Chapter seventeen:
See the Light
Christian rented a car. Gloria asked, "Where are we going?"
"You'll see."
After a while, it was getting dark. Gloria was upset. "God dammit, It gets dark so early, and I sleep in so much, I just wanna see the light!"
"Yeah, it's like I'm losing my sight here."
After a while more, Christian was driving up a hill. They reached the top, and got out.
They were laying on the roof of the car. Christian stood up.
"Gloria?"
"Yeah?"
"I've drank the water from a hurricane. I've set fires, just to see the flame."
A riot was happening just beneath the hill. Profanities were screamed, and rocks were thrown. Eventually, someone chucked a molotov cocktail. It ignited the area around the car. Christian was now kneeling on the roof of the car. He pulled a diamond ring out of his back pocket.
"Gloria... Will you marry me?"
"Yes!" Christian rose, standing there, atop the car, surrounded by crackling flames, they kissed. There was never a kiss that was more meaningful, full of love.