I dug my toes into the sand in hope of warming my frozen digits as I sat all huddled up against the strong winds. I know the sea is infront of me, although I can't see it since everything around me is pitch black, but I can smell its saltiness and I can hear its horrendous roar in my ears.
Earlier on, when we first arrived, he had found his way nimbly to the edge of the water and stood there stock still looking out into the blanket of darkness for a long time, as if completely oblivious to my existence. I had watched him in wonder, something in his stance tells me how much feelings he harbours for this place.
" I found some wood for a fire." He announced plainly when he came back at last with a pile of driftwood in his arms. Without another word he went to work kindling a fire. Not a word transpires between us as he tries to light the wood with his lighter. Despite the cold, his brows are becoming moist so he reached up to wipe the moisture with the back of his hand, all the time ignoring me as I stare fixedly at him.
" Finally ~" He remarked with a sigh as the flames began to dance and grow. Tiredly he flopped down next to me.
I was too apprehensive to speak so we fell into silence again. Somehow the silence became comfortable and the need to speak diminished.
" This is my favorite haunt." He said at last, breaking the long silence between us. I turned and look at him curiously.
" Since I first visited here when I was young ~" He smiles. " My friends and I, we will spend our summers swimming here, fishing, over on the cliff over there ~" My eyes follow his outstretched hand pointing into an unknown darkness.
" When I was in school, I would bring potential dates here too for evening walks ~ It's here that I had my first kiss ~
" We had our graduation barbaque party here too."
" Even though I moved away, I come back when I need a ear to listen to my grumblings." He smiles again. " Who has the biggest ear to listen to my woes other than me?"
I turned back to face the darkness again. The roaring had subside, since when? Perhaps I had began to understand it and its roaring has become gentle purring to me. This is his secret garden ~
" Thank you ~" I mutters as I wipes the corners of my eyes. He turned to me with a questioning look on his face. " Thank you for sharing your favorite haunt with me."
" Only you will know the significance this place held for me." He murmurs dreamily.
" Thank you." I repeated, feeling all fuzzy and warm beneath my freezing exterior.
He turned to me again and stare uncertainly at me. " I came here tonight to tell my listening ear that I had found the woman I had been waiting all my life."
I gasped inaudibly but the widening of my eyes did not escape his attention.
" And I want it to be our witness ~"
My heart could not stop hammering against my ribs.
" Be our witness ~" He repeats teasingly.
" Will you marry me?"
