He came into the Emporium one day with Mandrake the Eagle.
I was immediately attracted to an aura of good humor about him.
It was as if he brought the sun's very Light in with him.
He proved himself a fighter that day, as he fought with us against the Viles.
Our next few meetings proved to me that the initial attraction
was indeed nothing that could be ignored. The Ranger and I began to
share things about ourselves with each other. And I started to realize
just how in sync we really were.
At one point early on, I had to make a decision on whether I thought
he could walk in the Light. It almost felt like a .. test of some kind.
I decided right then and there to put my Faith in him.
It was one of those crystal clear moments in time where you just KNOW
something Big has happened. A bonding of sorts happened right then
that has never since been severed.
Not very long after that another moment came.
Antimus spoke words to me that I had longed my whole life to hear.
He was speaking words of love, you see. But the way he said it...
He said, " I love you, you and no other"
Those words rang in my head like bells and bound me to him even closer.
I found Antimus from the very beginning to be a busy person.
Always popping off here and there for this or that.
I held back at first, unwilling to committ myself to someone who
for whatever reason, cannot be with me. But I've come to find out
*smiles*....He's never so far away that his thoughts can't reach me.
He's proved it over and over to me this past year.
So, on that cold day in December when he asked if I'd allow him
to take me to the Valentine's Dance, I didnt question him,
I merely said yes.
We attended the ball and it was a magical night from the very start.
The room was beautifully decorated, the music was just heavenly.
I remember I wore a floor length satin dress which flowed over me,
the color changing with the light from pure white to an icey blue.
It was sleeveless,modest enough in cut, the low back not low enough
to raise many brows, the length of iceblue lace which served as a wrap
trailed prettily from the wrists. I had braided a few strands of my hair
with an iceblue satin ribbon one on each side, a tiny ice blue
rosebud was tucked into one. My Ranger wore a dark blue shirt
and a shimmering black/dark green tie. a black jacket with black
trousers and black shoes. Tucked into the lapel on his right side
was a tiny perfect iceblue rosebud.
It was a magical night
We greeted friends but mostly I remember just whispering to him
It was like He was all I could see or think about.
We danced, I recall, several times.
oh, It's like heaven to be in the arms of One you love
and see the look in his eye and hear that love in his whisper back to you
Then right out on the Dancefloor, in the very middle of a dance
Antimus sinks to his knees.
I remember looking at him, still not understanding what he was about to do
He proposed marriage right there, ring and all ! ! !
I think he had to repeat the words, I was that surprised!
But the answer was never in doubt, for he has always held my heart.
I've spent the days and nights since then in a haze of dreams and plans
I know not, still, when the day will come
I dream of all our friends being there,
I dream of lace and silk and flowers
I dream of the children yet to come
I dream of his words of forever love
I dream of pleasures and laughter and wine - all shared
Just as it was in the beginning - he brings the Light into my dreams.
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