It's been six weeks since mine and Ana's first date and tonight, I'm asking her to be my girlfriend. I would have done it weeks ago, but there was a minor setback when her ex-boyfriend, Matt, showed up drunk at her apartment at 2:00 am.

They apparently broke up shortly after her grandfather passed away because Ana found out that he had been cheating on her. She said they were together about eight months and he had been cheating on her for six of them. He came to try and win her back because the girl he had been cheating on Ana with, cheated on him.

Karma's a bitch, buddy.

She kept telling him no and asking him to leave, but he wouldn't. Ana called me upset and asked me to come help her. Taylor and I went to down to her apartment, where Taylor escorted him to the lobby. When he began making a scene, building security called the police and Matt was arrested and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Ana was pretty upset and I just held her and wiped away her tears until she fell asleep. Then I carried her to bed and tucked her in. I thought about sleeping on the couch so I would be there when she woke up, but I didn't want to risk freaking her out. I decided to leave her a note telling her to call me when she woke up before locking up her apartment and heading back up to the penthouse.

She was kind of closed off for a few days after it happened and wouldn't talk to me. She wouldn't answer her phone or respond to texts. She also wouldn't answer the door when I went to her apartment. She finally called me and asked if I would come down to her apartment so we could talk. I went down immediately because I missed her like crazy and was very worried about her.

When I got there, she opened the door and threw herself into my arms and wouldn't let go for a good five minutes. I carried her into the apartment and sat down on the couch with her on my lap. After she looked up, I took her face in between my hands and kissed her like my life depended it on it.

After the kiss, she told me how sorry she was for being closed off. She said him showing up brought back the memories of what it felt like to lose her grandfather and then having her heart broken even more to find out her boyfriend had been cheating on her. I told her it was okay and that I completely understood.

Other than that, things have been amazing. We've eaten dinner together almost every night. I've taken her out sailing on my boat and flying in my helicopter. We've also kissed. A lot. We're practically boyfriend/girlfriend already, we just haven't made it official yet.

I haven't introduced her to my family yet either, but I plan on doing that after she's officially my girlfriend. They don't even know that I've been seeing someone, so it'll be quite a surprise when I show up to Sunday dinner with her.

Tonight, we'll be doing Ana's favorite kind of date night before I ask her to be my girlfriend. She likes when we order pizza or take out and watch television.

It's 6:00 and Ana is supposed to be here at 6:30. She wanted Japanese food tonight so I go ahead and call in our order. Hopefully it will get here not long after she does. After I place our order, I decide to grab a quick shower and put on some sweatpants and a t-shirt. Ana all but demanded we wear our "comfy clothes" when we have these kind of date nights.

Ana shows up promptly at 6:30. She's wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt that is way too big for her with her hair piled in a bun on top of her head. She looks incredibly beautiful. We haven't seen each other in a few days because I've been going in early and working late to work on closing a big deal. I left before Ana got up and didn't get home until after she had gone to bed.

She comes barreling out of the elevator and leaps into my arms. I hold her to me for several minutes before I take her face between my hands and kiss her. After pulling away, she looks up at with the biggest smile on her face.

"Hi."

"Hi yourself."

"I've missed you."

"I've missed you more."

"I highly doubt that Miss Steele. I think I've missed you more."

"Settle for a tie?"

"Deal," I say while sticking my hand out for her to shake.

After releasing her hand and tucking some stray hairs behind her ear, I ask:

"Would you like something to drink? Our dinner should be here soon."

"Water please."

"You got it."

After I hand Ana her glass, the front desk calls to let me know the food has arrived. Since I gave Taylor the night off, I head down to the lobby to get it.

"I'll be right back."

"Okay, I'll find something for us to watch."

When I return, Ana is sitting on the couch watching The Office. It's one of her favorite shows and I like it too.

After sitting the food containers on the coffee table, I get myself a glass of water and join Ana on the couch.

We dig into our food and enjoy each other's company while watching TV.

After we finish our dinner and I throw away our trash, I rejoin Ana on the couch. I turn towards her and take both of her hands in mine. This is it. I'm going to ask her to be my girlfriend. I know she'll say yes, but I'm still a little nervous.

"Ana, I have something to ask you. I've been wanting to ask you for a while now and I don't know why it's taken me so long to do it."

"Okay?"

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

"I kind of thought I already was," she says while blushing.

"So, is that a yes?"

"Yes, of course it is."

I have never been happier.

I pull her to me and kiss her deeply. She then crawls into my lap, wraps her arms around my neck, and snuggles into me. We sit in silence for what seems like hours before Ana lifts her head and says:

"You know, you're kind of my Snuffleupagus."

"What?"

"You know Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street?"

"Of course I know who he is, but how I am your Snuffleupagus?"

"Well you know how Big Bird use to be the only one that saw him? He would always talk about him, but everyone thought he was imaginary because they had never seen him. Then one day, Big Bird finally introduced them to Snuffleupagus and they saw that he was real?"

"Yeah?"

"Well the girls at work have been trying to set me up with one of the guys that works there. I've been telling them that I wasn't interested because I have a guy in my life. I think that they think that I've been making you up because I really don't have any proof that you exist. Now, I can introduce you to them and they'll believe me."

This girl is so freaking cute.

"Well I guess if I'm your Snuffleupagus, that makes you my Big Bird."

"I guess it does."

I take her face between my hands, softly kiss her lips, and say they words I've been dying to say for weeks now:

"I love you, Bird."

"I love you too, Snuffy."

A/N: Big Bird and Snuffleupagus belong to The Jim Henson Company.