Proposal

Luz was sure she was going to pass out. She had been pacing around the owl house for a little over an hour, not quite sure what to do with her body other than move. "Owlet, sit down, you're going to ruin your suit." Eda, the owl lady, said from the couch, King talking in his nap next to her. Luz agreed with her, she should sit and try to calm down, but she just couldn't, and it's not like she hadn't tried to do that before this point. "I know, I know. I'm just... I don't know, I've never been so nervous before." Luz stammered, moving her hands in exasperation. While it was true that she had never so nervous, she had never been so sure either, she wanted to ask Amity to marry her, and she wasn't going to let her nerves get in the way. "Look, Prissy is going to come over here in half an hour and you'll take her to the grom tree," Eda said, choosing to ignore just how pale Luz became after she mentioned the half an hour part. "And while she comes, you can practice asking on me." She added. Luz nodded and took out a paper from the pocket of her dark purple suit, opening the paper, and being greeted with words that she had very well memorized by now. "Amity, w-" "Wait! I'm not ready yet." Eda exclaimed. Luz stared curiously as Eda coughed loudly. "Love of my life~" The elderly woman did a very exaggerated and very off impression of Amity's voice. "She doesn't talk like that." Luz giggled, her nerves somewhat subsided. "Anyways, Amity-" "Yes my dear? You can ask me anything, you know I would commit arson for you." Eda said again. "Eda!" Luz laughed again, unable to stay mad at her mother. The owl lady laughed and shook her head. "Sorry kid, just teasing ya. Anyway, continue with your thing."

Luz coughed on her hand and recited the words of the paper. "Amity, we have known each other since we were children, first started as bitter rivals, then friends and finally girlfriends, we have had our ups and downs, and in those years I have found myself growing closer and closer, to the point I'm not sure it would be able to live without you-" "Alright kid, stop," Eda ordered, tearing the paper away from the Latina's hands, reading it herself. Luz just stared at her, unable to do anything other than stare at the woman's face, her expression becoming wearier and wearier. "Is there something wrong?" Luz finally asked, not being able to take it anymore. "Owlet, if you want to ask her such a question, at least make it look natural, this sounds like a living corpse reciting what they told and not meaning it," "But i-" "And I know you do, but you gotta make it more organic, because little miss perfect is going to remember that for the rest of her life, and so are you. So let's work something up, lets make this more Luz, okay?" Eda added, a smile playing over her lips. All Luz could do was nod and look down, she had spent countless sleepless nights to make the proposal speech, while she knew that what Eda was saying was true, it stung none the less. "Hey don't look so down, we don't even need to come up with some cheesy speech about love and whatnot, you could just say what first come to your head and I'm sure she'll love it," Luz knew that was true as well, but having something to do that could be useful felt like a relief.

Eda went up to a storage closet while Luz sat down on the couch, fidgeting nervously with her hands. Looking next to her she saw king, still napping, not bothered by their volume. 'I wonder if he would like to be the ring bearer at our wedding. That, assuming Amity said yes.' Suddenly Luz became dizzy, her stomach twisting into knots, and she was sure she was about to throw up. Covering her mouth, the human witch took deep breaths, trying to calm herself down. Luz closed her eyes and tried to calmly wait for Eda to come down. The door suddenly opened, startling the young woman. Lilith stood on the door, slowly walking into the house while staring at Luz. "Is everything alright or-" "Found it!" Eda cheered while sliding down the stairs, pencil, and paper in hand. "Oh, Hey Lily." She spoke again and sat down with the human. Lilith did a small wave and sat down. Perfect. Just what Luz needed. It wasn't like she hadn't planned on telling everyone, she had thought about that a lot, but only if Amity said yes. "May I ask what is going on here, and why are you dressed like that?" Lilith inquired, gesturing at the suit, Eda looked at Luz, silently questioning the woman with her eyes. Might as well tell her, she was Amity's former teacher and somewhat of a mom, even though Amity was close to murdering her... twice. "I'm going to propose to Amity tonight," Luz mumbled, just saying that made her feel dreamy and incredibly nervous. Lilith stared blankly at her before a warm smile played on her lips. "That's wonderful Luz, I'm sure that she'll say yes. May I see the ring?" The dark-haired witch asked, now seemingly very curious. Luz nodded and took a small black box out from her pants, opening it to reveal the ring. It was a fairly simple ring, a thin gold band with a small crystal gem on top. "Is that Stauricrete?" Lilith asked in awe, although the ring was simple it was very beautiful, and she was even more impressed that the human had managed to somehow acquire such a rare gemstone. "Yup, the bat queen helped me get it. Do you think Amity will like it?" Luz asked, closing the box and putting it back in her pocket. "I think she'll love it," Lilith said, causing Luz to smile and look down. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, causing Luz to go pale for what felt like the millionth time this evening. "Amity's here. Hoot!" Hooty said, smashing the window. "Alright kid, go to your soon to be fiancee," Eda said, moving Luz towards the door. "Wait! We don't have a speech!" The human stammered. "No time! Just take it from your heart, it'll be just fine." Dragging Luz towards the front of the door, the witch gave Luz a small pat on her back. "Good luck Owlet." Luz took a deep breath and opened the door.