The Black Queen

Twenty eighth Entry

March 3, 1988

Marty and I had a date night yesterday. We called Dominique to take care of Sky while we were gone. Marty took me a wonderful little restaurant, not too fancy just the way I like it. It was very romantic. Soft music was playing and the lighting was well-done. We both ordered steak with mashed potatoes and a salad on the side. We drank red wine.

"I'm so glad we're doing this" I told him. He smiled

"I am too."

"Do you remember in the sixth grade when Sally Benson was your first girlfriend, and she wanted you to do something romantic for her?"

"Oh yea" He laughed. "I just gave her an apple and said she was the apple of my eye. She broke up with me the next day." We both laughed. 

"She showed no appreciation. That's pretty cute for a twelve-year old." I chuckled. 

"Well I tried." He smiled. "But now, this is romantic right?"

"Everything you've done for the past year was amazing. You didn't need to prove you love me like you do. I can tell." 

After dinner, we took a walk through a small plaza. It was a quiet night, the fresh breeze blew against us. It was pretty chilly. Marty gave me his jacket. 

"Who knew" He began. "We would be together for a year like this. We started out as friends, and now this happened."

"Crazy things can happen sometimes." I smiled. 

"I guess let's hope for more years to come?"

"Of course there will be more, we've gotten this far. There's still more to go. We just have to get started and move on to our lives together."

"Why don't we start now?" He knelt down on one knee. He took out a little box with a diamond ring on it. I opened my mouth but not a word came out. "Dahlia, we've known each other for years now, you're the only person who really gets me, who understands me better than anyone else. And, I love you so much. I don't want to spend the rest of my life with anyone else, but you." His eyes filled with tears, so did mine. "Will you marry me?"

"Of course I'll marry you!" He slipped the ring on my finger. He stood up and dipped me into a kiss. 

I'm engaged now.

-Dahlia