“They say timing is everything in life,” Chalk mused as he moved towards me slowly.
“They do?” I tilted my head at him, perplexed by his statement.
Chalk nodded as the dimples on his face emerged. “Uh-huh. But you know what I say?” he added with confidence as he inched towards me.
A frown hit my face because he was looking a little too smug and it was freaking me out.
“You know what I say?” he repeated while he stood a few feet away from me now.
I sat my water down on the counter and stared into his eyes. “What do you say, Chalk?” I asked with an amused smile on my face.
“I say don’t let precious moments pass you by, because you never know when they’ll come around again.”
I had no idea what Chalk was getting at, but I was enjoying the journey.
The moment revealed itself as Chalk got down on one knee, pulling a small velvet jewelry box out of his back pocket. He popped it open to reveal a small diamond cluster with a platinum gold band.
It was perfect, and just right for me. My eyes widened as my whole body flooded with emotion. I put my hands to my mouth in awe. “You went out to get a ring?I can’t believe it!” I gushed. “When did you? How?”
“Uh-huh. I’ve had it for a while now…just waiting for the right time. Right now, feels like the right time,” he confessed as the blue in his eyes was illuminated by simmering emotion. “Lucinda, I’ve loved you for so long and it’s taken me some time to admit to myself, but I can’t hold this in any longer. I want you. Us. This. Our future together. I want to be that man for you when you need somebody to lean on. I love you so much. So, my dear Lucy, will you marry me?”
My heart burst into a thousand pieces as a lone tear flowed down my cheek. I nodded my head fiercely, extending my hand. “Yes, yes of course I will marry you. I love you too, Chalk, so much. You were always the man for me.”
He slid the ring onto my finger while looking up at me in earnest.
I held my hand up and looked at the gleam of the ring and the man who’d declared his love for me.
“Then we’re on the same page.” He hugged me tight to his chest with our hearts beating in time.
Sometimes dreams do come true. Right here in Holbeck was where I belonged.