[[[all of your flaws]]] [[[part i]]]

56.

So, Tesco don't sell engagement rings. But they did have little 20p machines by the checkout. I must've put in £3, getting little girls necklaces, bracelets and earrings before the one I needed rolled out. I knew it was the worst romantic gesture in the world, but I wanted her to have something.

She was pacing the street when I came out and eyeing me up suspiciously.

'I'll buy you a better one and actually propose when I figure out a better way to do it. But for now...' I figured I might as well just go for it here, outside a supermarket with a shit plastic ring. She began giggling as I knelt down and took her hand. Someone cheered from across the road. 'Lily. You are an amazing person. You are beautiful and funny and perfect. You've done far more for me than I could ever expect a random girl on a train to do. And I would very much like you to be my wife.'

'Such a romantic.' She sighed sarcastically. I slipped the ring onto her finger and pulled her up. We kissed tenderly and walked home hand in hand.