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Chapter 20

Matt jumps out of the car again and sits right back in the drivers seat, next he begins driving.

"Babe, I'm sorry. I didn't know it would trigger things. My next stop, might be a little better," Matt tells me.

"It's okay, I just don't want to remember all the bad things. I just want to remember now, our life," I faintly say.

"I know babe, and I feel the same. Let's go to the next place where you may feel better."

As we drive, I slowly begin to calm down . Matt sings and hums to the beat of the song and kisses me all over my face periodically.

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When we pull into the parking lot of the next place, I soon realize it's the local roller rink that I used to spend all my time at. We walk inside and its deathly silent. He decides we need to skate so we both grab a pair and roll out onto the floor. He quickly turns his body around and begins to skate backwards. He grabs my hands and pulls me gently around the rink as he leaves gentle kisses on my neck and lips. I soon realize that something has to be up. How can we be the only people in the entire roller rink ?

"Babe, I love you so much and I can't be without you. I can't . You're the love of my life and I want to be with you forever," Matt whispers.

He stops his skates and bends down on one knee. "I want to be with you forever and ever . You're the love of my life and when I look at you, I fall in love all over again. You're touch and your lips are perfect . You are perfect and I have been in love with you ever since the third grade. Will you please be with me for forever? Will you marry me?"

I begin to cry and nod yes so lightly. I'm speechless and I can't move. I bend down and hug Matt. He kisses me and I realize he's crying too. I break my eye contact with Matt just long enough to realize that the entire rink is full and everyone stands around clapping. I see everyone that I have known all my life. Everyone swarms us with hugs and congratulates us.

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After the "party" Matt tells me he has one more stop for me. We pull up to the park. Where we had our first date and our "second first date". We begin to walk around the pond and he stops me to tell me something.

"Fiancé," he says as I giggle, "I know."

"You know what babe?" I ask.

"I know you're pregnant. I know, and it's okay . I saw the pregnancy test in the trash can. I'm assuming it happened the night that I took you here. The pond. I am so happy. I love you and I'm ready to start a family with the love of my life, so here I want to tell you that I will never hurt you and I will love you for the rest of my life, together or not."

I break down a little and hug the man I'm engaged to. "I am happy you're not mad. I was worried you would break off the engagement if I was pregnant. I love you too, and I hope we are together forever as well. I love you so much."