The very silly story of our Engagement day...

If anyone wants to read some terribly sweet romance, here's my story of how Zishan asked me to marry him.

I am in love with a very sneaky boy.

I had absolutely, totally, completely no clue he was going to ask me to marry him so soon. I didn't think Z was going to ask the big question until I was out of school, or for another year at least.

Since my birthday was next to Thanksgiving, Zishan decided to make an event of it and ask me Thanksgiving day. Unfortunately for him, we stopped by a Roy Rogers during our trip down to his parents' house - and I came down with a case of food poisoning so bad, I spent the night in the hospital instead! The poor guy spent all of Thanksgiving night, the night he'd planned to propose, sitting in a wooden chair by my hospital bed.

But by the next day I was well enough to go home, but still feeling sickly, so I spent it hanging out in my PJs and looking grubby. (I had no idea!) Later that night Zishan started to complain about a headache, so his mom told him to go outside and get some fresh air so he'd feel better. (Conspiracy!)

Zishan goes "Hey Pixie, want to take a walk with me?" Of course, I'm still in jammies and so I make a face and say "Normally I'd jump at going for a walk, but it's all coooold outside." (There was snow out there! Cold!) But Zishan looked hassled and unlikely to walk by himself, so I changed my mind and said "okaaay, let me go get warm stuff on." I thought a little walking around would make him feel better after being couped up all day working and taking care of the sick girl who took over his bed.

I putzed around and took my time getting dressed. I didn't know anything important was happening! Since it was freezing out there I even put on my gloves and a scarf and my scruffy cold-weather-hat. I didn't even bother putting in my contacts, just wore my glasses. Poor boy was probably going crazy waiting for me.

But I was ready eventually. So we went outside, and walked up the street. I started showing him all the star constellations I recognized, and the silly boy listened to every one.

Once I ran out of constellations, he said "Hey, lets go sit on one of the benches in the back yard." Now, to get to the backyard, you have to walk through a fence that has a little covered gateway in it. Of course, it was pitch black so I could barely see anything. As we were walking down the driveway towards the gate, he told me we had to celebrate our Heart anniversary. That's the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the day I first gave him a little glass heart to let him know my heart was his. Of course, I felt like swooning because he remembered that anniversary.

Just as we stepped through the gateway, he hugged me and used a remote control in his pocket to turn on Christmas lights he'd strung all over the arch! The light was so bright that I could see him perfectly. While I was looking up and going "Aww, it's beautiful-" he got down on his knee and looked up at me with a serious expression that couldn't be mistaken. Of course, I was shocked beyond words. My brain basically went "ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod ohmy---oh no Zishan is asking me and I have the ugly hat on!"

... Okay, did I mention women are weird?

So when he looked down to reach in his pocket, I yanked the hat off and threw it over my shoulder. Silliest reaction ever, I'm sure. And then I forgot everything when he looked up, held my hand, and said "You once said that you wanted to be asked in the woods, with fireflies all around. Well, it's too cold for fireflies here, but these are my fireflies for you."

I think my world just stopped. At this point my eyes were filled with tears, and I was shaking so hard I could barely stand up. He held up the ring and said "You once gave me your heart; this is my heart, and I'm giving it to you. " And then he talked about how he loved me and wanted to be with me every day of his life, and asked me if I would marry him. I don't know how I managed to speak, but I choked out a yes, and tore off my gloves (darn gloves, darn hat!). He put the ring on my finger.

That's when his family started giggling like crazy from the window, so I knew they were watching and in on the whole thing! We stood out in the snow and hugged and kissed for ages, and didn't feel a touch of the cold. We only went inside because the giggling from the window sounded like it might explode if I didn't come in and show them the ring.

And that's what happened my thanksgiving weekend.