Hello dear friends. So I was just chilling and realised that it's been so long since I write any piece of fiction. In light of this, I just picked up my phone and started writing. I hope you guys like it.

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The Cold Proposal🥶💍

The morning was cold and windy. The icy breeze wrapped around her brown skin in spirals, goosebumps appearing after each caress. Her hair was covered in a red satin bonnet, with rough chunky braids falling down her face. The brown of her eyes was shadowed by the dark circles underneath.

A trail of crusted drool made its way from the corner of her mouth, down her chin, then towards her hairline above her pointy ear. An attempt to rub her arms brought his attention to the large red pajama top she wore, which was buttoned erroneously. He slowly trailed his eyes down towards her legs, which was bare against the weather and crossed at the ankles as she leaned against the door.

It was at that moment that Mark was one hundred percent convinced that Gabrielle was the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Trailing his eyes back up, he was met by a raised eyebrow and folded arms. It was obvious that she wasn't privy to his thoughts by the perplexed look on her face.

He just stepped forward, smiled and said “Hi”. The confused expression Gabriella wore slowly turned to one of annoyance. Her sometime annoying boyfriend of 5 years still manages to find new ways to annoy her.

“What are you doing here at 5:30 am Mark?” She asked with as much patience as she could muster.

The smile on Mark’s face rather grew wider as he recognized the tone she uses when she's a thread away from slamming the door at his face. It was not surprising in the least. Gabrielle had never been a morning person and he was quite spontaneous. Something she loved and hated simultaneously.

“I love you” he said as he stepped towards her once more.

“I love you too?” she attempted to answer before he pressed two fingers on her lips.

“No Gabrielle, listen to me. I love YOU. And I can go on and on about all the reasons why I love you but it's really cold and I didn't sleep all night. Marry me. I want you to marry me Gabrielle”, says Mark as he drops on one knee and brings out the infinity platinum ring with diamond trimming she had admired in a Tiffany store 13 months ago.

The yes came from her lips as a whisper as tears trailed down her cheek meeting the already crusty drool. Mark quickly put the ring on her finger, pulled her inside, shut the door and gave her a hug.

“I was freezing my ass out there” he said and Gabrielle chuckled and just shook her head in mirth gazing at her now husband-to-be.

THE END

So what do you guys think? Remember that it is a one shot. It's not a short story or a novel I intend to continue. With that being said, I'm looking forward to my next bout of inspiration.

Thank you for reading.
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@rosita-nkefor