A Romantic Future

~Kindle Joy Miller

I smiled at him when he walked in the door. “Hi,” he said and I just smiled. “Want to play?” He asked. “No,” I said but I grabbed his hand and pulled him inside. We played checkers then chess, we played Uno then Monopoly, and last we played life. After that, we went outside and played tag and the neighbor kids came and played with us. When they left we kept playing and we played tag all night until it got dark. Then we went inside and hot chocolate talking about how much fun we had. His mom picked him up at nine O’clock and I waved good bye to my friend.

Later, I heard my parents talking about us. “They belong together,” said my dad. “How do you know?” said my mom, “They’re only five.”

“Because I do,” said Dad with a smile and I went to bed with happy thoughts.

10 Years Later...

“May I speak with her?” he asked my dad. Dad called me down and I went to the door with a big grin on my face. Dad slammed the door behind us and locked it saying, “Be back before twelve O’clock!” We laughed. “Here,” he said and helped me down the stairs. I gave him a big smile and he smiled back, looking at me with loving blue eyes.

I wear a light green dress with a dark green jacket and he wear blue jeans and a light blue shirt. I liked it and I knew he did too.

We walked down the old dirt road, not saying a word just smiling at each other. I watched as butterflies flew past as if they were dancing and I heard the birds in the trees singing beautifully. The butterflies had given me an idea. “Can you dance?” I asked him. He smiled and said, “No.” But he grabbed my arm and put it on his shoulder and put his hand on my waist and we began to dance. We danced to the birds’ song and we danced in the cool night air. I leaned on him and he leaned on me with a smile across is face. We danced in the middle of the road till suddenly we heard “HONK!” We turned around to see a car with a couple inside laughing at us.
I smiled big and grabbed his hand running out into a field where I sat down. He looked at me and laughed. I looked around at where I had gone and saw we were in a beautiful meadow. The grass was green and there were small hills all around us. He helped me up and together we hiked to the biggest hill in the middle of the meadow. We ran holding hands down the hill. I smiled at him and he smiled at me. I fell down and rolled the rest of the way down smiling and laughing. He laughed too. We lay in the grass staring at the sky watching the sun slowly go down. I reached for his hand again and he moved it away, I just left my hand there waiting. I looked at him and he looked at my hand. He laughed got up and lifted me up, holding me in his arms. He carried me the rest of the way down the hill then set me down. We both looked back at the hill and at each other. “Race you back up!” He yelled and started running. I laughed and ran after him. When we made it back to the top, He turned around and I ran into his arms. We held each other and smiled and in my heart I knew we were meant to be.

10 Years Later...

I opened the door and was happy to see him and he looked at me with a smile on his face. He bent down on one knee and pulled out a ring and said, “Will you marry me?” I looked at him and began to cry. I didn’t know what to say but the word popped out, “yes!”

I ran into his arms and hugged him. He got up and put the ring on my hand with that beautiful grin upon his face. I smiled and cried and leaned on his shoulder, when he said, “May I come in?”

I laughed and opened the door. We went to the couch and watched some TV but we didn’t pay much attention to it. We talked all night till two O’clock and I couldn’t believe what was happening. I was excited and scared, I didn’t want him to leave but I knew I would see him tomorrow. I waved good bye and smiled at him. He hugged me real tight then left and I knew that he loved me.

6 Months Later

I walked down the isle with a smile on my face looking into his eyes. I looked at my dad and he smiled at me and it gave me confidence.

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“Do you, Jacen Christian, take Ashira Rose to be your wife?”

“I do.”

“Do you, Ashira Rose, take Jacen Christian to be your husband?”

“I do.”

“You may kiss the bride.” As I kissed my husband for the first time, I could hear my dad in the front pew saying to my mom, “I told you so.”