My Life

Chapter thirteen

Dotun’s POV

Six months later......

Things were going great between us, have learnt so much about her these past months and I must say am awe struck at how much she’s matured, her way of thinking is totally different from other girls, she knows her right and won’t let anyone look down on her or take advantage of her, she knows that a woman is not supposed to be a slave to a man but at the same time she knows how to balance it up and still makes me feel like the most important person to her and I can see it in her actions that she respects me, so while other women are been mistreated and they take it, my Ire will not take any of that, she always stands for what she believes in and it’s always worked for her because she has gained the respect of most men around her and they treat her differently, I notice everything about her, from the silly faces she makes when she is been silly to the way she purse her lip when pondering on something, there is also the am busy and serious look, you can see her determination when she is faced with a challenge, she faces her challenges head on and won’t back down until she surmounts it, I love my Ire with every fibre of my being and I can’t wait to start waking up beside her every morning and starring into her wonderful face daily which is why I went to the jewellery store to get an engagement ring, I think it’s time I pop the question though am a bit nervous, what if she says it’s too soon but what if she says yes, I think she worth it. I called up her friend Chi and she’s agreed to help me out with my plan, the plan was for Chi to lure her out of her house and I’ll sneak it and set up inside while I get all our friends together inside her apartment waiting for her, Chi will bring her back and we will shout surprise, am sure she will be shocked because it’s not her birthday so she won’t be expecting this, I pray everything turns out perfectly but today is Wednesday and we'll be doing this by Saturday, am so nervous, I can hardly wait, I hope my nervousness doesn't show and she won't read another meaning into it.

I searched for all the picture we took together back then in high school and on our graduation day, they were in hardcopy format so I had to snap them again and I downloaded app for photo editing, I spend about hours gathering and editing pictures of us together, finally i got something tangible, I placed an order for drinks and small chops we will use on that day and ordered a special wine just for me and her, we will be drinking that after all the guests are gone hopefully. fingers crossed and hoping she accepts me.

Ire’s POV

I like to lazy around on Saturdays in my house especially in the morning, I would sleep in late, wake up and eat one of the cereals available, then I’ll lay down in the sitting room with soft drinks and snacks watching movies, it was my way of relaxing and I don’t appreciate anyone disturbing that so I was upset when I saw Chi’s call by ten telling me I need to come down to her place immediately and that it was an emergency, I was not pleased but then a friend needs me I have to be there, so I got up, showered and dress in a not so chic manner, I head out immediately, only for me to get there and she was giving me some excuses which looked suspicious to me but I let it slide since she has not done anything like this before, she claims she had a nightmare and needed a friend to talk to but two minutes into her talk I was bored and I dozed off, I could hear her faintly talking to someone on the phone about the arrangement but I didn’t care because my name was not mentioned and I needed my rest after the week’s work, I woke up around twelve to find Chi all dressed up, she brought out a white and red strapless gown which looked familiar and upon a closer look I knew it was mine, she said she was going to steal the dress from me but now she feels it will look really good on me and she wants to take me out so I should wear it, this whole thing looks strange and I was beginning to feel somehow about all this, I asked her if it was not one of her double dating things and she said she was not crazy enough to repeat that after the last time, I reluctantly dressed up but there was no matching shoe to wear so she suggested we drop by at my house to get one, since we were not of the same size, I agreed and off we went, close to my house I noticed a lot of cars packed by the road side and most of them seem familiar, I even thought I saw Dotun’s car parked there as well but I figured he would have parked inside if he was the one, but I couldn’t shake off the feeling that it was definitely his car, we passed by too quickly for me to see the plate number, I kept my suspicion to myself and once we got to my house and I saw everywhere quiet I figured it was all just a wrong feeling but on opening the door I heard a shout of surprise and to say I was shocked is an understatement, It wasn’t my birthday so I don’t know what the surprise was all about but I began hearing my favourite song playing on the TV, it was Ed shereen’s Perfect, and pictures upon pictures of Dotun and I way back from high school to now was showing on the screen and at the end of the video was the four words that made me burst into tears “will you marry me” I saw Dotun right beside me with one knee to the ground like the gentle man he was, a small red box was in his hand and it contained a very simple yet breath-taking ring I have ever seen, how can I say no to that was all I could say and he engulfed me in his warm hug, I felt at home there and I never want to leave but people came forward to congratulate us and so I had to let go, after two hours of all the jubilation and merriment we said goodbye to the last guest which of course was Chi, then we cleared the remaining bottles and cups that Chi couldn’t clean before leaving, we sat by the sofa and Dotun brought out a wine, thank goodness I couldn’t eat or drink from all the excitement from before because this wine tastes so divine, I lay my head on his chest and he was resting his head on the sofa, we didn’t talk we just relaxed together, it was a perfect day and I can never forget that day no matter how hard I try.