beccalind22's Orange wedding

This was the most amazing day of my life. Just three days before, my sister had gotten married and I had no idea at all that Jared was going to propose to me. I worked the evening shift at that time, so I rolled into the driveway close to 11pm. Jared had been on the phone with me the whole way home, so I was surprised to see him standing outside waiting for me. He jumped into the passenger side of my car and instructed me to drive around to the back of the apartment complex in which we lived. I thought this was strange, but at this time I was so curious that I just obeyed. When we got to the back of the complex, Jared got out of the car and insisted that I follow him. We took a short walk in the grass until we came across a blanket spread out and a bottle of champagne with two glasses sitting there in the grass. Now, I must stress that this is something that we do often, so I still had no idea what was going to be happening. We sat down, cuddled, drank some champagne, and just talked and looked at the stars. I noticed that Jared had finished his glass of champagne and was now drinking straight from the bottle. I laughed it off, cause I know he loves champagne. We lied there for a while, and then Jared told me that he had another surprise for me. He told me to stand up, close my eyes, and let him lead me to where we were going.

I closed my eyes and let him lead me through the dark in the grass until we reached our destination. He let go of me, and told me to wait with my eyes closed. Of course, I peeked :) He walked over about 20 yards away, and began to flash a light, almost as if he were signaling someone. I was totally lost at this point. He became agitated and turned to come back towards me. I quickly closed my eyes and waited for him, like I was supposed to be doing. He made the comment "time to go to Plan B" and told me to open my eyes. I did, and at first couldn't see him as my eyes were adjusting. Finally I looked down and there he was, ring box in hand saying those beautiful words to me "Will you marry me?"

I was so shocked; I immediately began to cry and we hugged and kissed. After about five minutes of this, I realized that I hadn't answered him yet. In light humor, I said to him "By the way, yes I will marry you!"

Since it was so late at night, the only people we could call with the news was my brother and sister in California. After we made some calls, I asked Jared what he meant by Plan B. He then explained that his proposal involved a sign he had made out of rope that he had soaked in kerosene that spelled Marry Me and he was trying to light it on fire, so that when I opened my eyes, I would see it. Turns out it was too windy and the rope wouldn't light.

It was the biggest surprise of my life, and the most amazing experience I have had so far. I can't imagine it could have been done any better, and I can't describe the feelings that I felt that night, and every day after with that beautiful ring on my finger.