The flashback
3 years ago:
You rush to open her door as you want to make this day perfect for her. You're so nervous, though, that you trip and stumble just a bit but you recover well or so you thought until you look and see the shy expression on her face that tells you that you've been busted and you feel the blush rise up your cheeks. "You're so cute" she tells you. All you can manage is a a smile.
This girl is truly amazing, you think to yourself. "This place is really beautiful" she tells you, as you take her hand. You're so nervous that you're shaking but as soon as she takes your hand, it subsides a little. "I'm glad you like it. It's one of my favourite places. I'm so glad that I can share it with you" you tell her."Come on, we'll miss the sunset and there's this awesome place that I want you to see it from".
As you're walking along the water, you feel her stop you. "Is everything okay?" you ask, suddenly worried that something is wrong. "Yeah, look" she tells you, and points to the water. You look over to where she's pointing and you can't stop the huge smile that comes to your face. "Ducks" you say. "Yes, ducks. They are so cute. Can we stay for a minute please? We have a little bit of time, pretty please" she begs. She's just so cute in her excitement that it would be impossible for you to say no. "Of course we can" you smile at her. Once she steps a little closer to the water, you snap a few pictures to help you to remember this moment, not that you'll really need help. She looks so at peace right now. She finally turns around and has a huge smile on her face. Again you can't believe how lucky you are. "Come on, we should get going" you say to her, and hold out your hand. "Fine" she pouts. "Ah, don't pout, you'll like this. I promise" you tell her.
You pull her along to this metal structure. It was very unique. It looked almost like this big metal beam that you'd use when building office buildings. The beam is sitting between two giant metal U's that sit on either side of a small set of stairs that lead up to an area where you can walk out onto it. It also had metal beams going at an angle up across the top of the U's which made it look like this weird metal gator mouth or something. "Oh wow" she starts. "I know" you finish. "Just wait until you see the view from the top". As you both walk up the steps, the sun starts to make its way down in the sky. By the time you climb onto the structure and make your way to the end, the sky has started to turn to the most gorgeous shades of orange and pinks. "This is so amazing. You were right, I love this" she says to you. "It's so beautiful" she adds, looking out over the water that is reflecting the sunset perfectly. "It sure is. One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life" you tell her, but you aren't talking about the sunset. You can't take your eyes off of her. You feel the note in your pocket. It's now or never, you tell yourself.
For a little while now, Julia had been getting really sweet asks on this website from someone called 'noncaps anon'. Now is the time when she finds out who that is. You walk around to face her. She raises an eyebrow at you. "Julia, I brought you up here, not only for the view, but because I wanted it to be special when I gave you something" you pause and take a breath. "Give me what?" she asks. "This" is all you manage to say to her as you pull the red note from your pocket and hand it to her. "What's this?" she asks, as she takes it from you. "Just read it" you tell her with a smile. Now you're the one that is shaking badly. "Okay" she says, as she opens it. In an instant, you see the realisation hit her as she reads the simple note and tears spring to her eyes. All the note said was 'noncaps anon'. "It was you this whole time?" she asks, amazed. You simply nod your head and smile. In a flash, she has her arms around you, embracing you in a tight hug. When she let's go and steps back, you can see true happiness all over her face. You reach up to wipe away the tears and ask "Are you okay?" " You're just so incredible. I can't believe it was you this whole time" she says to you, and in that moment, you see a happiness you've never seen in her eyes before, and with that you knew that you were in love with this girl and head over heels for her. She was the one you were going to spend the rest of your life with, no matter what. "Thank you so much." she says, as she holds the letter close to her heart. As she turns to finish watching the sun go down, you can't take your eyes off her, the sunset long forgotten now. You can't keep the smile of your face, as all you can mange to think is how you managed to get so damn lucky.