The next morning I woke to the smell of pancakes. I glanced at the clock: 5:25, and was about to groan and mumble about it being too early, but I quickly remembered today was the day. I could easily get by on four hours of sleep; energy now running through me at the excitement to come later, I rolled over and found a rose on my pillow and a note.
Good morning Beautiful, Surprise for you in the kitchen when you're ready. Love you I jumped out of bed and quickly took a shower. I then got dressed and decided on blue jeans and a light blue tee. No reason to get dressed up for the office when we would be leaving to go into the field. I dried my hair with a towel and brushed it out. I then grabbed the rose on the bed and I walked out of the bedroom, turned right and headed towards the dining room.
A smile lit up my face as I walked into the room. The floor was sprinkled with rose petals and a dozen red roses were in a vase in the center of the table. Keith had just set breakfast on the table. He was wearing blue jeans and a long sleeve plain brown shirt.
"Sweetheart, you never cease to amaze me. This is so beautiful." I walked over to him and gave him a kiss and hug.
"Well breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and since this is a big day, I figured we should start it right."
"This is definitely the way to start it right. Did you get any sleep?" I asked concerned that he would be exhausted.
"As much as you," he winked at me and I laughed. "I had most of this ready. Kenny brought everything by. I just had to make breakfast."
"You're so sweet, I love it. Thank you." I kissed him again.
He wrapped his arms around me and kissed me gently. "You're welcome; you know I'd do anything to see you smile."
We sat down and ate the strawberry pancakes and bacon with coffee. We talked about the wedding and our plans of what we were going to do while in Hawaii.
"That was delicious, babe," I said as I sipped the coffee.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it." Keith took my hand in his as he bit his lip. "I had something I was going to give you later today but there may not be enough time later, so..." He reached into his pant pocket and pulled out a black jewelry box. He then handed it to me.