A/N - Another Chapter, YAY! Again I own nothing, I wish I did, well I guess I do own Elliot.
May 1970
The alarm clock read 6:50 pm. "Oh crap, I'm going to be late." This was Elinor and Elliot's fourth year anniversary date and she was going to be late. Running around her room Elinor thought of all the things she had to do 'Okay you've got to put on your makeup, do your hair, find your shoes, get down stairs, say bye to daddy and be outside in ten minutes, it's hopeless.'
Elinor didn't know where to start so she began with the simplest thing she could think of, finding her shoes, or at least what she thought to be the simplest. After five minutes of searching her room she still couldn't find the shoes that went with the dress she had picked.
That was when she heard two knocks simultaneously, one on her bed room door and one on the main door. She knew who were at both doors. "Annie, could you go downstairs and let Elliot in?" She yelled from in her closet. "Sure thing." Came the reply from Elinor's sister, Annie.
In the time it took Annie to let Elliot in, Elinor had again searched her room and all she could find was her pair of tennis shoes.
"Elinor! I let him in."
"Thanks Annie, where is he?"
"With dad." Said Annie casually as she walked in the room.
"What?! You let dad see him?" For the past four years Elinor had avoided letting Elliot meet her father and for good reason. Alexander Loredan was not know for being the nicest man, even to his family, but he especially hated boyfriends. Once he ran over one of Annie's boyfriend with his wheel chair while everyone was standing there. And now Annie left Elliot alone with him. Elinor knew this wouldn't turn out good. "What were you thinking?"
"I don't know. He wanted to talk to dad about something."
"Really?" Why would Elliot want to talk to her father, she had told him how awful Alexander was and know he wanted to meet him?"
"If I were you I would get downstairs as fast as I could."
"I would but look at me." Elinor moved her arms up and down for emphasize "I look like a mess."
"No you don't. Your hair is gorgeous when it's down, I mean if I had blonde hair like you I would never put it up."
"Well look at my shoes."
"Elinor trust me he won't be looking at your shoes in that dress."
"Really?"
"Really. Now get down stairs before dad runs him over with something worse than his wheelchair. Don't worry about your room I'll clean it. Now GO!"
Elinor didn't have to be told and soon she was outside her fathers' study. She heard her father speaking and waited until he was done to knock at the door.
"Come in!" He sounded angry, but that was the way he always sounded.
"Hi Daddy, I'm sure you like talking to Elliot but I believe we have reservations and you wouldn't want us to be late. Would you?"
"No I wouldn't. You know at first I didn't know why you liked him, but now I think I see why. So you two go have fun."
To say Elinor was shocked would be an understatement, she was speechless. So speechless that Elliot had to lead her out of the room and say goodbye to Elinors' father for her. When they got in the car he looked at her. "Did it really shock you that much that your father liked me?"
"Honestly yes. He doesn't usually like our boyfriends."
" How many boyfriends have you had?"
"Only you, but Annie has had tons."
"Only me?"
"Yeah, I know its embarrasing."
"Why?"
"Why do you think?" 'He isn't really going to do this not tonight'
"Well I don't know. I think if I were them I'd be embarrassed."
"How come?"
"I'd be embarrassed to think I let a girl like you get away."
Elinor hoped he couldn't see that she was blushing. "You're too sweet."
"That's my claim to fame."
Elinor laughed, he always said that, and yet it always made her laugh. "Hey where are you going anyway? I thought the restaurant was in the other direction."
"Oh, it is but we're taking a bit of a detour."
"To where?"
"I can't tell you."
They rode in silence for a few more minutes but the car soon pulled into an empty parking lot with a fence on one side.
"If your trying to be smart I've told you a hundred times it's not going to work."
"Oh I know don't worry. Just get out of the car and close your eyes."
Even thought she didn't know what was going to happen she closed her eyes and let her lead him into wherever they were. It felt like was taking forever but whenever she looked back it seemed like it went by so quickly. "Okay Elinor open your eyes."
As her eyes opened she couldn't believe what she was seeing, they were in the middle of a maze under the most beautiful arch ever, everything was strung up with lights. It was so brilliant she forgot all about Elliot for a moment.
"Elinor."
She looked down he was on one knee and that only meant one thing
"Will you marry me?"
"Yes."
A/N - Okay I hoped you all liked it again if you did please review.
