They stopped at a place seemingly blocked off by trees. Maddy knew her way around the trees, and she showed him how. When they got across the trees there was a beautiful water fall leading into a lake, and a huge tree easy to climb but big enough to sit on one of its large branches. Some trees towered over the beautiful place with vines hanging down. And fresh dew on the grass as if it had just rained.
"Wow this must be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, besides you of course." He said. the two looked into each others eyes.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Maddy said blushing.
"I would." Rhydian reply not taking his eyes off of her. She looked down blushing harder than ever. He placed his hand on her chin and moved her head so he could look into those big hazel eyes.
"I love you Maddy and I will never let you go!"
"I love you too Rhydian."
"Look i came here this morning and hid this picnic basket." She walked over and picked up the picnic basket and set up the picnic up in the tree. They had lunch, played chase, and when it was time to cool off they swung a vine into the lake. They splashed and played under the waterfall. Then when they got out they rested under a big tree and fell asleep her head resting on his chest. When they woke up it was still daylight. When they went back to the dens Rhydian remembered that back at the village there was a dance tonight two towns over and he wanted to go with Maddy.
"Hey Mads well you see there is this dance two towns over from Stonybridge and no one we know should be there, and uh...well...would you wanna go with me?" said Rhydian happy that he finally got that off his chest.
"I would love too!" Maddy said happily.
"I have some clothes saved for just in case we ever had to go back to civilization."
"Great I can't wait get ready and we will meet back here!" When they both were ready they joined hands and run as fast as they could for fear that they would miss even a second.
When they got there the band was announcing the first song of the night and there were people just now coming in the door. The room was beautiful there were widows all around and were there wasn't any windows there was a nice cream color on the wall. The floor had to have been some type of marble. There was a giant stage for the band to play on. Over by the door there was food and drinks set up on a table, and set up right next to it were tables and chairs. There were banners, balloons, and lights everywhere. When they got there they sat down and ate because they had missed dinner back in the wild. Once they got done they just sat and talked. The two were having an amazing time.
"Hey Mads I was wondering if you...uhh...wanted to dance?" Rhydian asked nervously.
"I couldn't imagine anything better." Maddy said glowing with happiness." The two danced the night away.
"Ok this is the last song of the night! So we are gonna slow it down a bit!" said the lead singer. Rhydian grinned and pulled Maddy closer.
"I don't ever want this night to end." said Maddy half way through the song.
"Me either. This is the best night of my life." said Rhydian. They leaned in and shared a passionate kiss.