7 years...
(Andrew 22, Sam 22, Dan 22, Deanna 23)
SAM
It was Christmas Eve and the snow was lightly falling from the sky. It was beautiful and romantic at the same time. Andrew and I, who had been married for six months now were on our way to Boston to meet up at Dan and Deanna's loft apartment. The two of them were a steady couple for about seven years and like Andrew and I, had stayed true to the whole 'True Love Waits' purity promise since we as Christians, felt it was dishonoring to engage in certain "activity" before marriage. They even slept in different rooms. The only thing that seriously bugged me was how they were living together, and had been together for seven years but Dan still hadn't proposed. On our way there Andrew and I were listening to Christmas music, getting into the Christmas spirit. He drove and as he drove, he held my hand the entire way. Something that I definitely enjoyed. When we arrived it was about 3 pm and we were ready, ready for an awesome time with our best friends.
DEANNA
Me and Dan had spent the entire morning and day before getting ready for our guests. Sam and Andrew had been our best friends since, well... I can't even remember.
We danced around to Christmas music while cleaning the house and prepping food. The snow fell lightly outside making it truly look like a winter wonderland. I was with the love of my life and our best friends were soon to arrive. This was going to be an epic Christmas!
Andrew and Sam arrived around three.
"Ahhh!!!" me and Sam hugged each other and jumped up and down, just like children. The boys did there dumb hand shake they had had since 11th grade. I hugged Andrew and Sam pretty much tackled Dan. We all laughed and we finely came inside where refreshments and a warm fire sat waiting.
"Ah," Andrew said with a sigh of contentment, sitting down on our sofa and taking his shoes off. "Only thing that could make this better is a nice beer."
"Gotcha covered" I said handing him a beer.
"Thanks Dee!"
Sam sat down next to her man and I went and sat on the arm of the chair Dan sat in. He looked at me with a smile that told me he knew something I didn't know. I gave him a questioning look back but he just smiled. I knew Sam saw these looks cause the look she gave Andrew made us all seem confused. We burst out laughing then went into random conversation, mostly about the fact my little sister Renee and Andrew's little brother Even were now dating.
After an early dinner me and Sam stayed in the kitchen to clean up while the boys went down to the garage to see Dan's new motorcycle.
"I still can't believe he bought a bike!" Sam exclaimed. "Even Andrews not that crazy."
"You know Dan, always trying to live life to it's fullest... though sometimes I get scared with his crazy schemes that full life may be short." I looked nervously at the door as it closed behind the men.
"Don't worry Dee, he knows what he's doing," Though as Sam said it, it didn't seem too reassuring.
"I just can't lose him.... Not after everything."
"Still no hint to a proposal?" Sam asked.
"Not really. Just the usual stuff... But nothing solid."
"It'll happen, sooner or later.
"I'm guessing later," I muttered with an oomf.
We finished the dishes with conversation of Sam and Andrews wedding. Dan and Andrew came back in a bit later right in the midst of me and Sam reliving when Mr. Rayder got drunk and he fell asleep in Tyler's car.
"Talking about the wedding?" Andrew asked throwing his coat off (already feeling at home I guessed), and sliding up behind Sam. "Best day of my life," he kissed her on the cheek and she did her Sam giggle and I smiled.
Dan put a hand on my arm, "Wanna come outside with me for a minute?"
"Sure, let me get my coat." I guessed he needed help putting the bike back or something but when he went out to the fire escape instead I was confused.
Sam shrugged and Andrew wouldn't make eye contact, suspicious.
I grabbed my coat and followed him out into the cold. The snow was an inch and still snowing, the sun close to setting on our little urban alley as we put it, right outside of Boston.
Dan had his hands on the railing, looking out at nothing in general. I put my hand on the small of his back and he turned and smiled down at me, kissing my forehead.
"What's up babe?" I asked hoping him and Andrew hadn't gotten into a tiffy already.
He put his arms around me and hugged me. Now I was really confused.
"I remember the day I asked you out," He whispered in my ear. "I remember night after night praying for this... To be with you for so long."
It was gonna go one of two ways...
"I never knew that they would ever come true, but I'm so glad it did." He stared into my eyes now. I loved his eyes so much, the way how in the right light they almost looked green and how they sparkled when he was happy... they were sparkling now.
I ran a hand against his cheek and through his hair.
"I wanna be with you forever, Deanna," the way he said my name gave me butterflies in my stomach.
And that's when he did it, he let me go and got down on one knee. His hand pulled out a small box from his jacket. He opened it revealing a shiny diamond ring, nothing big but perfect in every way.
"Deanna Rose Arbogast, will you do me the great honor of spending forever as Mrs. Deanna Bellerose?"
I was crying by now but with tears of joy.
"Yes, yes, yes!" I said smiling wider then ever before. "I would love to be Mrs. Bellerose!"
He smiled and I could tell he was on the verge of tears. He slipped the ring on my finger and it fit perfectly.
He kissed me for the first time as my fiance and I loved it.
"I love you so much, Deanna," He said our faces barely a centimeter apart.
"I love you," and I kissed him again a little more fiercely this time, taking in every second of this moment because I knew I would never forget it.
SAM
Andrew and I had watched the entire proposal from the window. Andrews eyes would fall on me occasionally and smile, I knew he was thinking of the time we got engaged. When Dee and Dan came back in they saw we had been peeking, we all laughed and Deanna and I being the emotional girls we are, cried a little. Dan and Andrew shook hands and hugged and laughed.
We spent the rest of the evening singing carols, the guys brought out there guitars and Deanna played the piano and I clapped along. By the time we went to bed it was 1am and we were all beat.
I laid in bed next to Andrew, tired but not enough to sleep.
"You alright pumpkin?"Andrew asked as he looked at me with a sweet smile.
"Yeah, just trying to understand the fact that Dan and Deanna are ENGAGED! Took him long enough!" I shook my head. Seven years..really?
"Ha right but a man's gotta take his time. The proposal is a big thing in our life, we want to make it..perfect." He explained, rubbing my shoulders, giving me some sort of back rub that I didn't want. I looked at the clock; 1:11
"Andrew! It's 1:11! Make a wish!" I exclaimed, he stopped rubbing my back and raised an eyebrow at me.
"I thought that was 11:11..."
"It's both! Now just make a wish!" I sounded likea a little kid waiting to open presents on Christmas or something like that.
"I already got my wish." He looked at me and smiled a huge smile and leaned in and kissed me softly.
"You're so corny." I joked and rolled my eyes. I laid back down on my side and he laid down next to me wrapping his arms around me.
"We beat them, we got married before them." Andrew teased.
"Goodnight Andrew." I replied as I closed my eyes.
---written by Deanna Arbogast with help from me :)
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