There she was the night before her wedding day, and she wanted to start crying. She had dreamed of this day her entire life, but she wasn't getting married to her true love. Thankfully, Diane, who was her maid when she lived with her parents, was there to help and support her.
"Why did this have to happen, Diane? I was so close to my happily ever after with a man I had fallen so deeply in love with, and it just had to blow up in my face," Giselle wept.
Diane then looked out the balcony window and smiled.
"Giselle, if you want your happily ever after then I suggest you look out the window."
What could possibly be out in the balcony? Giselle thought as she heard a knock at her window. She slowly opened the back door and made her way to the balcony rail and at first she thought she was hallucinating, but there he was throwing pebbles at her window smiling up at her.
"Robert! Robert, what are you doing here?"
"My dearest Giselle, with hair so fine, come out your window. Climb down the vine," Robert said in a very romantic, fairytale way.
Giselle looked to the left of her and there was a vine that led down to the ground.
"The task you ask of, dear sir isn't easy, and I'm not going to respond to that poem. It's way too corny."
With that, Giselle slowly made her way down the vine, and things were going quite smoothly until-
"My foot is stuck."
Giselle tried to wiggle her foot free, but in doing that she lost her balance. As a result, she landed right into Robert's arms.
"I'll always be there to catch you," Robert said as he gazed into her eyes.
They gazed into each other's eyes until what seemed to be forever, until Robert let Giselle out of his arms. As soon as Giselle touched the ground, she threw herself into Robert, resulting in him falling over, and started kissing him all over.
"I thought I'd never see you again," Giselle said with tears in her eyes.
"You can't get rid of me that easily," Robert replied. "Come with me," he said as he pulled Giselle by the hand.
They ran across the open field until they came to a lake with a boat tied to a lantern.
"What is this," Giselle asked.
"I just wanted to make your last night of being single special."
Giselle smiled as she climbed into the boat. Then, Robert rowed the boat to the middle of the lake where no one could find them and they could be alone. They took blankets and lay on the boat and cuddled with each other under the moonlight.
"You still haven't answered my question, Robert…What are you doing here?"
"Well…because the morning that you left, I could already see myself slowly morphing into the old me. The me I never want to go back to. Morgan and I were yelling over breakfast, and it was then that I realized that I need you in my life Giselle. There is no question any more. They say that you don't know how much you love something until it's gone."
"Oh Robert, I need you too, but it just can't happen. You were right all along; real life isn't always a happy ending."
"No Giselle, I was wrong, happy endings do exist. You just have to overcome the obstacles that face you, and if there's anyone that can do that it's you. Even if it doesn't work out, I'll wait for you; even if it means never being in a relationship ever again."
"Oh Robert, would you really do that? Put everything on hold for me?"
"Read my lips." With that, Robert leaned in and kissed Giselle. They deepened the kiss as Giselle rolled on top of Robert resulting in the boat tipping over. Robert came up out of the water in seconds, but panicked when he didn't see Giselle. Can she swim? Was she ever taught? Robert thought. Giselle came up relieving Robert.
"You scared me for a second," Robert said as he held Giselle and swam to shore.
They cuddled under their blankets by a tree in each other's arms taking in every moment they had together.
They woke up in the same position smiling as they realized that last night was real.
"We stayed out all night," Giselle said.
"Yes we did," Robert replied.
Giselle gasped.
"I have to go. I have to…get ready."
Robert sighed as he got up from his position.
"You're going to go in there and marry someone you don't love just to make your family happy."
Giselle nodded. Now that Robert's here, we can run away together and get away from this place. We can finally get married! She thought.
Robert pulled her into an embrace.
"You're an amazing person Giselle and I love you so much…and that's why I have to let you go."
Giselle's heart fell. "What!"
"I know you were expecting me to just take you by the hand and run away with you, but you have to do this on your own. Remember…whatever choice you make, let it come from your heart."
"Sounds like something I would say," Giselle chuckled.
"Well, I learned from the best," Robert replied.
Giselle then slowly let go of Robert's hands and started heading over back to her house when Robert suddenly grabbed her hand.
"Wait Giselle! While you're still single…" He then pulled Giselle into a passionate kiss which told Giselle that no matter what choice she made Robert would always love her. She pulled away quickly and ran off to the house as Robert watched her.
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