1Chapter46- To pop the question

Kevin put on his best suit.

"Dude," said Joe, "why are you all dressed up?"

"I'm going out on a date with Leslie," said Kevin.

"Dude, you're taking her to the Chinese place that she likes, it's not necessary to get dressed up for that ," Joe said.

"I'm going to propose," Kevin explained.

"And you're taking her to the Chinese place," Joe asked in outrage, "you have absolutely no class."

"Coming from the guy who got his girlfriend pregnant within the first two months of dating," said Kevin, "wow, Joe, wow."

"Well at least I proposed on Christmas, and it was romantic," said Joe, "but you're taking her to some place that serves take-out, just for that I hope she says no."

"Thanks, Joe," said Kevin, "I really appreciate it."

"Don't mention it man," said Joe.

"Hey look," said Kevin, "a bug."

Joe screamed and ran out of the room, leaving Nick and Kevin alone.

"That was really mean Kevin," said Nick.

"Well, he deserved it," shrugged Kevin.

"Did you buy a ring yet," asked Nick.

"Yeah," said Kevin, "a while ago."

"Well good luck," sighed Nick, "I bet mom'll be proud, you're the only who did it right."

Kevin walked over to Nick, "I don't care what mom thinks, and neither should you," Kevin sighed, "if all goes well tonight I'm gonna go to court and try to get your child rights."

Nick smiled, "you know Kevin, you're not that much of a dick."

"Oh gee... thanks," said Kevin.

Nick laughed.

Kevin walked out the door around 7:05. He picked up Leslie and they headed for Leslie's favorite Chinese place.

"You know," said Leslie, "we're just going for take-out, you didn't have to get all dressed up."

"Well," said Kevin, "I was thinking maybe we could do something after."

"Oh yeah," said Leslie, "like what."

"I don't know maybe we could go back to my apartment," suggested Kevin.

"Kevin," said Leslie, "you know I don't believe in that."

"No," said Kevin, "not that, I meant maybe we could rent a movie or something and watch it at my apartment, not what you thought."

"That better be what you meant," said Leslie.

Kevin sighed , "trust me that is completely and totally what I meant."

Leslie sighed as they ordered their food. After enjoying their food they headed down to BlockBuster to rent a movie. It took forever to decide on a movie. Leslie wanted a comedy while Kevin wanted something romantic to get them into the mood.

"Why do you want to watch a romance. Those are the movies you normally call chick-flicks," argued Leslie.

"Well why do you want to watch a comedy, they're always so corny," Kevin argued back.

"And romance films aren't crony," asked Leslie angrily.

"Okay," said Kevin, "so that was a really bad argument."

"Yeah," said Leslie, "definitely."

Kevin put his head down, "you know what, you can choose the movie."

"Finally," said Leslie happily.

Leslie chose Superbad for them to watch. It wasn't exactly a comedy that would get them into the mood like Kevin wanted, but if it made Leslie happy it was the way to go.

When they finally got back to Kevin's apartment, Leslie discovered that they were alone she began to walk around searching for Nick, Joe, or Lizzie.

"Where are your brothers," asked Leslie.

"Oh," said Kevin, "probably at Psych or at your apartment with Lizzie, or maybe they decided to actually pay a visit to their girlfriends."

"Oh," said Leslie, "right, do you know when they'll be back?"

"No," asked Kevin, "why?"

"Well," said Leslie, "it's just you've been acting very strangely recently and I've realized that we're alone... in your apartment... where Joe got Lillian preg-"

"Leslie," said Kevin, "I respect your wishes, I'm not gonna try anything, I promise."

"Okay," said Leslie taking a seat on the couch while Kevin put the DVD in. All in all it was a very awkward night. The movie was hilarious however neither of them laughed because of the tension between them.

After the movie, Kevin offered to take Leslie out for ice cream, Leslie agreed for Kevin hadn't tried anything so far, and she did trust him.

Kevin sighed as he drove Leslie over to the ice cream parlor. When they finally arrived Kevin took a seat gloomily. The night wasn't going well, not at all. But Kevin was determined and he loved Leslie so much that he wasn't about to give up until she was wearing that ring.

Kevin walked over to where Leslie was ordering ice cream. "Les," said Kevin, "There's something I've been meaning to ask you-"

"Kevin," said Leslie, "I don't know how many times I have to tell you, I don't believe in that, it's not in my beliefs, I'm sorry but if you can't respect that-"

"Leslie," said Kevin, "that's not what I wanted to ask you Leslie."

"Oh," Leslie looked at her feet.

"Leslie," Kevin got down on one knee, "will you marry me?"