the kissing gate | simanda ✓

29. ring

Simon and David went into the jewellery store with one objective each. Simon wanted to propose to Amanda and he already had the ring for it. He was going to bring the old ring in for a generous cleaning as it hadn’t been worn since Simon’s mum had passed away three years ago back in 2015.

The ring had a single diamond in it and it was on a silver band. Simon had waited for years to propose to the woman that he loved the most, and that was Amanda.

The reason why David was going with Simon was because David was planning on re-proposing to his girlfriend, Alesha, of two years. David wanted Simon to help pick out the ring as David had already asked Simon to be his best man after Alesha had said yes to marrying him when David proposed to him. Simon had first confessed to David that he wanted to marry Amanda but they weren’t getting married yet because they weren't that far in their relationship.

“Do you think Amanda is going to like the way I’m going to propose, David?” Simon asked David.

“She likes romance from what you’ve told me so yes, she’s probably going to love a romantic bath with you,” David replied.

They walked into the jewellery shop and Simon was asked if he was looking for a ring to propose to David with. He answered no and that he was planning on proposing to his girlfriend and he had a ring that needed to be cleaned.

The fact that David and Simon were mistaken as a gay couple because they walked in and went straight to the ring section of the store. They laughed about it and Simon went to a salesperson to ask about ring cleaning. The saleswoman said that they did during cleanings and asked if Simon had the ring with him.

Simon took the ring box containing the diamond ring out of his jeans pocket and gave it to the saleswoman. She disappeared into the back of the jewellery store so Simon went back to David who was looking at engagement rings.

“What about this one?” David said, pointing at a ruby ring that was on a golden coloured band. The ring was rather ugly looking and was clearly meant for a gaudy female.

“No. She’s not going to like that one,” Simon replied. “You want something more like the ring I’m going to use to propose to Amanda with, David.”

“So like this one?” David asked, pointing at a simple silver band that had no type of jewel on it.

“Yeah. I think Alesha will like that one because of how simple it is,” responded Simon.

David went up to a salesperson to ask the price of the silver band ring Simon had helped David to pick out while the woman who had taken Simon’s mother’s ring away to be cleaned brought the now cleaned ring back to Simon. Simon went up to the cash register and he paid for the ring to be cleaned and pre-paid to have the band size of the ring changed if it didn’t fit on Amanda’s ring finger correctly and Simon had a suspicion the ring was going to be too big.

Simon put the ring box into his pocket and waited for David to figure out a payment schedule for the engagement ring he had just bought.

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David’s ring had been more expensive than what David had planned, thus why David had to do installments of money to pay off the ring completely. He and Simon both returned to their homes with ideas of how they were going to propose to their partners.

Simon wanted to propose to Amanda in a romantic way so he was planning a romantic bath for both of them to take together. He had planned on Amanda not being home almost all of the day because she wanted to go shopping with Alesha for Alesha's wedding night things. Eric and Hollie and Lexi were going to be spending the night at Amanda parents’ house as they had already spent the afternoon there because Simon didn’t trust his son or Amanda's daughters not to tell Amanda that Simon was planning on proposing to her.

Simon set out the fruits covered in chocolate that he knew Amanda loved and put her favourite body wash on the sink counter so it would be within easy reach while they were in the bath.

Simon put out candles in their bedroom, not yet lighting them because he still had to work on lighting all of the candles he had put in the bathroom on the sink counter by the body wash and chocolate covered fruits. Simon heard the front door shut as he lit the last candle in the bathroom and he knew Amanda was home from her shopping.

Simon heard Amanda’s footsteps on the stairs. She was probably putting the most likely numerous bags of lingerie into the room that had her closet, which was large, and looking for her boyfriend. The door to their bedroom creaked open and Amanda came into their room as Simon came out of the bathroom, fully blocking Amanda’s view of it.

"Hello, love. Do you like the surprise?" Simon asked as he came out of the bathroom. "I thought that we could have a romantic night in because we've never had one. Would you like that?"

"I would love it, Simon," Amanda replied back, moving so she was in front of Simon and she kissed him passionately. "How long did it take you to plan all of this?"

"A week. I had to make sure that Leslie and Judith could take Eric and Hollie and Lexi for the night so I could spend the night making love to you," he responded, wrapping his arm around Amanda's waist and pulling her deeper into another kiss. Amanda kissed him back and looked over his shoulder at the bathroom.

"I can't wait then, love," Amanda replied, looking into the romantic setting of the bathroom.

[] hey guys! Simon's planning on proposing to Amanda! Do you think he's going to go through with it and what did you love about this chapter? What do you think is going to happen next? Bye until the next chapter!