Aurora Magazine 2018

I lay my chin on his shoulder as we ride through the streets. When we arrive at the restaurant, he offers me his arm and walks me to our table. We dine under the stars, and then to a beach. We take off ours shoes. He grabs my hand and we walk down the beach a way. I notice a light and raise my head up off his shoulder. “I think someone is having a party here.” “No. This is for us.” We get closer and the light are small lan- terns. Colten lets go of my hand. “I knew from the time I met you, I couldn’t imagine life without you. I have loved you since that day. I just didn’t realize how much.” He reaches inside his blazer and pulls out a small box. He slowly gets down on one knee and takes my hand. “Ashlynn, I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you do me the honor of marrying me?” “Yes,” I begin to softly laugh as he slides the diamond ring on. “Of course, I’ll marry you Colten.” Colten cups my face in his hands as he softly kisses me before wrapping me in his arms. We sit in the center of all the lan- terns. He has his arms around me and I lay my head on his shoulder as we watch the sun sink behind the ocean. How could I be any happier? I am lying wrapped in the arms of the man I love and listening to the waves hit the bottom of the boat. I can hear the rain hitting the roof and then a loud crack. I feel Colten move and I look back at him. He sits up to look at me. “I’m going to go check on everything out there. I didn’t like the sound of that loud crack just then.”

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