Chapter 27: Side by Side
The night of ball had been great; everyone had a great time, of course not including the whole 'Diaspro fiasco'. Sometime during the party, however, Sky asked Bloom to accompany him out onto the balcony, so she held his arm and allowed him to lead her outside. For a while, they stared at each other as though they were in another world aside from the party, that was going on inside.
"Bloom, I know I've waited long enough to say this", he paused, "we've been through so much, and together, we've faced them all, standing right by each other's side…we've been through it all". Bloom smiled at him, he was right, when Diaspro had attacked them, when she had been held captive by darker, and when she was having money problems and her dad was sick, they were there for each other. He was there for her, as she had been for him.
"Bloom, no one knows me better than you do. You've been with me each and every step of the way… and I want it to be like that forever…I want us to be together forever". He paused, checking for a reaction.
"Sky, I want us to be together forever too," She said, she was so happy.
Before she could say anything else, he kneeled down on one knee. Bloom giggled. She felt butterflies in her stomach.
"Princess Bloom of Sparx, will you marry me?" He asked.
"Of course", As soon as he got up, she through her arms around him and kissed him.
Inside, Musa and Riven were sitting at a table taking a break from dancing.
"Wow, Musa, you sure can dance" Riven said jokingly.
"Thank you" She answered back. "So…" She continued.
"Yes?" Riven asked.
"Well, you know graduation isn't too far off, at least not for you. And well, I don't want us to lose touch with each other you know," She said.
"Oh, so that's what you're so worried about. Look, you have nothing to worry about, no matter how much work we both may have, we're still going to keep in touch until you graduate, and then after that we can always be together". He finished.
"What did you say?" She asked grinning. It was then that he noticed what he said. For once, he actually said that they could ' always be together'; he didn't use the word 'always' too often, let alone 'together'. He admitted for once that he wanted him and Musa to be together always, and had no plans of ever letting her go. Hearing Riven say this had been great for Musa. She now knew for sure that she and Riven would always be even if he did graduate before her, and even though there may be some days when they wouldn't even see each other. They would still be. Musa hugged him tightly.
"You're right, we will keep in touch, we'll call each other, text message, and maybe when you're free you can…oh I don't know come see me at alfea?" She asked.
"Of course", Riven answered. Yea, they were certainly going to be together, not only now-but forever.
"Sky, I'm so happy that we're engaged… and this ring, it's so beautiful!" Bloom said. After their kiss, they decided to walked around red fountain for a little while, the lake looked beautiful at night. Not too long after they started their walk had she started admiring the ring, and telling him that everything he said was very sweet, and so on. He liked that she appreciated everything he did. She was so sweet herself.
"I'm glad you feel that way", he said to her. He put his around her waist.
"I'm also glad we're engaged, now I can't wait until we're married", they both laughed.
"Well, I graduate after you, you know, you graduate in June, and I don't graduate until June of next year", she said, looking down a bit sadly.
"Don't worry, after I leave, I'll be spending quite a lot of time with my dad- kingly duties. But I promise to visit you whenever I can, at least twice a week, and we'll call each other". He said. She looked up, feeling better.
"That sounds great", she told him.
That night when the girls returned to alfea, escorted by the guys, of course, Bloom gave them each the news. They screamed, very happy. They all knew everything that Bloom and Sky had been through, it was so obvious that they were meant to be. It was all ready about time that they were engaged.
A year from now, they would be getting married. In fact, so would Flora, Stella, and Layla.