Chapter 7
The Naive
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Christmas, I've never celebrated it before. No lights or a tree decorate the mansion. No mistletoe or stockings hang. I'm thankful that Hermione is spending Christmas with me. I look out the window. The snow piles high on the ground. The wind's chill is frigid. I'm grateful I'm not the one outside.
I wait for her patiently. I hear footsteps down the hall and turn. She enters the room wearing a long crimson robe with a white cloak on her shoulders. She looks around and smiles. I smile back at her. I walk towards her and kiss her and the forehead. A feeling of happiness swells up in me.
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"I have something for you," he whispers in my ear.
I smile again, wondering what it could be. I feel like a little girl again, waiting for Christmas morning.
He reaches into his robe and takes out a small velvet box.
I gasp as the sudden realization hits me. Something every girl is supposed to want… something that I never thought I would have… is mine for the taking.
The moment seems to slow down. His hands open the box, presenting me an expensive ring. The ring is elegant. The band is of two metals intertwined. On closer examination, our names are engraved on the band on each side of the jewels. At the top is a well proportioned, but amazingly beautifully clear diamond. Beside it are two smaller ones, balancing the careful and delicate arrangement.
A feeling of excitement rushes through me as I look at it. I turn my head up to look at him.
"Will you marry me?"
I feel my jaw drop even though I knew. My heart flutters at the thought. I close my eyes and jaw. Together for eternity with the one I love. I can't say anything. I am stunned. Though we've known each other for only a short while, I know we'll be together for a lifetime and possibly many more.
I open my eyes again at the one I can't imagine life without. "Yes, I will."
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