Friends old and new, part 4: On the beach
Harper looked out to sea: normally he'd be out surfing on a day like this, but that didn't seem so important anymore. He looked down at Mary, who was dozing happily in the sunshine. Trance and agreed to look after Travis for the day, giving the two of them some time alone.
Mary opened her eyes and yawned, "What you looking so glum about Seamus?" Harper lay down and put an arm around her, "I'm just thinking: you have to leave tomorrow, and this is probably the last time I'm going to get to do this for ant other year." He pulled a small box from his pocket and handed it to Mary. She opened it and gasped: I diamond ring glistened in the sun-light, "Jesus Seamus! How did you ever afford this?" Harper smiled, "I had some money sitting in a bank from the last time I was here, and I sold a few bit's and pieces."
He took the ring and held it up to before her, "Will you marry me?" Mary sat up, "But we talked about this: we can't be together with things as they are now!" Harper got up next to her, "I know that, but I still want you to have this as a promise of the first thing I'm going to do after this is all over." Mary nodded, tears welling up in her eyes, "Yes Seamus Zelazny Harper, I will marry you."
TBC