PHYSIOTHERAPIST [B.C.] ~ ©️

70. The Hundredth Date

~JUNE, 2023~
~MANUELA~

FOUR MONTHS LATER

The hundredth date, it was a trip to Paris.

"it's so beautiful at the night" I said looking at Eiffel Tower all in lights while Ben was holding my hand tightly "Are you scared of losing me?" I asked smiling looking at our hands

"Um, maybe" he said, and I raised my eyebrow, he has been so weird past few days and I don't know if I need to be scared or what

"Are you okay?" I asked cupping his face

"Why won't I? I'm here, in the city of love, with you" he said, and I smiled pecking his lips "And I don't know if I told you already, but you look amazing tonight, I mean you do every day but today you shine even more" he said as I just looked down blushing

"Are you still blushing?" he asked lifting my chin, so I looked at him "After two years of relationship you're still blushing?" he asked smiling lifting my chin up

"Two years of our first kiss, it flew so quickly" he said looking at tower in front of us

"The most beautiful two years in my life...and the most expensive" I said as he just looked at me with the look that was telling me you're such a boring ass

"Right that what you are thinking, you're such a boring ass when money is in case" he said

"And I hate you when money is in case" I said

~THIRD PERSON~

"look" he said pointing behind her

She turned around seeing balloon in the shape of heart flying in the air while he was taking small box from his pocket.

"You going to hate me even more now" he said, and she turned towards him

He was practicing his speech with his best friends for a few months now, but the words still weren't leaving his mouth. He thought nothing what he will say will be good enough and he was aware he is not the best person in telling his feelings but now he must.

"The whole life I was hearing different experiences of love and that was probably the reason I was afraid of falling in love, but today, two years after I kissed you for the first time and two years after I asked you to be my girlfriend it's just.... different...I'm still not sure what all I want to tell you but for your information I was practicing my speech for few months and the moment I took this box out of my pocket it all just evaporated from my mind.... but I want you to know that until you, I never believed that you could see best friend, lover and soulmate in one person. We've been through a lot of things together for the past two years and to be honest, I don't know how I will go through some things if there wasn't you. Falling in love with you taught me a lot of things, falling in love with you taught me what true love is, what loving someone more than yourself looks and feels like. Falling in love with you taught me what is feels like to be loved by someone who was just a stranger to you until then. Falling in love with you taught me that no matter how hard some things sometimes can be that I would never be alone again because I have you beside me. Can you imagine how hard it is hurting being in love with you? It's hurting the fact that I know I would never be able to tell and show you how much I really love you and how much you really mean to me. I hope I wasn't too obvious about this because I spent a lot of time trying to make this as special as I can and I was scared that we won't be able to make 100 dates until today, but fortunately we somehow made it" he laughed as the nervousness was growing in him, because he knew it was time to get down on one knee and say the main four words.

He took a deep breath and kneeled in front of the love of his life. Seeing him on one knee with little box in his hand made her froze, her heart was threatening to jump out of her chest while tears were already forming in her eyes.

What she didn't knew was that he was never more nervous than he is now, on one knee in front of the love of his life about to ask her to marry him and share the rest of her life with him. His hands were sweating, the clothes he was having on was choking him. In this moment, when he was looking at the most beautiful girl that he'd ever seen in front of him, he knew he would break in millions of pieces if she will say no.

"Manuela....until the few moments ago I thought I would gave up on this and wait for a little longer but then I looked back at you, seeing you happy, the way smile is playing on your lips and the way I see sparkle in your eyes, I realised that this is the right moment and that you're the one, so....will you marry me?" he asked as he was on the edge to burst into tears as tears were already rolling down her cheeks

He knew he would cry of happiness if she will say yes but he also knew he would cry of sadness if she will say no, not in front of her, but he knew he would be broken. Tears were forming in his eyes while he was waiting for her to say the simplest word, yes or no, even if he knew it was a big step for both of them, but this is the moment he was on fire, wanting to get the answer as soon as possible.

"It would be my pleasure to marry you Benjamin" she said and smiled as tears were still rolling down her cheeks while he was sliding ring on her finger

"Waiting for your answer felt like ages, I almost explode" he admitted cupping her face before he kissed her for the first time as his fiancé

"I was scared of telling you what I have to tell you but after this" she said pointing to her engagement ring "I think I don't have to worry, but I am still scared" she said as he was looking at her confused