Mr Proud And Mrs Insensitive – Chapter 23

 

MR. Proud And Mrs. Insensitive

Husband and wife

A romance novel written by : Pamela James

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© Youngicee stories

Chapter 23

Micheal’s p.o.v

I can’t believe I’m actually nervous about this.

I mean, it’s just a night out with a friend, nothing special.

But, at the same time, this is special… more so important than anything else.

If I want to keep Amanda in my life after everything is done, then I need to give her a reason to.

She has no obligations to stay in my life just as I don’t in hers but, it feels wrong to just push her out.

“So, Micheal… where are you taking me?” Amanda asks as we drive for the lake.

“I said it’s a surprise, remember?”

“Really? I mean, we are almost there.”

“Wouldn’t that be worse to tell you now, then? You have waited this long to be surprised, so why not wait a little longer?”

“I guess you have a point.” She grins.

God, I hope she likes the lake.

We might have to turn around and honestly, I didn’t make a plan B for tonight.

It might be back to leftovers by TV light.

By the time we get to the park, my heart is racing.

I don’t know why.

I mean, worst-case scenario she hates the outdoors and we have to go somewhere else.

Even thinking that now sounds a little absurd.

Who hates the outdoors so much that they had refuse to sit by a lake for a few hours?

Certainly doesn’t sound like something she would do.

“Okay, we are here…” I say, parking my car in the parking lot closest to the lake.

It’s nearly pitch dark out minus a single street lamp in the parking lot.

It’s a good thing I brought my flashlight because it seems we are about to go rogue.

As I step out of the car, I’m surrounded by the calming wilderness.

The soft sound of crickets mixed with the occasional croak from a frog.

The bold smell of pine mixed with the soft scent of the nearby lake.

“I must admit.. I didn’t expect this.” Amanda remarks, not really taking a stance as to whether she is pleasantly surprised or completely disappointed.

“I have just got to grab a few things from the back and then we can go to where I actually planned to go,” I say, heading for the trunk.

I pop the back open and grab the blankets I brought along with the bug spray and a flashlight.

Then, I close the trunk and lead us to the lake.

It’s truly not that far from the parking lot but the big pine trees mask the street lamp causing it to seem as if we are truly secluded.

When we emerge from the forest and get to the lakeside, it’s clear that this was the best place to go.

The moon reflects off of the water causing it to shine and, because of the little amount of light around us, we can now see the thousands of stars light up the sky.

“Wow, this is just beautiful…” she gapes as her eyes glisten from the moonlight shining off the lake.

A wave of relief falls over me as she says that.

I have made the right decision.

She walks down a bit closer but I grab her hand to stop her.

Shocked by my grip, she looks back at me.

“You don’t want to go any further… the mud will cause you to slip straight in.” I warn her.

“Oh, thank you… I would have taken a dive.” She chuckles softly at the idea of falling into the lake and I smile at her laughter.

“I just have to lay these blankets out and then we should be good,” I say, grabbing one and shaking it out before letting it fall down to the dewy grass.

“Two?”

“Trust me, one blanket is never enough on this grass. Just one would have your butt soaked.”

“I see.” She smiles, nearly laughing once again.

Once both blankets are down, we take a seat down on them and stare out at the lake.

“This really is beautiful… thank you.” She smiles at me, brightly, as she once had.

“It’s nothing really. My Mum used to bring me down here when I was younger and we would set up shop in the back of our old car. We would pop the trunk and put the seats down and then set down a bunch of towels and blankets and bring snacks.That was back when we could park closer to the lake… those were good times.”

“Sounds like fun,” she smiles,

“my parents used to take me camping all the time when I was younger. We would set up a tent and have an air mattress on the bottom… it was all so exciting as a child.”
She smiles but that quickly fades as it always does.

“I think that’s why I couldn’t buy the dress the other day… it just didn’t feel right to be wedding dress shopping without my parents… or at least without my Mom there, you know? I would want to know that she liked that dress. I mean, I know it really doesn’t mean anything but I kind of feel like it’s important.”

Tbc