"Do you want to go for a walk?" Jason asked as they finished dinner. "The
monuments look pretty at this time of night."
"A walk would be good." Jen was still slightly confused as to the purpose of the evening but she had enjoyed dinner at a fancy restaurant in DC.
"I'll just pay the bill and then we'll go."
"Okay."
"It really is pretty here at night." Jen said as they walked along. "Even for the city."
"It really is. By the way if I forgot to tell you, you look beautiful."
"Why thank you? Just a little something I threw on." She smiled.
"Not that you don't always look beautiful."
"What even in uniform?" She asked.
"Especially in uniform."
"You don't look bad yourself. Can't beat a man in uniform."
"Even when you work with them everyday?" Jason asked.
"You should ask Colonel Mackenzie for her reasoning behind that, it's great."
"Do you want to sit down?" He asked when they reached the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
"Sure." Jen sat down one of the steps.
Jason put his hand in his pocket but it was empty. He started patting the pocket of his jacket, then his pants.
"Is everything okay?" Jen asked.
"Yeah." He continued to check his pockets.
"Did you lose something?"
"Er... no." He turned and looked behind him.
"Jason." Jen said.
"Er... yes?" He looked back at her.
"Yes."
"What?"
"Yes."
"What are you saying yes to?" He was slightly confused.
"Yes, I'll marry you."
"What... how did .... you I mean?" She tossed a small box at him.
"You dropped this a few minutes ago." She smiled.
"I wanted to do this properly." He sat down on the step next to her.
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
"You know I did try to plan something romantic and perfect."
"This is pretty perfect. So go ahead."
"You know I had this long speech planned out in my head. But it's gone now." He got down on one knee. "So the basic point was I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" Jen nodded and a tear ran down her cheek.
"Yes and I love you too." She kissed him. He opened the ring box and slipped it onto her finger. "Wow, it's beautiful."
"I'm glad you like it."
"It's perfect. You've definitely got good taste."
"Er... yeah." Jen looked at him.
"Who did you have help you pick it?"
"Colonel Mackenzie and Lieutenant Sims." He admitted.
"When exactly?"
"The weekend before you went to Italy."
"So she knew you were planning to do this?" He nodded. "Who else knew?"
"Er... The Admiral for obvious reasons, then I may have told Commander Rabb the day you left, he told Commander Turner. I'm sure Lieutenant Sims told Lieutenant Roberts. I also told Gunny."
"So everyone knew?"
"Pretty much. Are you mad?"
"No, I'm impressed that they all managed to keep it a secret so that I didn't find out. Scuttlebutt at the office is deadly."
"Helps when you're out of the country."
"Let's go home and celebrate." Jen kissed him.
"You sure you don't want to go out for a glass of champagne?" He asked.
"I can think of better ways to celebrate. Come on." She stood and took his hand.
"Yes ma'am."
TBC
"A walk would be good." Jen was still slightly confused as to the purpose of the evening but she had enjoyed dinner at a fancy restaurant in DC.
"I'll just pay the bill and then we'll go."
"Okay."
"It really is pretty here at night." Jen said as they walked along. "Even for the city."
"It really is. By the way if I forgot to tell you, you look beautiful."
"Why thank you? Just a little something I threw on." She smiled.
"Not that you don't always look beautiful."
"What even in uniform?" She asked.
"Especially in uniform."
"You don't look bad yourself. Can't beat a man in uniform."
"Even when you work with them everyday?" Jason asked.
"You should ask Colonel Mackenzie for her reasoning behind that, it's great."
"Do you want to sit down?" He asked when they reached the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
"Sure." Jen sat down one of the steps.
Jason put his hand in his pocket but it was empty. He started patting the pocket of his jacket, then his pants.
"Is everything okay?" Jen asked.
"Yeah." He continued to check his pockets.
"Did you lose something?"
"Er... no." He turned and looked behind him.
"Jason." Jen said.
"Er... yes?" He looked back at her.
"Yes."
"What?"
"Yes."
"What are you saying yes to?" He was slightly confused.
"Yes, I'll marry you."
"What... how did .... you I mean?" She tossed a small box at him.
"You dropped this a few minutes ago." She smiled.
"I wanted to do this properly." He sat down on the step next to her.
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
"You know I did try to plan something romantic and perfect."
"This is pretty perfect. So go ahead."
"You know I had this long speech planned out in my head. But it's gone now." He got down on one knee. "So the basic point was I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" Jen nodded and a tear ran down her cheek.
"Yes and I love you too." She kissed him. He opened the ring box and slipped it onto her finger. "Wow, it's beautiful."
"I'm glad you like it."
"It's perfect. You've definitely got good taste."
"Er... yeah." Jen looked at him.
"Who did you have help you pick it?"
"Colonel Mackenzie and Lieutenant Sims." He admitted.
"When exactly?"
"The weekend before you went to Italy."
"So she knew you were planning to do this?" He nodded. "Who else knew?"
"Er... The Admiral for obvious reasons, then I may have told Commander Rabb the day you left, he told Commander Turner. I'm sure Lieutenant Sims told Lieutenant Roberts. I also told Gunny."
"So everyone knew?"
"Pretty much. Are you mad?"
"No, I'm impressed that they all managed to keep it a secret so that I didn't find out. Scuttlebutt at the office is deadly."
"Helps when you're out of the country."
"Let's go home and celebrate." Jen kissed him.
"You sure you don't want to go out for a glass of champagne?" He asked.
"I can think of better ways to celebrate. Come on." She stood and took his hand.
"Yes ma'am."
TBC
