manzo," Royal called after him.
As he lay in bed, he thought about everything that had just happened. How can I leave her. I knew that we'd be leaving, I just didn't think we'd be leaving so soon, he thought. What if she's upset with me that I'm leaving. Maybe I'll leave her Lady and the buggy, so she'll have something she can to do that will help her remember me while I'm gone. Something that we do together. She could even take her sisters on rides with her. That would make them so happy. I hope it'll make her happy, help her not miss me as much. Lord knows I'm gonna miss her. I already know that I'm gonna miss her enough that I'd rather stay here with her instead. But that would break Mother's heart, and I couldn't do that, Mother's been counting on Roy and me to come home. But it's so soon! I wanted a little time to spend with her before we left, but now I don't know if I'll even get to see her before I leave. I better go talk to Mr. Ingalls tomorrow and tell him what's up, and ask permission to leave Lady with Laura. Laura, boy do I love her so. Almanzo thought, as he drifted off to sleep.
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