The Perfect Date

My name is Kayla Brown. I’m 32, and I live in a little apartment. I’ve been dating my boyfriend Hayden Lee James for 6 years. I’ve been waiting for him to propose, but he told me last year that he is not ready to settle down. Christmas is in one week. Hayden come up to me this morning, and told me to go out and buy a new dress for Christmas Eve, because he has a special dinner planned for me. I tried to act as calm as possible, because all that I could think of is he is so going to propose!

Later that evening I decided to go to the mall and go into this little dress shop. Most of their dresses are over five hundred dollars, but I always shop on the clearance rack. Almost all the dresses on the rack are way to provocative for my taste, but there was one one dress that was the perfect length and it’s made out of a shiny dark red material. The original price was three hundred and forty dollars and its on sale for two hundred. The lady at the counter had blonde hair with bright blue eyes, and wearing a shear pink dress. She told me that for two hundred and twenty dollars she would include these pretty diamond earrings. I grab the earrings from her and from what I can see there made out of sterling silver, so I tell her that it’s deal. After I pay for it, and I’m heading out to my car, I get a call from my professor saying that he is giving me this week off for Christmas. My eyes are lit up up with joy, as I’m thanking him.

A few days later, and a day before Christmas Eve it starts becoming hectic, because my family wants me to come over for dinner, and bring some type of dessert. My family prefers that I bring any kind of cookies. The rest of my day consisted of running to the store and picking up ingredients for chocolate cookies, then putting together all of the ingredients and popping them in the oven for twenty minutes. Later that night I got all my stuff out and ready for me and Hayden's date tomorrow. When it was bed time, the thoughts started to hit me, what if he is breaking up with me.

Finally it’s Christmas Eve, but the only problem is that it’s morning and I only got two hours of sleep. Last night my mind didn't want to shut off, because it was to busy contemplating all that could happen on me and Hayden's date today. I finally get myself out of bed, when I look at the clock it reads 1:00 Pm. That wakes me up real fast because Hayden is coming to get me at five. I hop in the shower really fast, I try to shave my legs as fast as possible. The rest of my evening until Hayden got here consisted of getting ready for our date, then hanging up some lights in my bedroom. As Im hanging up lights I hear a knock at my door, I stop right in my tracks and run to the door and to my surprise its Hayden holding a bouquet of flowers.

Hayden greets me, then I grab my keys from the table and we head out of the door. While heading to his car he pulls me into his arms and kisses me. I open my eyes and the first thing that notice is his bright blue eyes, and his smile that could brighten anybody day. Me and Hayden have never kissed like this he normally just gives me a light peck on the lips but this felt allot stronger. as we pull away from the kiss he grabs me by my hand, and says “Im excited to take you to this restaurant!” while heading to the restaurant he turned on the top hits radio station. Me and him was singing along to every song that come on. 

Finally we reached the restaurant he pulled into the parking lot then, got out of the car, and opened up my door and grabbed my hand and pulled me up. When I looked up at the sign the restaurant was named the Olive Pit. It looked really high class. Me and him walked inside the restaurant and there was my whole family standing in the entrance. Hayden dropped down on one knee and said “Kayla I never thought that I would get married, but I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Kayla will you marry me?” My cheeks are completely red and I'm crying tears of joy. I shake my head and say “yes!’ He puts the ring on my finger and I jump down into his arms, and when we kiss he starts crying, which makes me cry even harder.

The night that I've been dreaming of for six years finally came true. We ate dinner, then hung out with my family. He decided to invite his family to the Christmas party tomorrow. The rest of night we hung out looking at the stars in the cab of his truck. Me and him ended up falling asleep laying in each others arms. I wake up to looking at his brilliant blue eyes and his perfect smile. He says “good morning beautiful.” My face lights up with a smile and he leans in and kisses me lightly. He says “we better head towards your house and pick up the food, then go to your families house.” The rest of my year I hung out with my family and Hayden. Were planning on getting married at my families church this summer.