Helen lifted her head from the pillow in response to the knock. She gently sighed before lifting herself up and getting off the bed. She felt her whole body sulk slightly as she looked through the peephole to see a member of the hotel staff holding a rather large bunch of flowers. Opening the door she smiled at the room service. "Thank you." Helen took the flowers before slipping the member of staff a tip before walking back into the room. She knew whom they were from without looking at the note. So instead of looking straight away she placed them on the dressing table. Taking a step back she thought about Nikola and what she wanted. She sighed as she realised that nothing had changed, and no matter how much she may have wanted to, she couldn't ignore the flowers, and the need to read the note.
Walking back towards the flowers she gently lifted them so she was able to remove the note, sliding a nail underneath she removed the card so she was able to read it. She was a little ashamed to admit that she felt her heart gently flutter at the familiar sight of his handwriting. "Meet me at 7…I've got a proposition for you…Nikola…xx" On the back of the note was an address. Helen read the note through again, she knew that only a few months ago she would have thrown the flowers and the note into the bin, but now she couldn't imagine her life without him beside her.
Before Nikola had talked about marriage the night before she hadn't given it any serious thought. Now though it was all she could think about…and about what she wanted. Glancing down at her left index finger she couldn't help but think about how an engagement ring would look on it.
Helen sighed, it was a good job she had been sensible enough to bring a change of dress with her. She walked back towards the wardrobe and removed the hanger with the dress.
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"Miss Magnus…" The suited gentleman opened the door to the black cab. Helen nodded, she had made her way to the address on the back of the card only to have been met by the cab. Smiling she stepped into the back of the cab and let the chauffeur close the door.
Driving through the city she didn't have a clue where they were going, but she wasn't worried. Vienna was beautiful all of the time, but there was something extra magical about the city in the night time. The way that the moonlight bounced through the many fountains was beautiful. Eventually the car drew to a stop at the harbour, Helen thanked the driver before stepping out of the car. The driver came out and opened the door for her to step out. Helen nodded towards him as he pointed her towards the closest boat.
Smiling Helen took a deep breath before walking towards the lighted platform leading her to the boat in front of her. She was trying hard not to think about what was coming before her, out of all the things running through her mind she had not been expecting a boat.
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Nikola couldn't stop himself from making small adjustments to the set up around him. He had been trying to perfect everything since deciding what he wanted to do for her. It was then his ears pricked up at the familiar sound of her heels clicking against the wood of the boat. Quickly moving towards her he grabbed the familiar blindfold and went to catch her. "Wait there…" He spoke quickly before she could come up to see his hard work.
Walking down the stairs he took a deep breath similar to the one Helen had taken before. Coming round the corner he couldn't help but smile as he saw how beautiful she looked. "I'm glad you came darling…" He reached out and took one of her hands before producing the blindfold. "Now I know that we've done this before…but if you wouldn't mind." He cocked his head towards her with his questioning eyes.
Helen gently nodded. "Go on then." She gently lifted her long locks out of the way so he was able to gently tie the blindfold across her eyes. He gently tied it before turning her around and placing a gentle kiss on her lips.
"I love that you trust me." He kissed her again before gently taking both of her hands and walking her back towards the stairs so he was able to lead her back into the room. He gently helped her up the stairs before sitting her down on one of the chairs he had covered in preparation. "Wait here for me." Quickly he went into the other room to collect the final bits he needed.
Sitting there Helen left her blindfold on as she waited. She couldn't help but think about what he was doing, in her head she didn't want to get carried away, obviously in her dreams she wanted Nikola to come back in and produce an engagement ring.
"Ok…you can take it off now sweetheart." He spoke gently and watched Helen remove the blindfold so he was able to see her. Even now he was captivated by the deep colour of her eyes. They were in a word perfect, and at this moment in time they were focused on him.
Looking up towards him she couldn't help but smile, her mind went back to earlier. "I should be ridiculously annoyed with you still Nikola."
"But you can't stay mad at me when you think about my endless charm and wit, or perhaps the way in which my head cocks to one side when I have a spectacular idea?" Nikola winked at her, it had taken him a while to be able to completely read Helen, but finally he was getting there.
"Mmm…" Helen raised her eyebrows towards him. "Now I assume there is a reason for all of this Nikola." She waved a room around her, inside she was amazed at everything he had done for her, but she wasn't quite ready to let him know that yet. She didn't want him to think he was out of the doghouse quite that easily.
"Patience never was one of your finer qualities dear Helen." He rolled his eyes towards her. "However I think the time is nearly upon us." He walked backward and rummaged in the pocket of his coat to the side of him.
Helen cocked her head to the side. Surely it was too obvious to expect an engagement ring, but when Nikola turned around he was holding a small jewellery box. He turned around and opened it. "What on earth Nikola?"
Nikola smiled towards her. "I want to be with you Helen more than anything else, but I want what we had back. I've been working on this." He took the small piece of equipment out of the box. "With this we can get back our memories Helen, we can go back to how we were…"
Helen looked from Nikola and back to the small box. "Dear God…"
A/N So…what did you think? What do you want to see? Are you getting bored? Paranoid? Yes definitely. xx