The Penguin And His Dove

Blinded By Love

The car grinded to a halt. Where were we? I began to shake a little. Oswald wouldn't hurt me. Oswald wouldn't hurt me . I kept telling myself. I felt my seat belt being unclipped from the side of me. 

"We are here my dear. Here, take my hand. I will help you out of the car" Oswald said sweetly in to my ear. All I could do was listen to the sounds around me. I heard the door opening and felt Oswald taking my hand. He gently helped me out of the car. I felt his fingers harshly pull on the blindfold. He tugged a little hard.

"Ouch" I yelped.

"Just making sure " He said. What on earth was he doing. It was so quiet. Inside I was screaming as the thought of him hurting me filled my head. He took my hand once again and began pulling me.

"Trust me " I heard him say. I inhaled, then exhaled slowly as I listened to his foot steps hobbling in front of me.

"Watch your step. Step up" He said. I complied with him and stepped up. We carried on walking . The sound of the floor seemed to change. It went from concrete to a wooden sound. I don't like this . My heels clipped at the floor making me feel uneasy. 

"Again. Step up. A big step this time " He said. I again followed and stepped up. The floor felt uneven and I didn't feel like I was on solid ground anymore. He pulled me a few steps foreword. Our hands were now sweaty as he gripped my hand.

"Now sit" He commanded. I sat down immediately. I felt like I was rocking side to side. Oh my god! What was he playing at? Where is he taking me.? My hands shaking. My body trembling. I bit my lip trying to calm myself. I shook my head and snapped.

"Oswald ! What are we doing! I have had this blindfold on-_" A hand covered my mouth. My heart was in my throat. Pounding. Racing.

" Hush." He barked. I listened intently.

"You will see, the more you ask me, the more you will ruin it!" He sounded frustrated. I'm dead. He has had enough of me . He is bored of me. I head a loud mechanically noise. I went stiff in my seat as all sorts of sounds filled my ears. I put my hands to each side of me and gripped the chair tightly. My nails dug in to the fabric. My fingertips turning white. Five minutes passed. Ten minutes passed. Fifteen. What were we on? Where were we going? What am I sat on? So many unanswered questions. The mechanically whirring stopped. I took a harsh gulp. Oswald hadn't spoken to me for the duration of time.

"O,Oswald" I stuttered. I felt two hands at the back of my head untying the blindfold . Once it was off, my eyes took a while to adjust to the light. I looked around , squinting. We were on the boat in the middle of the sea! The sun beating down. I did a full 360 turn. There was no sign of land. My belly churned at the thought of him killing me here in the middle of the sea and dumping my body. Oswald was towering over me , looking down at a panicked me. He didn't say anything and turned on his heels to the front of the boat. There was a table with two chairs at the front of the boat. There was champagne on the table with two glasses. I stood up without Oswald prompting me and followed him to the front of the boat. He smiled. 

"Well, sit down" He said pulling a chair out from under the table for me to sit. I did as I was told and sat down. He sat opposite me. Placing his hands on the table as to assure me he was unarmed. The two glasses were full, ready to be drank. There were berries on the bottom.

"Oswald was is all this?" I asked confused, scared and worried. He smirked again. 

"Its just a little something . Don't be worried" He assured. I tucked my hair behind my ear and he took a sip of the champagne in his glass. I copied and took a sip of mine . 

"I just wanted to spend some quality time with you" He said sweetly. My heart finally stopped racing as his beautiful eyes stared at all my facial features. 

"Thank god" I mumbled. Hoping he didn't hear. But he did. His smile fell.

"What did you think was happening" He said. His mouth going smaller in anger and his eyes closing slightly.

"Oh nothing! I just didn't like I couldn't see" I said quickly lying. He slammed his hand on the table and cackled. He pointed his finger at me .

"You thought I was going to kill you off and throw you in the ocean wern't you?" He laughed again.

"Your a silly girl" He said. I fake laughed with him as he seemed to find it funny.  Oswald stood from his table and stood next to me . 

"Lets get this over with " He snapped. Fear struck me as he looked down at me. What was he doing ! I am surely dead. He slowly bent down to the floor on one knee. 

"I know it such a short time that we have known each other. But I feel like I have such a connection with you" He said. Where was he going with this? I frowned a little. What was he on about?

"And you have met my mother. I feel like we need to pursue with our relationship." He said .

"Oswald. I don't understand " I said in confusion. Just spit it out. He put his hand in to his pocket and pulled out a small, black box and lifted it to me.

"Would you marry me " He said . I felt sick. I was over come with emotion. I gasped.

"You , you want to...marry me?" I blurted out. I put my hands up to my mouth. 

"Yes. I wouldn't be down here if I didn't want to" He said sarcastically , holding the box up to me. He opened it and all I saw was sparkles. It was the most beautiful ring I had ever seen. It was silver with the biggest diamond known to man. He pulled it out of the box and held it in his hand. 

"Well? What do you say? This floor is beginning to hurt my knees" He said. 

"Yes" I said in almost a whisper. He took my left hand from my face and showed me the inside of the ring. Engraved was "Mrs Cobblepot" . There was a picture of a Dove and a Penguin stood next to each other. A single tear fell from my eyes. He wants to marry me! What did I ever do to deserve such love an affection from such an amazing person. My hand trembled in his as he slowly placed the ring upon my left ring finger. It was a perfect fit. 

"Oswald. I cant believe you want to marry someone like me " I said. He painfully stood up from the floor. I stood up from my chair and took him in my arms . Squeezing him tightly. I felt his hands wrap around my waist as we hugged. I leaned back to look in to his eyes.

"I will do anything for you. I will die for you if I had to my dear. This is the beginning of the rest of your life" He said . He grinned at me. I put my two hands up to his face, placing them on his cheeks. 

"You are one in a million Oswald" I said. I placed a kiss on to his lips. His lips were warm against mine. He tightened is grip around my waist. This was love. I was totally in love with this man. Who knew I would be in love with someone like him. We were meant to be. It was him and me against the world.

Thank you for reading. I will be writing the second book very soon :)!!!