Chapter 25

Patrick headed to her uncle's after leaving the house. He wanted to finally ask her uncle for permission to marry Jessica. Once he shut the car off and got out, he walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. Page opened the door and saw Patrick, so he let him in.

"What's wrong?" Page asked.

"Nothing. I just came to talk to you about something." Patrick answered.

"Okay, so talk." Page said.

"Well I've known Jessica for awhile now and since we've agreed to date, I wanted to ask her to marry me." Patrick replied.

"Are you really sure about that?" Page asked.

"Yes, I am." Patrick answered.

"Have you two done anything yet." Page asked.

"That's really none of your business but no we haven't." Patrick answered.

"If you're really serious about this, you'll let me help out with things." Page said.

"Exactly what things?" Patrick asked.

"Dinner here out on the back patio. I can get or make her favorite." Page answered.

"You work that out. I still need to get a ring that she'll love." Patrick said.

"Take your time and do that. When you're ready, let me know and I'll do the rest." Page replied.

"Well if I'm gonna take my time, I better get going if I'm gonna find the right ring." Patrick said.

"Before you do, what did you tell her you were doing?" Page asked.

"She tole me I could hang out with my friends." Patrick answered.

"So it's perfect." Page said.

"Then I better start looking." Patrick replied.

Then it dawned on Page.

"Follow me." Page said.

Patrick followed Page to Jessica's old bedroom and they walked inside. Page headed for a stack of magazines.

"Go through these and see if you can hind something. If I know Jess, she'll have marked the ones she likes." Page said.

Patrick sat down and started going through the magazines. Page was right, Jessica had marked rings and jewelry that she liked. Now all he had to do was choose one. He ruled out any of the rings that was traditional and considered the rings with colored stones. Then he found the perfect ring. It was butterfly shaped with diamonds and onyx stones. I was called Bella the Butterfly. Patrick just knew it was the perfect ring. Page never left her room so he had seen the ring that Patrick had chose.

"You think she'll like it." Patrick asked.

"Yes, but it's not really an engagement ring." Page answered.

"Damn." Patrick said.

"Just keep looking." Page replied.

So Patrick kept looking through the magazines. He didn't want the traditional diamond engagement ring. He wanted something that was unique like she was. He kept flipping pages when he saw the Pink Sapphire and Diamond Petite Cathedral engagement ring in 14K white gold. He showed Page.

"Now that is more like Jess." Page said.

"Do you think you can get this ordered and set everything up." Patrick asked.

"Yeah." Page answered.

"I should get back home so she doesn't suspect anything." Patrick said.

"Good idea." Page replied.

Patrick got up and both men left the room. Page saw Patrick out and Patrick headed out to his car. He got in and started the car and soon drove away. He didn't go home right away. He headed to Burger King and picked up food for both him and Jessica. He just hoped she was feeling better.