Hey y'all! I decided to edit my chapters so it's less noobish. I'm also having some problems with my next chapter for Stronger Together, so hopefully this will help with that. I really hope that this turns out better than the original, and it will be longer, I promise. I'm also starting this out a bit different, because I want it to make you feel connected with my OCs. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new beginning!
Ah, retirement. What a wonderful thing they made there. I remember when my parents went into retirement. Well, it was more of they dumped the job on me. My uncles did the same thing. Okay, one wasn't really my uncle, but he still treated me like I was his niece. I'm sure that with all of us children, as there were so many I forgot some names, they deserved their retirement. Now I know why they did what they did.
Uncle Kai, my mother's brother, never really retired. He just went into the blacksmith business and followed the steps of my grandfather, the one I never knew. That was his profession until a year ago, when he passed away from a heart attack. I only saw my cousin so distressed one other time, when her mother had passed.
Uncle Cole and Aunt Kailee had moved to Uncle Cole's childhood home after their youngest had gone off to college. Aunt Kailee, who has been a widow for three years after Uncle Cole passed from pneumonia, is my mother's older sister. She still lives where her husband moved her to and is raising two great-grandchildren, I will tell you the details once I am done with my "introductions" in a little bit.
Uncle Lloyd and Aunt Alexia, or Uncle Alexia and Aunt Lloyd, as my cousins and I liked to call them, both passed away last month. An theif had broke into their home and, though they were old, they defended their house with much valor. Sadly, the theif was prepared for anything, and was then charged with murder. The criminal was caught and is now in prison, no one knows when they will be let out. My mother, father, all my aunts, and my one remaining uncle, were all distraught when they received the news, my mother and Aunt Kailee the most, being Aunt Alexia was the youngest of their generation.
Then you have Uncle Zane and Aunt Pixal, who aren't really my aunt and uncle. There's not much to say about them. They are an indescribable couple, but they are the most amazing metaphorical aunt and uncle I could have ever asked for.
My mom and dad are both alive and well, though they are both quite old. I mean, I may be their oldest child, but their oldest great-grandchild is graduating from college in just a few more weeks. Actually, my great niece is turning twenty-two in a few days will be getting married two months after she graduates. I do hope that my parents will be alive for that.
I wonder what her wedding will be like. I remember when I was getting married, my parents told me a beautiful true story. Both told it at different times and started the story in different parts of the timeline, but it was amazing nonetheless. I will tell you it from where my father started. It all happened many years ago. About four years before I was born, I believe...
Jay's P.O.V.
This is the day! I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna ask her the biggest question of our lives. Hopefully, she'll say yes, or of course, but it's her choice. I can't believe Kai gave me permission and his blessing. I'm taking her to one of the least romantic places ever, but hopefully she'll get my little joke with the venue. I also hope that I don't start to rant during the date because we all know that I have a tendency to do that. Time is very crucial for this specific event and if I start my non-stop talking, we wouldn't have enough time for all the other things that I have planned if she says yes.
Right now, I'm in my room getting ready for our date, the date that may change our lives, whether in good or bad ways, we won't know until after I pop the question. I grab my hair gel and start to do my hair up the same way that I did on our first date, but then decide against it as it made me look like a nerd that was trying to be popular. Nya didn't like that style anyway. I put my gel away, check my reflection in the mirror one last time, and head out the door to my girl's room. When I reach her door, a beautifully hummed song reaches my ear, sung by my water bug herself. She's so wonderful, I don't think I could live without her for even a second.
Once I get out of my stupor, I knock on her door with our special knock code, and the door opens to the most amazing, wonderful, beautiful, and radiant woman ever. She's dressed in a blue satin kimono with two crimson ribbons around her lithe waist, the bows of the ribbons on either side, so that when she walks they'll sway with her. The design on her kimono is little water dragons, coming in and out of the beautifully crafted silk-thread waves etched around the whole kimono. Her hair, that now ends just at her shoulders, is in ringlets and held to the right side by a ribbon that matches the ones on her dress. Her shoes are the same crimson as well and are petite ballet flats with blue bows on the toes.
She smiles at me and I smile back while extending my arm out for her to take.
"You look beautiful, as always." I compliment her because it's true.
"Well, Blue Boy, you look as handsome as you usually do, so I guess we're even." And there's the smirk. Lloyd, Cole and I started calling it the "Smith Smirk" when Nya started showing us she had it too. That's one of the only things they have in common, other than their last name. "Where are we going for this date of ours. Hm, Amor?" And there she goes calling me "love" again, just to see if I'll tell her, which I won't!
"You'll just have to wait and see, Darling. I have it all planned out, but it has to be a surprise! Do you want to take my dragon, your dragon, or do you want to combine our dragons?"
"How about we combine our dragons. I can't really remember the last time we combined our dragons. As long as you don't go wild while we're flying! If you do I'll just have to separate them!" She warns me as she walked to the rails. Sensei had sent all of us on the Bounty last week for what he called a "memorial vacation" for a month. Just us six, no him or Misako, on this flying ship, for a month. I'm very surprised that Nya hasn't locked us out of her room yet, though I feel like it's gonna happen soon, with how much Kai has been annoying everybody lately. I still can't believe he gave me his permission to marry his sister.
"I promise I won't. As long as you don't tease me with your kisses. You know how much I'd rather be able to kiss you back when you do that. Well, let's go!" We jump off and I wrap my arm around her waist so that we can combine our dragons easily. Once the storm dragon, Kai was the one who dubbed it that, appeared under us and the reigns were in my hand, we were off to the venue where I was finally going to ask this beauty to be my wife.
"Jay, why can't you just tell me where we're going. It's not going to hurt the surprise that much, is it?"
"Yes, it is. The venue is the first surprise, so I can't tell you. If it wasn't a surprise, I'd tell you. But as it is, I'm sorry, Water Bug, but I can't tell you."
"Honey, if you love me, can you please just tell me?" So she wants to play this game, Honey I Love You, huh? Well, I bet I can win this time!
"Nya dear, I love you, but I just can't tell you yet."
"Jay, If you really, really love me, can you please tell me?"
"Nya, I really, truly love you, but I just can't tell you yet." There it is! She's going to ask one more time and this time, I get to change my answer.
"My amazing, wonderful Blue Boy, If you really, truly, absolutely love me, can you please tell me?" There we go!
"Darling, We're here!" I say for my answer, while giving her my own little smirk.
"Oh, okay." She said, kinda disappointed. I hope I can change that soon. "Mega Monster Amusement Park? Really, Jay? I thought you were taking me somewhere fancy tonight."
"But, Nya. This is where we had our very first date, remember?"
"And your point is…"
"This is a very special date, though I can't tell you why just yet. You'll see soon enough."
"Fine." She "complains" jokingly. " Are we here just for the food, or are we here to ride rides as well?" She asks after my stomach growls at me for only eating bacon for lunch.
"We're here for food and rides, but I think we might want to eat first."
"Well, it may not be as loud, but my stomach is agreeing with your's, so I agree with you as well. Where shall we eat, mi amor?"
"How about the same as last time? But we should probably share a meal this time. And I promise I'm not turning into a snake this time." I laugh at my own little joke and she laughs with me too.
"And I promise that I'm not anything mysterious this time as well. I think I'll stop at the bathroom before we eat. If the waiter or waitress comes, I want our usual, please." She says as we land and head to the restaurant we ate at for our first date.
"Sure thing, Sugarplum!" That remark came with a wink and earned a giggle from my dinner partner. We entered the restaurant and they seated us at the same table we had all those years ago. As soon as they gave us our menus, Nya got up and left, but I already knew where she was going. Just as she had expected, the waiter came, asking me what I wanted to drink, or if I wanted to wait for Nya. "We'll both have iced tea, no sugar, please."
"Of course, sir. Do you want to order now, or do you know what you want?" I already know what we want to eat, and it'll be quicker if I order now, plus we'd have time for dessert after I propose, so I went ahead and did it. Now I just have to wait for Nya and our food to get here. While I'm waiting, I start to fiddle with the box in my pocket. It's not the smallest box in the world, or the most unnoticeable, but it's what the ring came in, so I have to deal with it. But the box doesn't matter, nor the ring. It's only the girl that matters, and this one means the most to me. I pull the box out of my pocket and check to make sure that Kai didn't decide to play a trick with me, and, to my delight, he didn't. Now if only I can get the nerves to ask her when I planned. That's the biggest part. The asking.
"Here you go, sir." The waiter says as he puts our drinks down on the table. "Two unsweetend iced teas. Your dinner will be served soon. Please enjoy!"
"Thank you." I tell him as he leaves. As soon as he's out of sight, the one to "blame" for all my troubles right now comes back to the table.
"Did you order yet?" she questions me.
"Yes, I did. What do you say about a ferris wheel ride after dinner?"
"I'd love that, but first, I'm famished!" Our food comes to our table and only one thought came to my mind; how are we going to split that thing evenly? " I'm sure we could take this thing apart, put the things we'll eat first on the empty plate, and share it that way, since it's so big." She must've been reading my mind. "And anything we don't eat, I'm sure Cole will if we take it to him." I give her a manly giggle, as the guys call my little laugh, at this comment as it's very true. That guy will eat anything! As we eat, we have a nice conversation and before we know it, we finished the whole thing. AND IT WAS HUGE! I also think that someone drank some of my iced tea. I paid for the food and drinks and then we left to find the ferris wheel.
"Oh, Jay! There it is!" She pointed to the tallest ride ever, and I was about to purposefully get stuck at the top of it, without Nya knowing I had it planned.
"Well, let's go! I don't see a line either, so let's just hope that the entrance isn't on the other side." I really hope that they made sure that no one else would be on it. I don't want anyone else getting stuck for a while. I thought while we ran to the gate. When we got there, I paid the required amount, and added half of what I told the operator I would pay him when I asked if he could stop it when we were at the very top.
"Enjoy yourselves!" he says with a sparkle in his eye, winking at me with a thumbs up as well.
"Thank you, we will." Nya replies, not knowing the full reason behind his words. I look back and mouth "Thank you" to him then enter into the ferris wheel. After the door closes, I feel a small jerk, then see the ground move. "Jay, this is already beautiful! Thank you so much." My girl says, giving me a kiss on the cheek as she did so.
"It's no where near as beautiful as you, and nothing ever will be. You are the most amazing, wonderful, beautiful, strong, talented, and you are the smartest woman I know." We're at the top and just like I had planned, we stopped.
"Jay, I think we're stuck." She comments, looking out the window. I take this time and get down to one knee so that when she turns around, I can ask her. "Jay? Did you hear me? Jay-" Her words fall short as she turns around and gasps. Now's my chance.
"Nya Eleanor Smith, will you make me the happiest man in the world and agree to become Mrs. Walker-Gordon?"
"No!"
"What?" Should I stand up now? What do I do? Um…
"Not you." I sigh a sigh of relief. Oh, thank goodness. "I wasn't supposed to cry. I don't wanna cry." I had to "man giggle" at this.
"So, Nya… Will you marry me?"
"Mhm!" And a nod was all I got before I got tackled in a kiss…
Her tears taste sweet...
How many of you were like, Why would she say no? I had to do that because my sister did that when her fiance proposed. She didn't do exactly that, but she did tell herself no out loud. It was pretty funny to watch. I got to take the pictures of them and even though she knew it was happening, she still started to cry. This chapter is much longer than the original. I'm not sure how long the original first chapter was, but it was way shorter than this. Anywho, please review and to anyone who didn't send in villains when I first started, I would love it if you did now. I'm not sure when they would be used, but I do know that they would be very much appreciated. Also, please pray for my youth group and family. I was almost sobbing Wednesday night because I said something I shouldn't have. Not that it wasn't something I should never say, it was just that it made me cry just thinking about it. Thank you, for everything, and God Bless.
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