Chapter 3
"Oh my gosh! Auden! You should wear this on your date tonight!" Maggie held out a pink dress.
"I don't know, pink isn't really my color," I smiled, "and anyway I don't want to be overly dressed."
Macy looked at me, "Trust me, you won't be." She smiled.
"I have a feeling ya'll no something that I don't," I looked at Maggie, Kristy, and Macy.
"Noo, I would never ever keep anything from you," Maggie didn't look at me.
"Look, personally, I would go with something sparkly, and curl your hair," Kristy was shuffling through a bunch of sparkly silver vest.
"If I were ya'll I would really want to tell the person that is driving what you know, because Maggie it is a long walk back to Colby from here." I smiled.
"Ok, Wes saw Eli walking out of a jewelry store with a ring box in his hand, so I think he might be proposing to you tonight," Macy said.
"OH MY GOSH!" I shrieked.
"But when he asks you, you have to look surprised!" Maggie looked at me.
"Ok," that will be easy.
"So you and Eli?" Kristy looked at me.
"Yeah, me and Eli," I didn't know what to say.
"How long have you two been dating?" She held out a sparkly dress.
"About four years," I smiled, "You should buy it," I motioned at the dress.
"I was looking at it for you," she handed it to me. "Try it on," she smiled.
"Ok," I went into the dressing room, and tried it on. I liked it.
"Wow!" Macy looked at me. "Eli won't be about to take his eyes off you!"
"Or his hands," Maggie laughed.
"Maggie!" I looked at her.
"You look great! But, I think I can find something better," Kristy said as she started looking through more dresses.
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It was six o'clock when we got home, my room was locked, so I changed into what I had bought; a white shirt, a pair of dark blue jeans, a sequin top, and a pair of black flats, I straightened my hair, and did my make-up. I was ready by six thirty.
When I finally saw Eli he was wearing a button up shirt and a pair of khaki pants.
"You ready, Auden?" he grabbed my hand.
"Yeah," I smiled as we walked to his truck.
"Have fun tonight, Aud," Hollis looked up from his paper and smiled.
We wounded up on the beach where he had a picnic planed for us.
"Auden, I thought maybe, we should take about the future," Eli said while pouring me a glass of red wine.
"The future?" I looked at him.
"Yes, we have been together for four years, and I thought maybe we should get a little more serous about things," he smiled.
"Like?" I knew what was about to come.
"I think it's time for us to get a dog," he smiled.
"A dog?" wow, that was a let down.
"Yeah, a dog," he smiled.
"uh, ok," I tried to keep a straight face.
"What did you think I was going to ask you?" he smiled.
"Nothing, I just thought, Macy said Wes saw you coming out of a jewelry store with a ring, so I thought," I didn't know what to say.
"You mean this ring?" he took a box out of his pocket and opened it. "Auden Penelope West, will you marry me?" he asked.
"Wait, do you want a dog, or me to marry you?" I panicked.
"Both," he smiled.
"Yes," I smiled.
"To the dog, or to marry me," he looked hopeful.
"Both," I kissed him.
"Good," he smiled in between kisses.
"So are you mad that I knew?" I looked at him.
"No, I wanted you to know," he smiled.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah, see, that was part of the plan," he interlocked his fingers with mine.
"What plan?" I was confused.
"Well, I wanted this to be a night you would remember. So I was hell bent on making every little detail perfect," he smiled. "So when I heard that Wes and Macy was coming down here, I had to get them in on it, so I told them what I was planning on doing and I needed their help, and they were on board.
The second thing I had to do, was ask your dad. And of course he said it was ok, he still owes me from all the baby sitting's I have done for them. Your mom, of course said no, she hates me, but Hollis agreed with it, so don't think I'm going behind your mom's back or anything.
Maggie Ester and Leah knew, so that's why Maggie took you shopping and Leah and Ester took over at the store. Heidi said she would do whatever she needed to. So she gave you today off. Kristy is just a romantic at heart so she just tagged along." He smiled, obviously pleased with himself.
"How long had you been planning this?" I asked.
"A few months," he smiled.
"Oh," I looked down at the ring, it was perfect; Silver with a diamond in the middle. It was simple, but that's how I liked things.
"Do you like it?" he looked at me.
"Yes, it's perfect," I smiled.
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