Chapter 19CHAPTER
19
The next night...
Nick invited Faith on a boat ride, and she accepted.
She was so excited, and we could tell. Nick picked her up
at 8, and they went to the dock, where he told her they
were going to go to an island about 5 miles off the coast,
and eat dinner. They got in the boat and sped away. When
they got to the island, Nick helped Faith out, and then
said, "Oh, wait, I'll be right back."
She patiently waited on the island, and he went into the
boat again. He came back out with a picnic basket. The
island was 1 mile square, and had a ring of palm trees all
the way around it. Faith had walked into the ring of trees
encircling the island, and Nick walked over to her and set
the basket down. They hugged each other, and suddenly white
Christmas lights blinked on. Faith looked around to see
that every tree on the island had been strung with white
Christmas lights.
"Oh Nick" Faith breathed. Nick smiled.
"You like it?" he asked.
"It's gorgeous!" Faith replied.
"I'm glad you think so." He spread out a sheet in the
middle of the island, and began to take things out of the
basket. Salad with grilled chicken and little tiny orange
slices, two ginger ales, and finally, tall white candles.
He lit the candles and placed them on the sand.
"Mademoiselle," he said, gesturing for Faith to sit down.
She sat, folding her legs under her gracefully. They ate
together, and pretty soon, Nick leaned over and said,
"Faith, I love you"
"I love you too, Nick," she replied instinctively. "Do you
really?" he asked.
"Yes," she said, looking into his gorgeous eyes. "Well,
then, Faith Taryan, will you be my wife?" Her heart melted.
"Yes. Yes, I will, Nick Carter, if you will be my husband,"
she said, tears glistening in her eyes. "I would love
that," he whispered.
They both stood up and hugged for what seemed like forever.
Later that night, after she got home, I was lying in bed,
and she was wandering around our room, looking for
something.
"So, how'd your date with Nick go?" I asked. "Guess what!"
she exclaimed.
"You're engaged to Nick?" I guessed.
"How'd you know?" she asked, genuinely surprised. "Well,
you're my best friend. Best friends notice when you act
even the slightest bit different. Best friends notice these
things," I repeated, "plus, that big diamond on your finger
kinda gives it away!" "Well, why didn't you say anything?"
"I figured you'd tell me when you were good and ready"
"This is so great! Can you believe we came here looking for
a summer fling and we're leaving engaged to Backstreet
Boys?" she asked.
"Nope. I keep feeling sure we'll wake up and this will be
some wacked out dream."
With that, we shut the light off and went to sleep.