Chapter
32
That summer
was the best one Katelyn had ever had. She and Brian spent all of their time
together. They went out every night, sometimes to a movie or shopping or
sometimes to a fancy restaurant. Katelyn enjoyed every minute of the time she
spent with Brian, and he felt the same. They both knew that they were in love
with each other.
One evening,
at the end of August, Brian and Katelyn spent the night in. Brian made a
candlelit dinner for the two of them. Then, they took an evening swim in the
pool and watched an old romantic movie.
After the
movie was over, Brian led Katelyn upstairs to his room and into the bathroom. He
had filled the jacuzzi and set candles all around it.
He grinned
devilishly and said, "Care to join me?", motioning to the jacuzzi.
"Of
course," Katelyn said. They took off their clothes and eased into the
steamy jacuzzi.
After a few
minutes, Brian wrapped his arms around Katelyn and kissed her passionately.
"I love
you, Kate," he said.
"I love
you too, Bri," Katelyn replied.
"Do you
really?" he asked.
"Of
course, I do," Katelyn replied. "I love you with all my heart, and I
will never love anyone else as much as I love you."
Brian smiled.
"I love you like that too, Kate. I want to prove my love for you."
"How do
you want to do that?" she asked.
"I want
to have sex with you," he said shyly.
Katelyn's eyes
widened. "I thought you didn't believe I sex before marriage," she
said.
Brian grinned
widely. "I don't," he replied.
Katelyn was
confused. "Then," she started, but he put his finger to her lips to
silence her. She watched at he lifted up a large candlestick. Underneath it was
a small, black velvet box. He grabbed it and set the candle back down. He took
her hand in his.
"Katelyn
Mitchell, will you marry me?" he asked, popping open the box.
Katelyn gasped
when she saw a huge ring. The stone in it was blue, like a sapphire.
"Yes!" she cried. Brian leaned over and kissed her. After the kiss,
she took the box from him and pulled out the ring. "It's beautiful,"
she whispered, putting it on the ring finger of her left hand. It was a perfect
fit. "Is it a sapphire?" she asked.
Brian shook
his head. "It's a rare diamond," he said, "like the Heart of the
Ocean."
She gasped
again and smiled at him, tears filling her eyes. "Brian, where did you get
this? It must have cost a fortune!"
"It was
specially ordered from Paris," he said. "And don't worry about the
price. It was special, just like you, and I knew you would love it."
"Oh, I
do, sweetie. I do," she said. She wrapped her arms around Brian and kissed
him again.
A while later,
they got out of the jacuzzi and dried off. "Too bad we have to wait until
we're married to have sex," Katelyn commented slyly.
Brian grinned.
"Yeah, I know," he said. "But it will make it even better once
we are married."
"I
know," Katelyn said. "It will be hard to wait, but I don't mind. I'd
do anything for you."
"Well,
now that we're engaged, I think we can surely start sleeping in the waterbed
together. Just sleeping, no sex, I mean," Brian said. Katelyn grinned.
"Alright!"
she said. "Be right back!" She ran down the hall to her bedroom and
emerged a few minutes later, dressed in red, satiny negligee.
Brian had put
on a pair of boxers. "Wow!" he exclaimed, whistling, when he saw her.
"Yeah, baby!" he said in an Austin Powers accent. He put his arms
around her and kissed her once again.
After that,
they got into his king-size waterbed, eager to spend the night sleeping next to
one another. Once they had settled in, Brian turned off the light and snuggled
close to her. He wrapped his arms around her, and they both drifted to sleep.
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