The Forced Marriage (SHORT STORY)

Fight! Fight! Fight!

"Finley! All of these rings are so beautiful! But there so expensive! Can you really afford this?" I asked Finley awed by all of the beautiful jewelry.

"Yes! I promise you and I think you should get this necklace but with your name on it..." He said walking over to me putting his hand on my lower back and flashing a gold necklace that said Amy on it. It was beautiful! I loved it and imagined my name on it instead of an Amy girls.

"Finley..."

"Gracie! If you do not pick out what you want I will."

"Fine!" I began to walk around and looking in the display cases at all of the rings. They were all so beautiful but then I got to about the third display case and seen a ring that I knew was meant to be mine. I stood there for a few minutes when a women from the other side of the cases walked over to us.

"May I help you to children today?" She said...Children. Then reality hit me. I was only a child. Why did I think I could do this. What if this doesn't work out. I'm only a child.

"Gracie tell her which one you want." Fin said putting his hand on the small of my back. I looked up at him and seen him smiling. He motioned for me to tell her.

"Yes... Um, I would like this ring." I pointed to the medium sized ring that was fourteen carrot.

"Nice choice... Know these are the wedding rings. Would you like the matching husbands ring, and engagement ring."

"How much does that cost?" I asked but Finley cut me off.

"It does not matter of the cost. Yes, we would like those."

"Okay let me get it ready for you, may I ask for you two to go take a seat over there?" The women pointed to a area with about five chairs.

Finley grabbed my hand and led me over to the seats and let me sit down before he did. We say there for a few minutes as she got the rings ready. I looked through the wholes in my hair every few seconds to see Finley's face and he would make a few faces every time. None of them I knew what to take as.

"Grace?" Finley said he was standing up holding his hand out for me and he had a bag in his hands.

"Yes?"

"Are you ready?"

"Oh...Um yeah sorry."

"It's fine." He said as I took his hand and we walked out of the store and to the car.

I was about to get into the car when Finley grabbed my forearm.

"What?" I asked him I turned around and seen him with a box in his hands.

"I never got to give you a real proposal and I know it won't be the same but... Gracie Jane Matthews, will you marry me?" He opened a box that was not the wedding day rings but the engagement ring and it was beautiful the same light tented color no carrots and it was just a simple beautiful band.

"Do I have a choice?" I said smiling as he put the ring on my finger.

"No I guess not." He stood up after he had finished putting the ring on my finger. We stood there for a second he grabbed my hands in his and smiled.

"If I had to forcefully marry anyone I'm happy it's you."

Before I could ask if that was supposed to be a compliment he had connected our lips. I sat there for a second dumbfounded by what he had just done but after a second I wrapped my hands around his neck and kissed him back. We kissed for a good amount of time and then pulled away.