Page 64 of Say Something
Before I knew what I was doing, I dropped to my knees.
Danny’s brow furrowed, “Are you okay?” He started to lower himself to the grass, too, but I held up a hand to stop him. “What’s going on?”
“Marry me, Danny.” His eyes widened as he realized what I was doing...whatIjust realized I was doing. “I know I’m a hot mess ninety percent of the time, but at least I’m hot, right?” I laughed and so did he. My eyes filled with tears as he wiped the corner of his. “I love you so much, Danny. We lost so much time because I was being stupid, and I don’t want to lose another minute. Marry me. We don’t need to date. We know each other better than we know ourselves. We don’t need to take the time to fall in love because we’re alreadyinlove. We’ll just end up loving each other more and who has time for all that anyway? Marry me. Let’s start the rest of our lives together right now. I want to beusagain. I want things to be what they used to. Please?”
He dropped to his knees in front of me and cupped my face in his hands. “You’re such a brat, you know that?” he whispered. I nodded and we both laughed again. “Of course I’ll marry you, Jessie. I love you so much. Thank you for coming back to me.”
“Thankyou,” I said, smiling through my tears as he began kissing them away.
“I love you,” he said, still kissing the tears on my cheeks, then my eyes, and finally my mouth.
“I love you,” I said against his lips.
Cheers erupted around us, and I pulled away from him. A quick scan of the park made it clear that everyone had been watching us. They were still watching us now with smiles on their faces, clapping and hollering.
My cheeks flushed, and I tucked my head against Danny’s chest. “Oh, my god.” Danny laughed, and I felt the vibrations on my cheek.
I pulled away and looked into his eyes. He was happier than I’d seen him in years and I couldn’t help but smile back at him.
The crowd began chanting “kiss, kiss, kiss.” Danny wrapped his arms around me and pressed his lips against mine. He kept it chaste...he had students in the audience, after all. It was enough to get the crowd going again. Damn small town.
We broke apart and smiled at one another, my forehead pressed against his. Everything was going to be just fine.
