Alfred F. Jones smiled at his girlfriend Natalia Arlovskaya. He thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world. His heart always beat wildly when he was around her. His hand reached for hers, but she pulled away. He knew that she was like that sometimes, but he wanted to wait for her.

Natalia looked over at Alfred. She was still slightly unsure of him, but she knew that he only meant well. Her heart always felt funny and fuzzy when she was with him, but she felt like she couldn't trust it. There was no way she could really be that happy at all times. Did happiness really last that long? Could it really last forever?

"Alfred," Natalia softly asked. "Why do you like someone like me?" She had always been wondering that, ever since the day he had asked her to be his girl. What was so special about someone like her? She was moody and angry and didn't really know what to do with her own emotions, sometimes taking them out on him. Why did he like her?

"Well that's kind of a stupid question, don't you think?" Alfred asked with a laugh. He shrugged. "Why wouldn't I like you?"

"I'm not like other girls," Natalia softly said.

"I know that," he replied. "That's one of the reasons." He smiled at her, blushing. "You're wonderful, Natalia. If you were like other girls, I probably wouldn't like you as much as I do right now, to be honest."

Natalia felt her face growing hot. "Alfred, I just don't understand you," she softly said. "It just doesn't make sense. I'm just not completely sure that I get how your mind works, and it confuses me."

Alfred grinned at her. "If you understood me all the time, then nothing would be very fun, would it?" He chuckled and put his hands behind his head. "Natalia, you don't have to understand me at all times, you know. That would ruin the surprise. Come on, now. Do you really want to understand me?"

She considered it for a moment. "Sometimes it a yes, but others, it's a no," Natalia finally answered. "Right now, it's a yes. I honestly want to know why you like me." She looked at him with her big, blue eyes. "What in the world caused you to like me."

"You know, I think you're a beautiful girl," Alfred began. "I think that you're very confident in what you do. Your determination makes me very happy and inspires me to do great things for myself and the people I love." He sighed happily and smiled at her. "I think you are just the most amazing girl in the world."

"Amazing, you say?" Natalia asked. She raised an eyebrow to her boyfriend. "You love my confidence and determination. Are those the only two things that make me amazing? For beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Alfred." Her eyes gazed down at her feet. "You are the only man who has ever found me beautiful."

"Nonsense," Alfred simply said. "Other guys have just been intimidated by you is all." He put a finger under her chin and tilted her head up to look at him. "You're fantastic, Natalia, and other men are just idiots if they haven't discovered that about you."

Natalia couldn't take him looking into her eyes like that. She desperately turned her head and looked away. Intimacy like that was too much for her at that point. "T-Thank you for the compliment, Alfred," she softly said. "But I still don't see your point."

"Would you like me to show you?" he softly asked.

"Sh-Show me?" she stammered, growing more and more flustered by the minute. What was he going on about? How was he going to show her anything? "I don't understand."

Alfred smiled and then pressed his lips to hers. He wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close as he kissed her, hoping to God that she wouldn't kill him when it was all said and done. He just couldn't help himself. She was too perfect to him not to.

When they pulled apart, Natalia stared at him for a moment before her face went bright red. Her hand immediately slapped across Alfred's face as she looked away from him. "I can't believe you just did that," she softly said, face red with embarrassment. "Alfred, why would you do that?"

"I did that to show you that I'm serious about you, Nat," he said. "One day, I'll show you just how serious I truly am. I'll show the world just how serious I am."

"I'll believe it when I see it," Natalia answered, crossing her arms over her flat chest in a huffed anger. "Until I say so, you keep those lips of your to yourself, Mr. Jones."

"I understand," Alfred laughed. "And I just might do that."

"You better," she huffed at him.

"We'll see," he chuckled.

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Three Years Later

Alfred Jones walked along the street with his girlfriend and came to an abrupt stop under a specific lamp post. He grabbed Natalia's hand and stopped her with him, causing her to almost trip and also nearly dislocate her arm. She glared over at him but stopped when she noticed his smile.

"What is it?" she asked him, raising an eyebrow.

"Remember what happened here three years ago?" Alfred asked, cocking his head to the side.

Natalia thought about it for a moment. She wracked her brain, trying to remember. Then it all came back to her. "Our first kiss was right here, wasn't it?" she asked him.

"That's right," Alfred answered, blue eyes sparkling with happiness. "This corner right here holds a lot of firsts for us. It was where we spoke our first words to each other, first hug, first kiss, first acapella dance…"

"First acapella dance?" Natalia asked.

Alfred wrapped his arm around her waist and began dancing around in circles with her, singing loudly and off-key to "Once Upon a Dream" from Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

"Stop it," she laughed, trying to break free from him. "What is wrong with you?"

He smiled. "Maybe I'm crazy," he suggested to her. "Crazy in love."

She smiled at him. "You're such a sap, Alfred."

Alfred stopped their wild dance and looked into her eyes. "Natalia Arlovskaya, I love you," he softly told her. "I want you to be the light of my life, forever."

"What are you saying?" she slowly asked, imaginary gears inside of her head slowly clicking together. "Are you asking what I think you're asking?"

He got down on one knee and pulled a candy Ring Pop out of his pocket. Alfred carefully unwrapped it and presented it to her. "Natalia Arlovskaya, will you marry me? I know it's just a Ring Pop right now, but I swear I'll get you something better with my next paycheck. You deserve so much better than sugar Heaven."

Natalia didn't know what to say. She looked down at the red candy that was shaped like a gigantic diamond on a candy ring. Her heart began pulsating in a way that it hadn't since she and Alfred had been a brand new couple. "Alfred," she gasped out. "I-I don't know what to say!"

"Then say yes," Alfred said, smiling at her. "Come on, Nat. It's only for the rest of your life."

Natalia felt tears fill her eyes as she slowly nodded, grinning and giggling like a young schoolgirl. "Yes, Alfred," she finally said. "Yes, I will marry you."

Alfred slipped the candy ring on her finger and stood to his full height, kissing her with everything he had. He was so in love with her that time and space ceased to exist and all there was in the entire universe was just him and her.

She felt lightheaded as she kissed him, wrapping her arms around his neck for dear life out of fear of fainting. Her heart was racing, but in a good way. Natalia had never been more in love than she was at that moment, right then and there. It was a euphoria like nothing she had ever experienced, and she couldn't wait to spend the rest of her life married to that man.

When they broke apart, Alfred grinned at her. "You have made me the happiest man alive," he told her. "You have no fucking idea!"

Natalia smiled at him. "I have a little bit of one," she said, sitting down on the cub and catching her breath. "Because you, in return, have made me the happiest woman alive."

Alfred smiled at her. "So you're not mad that it's a Ring Pop?"

She smiled at him and took a lick from it. "I wouldn't expect any less from you," she laughed.

Alfred laughed. "I just wanted it to be unique."

"But what about you?" Natalia asked. "Girls won't know you belong with me. You don't have a ring or anything. How will anyone know that you're all mine."

He grinned and brought another small package out of his pocket. "That's okay, I bought two."