Picnic

Briar drummed her fingers on the polished countertop. She was at the Sacred Grounds, working a shift, but business was incredibly slow.

Suddenly, her frown turned into a grin.

"Hey Princess." Jacob Grimm entered the shop and grinned cheekily.

Behind her, Briar heard Buzzflower groan.

Jake politely said hello to Buzzflower and Mallobarb, then turned to Briar. "Picnic?"

Briar was about to agree, when Mallobarb interrupted. "No way are you taking Briar anywhere today. You haven't cut your hair or become a prince yet."

Briar groaned and turned to Buzzflower for help. Buzzflower just shook her head.

"I'm a grown woman and capable of making my own decisions." Briar said. "So I'm going with him." With that, she grabbed a grinning Jake by the arm and pulled him out the door.

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Briar loved spending time with Jake. He was easy to talk to and even easier to be around.

The couple chatted for hours. They lay on a blanket on top of a hill, and talked. They talked and talked and talked.

"So we've been going out for how long, now? Seven years?" Briar suddenly asked.

"Seven years, and two hundred seventy- five days. But who's counting?" Jake grinned.

"You made that number up!" Briar accused.

"Yep. It's actually seven years, and two hundred ten days."

Briar giggled.

"Oh, and that reminds me. I have something really important to ask you." Jake began searching his many pockets for something.

Briar began to get excited. The couple had talked about getting married many times, but Jake hadn't proposed. Was he going to do it now? Oh my gosh, he probable was!

"I know it's in here somewhere…" Jake was muttering to himself. "Her it…no…Maybe it's…..no…."

Briar smiled, hoping this was it.

"Ah, found it!" Jake pulled out an envelope and handed it to Briar. "Mom wanted to know if you wanted to come over for thanksgiving dinner next week."

Briar's face fell. "Oh… um, Ok. I'll be there. Is that all?"

"Yeah… wait no! I have something else. Let me find it…." He began searching through his pockets. This time, everything he took out, he placed besides him. Some wands, vials of powders, potions, pens, pads of paper, a black velvet box, magical things she couldn't recognize. Wait… a velvet box?

Both Briar's and Jakes eyes widened. Jake scrambled for the box and slipped it back into his pocket.

"Jake, what was in that box?"

Jake, being a wonderful liar, simply said, "A magical stone."

Briar knew him to well. "Jake, give me the box."

"No."

"Give."

"No."

Briar tackled him playfully and grabbed the box out of the pocket she saw him hide it in. She opened it to find a diamond ring with her name engraved in it.

"Well, I was going to propose over a fancy dinner, but this works too."

Briar didn't wait for a proper, down on one knee, proposal. "Yes." She tackled him again, and j=kissed him passionately.

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