"I can't believe we only met two years ago, Amber," Luca said, holding his lover's hand.
"Me either!" Amber responded, "We have come so far, haven't we, Luca?"
"Yeah," Luca smiled.
"We are already graduating high school! Did you want to go to Prom with me?" Amber asked, almost abruptly after the two shared a kiss.
"Of course!" Luca said, picking up Amber and spinning her around, "What color scheme did you want to go with?"
"How about teal?" Amber responded with a smile.
"Sounds good," Luca said, setting Amber down on the bench.
The two chatted for a few minutes more on the school bench and decided to go to class before they were late. School was fairly easy as they were seniors on the brink of graduation. People were applying to colleges, trying to improve their grades, and getting ready to say goodbye to all of their friends in lower grade levels. Amber and Luca were planning on going to a four-year college in engineering and mechanics. The two wanted to stick together and buy a house of their own.
After school, Rita and Amber met up. They were going to go to the mall for a bit while Luca went to work. Rita showed Amber a new store that had been started up. It had bright new lights and most importantly, rings. Amber stared at the prices; they were fairly nice for such quality rings.
"See for guys, you don't want a big flashy ring, you want a simple one," Rita said informatively, "If you really want a stone, don't get a big one, get it embedded in the ring. But you don't have to buy one today, you can wait until later."
"Okay," Amber said, almost in a trance at the amount of rings that were there, "But I think I see something I like."
The tan gem picked out the ring in question and the jeweler brought it out of its small enclosure. Amber liked the sapphire in the center of the ring, it didn't protrude out of it like the other rings, but it was still pretty. The band itself was a light silver with a tiny engraving that said, Yours forever.
"I'll take it," Amber said definitively.
"That will be one-hundred and thirteen dollars, miss," the jeweler said, asking for her credit card.
Amber passed it over and did a little jig and Rita gave her a hug. The ring and credit card were handed to the tan gem, her eyes twinkling.
"Thanks!" she said to the jeweler, gaining a smile from the man as he nodded.
"Wow," Rita said after a while, "You are going to have to hide it aren't you?"
"Yeah," Amber said giddily, "I am going to give it to him at Prom!"
"Are you now?" Rita asked, grinning, "That's going to be perfect!"
"I hope so!" Amber said gleefully.
The two girls decided to call it a day after spending another hour at the mall. Amber walked Rita home and the tan gem made her way to Luca's work. He smiled when he saw her and walked over to Amber. The two embraced and when they broke apart, Luca invited Amber to check something out.
"Lift up the hood," Luca said, smiling.
Amber did so, a small blue box lay all by its lonesome. She opened it, excitedly and Luca smiled at her reaction.
"They are earrings, a gift to you before Prom," Luca said, "Only problem is, you don't have any piercings."
"Piercings?" Amber asked, hugging her lover, "Where do I get them?"
"You can get them in the mall," Luca smiled, "I thought you would make them look prettier than they already are."
"Can we go now?" Amber asked, giving her lover the puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah, my shift ends soon anyway," Luca said, kissing his lover on the forehead.
Amber waited in the lobby until Luca came out the swinging door and said farewell to his manager. The two grabbed each other's hands and travelled to the mall, Amber's second time today was definitely going to be as fun as the first.
They found a piercing saloon and Amber sat down in a chair next to Luca, waiting to be appointed. When her name was called, the tan gem walked down to a station with her lover and sat down with a smile on her face.
"This might sting for a little, but it will be good forever," the assistant said, "You might want to hold on to your boyfriend's arm while I do this."
"Okay," Amber said, grabbing on to Luca's arm, unknowing of how much needles could hurt.
In two short seconds, both of Amber's ears were pierced, a little shriek coming out of her mouth. Burning hot pain moved through her body as her existence tried to fight the two small needles in her ear lobes.
"Does it still hurt?" Luca asked his lover.
"Yeah," Amber responded, "My body doesn't like this, but I am sure it will get used to it."
"You don't seem to have normal anatomy," the assistant said with a smile, "You can just put in the new earrings right now since you probably won't develop any infection."
"Okay," Amber said, her eyes watering, "Luca can you please put them in?"
"Sure," Luca said, grabbing the golden earrings and placing them where the blue holes were.
Amber winced and squeezed her knees, but when she saw herself in the mirror, she smiled, "Thank you Luca!"
She hugged him as hard as she could and after he paid the store, the two walked home in the dark. The stars twinkled for the two as the cool night helped Amber's ears feel better. When they got home, Luca made chicken noodle soup for him and Amber as Turquoise and the caretaker had already gone to bed. They slurped up their soup and within minutes put their dishes away. Amber stared at Luca and couldn't help wanting to make out with him.
And they did so, continuing for a few minutes. The two decided to go to bed as they had a busy school day tomorrow. Luca held Amber in her sweet sleep, trying to fall asleep too. However, all he had were nightmares about Amber giving birth and disappearing into a child. He tossed and turned, crying out until he awoke to Amber on top of him.
"Luca wake up! It's just a dream, everything is okay," Amber cried out.
"Amber, please don't disappear," Luca said, a tear rolling itself out of his eye.
"I won't, I promise," Amber said, hugging her lover, "You need to go back to sleep and relax, okay?"
"Yeah," Luca said, closing his eyes, "I love you Amber."
"I love you too," Amber said, rolling off of Luca.
The two fell asleep together, not waking up until the morning. Luca was the first awake, making breakfast for his lover. He made an omelet of chives and cheese, splitting it with Amber who was still in bed.
"Breakfast in bed!" Luca smiled.
"Hooray!" Amber said, taking the first bite as Luca intently watched her, "It's delicious!"
"I'm glad you think that it's delicious," Luca smiled, eating some of his omelet.
After the two had finished up, they got ready for school. The rest of the school days were easy and fast paced. Soon enough, Prom poked its head out and it was time to dress up.
Amber packed her ring away in her purse and brushed out her hair. She had made it grow slightly longer for a different look. Luca prepared his loose white dress shirt and teal tie while Amber formed a long light blue dress. She twirled into Luca's arms and looked up to his deep brown eyes.
"Are you ready?" she asked, with a sweet smile.
"Yeah," Luca said, twirling Amber around.
Amber hopped into Luca's car and waved goodbye to the caretaker and Turquoise. They drove off to where the Prom was held, the sun beginning to set as they walked in through the doors. The music played slowly as Amber and Luca slow danced. Dainty food was set out on several tables, sweets, drinks, and snacks drawing attention to themselves. Amber picked out some water and crackers with cheese, handing some to Luca to try. The two smiled at the taste of the snack and went back to dancing.
Several hours passed and Prom was over, Luca and Amber being the last two left. They walked out of the doors and drove home, knowing that in a couple of days, their high school life would be over and that college life would begin. At home, Luca and Amber crawled into bed, almost instantly falling asleep. In the morning, Amber realized that she had forgotten to give Luca his Promise Ring. She hopped out of bed and made a breakfast of pancakes and smoothie.
The tan gem waited until Luca sat at the table. As the two were eating their breakfast, Amber pulled out the box.
"Will you promise to marry me-" Amber and Luca said at the same time, placing their boxes down.
"Wow," Luca said, picking up the box Amber gave him.
"What a coincidence," Amber chuckled; opening up the box Luca gave her, "It's beautiful."
"This is amazing," Luca said, opening up his box.
Amber put on her ring and flashed it to Luca, "Holy human mackerel, we are getting married!"
"Soon," Luca said, "After college so that we can have money and time to celebrate."
"Yeah," Amber said, kissing her lover on the cheek.
Their lips joined for the second kiss, holding their hands together so that they could see both of the rings together. The future could be promising, but it could also be daunting.
