Author's Note: See disclaimer in Chapter One.

Part Five

After finish up at the stables, the three headed off toward the promenade. After eating lunch, Ruthie called her dad and told him she was ready. After Eric arrived, Matt and Sarah headed to work.

Matt, Sarah, and Ruthie then left for the promenade to get some lunch, and then they dropped off Ruthie so the two of them could head to work. At work, the two of them left their rings in their lockers, and went to work. The two of them said nothing to their fellow co-workers about the two of them now being engaged. Matt and Sarah both figured the news would be revealed to them soon enough.

After work, Matt and Sarah headed to a local McDonalds and had a light supper. As the two ate, they decided to head to Wal-Mart to develop her pictures. They then decided it would work to go ahead and register.

The two held hands as they walked up to the registry in the jewelry department. Leaving
the date of the wedding blank the two of them decided to hunt around Wal-Mart for wedding gifts.
Matt and Sarah decided to mainly find stuff that they would need to furnish their apartment in New York City. Finding a bedspread, sheets, and towels, and dishes took the whole hour, the main
argument coming over what design they wanted on the bedspread.

After the two finished with the registry, they headed back to the photo counter. Once there, the two of them picked up the pictures. Eyeing the pictures, Sarah introduced him to the people in the photos. He even saw a picture of Kenny for the first time. Deciding he would not say anything, he decided to focus on the future. Sarah had not asked about his ex-girlfriends, so he would not ask about her ex-boyfriends.
"It ended with me and Kenny about six months ago. He me he didn't love me anymore and he was ready to make a change. I told him that I thought that he said he was "the one", Sarah whispered as she stared at the photo. She continued, "The last time I heard about him, he was moving to New Orleans to live with his brother."

Matt nodded and eyed the rest of the pictures. He noticed that no other guy showed up in any of the other photos.

"Kenny was the only one I got that close too. Several other boyfriends along the way, but none of them were as special as he was," Sarah whispered as she continued to flip the photos. She stopped on the next photo.

Matt smiled when he saw the picture: it was the one of her posing at the tree earlier that afternoon. "Heather, Shana, and Cheryl are my main ex-girlfriends. Heather was my first. She is engaged now, and she and I were once engaged. Shana is attending New York University, Cheryl is living here, but she and I don't see each other that much, "Matt told her.

Matt and Sarah then left the photo counter hand in hand. They headed toward the payment counter when Sarah turned them around at the frames department. The two quickly decided on four of them, and added them to their purchase.

After leaving Wal-Mart, Matt and Sarah decided to head back to his house. Sarah's cell phone rung and Sarah answered as she handed Matt her keys to let him drive. Sarah nodded and said yes a couple of times on her cell phone. Matt's curiosity was getting to him by the time she finally hung up the phone.

"The person on the phone was my father. He wants me home by 12. He told me that if I were not home by 12 he and mom would send the police out to find me. I told him I would be
home by 12, " she said as she eyed the clock in her car.

The time said 10:45. Knowing that her house was a 30-minute drive from Matt's house, she pulled out the frames and decided on the two she wanted to keep, and placed them back in the bag. She opened up one of the frames and put the picture of herself in it. She took the other frame and put the picture of her and Matt in it. Eyeing the photos, she pulled out the one of Ed and Ruthie and Ed solo and stuck them in the spare bag.

Preview: End of the story

Author's Note: This one will trek to a close. It ends with the next chapter. Read and review and let me know any ideas. I have a continuation of "The Ring" already written just not typed up.