Nick's words hung in the air. Sara could feel his heart rate increase
significantly as she rested against him. She knew he was nervous, but he
had taken her by surprise. She couldn't move. She couldn't speak. She
just sat there dumbfounded, trying to comprehend what Nick had just asked.
She blinked at him and finally was able to form a sentence, "Could you repeat the question?" Her mouth was slightly agape.
Nick smiled at her and caressed her cheek with his thumb, "Sara Sidle, will you marry me?"
Still in a state of shock Sara managed, "That's what I thought you said." She looked at him as if she was trying to process a calculus equation. "You want to marry me?"
Nick nodded.
"You mean 'to have and to hold from this day forward till death do us part'?" Sara continued.
Nick smiled, "That's generally how it goes."
"You want to marry me." Sara stated trying to let it sink in.
"Sara, I've been falling in love with you for three years and I want to spend forever with you. I would be honored if you would become my wife." Nick's voice was gentle.
Sara looked at him, "You want to marry me." Tears started forming in her eyes and began cascading down her cheeks.
Nick looked concerned, "Sara, I didn't mean to upset you. I'm sorry." He brushed the tears from her face with his fingers. "I told you it was going to sound crazy." Nick looked away crestfallen with a slight hitch in his voice.
Sara continued looking at him, tears streaming down her face. She reached over and cupped the side of his face with her hand and turned him to face her. A tear slid down Nick's cheek. Sara brushed it away with her thumb.
Sara smiled at Nick through her tears, "Nick, I love you. You didn't upset me. Caught me by surprise, but you didn't upset me. I'm just a little overwhelmed."
Another tear slid down Nick's face, "I'm sorry, Sara."
She wiped the tear away from his face, "Don't be sorry, Nick. Yeah, it's a little crazy, but you know what?"
"What?" Nick managed.
"I'm going to say something even crazier." Sara replied softly.
Nick raised a curious eyebrow, "What could be crazier than me asking you to marry me less than two weeks after we start dating?"
Sara smiled and leaned in to kiss him, "Me saying yes."
He broke the kiss framing her face with his hands, "You said yes?!" A myriad of emotions swept over his face as he processed this information.
Sara nodded, "Yes, Nick. I said yes."
He pulled her in for another kiss, deeper and longer than the first. As they broke the kiss, they smiled at each other.
"Sara, you've made me the happiest man in the world." Nick whispered looking into her eyes.
Sara grinned. She caressed the side of Nick's face with the palm of her hand. Her eyes capturing every inch of his face. Her eyes reconnected with his, "Nick, let's get married now. Today."
Nick studied her face, "Are you sure?"
Sara nodded, "I've never been more sure of anything, Nick. I want forever to start as soon as possible." She leaned in and kissed him again.
As they broke the kiss, Nick asked, "Do you want to drive or do you want me to?"
Sara stood up from the couch pulling Nick along with her as she grabbed her purse and keys, "I'm driving."
She blinked at him and finally was able to form a sentence, "Could you repeat the question?" Her mouth was slightly agape.
Nick smiled at her and caressed her cheek with his thumb, "Sara Sidle, will you marry me?"
Still in a state of shock Sara managed, "That's what I thought you said." She looked at him as if she was trying to process a calculus equation. "You want to marry me?"
Nick nodded.
"You mean 'to have and to hold from this day forward till death do us part'?" Sara continued.
Nick smiled, "That's generally how it goes."
"You want to marry me." Sara stated trying to let it sink in.
"Sara, I've been falling in love with you for three years and I want to spend forever with you. I would be honored if you would become my wife." Nick's voice was gentle.
Sara looked at him, "You want to marry me." Tears started forming in her eyes and began cascading down her cheeks.
Nick looked concerned, "Sara, I didn't mean to upset you. I'm sorry." He brushed the tears from her face with his fingers. "I told you it was going to sound crazy." Nick looked away crestfallen with a slight hitch in his voice.
Sara continued looking at him, tears streaming down her face. She reached over and cupped the side of his face with her hand and turned him to face her. A tear slid down Nick's cheek. Sara brushed it away with her thumb.
Sara smiled at Nick through her tears, "Nick, I love you. You didn't upset me. Caught me by surprise, but you didn't upset me. I'm just a little overwhelmed."
Another tear slid down Nick's face, "I'm sorry, Sara."
She wiped the tear away from his face, "Don't be sorry, Nick. Yeah, it's a little crazy, but you know what?"
"What?" Nick managed.
"I'm going to say something even crazier." Sara replied softly.
Nick raised a curious eyebrow, "What could be crazier than me asking you to marry me less than two weeks after we start dating?"
Sara smiled and leaned in to kiss him, "Me saying yes."
He broke the kiss framing her face with his hands, "You said yes?!" A myriad of emotions swept over his face as he processed this information.
Sara nodded, "Yes, Nick. I said yes."
He pulled her in for another kiss, deeper and longer than the first. As they broke the kiss, they smiled at each other.
"Sara, you've made me the happiest man in the world." Nick whispered looking into her eyes.
Sara grinned. She caressed the side of Nick's face with the palm of her hand. Her eyes capturing every inch of his face. Her eyes reconnected with his, "Nick, let's get married now. Today."
Nick studied her face, "Are you sure?"
Sara nodded, "I've never been more sure of anything, Nick. I want forever to start as soon as possible." She leaned in and kissed him again.
As they broke the kiss, Nick asked, "Do you want to drive or do you want me to?"
Sara stood up from the couch pulling Nick along with her as she grabbed her purse and keys, "I'm driving."
