Valentine Surprises

Chapter 9

LJ and Danielle were walking down the streets of Princeton hand in hand to the restaurant. The two talked about their busy week as they both had at school and how today was their first day without being buried in school work. Both of them had planned to make the most of their night because who knew when they would get another free night in the near future.

They walked into the restaurant and LJ pulled out Danielle's chair for her. "Thank you" Danielle smiled.

"No problem" LJ smiled back.

They sat there waiting for their waiter to come around. Danielle told LJ how she had never been there before. "My friends and I always meant to come here at some point, but never got around to it."

"Well today is your lucky day" LJ told her as their fingers intertwined in the middle of the table. The waiter arrived and took their order and within twenty minutes their food arrived. As they ate their food they could hear music playing on the dance floor. Danielle smiled "I love this song. Come on let's dance."

She was standing up and LJ looked at her. "Oh I ah, I don't know, I can't dance" LJ said nervously.

Danielle giggled "Oh come on everyone knows how to dance." She pulled him out of his seat and lead him to where other couples were dancing.

"No really Danielle, I can't, I mean I've been known to step on peoples toes" LJ was shaking his head while Danielle just pulled him on to the dance floor. As she pulled him close LJ stepped on her foot.

"Ouch" she said softly.

"Sorry, but I did warn you. It's your own fault now."

Danielle had her hands around his neck and laughed, "True you did warn me!"

For the next couple hours Danielle did her best to teach LJ some basic dance moves. LJ thought she was a great teacher. They had a few laughs when he would stumble over his own feet, but he had to admit this was the best Valentines day ever.

Lincoln and Hannah arrive at a very romantic restaurant. They were led to a quiet corner that Lincoln had reserved so they could have complete privacy. The lights were dim and candles surround the area.

"Oh Lincoln this is so beautiful " Hannah said.

"I know" Lincoln said, but when Hannah looked at him, he wasn't looking at the table, instead he was looking at her. Hannah could feel her face turning red and a shiver went through her body. Lincoln smiled and turned his back to her and picked up three roses. "A rose for every year we have been together."

Hannah could feel tears of joy threatening to fall but she did what ever she could to stop them from falling

Lincoln led her to the table and as they sat down Hannah could hear music playing in the background. She turned her head and saw a small orchestra playing. The waiter came over and poured them each a glass of the restaurants finest bottle of champagne. They ordered their meals and throughout dinner their fingers were intertwined.

"I don't know how you pulled all this off Burrows but its amazing" Hannah said still in aw of everything he had done.

"So I guess that means I met your expectations" He smiled at her.

"You have defiantly met them and surpassed them," she told him.

After a moment Lincoln face turned serious "I never thought this was possible. After I lost Veronica I thought I would never be happy again. You help me through the toughest time in my life."

Hannah smiled "We helped each other, when my husband died in the accident I thought my life was over. We have both lost loved ones and in that horrible time we found each other to help us heal."

After dinner Lincoln took Hannah's hand and led her to dance floor. They held each other close. Hannah ran her fingers up and down the back of Lincoln's neck as he pulled her waist closer. Along with the music Hannah could hear the relaxing sound of his voice humming in her ear.

"I love you," She whispered in his ear.

"I love you too".

After dancing to a few songs they decided to leave and head to the hotel Lincoln had got them for the night. Once in the hotel room suite Hannah decided to take a quick shower, while Lincoln ordered dessert from room service. When it arrived Lincoln took it out on to the balcony. Hannah came out of the bathroom feeling refreshed and looked for Lincoln, but he wasn't in the room. "Lincoln" she called but got no answered.

She made her way to the balcony and saw it decorated with candles and lights. Looking out she saw a magnificent view of Chicago that took her breath away. She turned to one side of the balcony and saw Linc standing there. "What's all this?" She smiled all confused.

"It's a special occasion," Linc told her.

Hannah smiled and then quickly she feels as if her heart skipped a beat as Lincoln got down on one knee and asked "Hannah, will you marry me?"