Part 13:
Damon's jaw dropped as he saw Raven. She looked like a goddess.
Damon decided he wanted to see Raven in dresses more often and
told her so.
"I didn't realize you hadn't seen me in a dress before," Raven
said with a chuckle. Damon offered Raven his arm and they walked
to the car. They didn't even realize people were staring openly
at them.
But it was obvious to see why. Two flat out beautiful and
handsome people dressed in formal wear wasn't something you saw
every day in the mall. Raven saw a clock on he wall. She hadn't
realized it was so late. It was nearly 8 o'clock.
'We must have spent more time then I thought at the lake,' she
thought to herself.
The restaurant was very fancy and a waiter showed Damon and Raven
to one of the best tables. They ordered some Italian food, which
Raven had to have Damon pronounce.
Raven was struggling not to giggle at how badly she had
mispronounced what Damon had recommended she get. The food was
the great and Raven made Damon try some of hers even though she
knew he had had it before.
After dinner Damon ordered them desert. He wouldn't tell Raven
wasn't what it was. It turned out to be some eclairs. Raven
picked hers up off her plate and saw a note underneath it.
She opened the paper and glanced at Damon questioningly when she
recognized his handwriting. It read:
'Raven, I love you with all my heart and never want to be away
from you, ever again. Will you marry me?'
Raven gasped and looked up at Damon. She was hardly able to
believe it. He held out a gold band with black stones in the form
of a small raven to her.
"Yes," she whispered. Damon got up and knelled next to her. He
slid the ring on her finger and kissed her.
"Why didn't you just ask?" she asked him. "I mean, why such the
elaborate plan?"
"I don't know. You deserved every thought that went into it.
And if I had asked out loud I don't think I would gotten enough
nerve to go through with it," he admitted sheepishly. Raven
laughed softly at him even though she tried not to.
After they finished their desert Damon drove them back to
Thierry's mansion.
"Wow, do you to look nice," Bonnie said as she saw them be let in
the front door. "I love the dress Raven."
"Thanks, Damon got it for me."
/Do you want to tell her or shall I?/ Damon asked prompting
Raven.
"We're going to get married, Bonnie," Raven told the petite
redhead. Bonnie's eyes widened. She hugged Raven and said
congrats. She told Damon congrats too but refrained from hugging
him.
"Raven, are you going in with the ceremony tonight?" Thea asked
as she came to tell Bonnie to start getting ready.
"Sure, let me change first. Thea, have you meet my fiancé and
soulmate yet?"
"I don't think so. It's nice to meet you and congratulations.
Sorry, but I have to run. Bye," Thea told him. Raven and Damon
went to his car to pick up their normal clothes. They went to
the room Raven stayed in every so often and changed.
Bonnie went up to her room and grabbed some supplies. Then she
went out into Thierry's spacious back yard to the spot they had
picked out for the ritual.
Damon's jaw dropped as he saw Raven. She looked like a goddess.
Damon decided he wanted to see Raven in dresses more often and
told her so.
"I didn't realize you hadn't seen me in a dress before," Raven
said with a chuckle. Damon offered Raven his arm and they walked
to the car. They didn't even realize people were staring openly
at them.
But it was obvious to see why. Two flat out beautiful and
handsome people dressed in formal wear wasn't something you saw
every day in the mall. Raven saw a clock on he wall. She hadn't
realized it was so late. It was nearly 8 o'clock.
'We must have spent more time then I thought at the lake,' she
thought to herself.
The restaurant was very fancy and a waiter showed Damon and Raven
to one of the best tables. They ordered some Italian food, which
Raven had to have Damon pronounce.
Raven was struggling not to giggle at how badly she had
mispronounced what Damon had recommended she get. The food was
the great and Raven made Damon try some of hers even though she
knew he had had it before.
After dinner Damon ordered them desert. He wouldn't tell Raven
wasn't what it was. It turned out to be some eclairs. Raven
picked hers up off her plate and saw a note underneath it.
She opened the paper and glanced at Damon questioningly when she
recognized his handwriting. It read:
'Raven, I love you with all my heart and never want to be away
from you, ever again. Will you marry me?'
Raven gasped and looked up at Damon. She was hardly able to
believe it. He held out a gold band with black stones in the form
of a small raven to her.
"Yes," she whispered. Damon got up and knelled next to her. He
slid the ring on her finger and kissed her.
"Why didn't you just ask?" she asked him. "I mean, why such the
elaborate plan?"
"I don't know. You deserved every thought that went into it.
And if I had asked out loud I don't think I would gotten enough
nerve to go through with it," he admitted sheepishly. Raven
laughed softly at him even though she tried not to.
After they finished their desert Damon drove them back to
Thierry's mansion.
"Wow, do you to look nice," Bonnie said as she saw them be let in
the front door. "I love the dress Raven."
"Thanks, Damon got it for me."
/Do you want to tell her or shall I?/ Damon asked prompting
Raven.
"We're going to get married, Bonnie," Raven told the petite
redhead. Bonnie's eyes widened. She hugged Raven and said
congrats. She told Damon congrats too but refrained from hugging
him.
"Raven, are you going in with the ceremony tonight?" Thea asked
as she came to tell Bonnie to start getting ready.
"Sure, let me change first. Thea, have you meet my fiancé and
soulmate yet?"
"I don't think so. It's nice to meet you and congratulations.
Sorry, but I have to run. Bye," Thea told him. Raven and Damon
went to his car to pick up their normal clothes. They went to
the room Raven stayed in every so often and changed.
Bonnie went up to her room and grabbed some supplies. Then she
went out into Thierry's spacious back yard to the spot they had
picked out for the ritual.