A Proposal

So I was laying on my back staring at the ceiling as Sadie was curled tight against my right side. It's been over two weeks since we started sleeping together in the same room, hers, of course. Still I wasn’t bitching, it just meant that Sadie and I had an understanding that sex between us shouldn’t be blocked by being in different rooms.

Still I couldn’t get over the way her parents treated me when I spent the week at their place. Christ like i was a fucking criminal or something. That was when Sadie told me she was awake, “What cha thinking about?”

“Oh just trying to think why your parents dislike me!”

“Oh Dan, mom doesn’t dislike you, just doesn’t want me to get pregnant like her best friend did when she was in university and as for dad, well in his opinion no one is good enough for his little girl unless he puts a ring on my finger!”

I didn’t say anything, just took Sadie at her word. Then we both got up and started our day. Sadie had two classes to attend and I suddenly had a task to attend in town. We kissed then parted going our separate ways. I grabbed the downtown express and was standing outside of the local “Yours And Mine” Pawn shop.

I couldn’t afford a lot but I hoped that I would be able to afford something that would impress her father and win Sadie’s heart. Going in I found a wedding set that was well within my budget. I found a simple gold band for me with a ring that had two stones surrounded by diamond chips for Sadie. I took it with the hope that it would mean more to Saide than what it cost!

I rode the bus back to the campus and was shocked to find that it was a little after one in the afternoon when I got back to our dorm. Sadie had been here and left a note telling me that she was out with her Psyche study group, which gave me time to set everything in motion. I called her parents and left a message, asking if it was okay if we came around this weekend.

Of course I got the damn answering machine. I moved on to making Sadie’s favorite dish, meatloaf and spaghetti. With no idea when she was going to be home I made the meatloaf since it was good hot or cold. As for the spaghetti I cooked it all dente and left the sauce in a separate pot.

Sadie came in a little after seven, saw the pots on the burners and apologized, saying she ate out with her study group. I was about to tell her that I didn’t mind but the phone started ringing. Sadie answered it and her brow crinkled as she looked at me! When she hung up, she tuned to me, “So why are we going to my parent’s this weekend”

I came right out and told her, “I want to make things right between them and me, that is if you’re willing to go there with me, Sadie!”

So that was where we were Friday night, sitting at the dinner table of her parents. Mom was doting on her little girl. Complimenting her on how she looks and on her grades. Her dad just sat at the head of the table boring holes into me with both his eyes and his attitude.

After dinner we all went into the living room, where I would pat my left pants pocket to make sure that I still had Sadie’s ring!

“My god Sadie, how can you put up with a person that plays pocket pool in front of your father!”

Sadie spoke up, “Dad, Dan isn’t playing pocket pool!” Then she turned her attention to me, “Just what the hell are you doing Dan?”

I moved my hand into my pocket, getting a firm grip on the velvet box and bringing it out. “I was going to ask your parents before giving this to you!” tossing the box to Sadie who caught it and looked at it as if it was a small bomb. Then she opened it and one look at what was inside and Sadie was all over me.

“Oh dan, I had no idea!” Letting go of me and going over to her mom and showing her the box and its contents. Then the pair of them squealed in delight making her father frown.

“Just what the hell has gotten into the pair of you?”

Then Sadie showed him the ring. “Oh so he thinks that gives him the right to get into my little girl’s pants does it?”

Then I exploded, "Fuck no, I’ve been getting into her pants for months now, this is my way to get into them for the rest of my life!”

That stunned the three of them into silence. So I took the opportunity to take Sadie’s left hand and get down on my knees. “I know that I can’t give you the lifestyle that you're used to but I can give you my love if you are willing to accept it!”

I don’t know who was more stunned, her dad or Sadie herself! Then her mom told her how the etiquette of the situation should go. “Saide this is when you either say yes or no!” A pause then, “It’s considered impolite to keep the askew in suspense!"