I never really thought much of it until now. When Chad and I celebrated out five year anniversary, he gave me a priceless ruby ring that his great grandmother passed down to him. He told me that he had instructed him to give it to his soul mate; the woman he though that he'd spend the rest of his life with.

I wore the ring every single day since he gave it to me. It never really crossed my mind because it had become a habit to put it on, but now that I've noticed it, it's never going to leave me alone.

"Chad?" I asked, my voice sounding a little timid.

"Yeah?" he asked, never looking up.

I sat there, staring at the ring.

"What are you looking at?" he asked as he walked over to me. He took my hand, and his face softened.

"You still have it.." he whispered.

"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I?"

"I would have thought that you got rid of it months ago."

"No, I uhh.. I kept it."

We just sat in silence until I brought up the subject that I knew would e hard to talk about, but it needed to be done.

"Chad.. How much so you remember from when we split?" I asked, my voice shaking.

"I remember it like it was yesterday." he replied, so quietly.

"I have your ring."

"What? You mean the one I threw?"

"Uh, yeah. I was going to return it to you. I'll be right back.."

I ran up the stairs to retrieve the run from my purse. It was still in the Tiffany blue Tiffany's box. I never even opened it.. I never looked at it.

I had thought about it. Many many times I was tempted to open the box, but it was too painful.

I walked down the stairs, and Chad was sitting on the couch waiting for me. I handed Chad the box and sat opposite him in a chair.

He toyed with the box before opening it. He removed the ring from the box and he got up and walked over to me.

He knelt to the ground and my breath stopped.

'Was he really doing this?'

"Sonny Allison Elizabeth Stewart, I know what we had broken into a million pieces, and you may think that I am just doing this to fix things. We started over on a clean slate only yesterday, but I still love you. I never stopped loving you, and I will continue to love you forever. Will you make me that happiest man to walk this earth and marry me?"

Yes, he really was doing this.

"Chad, I- I don't know what to say."

"Just say yes! Sonny.. I love you so much." Chad took my hands and looked into my eyes as he said this.

I looked into his eyes, and time stopped. As I looked in his deep blue orbs, I knew what to say. Chad broke my heart, and I broke his. He loves me like no one else though, and I can't imagine what life would be without him. I am completely in love with this man because he knows me like no one else. He understands me better than my mom or even Tawni. I know what I should do.

"I think I'm going to have to call Tawni-" his face instantly fell, "so I can tell her that I'm engaged!"

I jumped up and hugged Chad like no tomorrow. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he spun me around. I laughed as he put my down and he replaced the ruby ring with the gorgeous diamond one.

I finally felt like life has fallen into place like it should.