On a nice fall afternoon, I was jogging in the park and ran into my best friend, Harry. we have been best friends since kindergarten, and I think he has a thing for me. Well I have had a thing for him since day one. So we got talking in the park and he says "hey, sage do you want to come to my place later for dinner and a movie? Maybe round 5-ish?" "that sounds like plan, can I wear my pj's?" I said in a funny, joking sort of tone. He laughed a bit and said sure. Saying goodbye I hastily finished my jog to get home and prepare for tonight.
That evening I got ready to go to Harry’s. I put my hair in a cute messy bun, and I decided not to wear any makeup, because I knew Harry didn’t care by how he would always tell me that I looked cute either way. I slipped on a pair of navy colored sweatpants with the word aero across the butt and a big black sweatshirt that in faded print had the rolling stones logon on it. putting on my bright pink converse, picking up my keys and small brown purse in a hurry I headed to Harry’s. after the short drive, I arrived at Harry’s place. As I was parking my car, I looked out the windshield to see Harry peering at me through the blinds on his window with a silly face. “oh Harry” I chuckled to myself with a smile on my face. as I gathered up my things and get out of the car, I stumbled and fell spilling my stuff everywhere. Harry came rushing out and started helping me pick up my things. “sage, are you ok love?” Harry asked as he helped me up. “oh i’m fine. I’m just not the most coordinated person in the world”. he laughed and we both walked in side.
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“What movie would you like to watch sage?” Harry asks as we both sit down on his sofa. “I don’t know, what have you got?” I said as he goes to his cabinet under the TV and shuffles through the neatly stacked DVD’s. He names off a few and then he says “oh, and I also have a bunch of scary movies to, if your into that sort of stuff” I said “pshh are you kidding! I love scary movies!” “well what do you want to watch then?” he said as he was laughing from my excitement. “surprise me” I said with a playful tone in my voice. “gladly” he said with a cute smirk on his face. I had always loved those little smirks he did. It made me laugh and smile like a retarded seal. I had always hated when Harry would see me do that because he would endlessly tease me about it. But in a way, I didn’t mind all that much. Being so comfortable around Harry, it made me feel a lot less embarrassed. And the fact that when I made him laugh he did the same laugh as me.
“SAGE THE MOVIE IS STARTING!” Harry yelled at me from the sofa. “alright i’m coming. Calm your self” I said laughing as I returned from the kitchen with popcorn for both of us. “extra butter, right? “ he says also laughing. “ yep, just how you like it” as I smile, run to turn off all the lights, and come back and sit next to him. He smiled back and we began watching the movie together. It started playing and I soon realized that it’s the grudge 3. I had seen the first one and was to scared to watch the other two. He had seen them already. Knowing that he just wanted to scare me, I looked up at him, smiled, and said “hazza you suck” right as the movie title flashed on screen. “hehe I know” he said with a big grin on his face.
At this point I were scared out of my mind. Almost sobbing I buried my head in Harry’s chest because I was so scared. He paused the movie and said “ sage what’s wrong? I thought you liked scary movies?” “ yeah, I do but I meant like the cheesy scary ones!” I said now crying into him. I felt his strong arms wrap around me and hold me for what seemed like an eternity. Feeling safe in his arms, I started to quiet down a bit. Harry only did this when he thought he really needed to. Him being respectful that we were just friends. I just loved when he held me like he did. The way he smelled, the way he would hold me like he would never let me go, he was the one I wanted to be with for the rest of my life. And now, I never wanted to let him go. Ever.
after a few minutes passed, I felt his arms release me. Looking up at him confused I asked, “Harry, is everything ok?” and then he said “sage, from that moment we met in kindergarten, I knew we would be best friends from then on. But now, I want to be something more.” there was a brief silence, which felt like forever. Dazed and confused I sat up and looked Harry directly in the eyes and started to say “Harry, are you say-” he cut me off. Getting down on one knee he pulled out a little red velvet box from his pocket, took my hand and said “sage I have always loved you but have been to scared to show it. I want you to be the person I spend the rest of my life with. sage, will you marry me?” I dropped down to his level, tears now a heavy flow rolling down my cheeks, grabbed his hands, and said “ Harry I feel the same way about you! I have always had a thing for you but I didn’t say anything because I thought it would ruin our friendship!” we both paused for a moment and then he said “so is that a yes?” I laughed through my heavy crying and shouted “ YES! Yes Harry I will marry you!” he put the ring on my finger. I looked at him and he hugged me tight.
We both stood up and looked in each others eyes. Moments passed. And then, we kissed. And in that moment I knew that he would become not only my husband, but my soul mate and my best friend. forever.
The end.
