The Protected One

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"I'm that bitch." She just smiles.

I laugh and sip my drink.

She backs out of the parking lot and we make our way home.

"So how are you and Ben?

"We're good." I nod my head.

"Do you want to be with him? She asks.

"Of course I want to be with him."

"What are you waiting for then? She asks.

I shrug my shoulders.

"I guess I'm just waiting for him to pop the question I guess." I say.

She only hums in response.

We drive for a while, and we turn at a red light.

I saying my eyes.

"Soph where are we going?

"You'll see." She only smiles.

Oh no.

"Alright you crazy bitch where are you taking me? I ask.

She laughs out loud and shakes her head.

"Oh my God just relax." She says.

I watch tensely as we make a few more turns ultimately leading us to a park.

I give her a confused look as I look around the empty park.

She bops her head to the left direction.

Well almost empty park.

There he was, Benjamin.

"Soph what is this? I ask.

She shrugs her shoulders.

"Go. He's waiting for you! She shoos me away.

I get out of the car and make my way to where Ben is.

I could barley get any words out as my eyes scanned over the scene.

There is a picnic set up.

There were sandwiches, chocolate covered strawberries, A bouquet of flowers, 2 canvases and paint brushes, drinks and my heart melted at the last one.

A picture frame that had a photo of Ben and I at the waterfall.

"Ben, oh my gosh." I blush.

"That's not all." He says.

He picks up the bouquet of flowers and hands them to me.

I then get to see the flowers in detail.

They're a beautiful lilac color.

There is a tag on it and I go to pick it up.

"I'll stop loving you when the last one dies."

I'm sorry what? My intuition asks.

I disregard that because of the word he uses.

Love.

"You love me? I question.

"I'm sorry if you think it's too fast and you don't have to say it back. But yes, I do. I want nothing more than to be with you Frankie. I just hope that you'd want to be with me, so I just wanted to ask you if..."

He starts mumbling and getting shy at the end.

I put my lips on his to reassure him.

"Of course I'll be your girlfriend Ben." I smile.