e.n.g.a.g.e.d.

Yesterday Javier and I frolicked around the metroplex. Then I dropped him off with a friend for a "guys night". I didn't really want to share him with anyone but, I figured, if he's going to live here then he needs friends too. Plus he said something that made me really mad (later I found out he did that bc he thought I was suspecting and for some reason in his head he thinks he can make a surprise better if I'm mad when it happens...) so I didn't mind dropping him off. I was supposed to get dinner with the girls but I was so upset that I almost didn't. I called them and said "I think I shouldn't be around people right now, I might just go home". Ellie has some powers of persuasion though and said "No! This will be exactly what you need, some time with the girls!" So I went...

After dinner, Presley mentioned getting some ice cream, wait, no, some coffee, wait no, some wine. It was cold and windy out so I told the girls I'd get my jeans out of the car and meet them at Jupiter House. I was confused about why they sounded so annoyed, I had only parked around the corner. I came back around carrying my jeans and saw the girls just talking on the square - laughing and being really loud and excited about something -- but I was on the other side of the street and couldn't hear them or understand why. I talked to them across the street and then we started walking ...

What is that street performer doing? Why does he look like Javier?

Oh my goodness! It IS him! This whole thing has been a set-up! The girls knew! Who are those people hiding around the corner?

I walked toward him and he began to do a mime act for me..."Oh no! He's proposing and I can't understand what he's saying!!" (later I found out he had actually forgotten everything he had planned). So I just looked into his eyes, knowing that was enough.

(Later I asked, Why mime? Because when we met, we didn't need words to understand each other
- we communicated across the room with our looks and hand gestures, and he always understood
what I was thinking/feeling/trying to say).

He turns on the song "Siempre te busque" by Monocordio -- a sweet song that talks about how before he met me he was confused but now he understands why his heart was always searching for me. He acts out the song and gets down on one knee. Here it is. Remember this, Michelle, remember what he says.

(I remember but I'm not telling you :P)

I fish out a ring from the box of amber. Beautiful. Delicate - perfect - simple - not flashy - not a solitaire... exactly what I wanted. Beautiful! Our friends come rushing around us and I can't find my words - I don't think he actually asked me to marry him and I don't think I officially said yes until we were seated inside of Wine Squared.

Champagne toast with good friends. Telling the story for the first time.

Party with my loved ones back at my house. It's black and white themed. I kissed him a lot, my fiancee.