A/N: I guess it was kind of a tease.
Fine, fine, fine. You wonderful people talked me into it. Here is the proposal itself.
I hope I made it extra cute for you
;-)
"You sure you're okay?" Tori asked.
Jade looked flushed.
"Yeah...uh...standup..."
Tori began to rise but Jade held out her hands in hesitation.
"No, sit down..."
The half Latina raised an eyebrow and complied, remaining in her seat.
"I have something to tell you..." Jade rambled. "I just don't know how..."
"How about I stand," Tori suggested, standing in front of Jade. "So you can look me in the eyes. Feel better?"
Jade shook her head "Yeah, I guess so."
Tori began to look worried. "Babe, you're usually not like this. What's wrong?"
"Okay," Jade sighed. "Here goes."
Dreamy brown eyes seemed to calm the Goth down. She reached down into her memory banks and managed to bring forth the right combination of words culled from the numerous times she rehearsed this speech.
"When you dream about something, everything seems so perfect. And real life doesn't compare. but sometimes real life gives you something better than perfect. Something flawed."
"I'm not perfect Vega. I've known that for as long as I can remember. But you love me and I never could figure out why until now. You can't just love how great a singer someone is or how gorgeous they are or how selfless or how great in bed. Although that helps a lot."
Tori blushed at that.
"You have to love the other stuff. The things that aren't the shiniest examples of grace. Stuff that on the surface look really dumb and pointless but deep down it's because she hasn't lost that sense of childlike wonder. That's why she sees every problem as simple. That's why she's a terrible liar. When she smiles you know she's happy and when she's sad, the whole world rains. And when she says I love you, it comes from the deepest depths of her heart."
"I used to think that those things were weaknesses until I took another way of looking at them. It was then I realized that I loved those imperfections just as much as your strengths if not more."
Jade kneeled down.
"What are you...?' Tori asked flustered looking around the coffee shop.
"Tori Vega; I love you more than anything. Coffee gets me out of bed but without you I wouldn't wake up in the morning. I don't deserve you but can I keep you anyway?"
The half Latina's face lit up like a thousand shimmering Christmas trees at the sight of the understated diamond perched at the top of the white gold band. She took it in her fingertips and held it closer to her face.
Jade bit her lip, waiting desperately for her retort.
"If there was a word more powerful than yes, I would say it" Tori beamed.
Tori helped Jade to her feet, both girls tearing up like mad. The patrons and staff watched the display, giving their "awwws" and clapping.
"I can't believe this is happening," Jade said leaning her head against Tori's
"Like something out of a movie," Tori smiled taking Jade's hands into hers and walking backward.
Tori was so far away on cloud 9 that she completely missed the booth and fell smack on her butt, dragging Jade down with her. The dark-haired girl banged her head on the table on the way down.
"Owwww," Tori lamented.
"Shit," Jade rubbed her head, laying on her fiancée's chest.
"Are you alright?" the both asked in unison.
"That went a little differently in my head," Jade said.
"Awww," Tori cooed. "I think it was perfect."
As the onlookers got closer to help they saw the couple cackling controllably, holding each other close.