She wasn’t looking at the ring when you held it out for her. She isn’t the materialistic type and she didn’t mind whichever ring you picked out.
She was looking into your eyes instead and listening to what you were saying. It was as if suddenly the whole world was still. The only sound she could hear was your voice. It was what you said that surprised her. You didn’t choose cheesy or complicated words. All you had to say was simple but meaningful. It went something like this “It has always been you. I have always loved you and I always will......”
It was like a moment of clarity for her. It was as if the missing pieces of a puzzle had been found. The sentence ‘it has always been you’ made her think back of the 5 years being best friends. No other guy could say ‘it has always been you’ to her because at some point of time those other guys must have dated/liked/loved some other girl before.
You never needed her to change who she was. You never told her what kind of person she should become. Everyone else forced her to change. Every other guy she knew wanted her to become someone else that fit their liking and criteria. But you were different. You love her despite of her weaknesses. You love her just the way she was and you didn’t need anything to change. All you ever wanted was her to truly be herself.
Flashbacks of memories before made her smile. But do you know what struck her the most? It wasn’t the orchestrated fireworks or the beautiful garden displayed in front of the both of you. It wasn’t really about those words because she knew the sincerity of your heart for as long as you’ve been friends. The thing that struck her the most was how happy you looked when you said those words. The immense glow of happiness on your face was like a Kodak moment. It was as if you were the happiest and most contented man alive. And she was happy because she made you happy.
Well the answer to that question is still left unanswered. You both were probably dating for a really long time otherwise it would be ridiculous for you to just ask something like that out of the blue. The only way to know the answer is for you to ask her for real this time...