I suppose I will start with the proposal. It was Wednesday September 30th and it was the last day of school before we had Fall Break. My parents were coming down and we were going to St. George with Eric and Annie to go see the Broadway show Aida. It was really gross weather that day: raining, winding, overcast...just gross.
Well, Arturo was working and going to school, so his schedule was pretty packed. He was always either in class or rushing to work. So his days were jam-packed and busy. Also, I have first period prep, which is important to know for later. During 2nd period I received a note from the office saying that I needed to come speak to Cathy, our principal, at the very beginning of lunch. That is not normal. Cathy doesn't usually just randomly ask people to come talk to her in her office. I was stressing, trying to figure out what could have gone wrong. Was a parent mad at me for something?
As soon as the bell rang for lunch, I headed downstairs. I was in the lunch room and telling some of my students to make sure they come up for lunch detention. Tim, one of the Vice-prinicpals saw me and said, "You have to go to the office. Cathy needs to talk to you right now." I told him that I was going to go in just a minute and he said, "No, you need to go right now." Oh dear, what did I do!?! At this point in time Cathy stilled scared me, so I was nervous.
I walked into the office and Cathy was waiting for me. She said, "Christie, please come in my office. Actually we need to go to Tim's office first." We walk in and I saw a guy sitting there. I thought it was a parent at first. Then I realized that it was Arturo! He was sitting here with a vase of flowers and a box. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. What was he doing here? I knew he had a test that day PLUS my school is in the middle of nowhere about 30 minutes away from the college.
Well, to make a long story short, he proposed and I just about died. I was completely surprised and extremely happy. My students saw me walk out of the office with flowers in one hand and Arturo next to me. They all knew exactly what had happened. One of my friends covered my next class so we could eat lunch together, talk and call my parents. Arturo had been on the phone with my mom that morning, so she already knew how everything was working out. He had actually called my parents and asked for their input on how to propose. I love that he included them. Arturo wanted my parents to be here when he proposed, so he waited until they were going to be in town.
My ring is gorgeous and exactly what I wanted. He picked the ring out all on his own and did a beautiful job. Like all girls, I could not stop starring at my ring. It shines so much!
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