Eight put his right hand into his pocket. He felt the box in his hand, and he was ready. Eight had been ready since he met her, but there was one thing he had to get out of the way first.

Eight walked up to Marina's house. He rang the doorbell. He heard some shuffling inside and waited until the door swung open.

Marina was truly beautiful. She was stunning even in her T-shirt and jeans. Eight definitely could get used to seeing her every day.

Marina smiles and asks, "Eight, what are you doing here? Did we have plans?"

Eight pulls his hands out of his pockets and fixes his blazer. He wanted to look nice when he did this.

Eight says, "Actually I was wondering if Ella was here?"

Marina throws Eight a weird look, but says, "I'll go get her."

Marina disappears into her house. Eight waits, his hands getting extremely sweaty.

Ella appears at the door and Eight asks, "Ella, would you please take a walk with me?"

Ella says, "Sure."

She closes the door behind her and they take off down the street. Once they aren't close to the house anymore, Eight says, "Ella I need to ask you something."

Ella says, "Go ahead Eight."

Eight takes a deep breath and says, "I would like to ask for your blessing to ask Marina to marry me."

Ella grabs onto Eight's arm and says, "OH MY GOD!"

Ella's mouth hangs open as she tries to process what Eight just told her. Ella regains herself and asks, "Will you always protect Marina, no matter what?"

Eight answers, "With my life."

Ella asks, "Do you promise that you will always make her feel special and loved."

Eight says, "I wouldn't dream of anything else."

Ella says harshly, "If you ever hurt Marina in any way, I will kill you slowly. Do you understand?"

Eight says, "I will never hurt her."

Ella looks at Eight long and hard. Eight shifts uncomfortably. He wonders if this was such a good idea.

Ella finally says, "If you want to ask her to marry you, I guess that's okay with me."

Eight scoops up Ella in a big hug. Eight says, "I promise I will take care of her."

"I know you will.", Ella says. "Now show me the ring."