xplr ; colby brock

the ring

colbys point of view

still december 2nd

"don't worry about it. adelaide can't find out." i told tara. she nodded before she connected her phone to my car as i began driving.

we were going to rodeo drive to look for a ring. of course, i asked tara to help me pick or design it because chances are, if she likes it then adelaide will like it.

walking into the jewelry store, i was automatically overwhelmed.

"calm down colby, she'll love any ring because she'll know you picked it. we can just talk to one of the workers." tara said, noticing i was overwhelmed. i nodded to her as a woman, probably in her thirties, walked over to us.

"hi guys! i'm missy! can i help you with anything?" she asked, smiling.

"uh yeah, hi. i'm colby and this is my friend, tara. i'm looking for an engament ring for my girlfriend." i said, not really knowing how to reply.

"oh great! i can help you out with that. who's the lucky girl?!" she said, acting very excited.

"her name is adelaide... she's the love of my life." i smiled.

"awh i'm so happy for you! how long have you been together?" she asked me.

"about a year and a half... kinda." i replied laughing, thinking about the break we took.

"alright so do you have anything in mind?" missy asked me.

"um it has to be noticeable. she loves jewelry so it has to pop out from the rest of her rings. " i replied.

"okay and do we have a budget for the ring " she asked me.

"not really. i just want her to be happy." i told her as she smiled at me.

she offered us champagne, tara denying since she's underaged.

"so do you have any pictures of adelaide?" she asked. i'm assuming she was asking so she could get to know her style before showing us any rings.

i showed her a few of my favorite pictures of adelaide.

"she's very beautiful. i can tell how much you love her by the way you were looking at her picture." she said, smiling. i awkwardly smiled back

"thanks... i really do love her. i couldn't live without her." i said, smiling a real smile now.

she nodded and told us to follow her to a certain section of the store. she showed us some very nice and expensive rings but none of them screamed adelaide.

"i like this one." i said pointing down to a certain extra sparkly one.

"that's a tacori ring. i believe this one is $8,095." she said, getting it from the case.

i held the ring in my hand for a few minutes before deciding it wasn't the one and handing it back to her. she nodded.

"i think adelaide would like one that's more subtle for the engagement ring and then really pull out a banger for the wedding ring." tara inputted and missy nodded again.

"so i'm going to assume you're the best friend?" missy asked tara.

"i am. adelaides the best person i've ever met." tara smiled. i loved their friendship... it was good for adelaide to have someone like tara in her life.

"well she's very lucky to have you both." she said. "you could actually do a custom ring as well if you want to. obviously, that will be a little pricier but that's up to you."