True Love Wish ... Was it really worth it? (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 1 - The ring

Ten Years Later

"Twinkle Owens..you are my light, my only hope to survive. I can no longer dream of a day when I cannot see your beautiful smile as you wish me good morning. I know that it's been six months that we started going out and you wanted to wait..but I really can't marry me please!" exclaims Stanley as he opens the small blue velvet box bearing a 3 carat solitaire diamond ring.

Twinkle tries to keep herself as composed as possible knowing very well that there was not a single person in this lavish Italian restaurant whose eyes were not on them. This is the moment of her life and Stanley is her perfect guy. She nods a little and then say yes.

Stanley who had been sitting on his one knee this whole time wastes not a moment and puts the ring on her, eager to meet his lips with hers. There was a loud uproar as the guests start to clap around them, cheering them.

Twinkle breaks off the kiss and looks at Stanley and then at her finger where her ring glittered, she is engaged! She hugs him again and kisses him again.

He feels so warm and fuzzy. He wasn't wearing a fur coat a moment ago and just then Stanley starts to lick her ears. There have been moments when he has done this earlier but he has never been so sloppy. He whines a little and something makes Twinkle loose her footing and she falls on her face. Groaning she tries to get up hoping that Stanley wouldn't mind marrying such a clumsy fool.

She opens her eyes and finds herself on her bedroom floor, with Rudolph her small black terrier licking her face.

"Darn! I knew it was too good to be true," she mutters under her breath and gets up. Rudolph starts to move around her in circles announcing his state of emergency to be let out of the house.

"No no Rudolph not in my room. Not on my pearly white rug. Come on boy..here you go," She rushes past him to open the backyard door without any delay. He goes through it like a bullet and Twinkle sighs in relief. She closes the door knowing that he will take his time and will play in his little play house for a while.

She brews herself a cup of coffee and picks up her phone to go through her WhatsApp messages and other texts messages. Mostly were swarmed with meeting the various young talent artists, all too eager to do anything to get known in Hollywood. It was after all a land where all dreams came true.

She sees a text from Stanley and opens it.

Hi Babe,

Let's meet tonight. Have something very important planned. Cancel your evening plan and meet outside Torintino Italian restaurant at 8. Love you

Twinkle re reads the text. After the dream this really did seem surreal. But, she can't allow her hopes to be up. Stanley is a rising star in the Hollywood with two ongoing hits tele series under his belt he has been trying to get into movies.

He might have been offered a role and wanted to celebrate. Yes, that must be it. Get your head and heart right. I am not just his girl friend but his manager too. After all that's how they met.

A smile creeps on her face as she relives the moment.

It was a ordinary day till she heard a swift knock on her glass door.

"Come in please, " she said without looking up as she was still reading from a file bearing a name of Stanley Silva.

He clears his throat as if wanting to catch her attention. She looks up and meets his smiling light brown eyes and immediately takes a liking to the young hunk of 6'1" before her. His face was smooth, with greek god features. He must have noticed the appreciation written clearly on her face as he starts to beam at her and just as the first syllable leaves his mouth. She is knows that she is a goner for this one. He had the most romantic deep set voice.