Cornelia Street - Jaylor one-shots

Take me to the lakes (part 3)

-Taylors Pov-

He is standing in front of me clutching something in his pocket and my heartrate is so loud that I can feel it ringing in my ears. "Taylor when I first laid my eyes on you I knew you were someone special. Your presence in the room made you stand out from the crowd, and I couldn't believe that not everyone's eyes weren't on you. at that party that our mutual friends held I knew I had to know you. but you brushed me off, made fun of my accent and ignored me for the rest of the night" he laughs, and I blush thinking back to that night "we didn't talk that night, but I couldn't stop think about you. so, when we met again at the MET gala it felt like fate trying to pull us together again. But I obviously knew you were involved so I was sad and just kept my distance. Then you were back on the marked but before I could think you were involved with someone else, and I took a step back and just wanted you to be happy"

Reaching down he takes my hand gently and trace circles on the back of it "through all that we had become friends and talking with you was the highlight of my day, I just had this intense need to talk to you and get to know this magnificent woman that had unexpectedly drawn me in. eventually you were back on the marked and I gathered up the courage to ask you out and you agreed. From that first date I knew you were something else, you were a breath of fresh air that wrapped around me"

By now tears are running down my face, he has really thought about this and his words cut me open but in a good way, they are making their way into my heart that he has already captivated "you were scared and tried to pull away several times" he laughs "but I knew that you had been hurt in the past and I swore to myself that I would never do that. we have had our bumps in the road my love" he says and let's go of my hand so he can brush away the tears "your life isn't the easiest one to jump into, but it's worth it. All the noise around you, the headlines and people coming from your neck, fade to nothing when it means that I get to spend my time with you. you're all I need Taylor, and I knew that from the first kiss"

He leans down and kiss me gently and quickly "I know you think you're a mess, but you're the mess that I want" he quotes my song, and I can't help but laugh "you have my heart in the palms of your hands, but I don't mind, I want you to keep it forever. You're my lifeline, my safe heaven, my home, my family"

His hands leave me, and he pulls out that little velvet box from his pocket and I can't help but sob, but the tears are happy tears. No one has ever said so sweet things about me before, he has this way with words that any girl would be lucky to be on the receiving end of.

Shakingly he gets on one knee and open the box and exposes a beautifully delicate ring with a simple diamond in the center. He knows exactly what I like, I don't want a flashy big ring with lots of diamonds, I like it simple.

"Taylor Alison Swift, will you do me the honor of marrying me?" he says and now tears are flowing from his eyes too.

I nod profusely "yes, yes, yes a hundred times yes" I choke out and give him my hand so he can gently slide the ring onto the finger that it belongs. I stand up and he does to, and we wrap our arms around one another and let our lips meet. We can taste the salty tears, but I don't mind in this moment, it doesn't matter. nothing else in the world matters, just me and him. There is nothing else I want to do than spend my life with this force of a man standing in front of me.

Eventually we pull away and grin at one another, but he turns to the side, and I look where he is looking, my security is hiding a couple meters away from us with a camera, how haven't I seen them before? "Thanks guys" joe says, and I laugh. He had planned this clearly and got them in on it with him. I'm thankful for that because it means that we will have this captured on film to look back on later. Even though we are in lounge wear and I'm not wearing any makeup I don't mind, it's perfect regardless.