Written in the Stars
By Tvdfanpam
Chapter 14
More Surprises
"Are you ready to make your speech and graduate today?" Christian asked Ana as they settled in the chair; Ana sitting on the arm of Christian's chair since her mom and Bob were on the sofa. He still had her hand in his. He caressed it softly trying to calm her anxiety.
"Yes, I worked on my speech last night, practicing in front of Kate. She thought it sounded fine." Ana said.
"You are giving a speech at graduation?" Carla asked clearly surprised by this. "You were always such a shy child, I can't believe you are going to willingly stand up in front of a crowd and deliver a speech-" She was cut off by Christian's glare and the knock on the door.
Ana got up to answer it since she was closest. She was relieved to see it was her dad. "Hi dad. Mom and Bob are here too. Guess what? They are expecting a baby in a few months." Ana said in a rush as she let him in the apartment. He noticed her distress so he hugged her close and kissed her forehead. She relaxed a little bit.
Christian went to stand beside Ana and Ray sat in the chair that Christian vacated. Christian took both of Ana's hands in his and kissed her on the lips staring into her eyes. "I was going to wait and do this next week in Key West. I was going to surprise you with a vacation but since both of your parents are here"…he kneeled down on one knee in front of Ana. "I love you Ana and I would be honored if you would marry me so we can spend the rest of our lives together." Ana pulled him up and kissed him, still holding his hands.
"Yes! I will marry you! I love you too Christian." The couple kissed then Christian pulled a ring box out of his jacket pocket and opened it. "I know pink is your favorite color so I hope you like this ring. I just got it back from the jewelers' yesterday. If you don't, we-"
Ana gasped. "It's beautiful. I love it! Of course I will wear it." He slipped the custom made ring on her finger and she stared at it in awe holding it away from her to admire it. "Oh my gosh, we're engaged." She said happily. Ray came over and hugged her and shook Christian's hand and congratulated the couple. Carla and Bob sat on the sofa in shock.
"Mom, look at my ring! Isn't it pretty? I haven't ever seen a pink diamond before!" Ana gushed to her mom. She was so happy and still in shock.
Carla stared at her 3 carat diamond ring and tried to smile but it came out more as a grimace. "Congratulations Ana and Christian. This is unexpected. Are you sure about this Ana?" Ana smiled instead of answering.
"Mrs. Adams, you aren't the only one with surprises today." Christian said. "Baby, since your parents are here, do you want to talk about the wedding?" Christian asked as they sat on the end of the sofa; Ana perched on his lap. He wanted to put the focus back on Ana.
"Well, I start my new permanent job in August and would need time to plan our wedding. How long of an engagement are you wanting?" Ana asked. She was so high on love and adrenalin that she couldn't hardly think.
"What about a Christmas wedding? That would give you around 7 months to plan it." He wanted to elope but wasn't sure Ana would do that. His parents and brother and sister would kill him if they didn't get to see him marry his beautiful fiancé.
"That sounds like a great idea." Ana sighed and hugged Christian. They stared at her dainty hand in awe. Christian couldn't believe she said yes, Ana couldn't believe he asked her to marry him. Ray was sad that his little girl wasn't little anymore and Carla was pouting that Ana stole her thunder.
"We better get going. Time for graduation." Ana said looking at the time on her phone. "This is already the best day ever! One I won't forget."
A/N: Check out Ana's ring on Pinterest. It's awesome! How about that? Christian made sure that Ana would have a great day!
