After dinner, I left Jordan with the girls to chat while I hung out with my
Dad and Calvin.
Dad went to work on his computer. "What are you doing Dad?" Calvin asked.
"Just printing out some pictures I took of Woody and Jordan"
I looked at him curiously "When did you take pictures of us?"
He smiled "When you guys were outside"
I felt my cheeks redden knowing he had caught us in a private moment.
I smiled as he handed me the pictures. He and Calvin looked over my shoulders as I went through each picture seeing the images of Jordan and me holding each other and staring lovingly at each other, unaware of Dad's prying camera lens or anything else around us.
Without looking up from the pictures I said "Dad, how did you know when it was the right time for you to ask mom to marry you?"
I saw him and Calvin exchange a surprised look.
"Well son, I don't think there is a right time. Just when you feel the time is right, when you know that you've found the person you're sure you want to spend your life with"
"Were you sure she would say yes when you asked her?"
"Not completely sure, but I had a pretty good idea" he smiled reflectively.
"Do we need to take a trip to the jewelry store?" Cal asked excitedly.
I looked around to make sure none of the girls were coming and pulled a small box out of my pocket and handed it to them. "I bought the ring a while ago, when we first got together. I've just been waiting for the right time"
"Very nice, I think she'll love it" my dad encouraged handing me the ring box back.
"So do you think it's the right time?" Dad asked excitedly.
"I hope so, I'm scared to death though. It took us so long to get together and to get where we are, if I screw this up and rush things I might lose her"
"Son, I've seen the way that girls looks at you, she sat here with me looking at pictures of you as a kid, it's obvious she loves you"
"Thanks Dad, now if you'll excuse me I've got a girl to propose to" I said grinning stupidly and heading back to the girls to get my girl.
The girls were sitting at the table talking and laughing, apparently talking about me as a child.
I kissed her cheek "I'm sure you're having fun hearing embarrassing stories about me as a kid but I thought we'd take a walk"
"Oh okay" she said jokingly.
We walked down to the lake. The night sky was clear and you could see all the bright stars shining brilliantly in the sky. The moon was out and cast a beautiful shimmering light on the surface of the lake. This was perfect, I thought. Now I just had to work up the courage to ask the most important question of my life.
We walked around for a bit while I was still trying to summon my courage. I kept my hand in my pocket on the ring box, paranoid that I would reach for it and not find it there.
Jordan watched me curiously "What's wrong Woody?" she asked stopping.
I turned to her, I was going to have to do it soon if I was going through with it.
"Wrong? Nothing's wrong" I assured her.
"You're being really quiet" she said unconvinced.
I started to reach into my pocket when she got this strange look on her face and started to back away from me.
"Jordan.what?." I started to ask closing the distance between us.
"You changed your mind didn't you? You decided to come back here and marry Annie"
"What?" I asked, trying not to laugh "Why would you think that?"
"Because you're being all weird, like you've got something you don't want to tell me"
I smiled nervously at her, the fear having left me.
"No Jordan that's not it at all, I'm just nervous"
"Nervous, why would you be nervous?" she asked confused.
That was my cue. I slowly sunk down onto one knee as her eyes widened.
"Jordan, I love you so much, I have for a long time and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. So if you're ready, will you marry me?" I asked opening the box to reveal the diamond ring.
She just looked at me, shocked. "Oh my God, I'm such an idiot" she said covering her face with her hands.
My heart was beating furiously as I still knelt there on one knee, anxiously anticipating her response.
She looked back down at me and smiled "Yes" she answered simply through teary eyes.
"Yes?" I repeated excitedly to make sure that I had heard right, that Jordan Cavanaugh actually just agreed to marry me.
She nodded and I smiled happily, standing up to slip the ring on her finger. I held her hand out and we both looked at it smiling. Then I kissed her passionately. "I love you Jordan Cavanaugh" I whispered resting my head against hers and wiping away the few happy tears that trickled down her cheeks. "I love you too" she said kissing me again.
We went back to share our happy news with the family, where we received excited hugs and congratulations.
We decided to wait until we got back home to tell everyone there especially Max because I wanted to clear it with him first. We both knew he would approve though. We also knew we would be getting all the happy hugs and congratulations from that gang too, they had become our other family.
Dad went to work on his computer. "What are you doing Dad?" Calvin asked.
"Just printing out some pictures I took of Woody and Jordan"
I looked at him curiously "When did you take pictures of us?"
He smiled "When you guys were outside"
I felt my cheeks redden knowing he had caught us in a private moment.
I smiled as he handed me the pictures. He and Calvin looked over my shoulders as I went through each picture seeing the images of Jordan and me holding each other and staring lovingly at each other, unaware of Dad's prying camera lens or anything else around us.
Without looking up from the pictures I said "Dad, how did you know when it was the right time for you to ask mom to marry you?"
I saw him and Calvin exchange a surprised look.
"Well son, I don't think there is a right time. Just when you feel the time is right, when you know that you've found the person you're sure you want to spend your life with"
"Were you sure she would say yes when you asked her?"
"Not completely sure, but I had a pretty good idea" he smiled reflectively.
"Do we need to take a trip to the jewelry store?" Cal asked excitedly.
I looked around to make sure none of the girls were coming and pulled a small box out of my pocket and handed it to them. "I bought the ring a while ago, when we first got together. I've just been waiting for the right time"
"Very nice, I think she'll love it" my dad encouraged handing me the ring box back.
"So do you think it's the right time?" Dad asked excitedly.
"I hope so, I'm scared to death though. It took us so long to get together and to get where we are, if I screw this up and rush things I might lose her"
"Son, I've seen the way that girls looks at you, she sat here with me looking at pictures of you as a kid, it's obvious she loves you"
"Thanks Dad, now if you'll excuse me I've got a girl to propose to" I said grinning stupidly and heading back to the girls to get my girl.
The girls were sitting at the table talking and laughing, apparently talking about me as a child.
I kissed her cheek "I'm sure you're having fun hearing embarrassing stories about me as a kid but I thought we'd take a walk"
"Oh okay" she said jokingly.
We walked down to the lake. The night sky was clear and you could see all the bright stars shining brilliantly in the sky. The moon was out and cast a beautiful shimmering light on the surface of the lake. This was perfect, I thought. Now I just had to work up the courage to ask the most important question of my life.
We walked around for a bit while I was still trying to summon my courage. I kept my hand in my pocket on the ring box, paranoid that I would reach for it and not find it there.
Jordan watched me curiously "What's wrong Woody?" she asked stopping.
I turned to her, I was going to have to do it soon if I was going through with it.
"Wrong? Nothing's wrong" I assured her.
"You're being really quiet" she said unconvinced.
I started to reach into my pocket when she got this strange look on her face and started to back away from me.
"Jordan.what?." I started to ask closing the distance between us.
"You changed your mind didn't you? You decided to come back here and marry Annie"
"What?" I asked, trying not to laugh "Why would you think that?"
"Because you're being all weird, like you've got something you don't want to tell me"
I smiled nervously at her, the fear having left me.
"No Jordan that's not it at all, I'm just nervous"
"Nervous, why would you be nervous?" she asked confused.
That was my cue. I slowly sunk down onto one knee as her eyes widened.
"Jordan, I love you so much, I have for a long time and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. So if you're ready, will you marry me?" I asked opening the box to reveal the diamond ring.
She just looked at me, shocked. "Oh my God, I'm such an idiot" she said covering her face with her hands.
My heart was beating furiously as I still knelt there on one knee, anxiously anticipating her response.
She looked back down at me and smiled "Yes" she answered simply through teary eyes.
"Yes?" I repeated excitedly to make sure that I had heard right, that Jordan Cavanaugh actually just agreed to marry me.
She nodded and I smiled happily, standing up to slip the ring on her finger. I held her hand out and we both looked at it smiling. Then I kissed her passionately. "I love you Jordan Cavanaugh" I whispered resting my head against hers and wiping away the few happy tears that trickled down her cheeks. "I love you too" she said kissing me again.
We went back to share our happy news with the family, where we received excited hugs and congratulations.
We decided to wait until we got back home to tell everyone there especially Max because I wanted to clear it with him first. We both knew he would approve though. We also knew we would be getting all the happy hugs and congratulations from that gang too, they had become our other family.
