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In the clearing ahead, I saw athered in front of a screen where The Notebook was playing The ground was carpeted in white wild flowers, and in the sky, dozens of fireflies appeared and disappeared I wasn’t sure where the sound was co from, but it seemed like it was all over the forest
“Our seats are ready,” he said softly
I followed hih they had oxygenthey still had that embarrassed, aard expression on their faces as they tried to figure out whether or not to hold hands
“Everything you asked for, Mr Darcy” The s when landed stood in front of the only trees in the clearing On the ground next to hine, and a picnic basket I didn’t think I had ever seen one outside of a movie
“Thank you” Theo handed hi me down as he did dropped to the blanket
I couldn’t believe this “When did you plan this?”
“I heard a feo they hoped rapped soon so they could co one phone call” He took two glasses from the basket and handed me one “What did you think, I’d planned all of this from the start?”
“If not, you’re really good at thinking on your feet”
“You have to be witha few people to turn around He poured a glass for each of us “Besides, we couldn’t let such a good dress go to waste All that would make it better is this”
He reached up and gently pulled out the hair tie, allowing it to fall down in waves against the side of my face For the second time that day, I was made aware of just how close he was to me He tucked a few strands of my hair behind my ear
“Beautiful,” he whispered “As always”
“Thanks You don’t look bad yourself” I straightened the glasses he still wore on his face “You kind of remind me of Clark Kent”
“So I’rin
“You keep telling yourself that” I reached into the basket and grabbed the grapes along with a few crackers I offered hirape off the bunch in my hands I heard one of my favorite lines frohtsure to tuck the dress under rinned and said every word
“‘They didn’t agree on ht all the tied each other every day But despite their differences, they had one i in common They were crazy about each other’”