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a beautiful scene to see the other boats out on the water.
    My gaze looks toward Derrick and he turns to me. A big grin is on his face.
    “What are we doing here Derrick?” I ask.
    “You’ll see. It’s a surprise. Wait here, I’ll be right back.”
    I watch as he gets out of the car and comes over to my side to open the door.
    “Such a gentleman.”
    “Always for you love.”
    Well if I wasn’t in love with this man, I sure would be smitten by now. He takes my hand and pulls me over to a roped off area.
    “Derrick, it doesn’t look like they want anyone in here.” I say trying to pull him back.
    “Exactly, we don’t want anyone in here to disturb us.”
    He continues to pull me into a spot where a small white tent is set up. What is this man up to? He turns to look at me and pulls me into his embrace. Placing his lips against mine he gives me a passionate kiss that I know I’ll remember forever. He pulls away just enough to look into my eyes.
    “Chloe I love you more than anything in this whole world. Today is the start of a beautiful future for us and I wanted to make this night perfect. First we’re going to have dinner here at Pier Park and later I’m taking you to a very special place.”
    I’m in awe of him in this moment. I can barely speak. I just nod my head and follow him into the white tent.
    The entire ride over to Pier Park my heart is beating so hard I fear that Chloe can hear it. She has been so quiet since we left the graduation. I hope she is feeling alright and nothing happened to upset her. It would kill me if she was in a bad mood for tonight. I want everything to be perfect. This is a night she will remember for the rest of our lives.
    I look over at her and she has her hands twisted up into her lap and she seems like she’s off in deep thought. I need to break the silence before I pull into the parking lot.
    “We’re almost there angel, just a few more minutes. You okay? You seem to be pretty quiet since we left the school.”
    Instead of responding she smiles and nods her head. Damn it to hell! I’ll do just about anything to ensure this night makes her happy. And it all starts right now.
    I plaster a huge grin on my face and tell her to wait while I come around to open her door.
    I open the door for her and take her hand. I’m so fucking nervous I can’t even remember if I have the damn ring. I put my hand in my pocket and fish around till I feel the little bag mom gave me to put it in. Phew, that’s the last thing I need to stress about tonight.
    We walk toward the center of the park where a small white tent has been set up for a romantic dinner. It took just about all my connections in Boston to pull this shit together and from the looks of it they all did a great job.
    Chloe tugs on my arm and says we shouldn’t go through the ropes. I laugh to myself, oh dear Chloe just wait. I’m about to knock your socks off.
    I tell her it’s okay and pull her to follow me.
    When we reach the outside of the white tent I pull her in close to me. She really is one of the most important people in my life and this night is going to be one to tell our grandkids about.
    As we enter the tent I hear her gasp. I turn to face her and I see her hand is pressed over her mouth and tears are streaming down her cheeks. I pull her into me and kiss her forehead. She begins to tremble in my arms and I run my hand up and down her back to soothe her.
    “Oh my god Derrick, this is beautiful. You did this for us? How did you do this? I mean wow!” She says wiping the tears from her face and looking around the inside of the tent.
    I must say the guys did a fucking fantastic job. The walls of the tent are trimmed in white lights. There are red roses scattered all along the wooden floor and a table is set for two in the middle. Soft music is playing in the back corner and there are candles surrounding a small dance floor.
    “I wanted tonight to be special for us. We have a lot to celebrate Chloe.” I tell