Sandy drove as fast as he could. He wanted to get home before Kirsten so he could set up his surprise. He wanted to show her how special she was. He quickly parked the car and rushed inside the house then made his way to their bedroom. He searched the wardrobe for what he was looking for. He had already picked up some fresh roses on the way home. He quickly prepared the house for her surprise.
Kirsten arrived a half an hour later. She had no idea why Sandy had drove so fast. She stepped inside the house and couldn't stop her mouth from dropping in surprise. There was a trail of red roses on the ground and as she followed the path she realised they led to the bedroom. She slowly made her way towards the room where she found a single red rose lying outside. She bend down and picked it up, inhaling it's sweet scent. She opened the door and was stunned. The room was filled with vanilla scented candles, the bed was covered in rose petals, there was a bottle of champagne chilling next to the bed and one of her favourite songs was playing in the background Twenty Two Fourteen by The Album Leaf. She could feel tears forming in her eyes. Sandy was silently watching her, his heart pounding in his chest at what he was about to do. He stepped towards her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, kissing her hair.
"Aw Sandy, you didn't have to do this."
"I just wanted to do something special for you to show you how much I love you." She turned around in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck while leaning in and giving him a soft kiss.
"There is something else that I have to do. I've been wanting to do this for a while but certain things got in the way and I think that after everything that's happened lately that this would give us a new start together." Kirsten was looking at him totally confused. She had no idea what he was talking about. She gasped as Sandy slowly bent down on one knee and brought out a ring box from her trouser pocket.
"Kirsten I know that the last few weeks haven't been our best but I love you and will love you until the day I die. Will you Kirsten Cohen become my wife again?" Sandy waited for a response wondering if maybe this was too fast for her.
"Of course I will Sandy." He took off her old engagement ring and placed the new ring on. He immediately got up and spun Kirsten around then placed her on the ground and kissed her with all the passion that filled his body. They pulled apart and looked deep into each others eyes feeling the love and devotion that was in them.
"I love you Sandy. Thank you for all this"
"I love you too. I guess we have a wedding to plan." This mad Kirsten smile with excitement. Sandy noticed the music was still playing so held his hand to Kirsten.
"May I have this dance?" Kirsten placed her hand in his and Sandy pulled her close to her. He held her hand in his close to his heart while his other hand rested lightly on her back and her other arm wrapped around his neck, playing with his hair. They swayed slowly to the music. They were both thinking about how the night had changed so much. Here they were dancing in their bedroom in the early hours of the morning when hours before they thought they had lost each other and were on the brink of divorce. They knew they had survived the hardest bump in their marriage and that they would always be together. Sandy stared at his beautiful wife and wondered how he got so lucky. He brushed a stray strand of hair away from her face. They looked at each other as Sandy gently placed delicate kisses first to her forehead, then nose, cheeks and chin before reaching her lips. The kisses were quick, soft ones before their pent up passion took up and their hands started to wander over each others bodies and the kisses became long and hard but still loving and tender at the same time. Sandy's lips started to wander down to her neck, kissing her collarbone. He wanted to make love to Kirsten all night long but didn't want to rush her. It had been a while since they had last been physical with each other so he pulled back. Kirsten stared at him in shock.
"Sandy why did you pull away? Don't you want this?"
"Of course I want to. I just wanted to make sure you were ready. I don't want to rush you into something you don't want to do. We haven't exactly been physically close lately and after everything that's happened I don't blame you if you want to wait before we make love again." Kirsten fell in love with Sandy all over again at that moment. She couldn't believe how considerate of her feelings he was. She grabbed hold of his tie and pulled him towards her.
"Sandy I love that you care so much about me. I want to make love to you so much. I've missed not having you so close to me. It doesn't matter what has happened, it's in the past. I want tonight to be the beginning of our future. I want to spend the rest of the night with you holding me in your arms." Sandy smiled at her with his eyes lighting up. Kirsten gradually unbuttoned his shirt after she removed his tie. She ran her hands over his bare chest before leaning up and kissing him. They hands removed the rest of each others clothes slowly as their kisses became increasingly passionate. They moved onto the bed where they spent the rest of the night together. The recent events totally erased from their memories. Tonight was the start of something new in more ways than one.