We leave Baja Burrito around ten. David opens the passenger's side door for me. He gets in the driver's seat and turns to me.
I can tell that he has something behind his back so I hardly blink
when he pulls a red satin handkerchief form his right hand. I look at him and ask "What's that supposed to be?"
David smiles dangles it in front of me and says "It's part of your surprise." He ties it around my head.
Then he asks me "Now can you see anything?"
I shake my head once.
David then starts up the car and we pull out of the parking lot and onto the road.
We are driving for at least ten minutes when I ask him "You aren't going to kill me now are you?"
I mean it as a joke and we both laugh.
David replies his voice filled with love "Of course not Mel don't be silly. I just want you to be really shocked when I show you what I have planned."
I laugh again and so does he. We drive on and on and on and on!
I'm beginning to get really annoyed.
It's been at least two hours since we left Baja's and David hasn't even dropped a hint as to where we are going.
I try and relax and take a deep breath and settle back against my seat.
I guess I fall asleep because the next thing I know we have stopped.
David is gently shaking me awake.
He says softly "Melinda, Mel, Melinda, Mel wake up we're here."
I open my eyes which doesn't do much because I still have David's red satin handkerchief over them.
I sigh and say "Well were is this surprise of yours?"
I hear David get out of the car he opens my passenger door and helps me out.
I've had enough.
As David is pulling me I shout completely fed up with the cloak and dagger routine he has been giving me all night
"David will you please just show me where we are!"
David says "All right Melinda, as you wish."
I hear him walk behind me and untie the handkerchief.
After he has smoothed my hair down he shouts happily "Surprise!"
I open my eyes and I am shocked.
We are at a beach. There is a pink picnic basket on a pink and white checkered blanket.
In the basket are Neapolitan ice cream a can of Reddi Whip along with plastic bowels and spoons.
There is also pink candles around the blanket and scattered around the blanket and on it are red tulip petals.
David takes my right hand in his own and
walks towards the blanket and I follow still shocked that he did this all for me.
We sit down and I finally say "David this has got to be one of the sweetest things any one's ever done for me." I smile and kiss him. He dishes us out ice cream and we talk.
An hour and half later the ice cream and Reddi Whip is gone.
This is when I get really scared.
I wipe my mouth with a napkin take a deep breath and attempt to explain my feelings.
