Remember him

chapter 5

(A year later later)

Isla sits across from me swirling the straw in her milkshake telling me about yet another client that was annoying her today.

"All I'm saying is why do they get to talk to me like that?" She asks, she has been thinking about quitting her job for months now everyday there's a new client and a new problem.

"Isla just quit, your not happy there its obvious."

"And live of what?" She asks liking the milkshake of her straw.

"Your savings" I tell her, she rolls her eyes and puts her stay back in her milkshake and starts swirling it again

"What are you doing tonight?" She asks almost begging me.

"Julian's back from a training thing tonight"

"Oh right" she smiles, I feel my face go slightly red and we both laugh.

We go back to my flat and I basically throw Isla out after a while so I can get ready. I lay out candle after candle and jump in the shower. I get out and dry my hair before I put on my red of the shoulder midi dress; I don't bother with shoes I'm in my own house after all. I look around the flat to see what's missing an it hits me the little black velvet box I dig it out of the bottom of my draws and place it right in front of me as I kneel waiting. I quickly adjust my dress as I hear his key in the door, I take a deep breath in with the door opening exhaling when I see him standing there with his bag hung over his shoulder.

"Julian, I was so determined not to fall in love with the guy behind the bar flirting for tips or the guy who kicked a football at me and the truth is I didn't; I fell in love with the guy who made sure I got home okay after only just meeting the guy who apologised for causing my hot drink to spill over me but mostly I fell in love with the guy who didn't leave when things got tough and specially when I threw a glass at him, because that's who you are. You are the man I love the man I'd never thought I'd find, Julian will you marry me?"

Julian lowers to his knees and pulls me into a kiss, he pulls away staying inches away from so I can still feel his breath on my lips

"Yes" he whispers and pulls me into another kiss. I pull away and hand him the little Velvet box

"I know its customary to give the woman the ring but nothing about us is really normal is it." I say, Julian pulls out a set of shining silver dog tags with a simple silver band between them. 

"I love them" 

"Turn them over" I instruct 

JULIANS POV

I turn the dog tags over and see both our names and birthdays engraved on one and Mr and Mrs on the other one. I pull them over my head and rest it over my uniform, 

"When we get Married i'll take it back and get the date engraved on it" Jade tells me 

"Its perfect" I tell her and kiss her cheek, I take her hand and stand up to pull her into a proper hug this time. 

JADES POV 

We decide to call the whole family together at the pub, Julian changes into a red shirt and black jeans to match me and I grab a pair of black heels and we walk hand in hand to the pub. We sit in the big booth by the doors waiting for them holding each others hands. our families arrive one by one; first Julian's mum then mine. Isla and Ernest come in last taking the last free seats,

"What was so important?" Ernest asks resting his arm on the back of the booth, Julian and I look at each other; Julian pulls his dog tags and ring out from under his shirt and everyone looks at us confused. It finally hits Mrs Bennett, 

"Your getting married!" she explodes. We both nod and the table is alive with congratulations. Ernest jumps up and insists on buying the round, the rest of the night was spent drinking and laughing but it all seemed different but in a good way.