Reminiscence

Chapter 39

Mallory's Pov- I came home from work in the following May and I was agitated all my friends at work are here having babies, getting married, getting engaged.

Here I am just being peachy with no ring to admire, or no children to come home to, to kiss the boo boo's away. I slam the front door which makes Matthew jump from his seat. He is currently grading papers. "Hey." I say. "Do you have any ideas for what we are having for dinner?." He asks. I slam down my purse and throw him a glare. "You've got to be kidding me right?" I ask him. He shakes his head.

"No." I run a hand through my long blonde hair. "For someone who wants me in the kitchen so bad, but yet won't put a ring on it." I say unloading groceries from the grocery bag. He turns to me. "What the hell is up with you today Mal?." He asks. "You! Matthew, You!" I slam another can down on the counter. "What about me?." My eyes well up. "We have been dating since my freshman year of fucking college and we have lived together for one year and here all my friends are living the dream of getting married and having babies and here we are." I say throwing a hand up on my hip.

Matthew begins to look hurt. "I already have considered us married it shouldn't matter what a piece of paper thinks it only matters what God and Jesus think and what we think." He gets up from the table.

His eyes well up and he tugs in his front pocket. "You knack for ruining surprises Mal." He tosses a velvet box at my chest. "I was going to propose to you within the next week or so I wanted to find the right time guess I will have to wait." He walks off. "Matthew wait!." I call out chasing after him. He looks at me before walking out the door. "I love you Mallory, but this is ridiculous the way you are acting and until you chill out I will not return home."

He leaves to go out the door. When I follow him out.

I remember something from our first kiss oh how couldn't shake the thought of it. "If had time gave me machine I would take it back to your birth because it was the second best beautiful creation closest to the first best earth. Your hair is beautiful from golden to gray it will always give me a warm sensation when I run my fingers through like a kiss on cold winters day. Your hands are beautiful and bold, but one day they will be trembling and old. I cherish the moments I spend with you-." I being crying. "Because I know there will be a day that you won't be by my side and I will have to strong even if I am in the wrong because you I love you till the end of time and that my dear is so divine." I finish reciting his poem he wrote for me that night.

I remember him getting all flustered and saying. He was awful at english literature, but to me it was beautiful. He turns to me and looks to me. "You remember that?." He asks. I nod my head and wipe my tears away. "Yes after all these years." I say.

He begins shedding a few tears. "I love you." I whimper out. He walks over to me and pulls me into his embrace. "I love you too Mallory." He says. I close my eyes and take in his scent. I pull away and hand him the velvet box back. "You do it when the time is right." I close his hand over it and kiss his hand. He looks up to me and smiles.

"Come back in for dinner." I tell him. He nods and and follows me in. I was looking foward to the day I would greet him home and there I would be Mrs. Winters instead of Ms. Peters.