The Girl who Cried Wolf

Chapter 8

Dante
I heard the shower turn on and decided to head back downstairs to talk to my brother. As he stormed off I realized that the shower was no longer running so I decided to go upstairs. Walking into my bedroom I noticed the bathroom door was open yet she was nowhere in sight. "Magnolia?" Everything looked the same except she was missing. I suddenly heard quiet humming coming from the closet.

I slowly moved towards the door as not to startle her. Walking up behind her I wrapped my arms around her waist. I felt her jump and then relax slightly, "Dante don't scare me like that." "I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you. Have you found something yet?" "Not quite what do you think?" She held up a knee-length red and black kimono.

"Hmmm cute, but why so short?" She turned away from me then but not before I could catch the light shade of pink rising to her cheeks. Chuckling I turned her around and picked her up. Her instant reflex was to grab onto my shoulders which caused our faces to be inches apart, then suddenly she kissed me. Pulling back, she was blushing like crazy, so I decided to set her down. "uh... sorry..." suddenly I felt her lips on mine for just a second, but that was all I needed.

Sighing contently, I walked out letting her get dressed on her own. "So, when are you going to propose?" I nearly jumped out of my skin when my brother popped out of nowhere. "What are you talking about?" He gave me a sly looking smile, "Oh nothing much just the fact that you have this." He said holding up a small velvet box that I had hidden in my sock drawer. I grabbed it smacking him in the back of the head.

I wasn't sure how I was going to do this but I knew that if I didn't do it soon I may lose her. Walking downstairs I started thinking about what I would do while messing with the box. Walking into the kitchen I sat at the counter staring at the box. I barely noticed Raven walk in watching me. She poured two cups of coffee handing me one and taking a sip of the other. "So when are you going to ask her?" Just then I got an idea. "Raven would you be willing to help me with something?" She looked at me like I was crazy.

"Fine shoot." "Well I was planning on proposing to Magnolia over the weekend, but I wasn't sure how I was going to do that. I now know what I'm going to do." I had her come closer and I told her my plan for the weekend. She squealed loudly. "So are you going to help me with this or am I on my own?"

Magnolia

Once I was dressed I decided to grab something to eat. Walking downstairs I heard a few people talking. I could have sworn
I had just heard Dante talking to Raven about an engagement of some kind. I continued down the stairs and everything went quiet.
Dante and Raven looked up as if nothing had just happened. I went over to the fridge grabbing what I needed for an omelet and started cooking.
Suddenly I felt an arm wrap around my waist. "How would you like to go somewhere this weekend?" I turned my head and asked, "What's the catch?" looking down at me Dante pulled me back up against him. "No catch I just thought that the two of us could get away from all of this for a few days. You may try to hide it, but I can tell how stressed out you've been lately with everything going on."

Sighing I decided to go along with it I could use some time alone anyway. "When are we leaving?" Dante looked shocked but said that we'd leave right after school was out on friday. Looking at his watch we all realized that we were going to be late for class. Bolting out
the door the three of us just barely made it for the first hour of classes. I tried to focus on my school work, but it was near impossible.

Dante

I was at my desk getting some work done while my class finished the assignment that I had just given them when my classroom door flew open. "Where is she?"