My cellphone is on my ear while my eyebrows almost touch each other as I frown.
I am in the middle of the mall, where I could see every floor from here. This is actually the event center of the mall. Zac asked me to come and meet him here. And now that I am here, he is nowhere to be found and it's starting to worry me.
My phone keeps on ringing as I call Zac's phone but he's not picking it up. I've been calling him nonstop for five minutes now and he's not answering at all.
I scratch my head in frustration. I tried so hard to squeeze this in to my schedule because he said this is something important. It makes me worry. Zac has always been very punctual whenever we're going out. Something must have happened.
I take a deep breath and try to call him again.
What adds to my anxiety is the fact that there are quite a number of people gathered here today.
Suddenly, Major Lazer's Cold Water fills the entire place. A few people stand up and walk in front of me and start to dance along with the music. I move backwards to step away from them only to find out that there are also people dancing behind me. I look everywhere. They are forming a circle around me dancing to the beat of the music.
My eyes get bigger as I cover my mouth with my hand. "What is happening?" I try to get away from them but as I step outside the circle, the dancers blocks my way making me their prisoner.
"What is this?" I blurt. "Hey. I think you're mistaking me for someone." I shout at them. They continue on dancing. I notice that their number increases. People who I thought are audiences are gradually joining the rest of the dancers forming a large flash mob. "What is this?" I shout louder.
The circle breaks in half as the dancers move to the side forming an aisle wherein they leave me standing in the middle. I find a big LED screen in front of the aisle the dancers made. To add to my surprise, the screen turns on showing pictures and videos of me I didn't know when were taken.
I gasp. It's showing pictures and videos of me laughing, smiling, having fun, making funny faces, and just me being happy – all were taken without my knowledge. I could remember when some of those happened but I have no idea someone took them.
As the music ends, the screen turns black. I thought it is the end but letters start appearing.
WILL YOU BE MY GIRL?
That's what's written in the screen.
From the side, Zac appears carrying a bouquet of red roses. He smiles nervously as he walks in the middle of the aisle, walking closer and closer to me.
"What the fuck is this?" I blurt as he stand across me.
"Proposal?" He shrugs.
I roll my eyes at him. "What do you mean proposal?"
"I'm proposing you to be my girlfriend. Oh... by the way." He reaches out his hand giving me the bouquet. I receive it. "So now what?"
"What what?"
"What's your answer?" He scratches his neck. "Is it a yes or a no?" I remain silent looking at him and the roses. I stay silent for a little longer until his expression changes – he looks sad but tries to smile. "You know what, I'm not really forcing you to say yes now. Maybe now is not the time but I know you'll say yes eventually. I would wait –"
"Yes." I say with a big smile on my face.
"Wait. What?"
"Yes. Yes I'll be your girlfriend!" I exclaim.
He holds his forehead and takes a step back. "Did I hear it right? Are you sure?"
I nod. "Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes!" I shout.
"Oh my god." He gasps. In one big step he comes close to me and scoops me in his arms in a big embrace. "This feels surreal. I can't believe it. I'm very very very very happy!" He hugs me tightly.
"You're over reacting!" I laugh at him.
He hugs me tighter.
The music's chorus plays again causing everyone to burst in to loud applause for us. Confetti are falling everywhere. The dancers are rejoicing and dancing – celebrating with us.
Zac pulls away. "I love you." He says looking deeply at me with his eyes shining.
"I love you too." I mouth.
He cups my chin and kisses me in front of all the people around us. I respond to his kisses caring less about everyone around us. This causes a louder uproar from everyone.
Embarrassment hits me as we pull away from each other. I hide my face behind the bouquet. "Oh my gosh."
"What are you doing?" He says pushing away the bouquet out of my face.
"I just realized this is embarrassing." I giggle.
He laughs and hugs me again. "Yeah!" I hear him shout and I could also hear people congratulating him.
I remain still, hiding my face on his chest.
"This surprises me so much." I say.
"That's great. That's how it should be." He laughs. "Ah. I can't believe this. You're finally my girl." He kisses my hair.
I raise my head and look at him with frowned brows. "If you were not sure that I would say yes, why did you make this?"
"Well I thought pushing you a little would do the trick and I was right. I actually invited a lot of people and chose this place because I thought if we're surrounded with people you might have second thoughts about refusing me."
"Aw. That sounds so sad." I say teasingly.
"I know." He smirks. "I just hope that, that is not the reason why –"
I tiptoe and plant a kiss on his lips. "I love you." I smile
He smiles back and hugs me again. "I love you too, babe."
"Should I start calling you babe from now on?"
He pulls away and looks at me. "Of course!"
"Okay babe." I wink.
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