CHAPTER 28
NYA`S PRESENT
JAY`S POV:
Tonight's the night. I know that it's gonna be great. Everything's gonna go smoothly. Nothing can ruin what I'm about to do. I know that Nya and I decided to start over, but we've been spending more time with each other than ever before. My heart is set on giving this one gift to Nya. I know what will happen. I know what to do. I'm eager to try it out. I'm just ready to give her the gift of the century. I just love her more than anything else in the world. As I stand there getting myself ready, my mind is racing with thoughts. What will her expressions be? Will she like my gift? What will she say about it? Whatever she thinks about it, I understand. My heart beats for Nya and every moment we're not together, I feel empty and alone.
I was finally ready. Nya and I weren't going out to dinner or anything that fancy. We were just heading out to the park. A romantic place for a romantic evening. I know that Nya had troubles going out to the park in the past, but this time it'll be different. There won't be any of that breaking her heart or anything for that matter. There's no reason for any of that to happen. This is about love. Plus, I love Nya too much to ever break her heart at all. That's something that'll be crossed off the list. No breakups.
I walked downstairs, waiting for Nya to take her first steps down as I know she'll look as beautiful as ever tonight. I held a rose in my hand while Nya came downstairs, looking just how I imagined her to look tonight. I held out my hand for her s she kindly took it, smiling up at me. "Hello, Jay. How has the day been for you so far?"
"So far?" I asked, playfully, "The day's over with. Night has begun."
Nya giggled. "I know, but the sun is about to set so it's still considered daytime."
I looked out the window. By golly, Nya was right. The sun was on the premises of setting. I looked at her. "I don't get how you can always be right."
"I do whatever I can. Come on. Let's get going."
"With pleasure. Do you want me to tell you where we're going?"
"I thought we agreed that we weren't going to a restaurant."
"I'm not taking you to a restaurant. I'm taking you to the park." Nya gave me a look, but I continued. "I know it's not your best choice for a date, and I understand that you've had some bad experiences with going to the park in the past, but at least give this one night a chance. You and I decided to start over on our relationship. I promise to never break up with you for the world."
"So you're not taking me to the park to end our relationship?"
"No way. I would never do that. There's another reason why I'm taking you. You ready to hit the road?"
"Yeah, I'm ready."
"Let's get going then. We don't want the night to end on us to quickly."
Nya giggled as we walked out of the house. We climbed into my truck and started driving out on the road. Every minute that passed seem to take the time out of the night. I couldn't wait any longer. I was ready to stop the car in the middle of the road and just go ahead and give Nya her gift. I could handle the wait. I had to remember what Sensei taught me. Patience. Patience is always the answer. Really? Should it be the answer when a guy is about to give his girlfriend a wonderful present. Should that count as being patient? It was no use. You can't push lessons away from you. They remain in your mind forever. Even I know that. I don't get why the guys say I'm too playful to remember a lesson like that.
We finally got to the park. If anything, I'd go ahead and give Nya the gift on the spot, but I couldn't do that. I had to be prepared when it came to this. I had to make sure my posture and body language wasn't shaking with fear and nervousness. I had to be sure I actually had the gift. I wanted to be sure that Nya would love the gift for all eternity. I had to check off all three of those things from my mind checklist. This night had to be perfect.
Nya and I walked over by the lake. We stood over next to the bridge. It looked like a elegant scene for this gift. I took a deep breath, placing my eyes on Nya the whole time. "Have I ever told you that you look more beautiful like a goddess?"
"You've told me that hundreds of times, even when we were dating before.. everything happened," Nya said, "Either way, you've told me that plenty of times before."
"I guess I have, haven't I?"
"Jay, is there a reason why you brought me out here? I still kind of have some bad experiences with things that have happened here in the park. I've had my heart broken here. I feel as though with every boyfriend I have, they seem to break up with me in a park. When they take me to the park, I'm pretty sure I'll leave with a broken heart."
"Nya, you've only dated one other guy after we broke up. Caleb was the one that broke up with you. If anything, you should've dumped that guy years ago."
Nya nodded and bowed her head down, but she knew that it was all true. "Yeah, you're right. I should've broke up with him instead of Caleb breaking up with me. It was just too much. I couldn't deal with him any longer. I made a mistake in love and I don't want that mistake to happen again."
"Don't worry. I'll make sure that won't ever happen again."
"Is there a reason why you brought me out here? Do you have a surprise for me or something?"
"I do, actually." I checked my body posture and language. They weren't shaking with fear and nervousness. Looks like I'm clear to speak. "Nya, there's something I want to ask you."
"Yes, Jay?"
I took a deep breath. "Nya, I love you with all my heart. Every beat that my heart makes, it makes to you. I love you to much to ever let anything happen to you. You're more important to me than anything else in this world. I want to ask you a very important question."
"What is it, Jay?"
I checked my pocket to make sure I had the gift. I did. Check mark number two. I held my gift out in my hands. "Nya, I want to spend the rest of my life with you." The gift I had was a tiny black box and inside of it was a beautiful diamond ring. Jay gasped as I asked, "Will you marry me?"
Tears streamed from Nya`s eyes as she looked at the ring. "Jay, I...I don't know what to say."
"Say what you think is best."
Nya held the ring box in her hand. She looked at me and said, "Yes, Jay. I will marry you."
"Nya, you've made me the happiest man alive. Thank you."
"I'm glad to be the girl that wants to spend the rest of her life with the man she was born to be with."
"I'm glad to hear that." I place the ring on her finger. It looked beautiful on her. "How does it look?"
"I don't know. How does it look to you?"
"You look even more beautiful than before."
Nya giggled. "Well, I think it's a wonderful ring. This is the best gift you could ever get me." She took one good look at it. "When did you get it, though? It's a beautiful ring, but I'm sure it was expensive."
"Three weeks after I started dating you."
"Three weeks after? How did you know that we were meant to be together?"
"I just had that theory. I knew it in my mind. Our love was meant to be."
"Well, in that case." Nya stood up and brought me to my feet. "Come on. Let's go swimming."
"Swimming? Alright, let's drive down to the beach."
"No, not the beach, silly. I meant the lake."
"Are you serious? You want us to go swimming in the park lake?"
"Is there a problem with that? Are you scared of getting caught?"
"Well, the park ranger is still around here somewhere and I'm pretty sure he's keeping his eyes out on us. After all, we are the only one's here." Nya`s eyes were glittering so much in the moonlight, I couldn't resist that look any longer. "Ah, whatever, let's go swimming."
Nya was the first one to jump in the lake. She was laughing and playing around, having a jolly good old time. I shrugged it off and jumped into the cool water myself. I'm pretty sure this lake was filled with fish, but that didn't matter. I was having a good time with Nya. She was splashing around and it looked as though she was acting almost like a child. I didn't mind it, though. Let us act like kids. It was best to be young for as long as we can be.
We got out of the water a moment later. The water was so cold that Nya was about to freeze. I got her back in the truck and placed a towel over her. It dry her up, but I'm not sure it would save her clothes.
She giggled. "That was fun."
"It was." I placed my hands in hers. "That was the best fun I've ever had. I'd rather be with you all my life."
We kissed each other passionately. Right there in my truck. I didn't care where we kissed at. I was just glad she said yes. In the future, I know ours will be bright.
OH, MY GOSH. SO EXCITING. JAY PROPOSED TO NYA. ANOTHER COUPLE IS ABOUT TO GET MARRIED. THIS IS SO AWESOME.
WELL, THAT'S ALL FROM ME.
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