Events

Chapter Eight: Preposal

My frantically beating heart was lodged firmly in my throat. In less than 10 seconds I had gone from believing I was going to lose the one man that held my emotion racked mind together to being offered a chance to spend the rest of my life with him. Whether it was the next few life altering days or many oncoming years. I was being proposed to. The intricate promise of love in the form of a simple ring was glinting at me in the faint rays of moon light seeping through the poorly sealed cave entrance. Michael sat still his large hand cupping the small velvet case delicately waiting patiently for my answer. My mind was arguing with my heart. With what was logic and what was what I wanted. I was only 18 yes, but does it matter? Images of my father’s horror stricken face as a reaction of the proposal ran through my head. No I would not let that effect my decision. Marriage was about the love between two star crossed lovers. I had no doubt in my heart I loved him. And he loved me. That’s all I needed.

A single tear rolled down my cheek as one simple word rolled of my tongue sealing my future with the one id give my life too in the blink of an eye.

“Yes.”

Deans eyes lit up instantly as he took the ring delicately from the small blue velvet case before lifting my hand and slowly slipping it onto my ring finger. It fit perfectly like it was its rightful place in this world. Dean clutched me to his chest my arms wrapping themselves against his neck still bruised and cut from the accident. How he managed to keep the ring on him the whole time bet me.

The night passed too quickly. For what felt like 10 minutes became hours and the sun began slowly reveling its self sending warm early orange light over the forest landscape.

"Dean wake up honey." Slowly his eye lids flickered open his pure blue eyes framed by long dark lashes instantly took my breath away.

"Isla." he whispered ever so lightly. "Dean we have to get going we already have spent to long in one spot. we must keep moving." With a quick nod of his head he sat up groaning in the process."God my muscles hurt" I knew what he meant. Every inch of my body hurt like I had been run over repeatedly by a truck. Not pleasant at all. Sighing I starting packing everything back into the small back pack, leaving some bread and fruit out for us to eat. Shrugging the backpack roughly on my back I pass dean the food before crawling out of the cave entrance pushing through the shrubbery we had used to hid ourselves. The morning sun was brilliant. Everything around us seemed to glow in the warm light. "Isla let me take the back pack you have too many injury's on your back to be carrying it." Nodding once in agreement I let his take the bag from me.

"What direction should we walk in?" It was impossible to tell where we were. After last nights close call running away and not keeping tabs on our direction suddenly became clear how much of a reckless decision that was. We were lost. Tress surrounded us for miles, the only way out was to pick a direction and hope. Unless someone found us first.... Shaking my head at the possibility I began walking in a random direction dean follows shortly behind me.

Hours passed as we walked in a comfortable silence, but with every step I took I lost mopre hope that we would ever get out of here alive. Nothing we had passed so far had signaled in any hope of civilisation.

"Isla?" Deans voice softly echoed off the tall rouged trees surrounding us. "Yes?"

"I need you to promise me something." His voice sounded hopeful yet scared at the same time. I smiled reassuringly. "Anything. You name it and its yours." A moment of silence passed before he spoke again. "Isla.. If it comes down to me or you.....If he comes for you I want you to run. Forget about me and just run don't stop until your out of here."

My mouth went dry. I couldn't do that. even the thought of it just scared me. "Dean... I don't think could do that. I'm sorry but, I love you as much as you love me. I could'nt do that to you. I just could'nt."

He sighed and shaked his head in frustration."You don't understand.I could'nt live with myself if you got injured or..died because of me." 

I didn't know what to say. What were you supposed to say someone who tells you they'd die to protect you. So I did what my heart told me to. I stopped walking took his face in my hands and kissed him like there was no tomorrow.