"This place is amazing," Serena said, she and Nate were on holiday at some beach resort he found and booked for them for their one year dating anniversary. "I still don't understand the reason I'm up so early."

"S, it's like five," Nate said touching his lips to her closed eyelids. "Open you're eye's babe, I woke you up this early to watch the sunrise with me."

Serena groaned but did as he asked and opened her eyes, snuggling closer to him as she looked at the yellow and pink hues illuminating the sky. "I've never took the time to admire a sunrise."

"That's because most of the time you were drunk or passed out by that time," Nate teased and Serena stuck her tongue out at him.

They were sitting on the swinging chair on the porch outside the little beach house they were staying at, there was a chill in the early morning air so Serena was sitting close to Nate, her legs over his and his arm around her shoulder to keep her warm. "Not that much of the time," Serena said looking up at him, Nate smiled and shook his head at her and she pouted. "Ok I admit, I needed help back then."

"Look out there," Nate said pointing out into the ocean, pulling her closer to him as he did. "Those are dolphins."

Serena's eye's widened as she followed his finger to find tiny grey bodies come out and dip back into the deep blue water. "There's so many of them," Serena said there was a child-like innocence to her voice, a wonder that Nate had to smile leaning down to press a kiss to her temple. "The only time I've ever seen dolphins would be at those shows we went to as kids."

"That was ages ago," Nate said taking one of her hands in his. "I remember Grandfather woke us up early some mornings to watch the sunrise, we'd see dolphins and whales, it was the most amazing thing when you're ten."

"And the most romantic when you're twenty-two," Serena said pulling him in for a long kiss. "You're amazing."

Nate smiled and kissed her again. "I love you," he whispered.

"I love you too," she says with a huge smile on her face, it's been a few months since they'd said those words to each other but Serena still got giddy every time Nate said them to her or she says it back to him.

"Sometimes I just want to leave New York and live here, what do you think?" Nate asks after a few moments of silence, Serena feels as though she's going to fall asleep in his arms listening to the waves crash against the shore in front of the and Nate's heartbeat where her ear is pressed to his chest, she's sitting awkwardly but she's too comfortable to move. "Are you even listening to me?"

"I'm awake," Serena says yawning and Nate chuckles running his fingers through her hair, she makes an appreciative sound and moves her head a little further up on his shoulder. "We totally can, we have trust funds with enough money to keep us going till we're old and grey."

"I think we'll get bored," Nate said frowning.

"How is that even possible, this place is so pretty and there are these little shops in town and the people here are all so friendly," Serena said taking the hand that was trailing through her hair and kissing his palm before letting it continue making her sleepy.

"You love New York way too much to be happy here," Nate said shrugging. "Besides you know Blair would hate coming here to visit, everything is so simple."

"Then she doesn't have to visit, it'll just be me and you," Serena smirked leaning up to kiss the underside of his jaw. "I'm sleepy."

"You're lazy," Nate said rolling his eyes.

"I am not, I'm just sleepy," she argued shifting so she could be more comfortable against his chest. "There's a big difference."

"Sure there is," Nate said looking out to the ocean again as she mumbled something he couldn't hear against his chest. Nate smiled as he hugged her closer, he loved that she was with him, they'd waited so long for each other and they were perfect for each other, they always had been and now that they were together he was never letting her go again.

"Natie, you're heartbeat is like a lullaby," she said and he laughed.

"Hey S, I wanna ask you something," he said nudging her.

"Nooo," she wined pulling herself closer to him and pressing her face into the crook of his neck. "Lemme sleep for a little bit."

"But it's important," he said poking her side. "Like really, really important."

"Nate, it's too early for important questions," Serena says lazily swatting his hands away.

"But you'll like this one," he whispers into her ear and she opens one eye to look at him.

"How do you know I'll like this one?" she asks with a curious look on her face.

"Serena, I would stand or kneel but your legs are kinda heavy and both my legs are now fast asleep," he said and she frowned at him, lightly hitting his chest. "So I've been waiting for the right time to do this for such a long time now and this is as romantic as its going to get, even though you're fast asleep."

"I'm not fast asleep, I'm still listening to you," she says making a show of leaning away from his body just enough to look at him in the eyes.

"Ok, I think I'm just going to say it," he says reaching behind him and pulling out a small velvet box and holding it between then watching her eye's grow wide and her mouth fall open. Nate grinned as he popped open the box with the coveted van der Bilt ring set perfectly in the middle sparkling in the early morning light. "Serena van der Woodsen, I fell in love with you the day I met you on that playground when we were like five and I know I haven't made the best decisions when it came to our relationship but you were always the one for me and you will always be."

Her eyes were sparkling and her hands were gripping his shirt as she waited for him to ask the question.

"Will you marry me?" he asked taking her left hand in his and waiting for her to answer.

"Yes," she squealed hugging him and kissing his lips before kissing every inch of his face whispering 'yes' each time her lips touched his skin.

Nate grinned and kissed her back before slipping the sparkling ring on her appropriate finger, and bringing her hand up to kiss her fingertips. Serena was staring at the ring in awe, her jaw still hanging open, she was now someone's fiancé.

"NATE!" she squealed and he laughed as she threw her arms around his neck hugging him tightly, her eyes never leaving the ring set on her finger. "Oh my God, we're engaged."

"I know," he said laughing at her excitement when she finally pulled away to stare at him. She squealed again and kissed him multiple times very quickly on his lips before jumping out of his arms and standing twirling and smiling at the rock on her finger as Nate watched her with a smug smile on his face because he did that, he made her that excited.

"I have to tell Blair," she suddenly squealed. "Where's my phone?"

"It's inside but S," he started but she was already running into the house. "It's not even 6 am." Nate sat back and looked back across into the ocean, her adrenaline would wear off as soon as she was back comfortably in his arms and she'd probably sleep until 10 like she normally does. He shook his head when he heard her try to explain to Blair why she was being woken up so early and then the excited squeals as Blair woke up to celebrate with her, he almost laughed out loud when he got Chuck's text a minute later to congratulate him and swear him for deciding to this so early.


A/N : hey guys so this was just an adorable little oneshot about Nate proposing to Serena, let me know if there's anythign else you'd like me to do.

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