CHAPTER 10

ANDY'S POV

I walked into the shops, Shaun on my mind, and sent April a text

'you here yet?' I sent

It wasn't long before I got a reply.

'Yeah. I'm at Maccas waiting for you.' She wrote back.

I quickly sent her a text 'Okay. I'm walking there now.' and walked towards McDonald's

I saw her standing hear the shop but not inside. I walked towards her and as soon as she saw me she ran over to me giving me a giant bear hug.

I hugged her back and laughed. " Hey!"

"Hi! I can't believe you're propousing! Oh my god!" She squeeled.

"I know right. I'm so nervous!" I said telling the truth.

"No need to be." She said as we started walking towards no where in particullar. "How's Shaun going after yesterday?" She asked changing the conversation to a more serious one.

"He's okay. I eventually got him talking. And smiling. I told his Mum what happened too. I told her everything. She was completely understanding. But I'm sure he is pretty sore." I answered back in a serious tone.

"Well at least he is okay." She smiled.

"Thank god. Anyway. How am I going to do this?" I asked smiling back.

"Well I was thinking that first you should call his parents and ask for their blessing." She said sounding like the perfect proposal planner.

"His Mum. I wouldn't ask his Dad. And alright." I said pulling out my phone and dialling Shaun's home number.

Shaun answered the phone. Uh oh.

"Hello?" His sweet angel like voice sounded in my ear.

"Um. Hey baby. Is your Mum there?" I asked itching the back of my neck.

"Yeah.. Why?" He asked confused.

"Um. I just uh.. Need to talk to her." I said saying the best excuse I couldn come up with.

"Okay." He said in the same confused tone. "MUM! PHONE!" I heard him scream walking downstairs.

"Who is it?" I heard Mrs Diviney say in the background.

"Andy... He wants to talk to you..?" He said to his mother.

"Hello?" I heard Mrs Diviney say through the phone. I looked up at April scared and she just smiled a reassuring smile.

"Hi Mrs Diviney. Are you around Shaun?" I asked.

"Yes. Why?" She said sounding just as confused as her son.

"Um well. I need you to get away from him if that's possible." I said sitting down at the same seat I sat on earlier today.

"Okay." She said. "I'm in my room now. What's going on?" She said as I heard a door close.

"Um. I'm planning on proposing to your son.. But I wanted to get your blessing first?" I asked, my voice coming out smaller and sounding more scared then I had planned.

"Proposing...? As in asking to marry?" She said back. I couldn't hear her emotions through her voice.

"Um yeah. Listen Mrs Diviney, Shaun is my everything. I can't see myself with anyone else. I want it to be official. I want to marry him. I want him to be mine forever. He makes me so happy. Happier then you could ever imagine." I said and looked at April who had a huge smile on her face. She moved a finger down her cheek motioning a tear. A happy tear I'm guessing.

"When are you playing on asking him?" She asked.

"Tonight. But I won't do it if you don't want me to." I said in defense.

"Of course I want you too! You are perfect for each other! I couldn't imagine my son with anyone else. Of course you have my blessing Andy." She said and this time I could hear the happiness in her voice.

"R-really?" I said. "Oh my god. Thank you so much!" I almost screamed into the phone.

"You're welcome Andy." She laughed. "Good luck!" She said before hanging up.

I put the phone back in my pocket and looked up at April.

"Go well I'm guessing." She said standing up.

"Very well." I said standing up. "What's next?"

"Well. I was thinking you can tell him to come over. He'll come of course. If he doesn't want to find a way to convince him to. Then tell him to just come straight in. Don't forget to leave the door unlocked! Then have a trail of rose petals leading from the front door into the kitchen where you will have dinner set on a small table for two. We'll put candles on the table and rose petals on it. and maybe a few flowers in a small vase. But don't want it too look too crowded. You'll appear in the doorway and tell him to sit down and you'll eat dinner with him. During dinner just be all nice and romatic and sweet and loving and yeah. Then after dinner take him into the lounge room and put on some music. Take him outside and ask him to dance. Have lights outside in a love heart shape and dance with him in the middle of the love heart. Eventually twirl him around and as he comes back around to face you drop to one knee. Have the ring in your pocket. Then hold his hand and say whatever it is you want to say. You're coming up with that because it has to come from your heart. Not mine. Mention thinkgs like the first time you saw him, the first time you kissed, the first time you told him you love him. Stuff like that. At the end pull out the box with the ring in it from your pocket and and open it and ask him to marry you. He's bound to say yes. How couldn't he? And then just hug him and kiss him and whatever and then maybe watch a movie with him. Have popcorn and lollies and stuff for during it and then maybe I'll be in your room and I'll watch to see if he says yes from your window. And if he does. While you're watching the movie I'll make another path of rose petals to the bathroom and run a bubble bath with the lights off and candles all in the room and you can end the night with a romantic relaxing bath together. And then when you get in the bath I'll go clean up the kitchen all the dishes then leave. Sound good?" She said smiling.

"Sounds perfect. Thank you April." I said stopping and hugging her."

"You're welcome." She said hugging back. "Now." She pulled away and looked at me. "You have to call your parents and brother and make sure the house is empty for the whole night." She pulled out her phone and passed it to me.

"Oh. Right." I called both my parents and Bradie and explained what was happening and organised with them to go for the night.

I hung up the phone with my Mum and smiled at April.

"Well..?" She said smiling back.

"Mum and Gerald are going to take Chris and Ash out to a hotel for the night and Bradie is going to go stay at a friends. They'll all be gone when we get home."

"That's perfect!" She said a bit to loud.

"Yeah. Now what am I going to cook for dinner? Two minute noodles?! You know I can't cook!" I said worriedly.

April laughed and shook her head. " No of course not! I'll help you cook something. How about speghetti? Sound good?" She asked walking towards the supermarket.

"Sounds great!" I said smiling and following her.

We walked around the supermarket and got all the stuff we needed to cook the spaghetti and then we moved on to the lolly aisle.

"Hmm..." April said as I pushed the trolly.

"We need popcorn." She grabbed a few packets of microwave popcorn and put it in the trolly. "We need chocolate." She grabbed a heap of different flavoured cadbury chocolate and threw that in too. "Lollies." She grabbed a packet of snakes, sour coke bottles, teeth, and a whole lot of other crap and threw it in."Think that's enough?"

"I know it's enough." I laughed.

She rolled her eyes and walked towards the drinks.

"What drinks?" I asked her scanning the drinks.

"Hmm. What's his favourite soft drink?" She asked looking with me.

"Coke." I answered right away.

She grabbed two big bottles of coka- cola and put them in the trolly.

"We'll go pay for this and then we'll go into the liquar shop and get you some alcohol." She smiled. "But not too much! You can't get drunk!" She said walking over to the counter.

We payed and then went into the liquar shop.

"What drinks?" She asked.

"Cruisers?" I asked looking towards my favourite alcoholic drink.

"If that's what you want." She said walking over to the fridge and opening it and grabbing out a variety of cruisers. We went and payed for that and walked towards the florist.

We walked in and asked the shop assistent for rose petals. Lots of rose petals. She gave April a few plastic bags full while I went looking at the rest of the flowers.

April came up behind me with the trolly. "What you looking at?" She asked.

"Just the flowers. They're really pretty." I turned around to face her and smiled.

We walked out of the shop and to my car (April had taken the bus here). We put all the food and drinks and rose petals in the back seat and got in the car and drove towards bunnings wearhouse to buy the outside lights.

We both got out of the car and left the shopping in the car and walked inside bunnings. We asks one of the staff members for help. They led us to the outside lights and we chose the little ones that you stick in the ground and the color of the light is white. A white lighter. We grabbed as many as we thought we'd need and walked off towards the car. We put the lights in the back with the rest and drove off to my house.

As soon as we got back we quickly rushed everything inside hoping Shaun doesn't see from next door. First thing we did was put the lights up outside. Then we set up the table with the candles and the plates and cups and forks and rose petals and everything else. Then we put the rose petals in a trail from the front door to the table. Then we made a huge mess cooking the spaghetti and serving it on the two plates and poured cruisers into wine glasses. Then we set up the lights outside. We cleaned up the mess and went and sat on the couch.