"Okay, I get it, your April Fools Gag!" Kat replied with an outburst of laughter. Her watch confirmed that it was past midnight.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot it's April Fools day which is an auspicious timing. People would most probably dismiss the whole thing as an April Fools gag and so we can get away with it! We have the perfect time and we're in the perfect place!" Jeremy pointed out rather excitedly. "So will you marry me for a week?"
"Oh my, you're serious!" Kat suddenly stopped laughing.
"I know the idea seems demented but think about it Kat," Jeremy pleaded. "You and me being married for a week, if at the end of the week, we are so full of each other's crap and are ready to kill each other then we can say that your cynical guess why Shakespeare ended Romeo and Juliet that way is correct and then I'll just go back to my hooking up with no strings attached ways. But if at the end of the week, we'll be parting in good terms then it only means it could have worked for Romeo and Juliet and that true love exists so you shouldn't be giving up on it."
"But we're different! We're not Romeo and Juliet," Kat argued. "We're not strangers."
"Come to think of it we practically are," Jeremy said. "Sure we attended the same high school, we starred as Romeo and Juliet in our senior high play but I'm sad to say we didn't exactly became friends did we? You merely remember me as the guy hitting on cheerleaders. I remember you as the girl who's always guarded by Gerard Evans. We aren't those kids anymore." He pointed out. "Really now, what do we know about each other?"
"You are insane!" Kat could only shake her head.
"It's simple all we have to do is be ourselves, live together for a week as a husband and wife" Jeremy said. "Do you realize we can save each other from committing one of life's biggest mistakes? We'll know which direction to take. It's perfectly sensible."
"Yeah, perfectly sensible way for you to sleep with me." Kat said smartly.
"Well I wouldn't deny that I find the idea inviting," Jeremy said truthfully. "But that is not the reason why I'm proposing a marriage."
"Yeah right. As I see it, you've grown tired of sleeping with cheerleaders and models and now you're moving on to former colleagues." Kat guessed. "I can't believe you would actually go to the extreme of proposing to me just so you can get me to bed with you."
"All right," Jeremy said. "To prove to you that my purpose is honorable and that is to save you from total disillusionment with love." Jeremy swore raising his right hand "I promise, there won't be any form of sexual act between us, not even a kiss except on the wedding ceremony of course and ... unless there's a go signal from you."
"I wouldn't count on it Jeremy." Kat said giving an airy laugh.
"Really now Kat, when it comes to me, can you really help yourself?" Jeremy asked teasingly.
"You just flatter yourself too much! Don't you?"
"So are you saying yes to my proposal?" Jeremy asked charmingly.
It took a moment before Kat replied.
Jeremy couldn't believe it when her lips formed a spontaneous smile and her head gave a consenting nod.