Chapter 19

We went to some stores, we bought a beautiful dress with some details and golden stone, a princess thing, a very basic black heels, my mother bought her clothes too, we had a snack in the food court, we talked and I took the opportunity to let them know that I would sleep at Paula's house. It was a long time since we had been out together, it was really fun, and then i left me in training.

I joined Lucas and Beatriz before class started and we talked for a while, 1 hour later the training was over, I ordered an Uber and waited at the reception.

Lucas: Isa, Beatriz and I are going out for a snack, do you wish to come along?

Isabella: oh I'd love to my , thank you my dear friends, I'm tired and I already ordered an Uber.

Beatriz: alright

Lucas: see you next time, see you tomorrow, bye

Beatriz: bye

Isabella: see you tomorrow

Shortly after my ride arrived, I went home, showered, put on a knitted dress with drooping shoulders and long sleeves, dried my hair and decided to let it go along my shouldes, the weather was colder than usual and it looked like rain.

Marcele: weren't you going to your friend's house? She asked as she saw me approaching the counter in the kitchen where she was preparing something for dinner

Isabella: not now , it is still very early. And I'm waiting for someone

Marcele: a person? Nicolas?

Isabella: yes right at that moment I heard the sound of the bell and ran to the door

Nicolas: good evening

Isabella: hey

Nicolas: ice cream?

Isabella: sure ! but first I want you to meet someone .i took him by his hand and dragged him to the kitchen where my mother was

Nicolas: Hello, good evening ma'am. is This your mother?

Isabella: yes. Mom this is Nicolas

Marcele: good evening ,nice meeting you Nicolas, my name is Marcele, but you can call me Cele s,he greeted him with a handshake

Nicolas: the pleasure is all mine Mrs Cele

Marcele: I'm preparing dinner, don't you want to have dinner with us?

Nicolas: thanks for the invitation, I'm full. I came to pick up Isa for ice cream, is that ok ?

Marcele: fine by me

Nicolas: come on, then?

Isabella: yes let's roll

We said goodbye to my mom and went to the ice cream parlor, talked about how our days went, took selfies and then walked a little in a small square across the ice cream parlor

Nicolas: you look like your mother

Isabella: I get that a lot but I don't think so

Nicolas: you are very similar to each other

Isabella: and do you look more like your father or your mother?

Nicolas: they say I look more like my father, for example, my mother doesn't have green eyes or blond hair, nor a dimple when she smiles

Isabella: I love your dimples

Nicolas: I love everything about you He looked at me steadily and seriously, leaving me totally out of my elements and speechless I think it's so cute when he becomes awkward I even said it out loud

Are you not coming? He said when he saw nailed to the floor like a statue he took a step back to me. And we held hand with the same shy smile

After a few minutes walking we got into the car and went back to my house

Isabella: can you drop me off at Paula's house? the girls and I are going have do a pajama night

Nicolas: of course, I can

Isabella: I'm going to fix my backpack with some things, is it okay to wait a little bit?

Nicolas: I'll

Isabella: will you be okay there alone?

Nicolas: I'll be fine, relax, come on

Isabella: I'll be right back, okay?

Nicolas: ok

I was sleeping when I felt fingers poking me in my belly, certainly from the best friends in the world in order to wake me up to wish me for another life cycle. It was my birthday, 18 years ago it was the day I was born in my mother's womb.

Isabella: What's up? _I ask with half opened eyes

Rafaela: rise and shine princess

Paula: Happy birthday sleeping beauty_ she hugged me tight, you are the best friend in the world, I love you as if you were a sister, may God bless your soul very for eternity

Isabella: ohhhh, thank you my partner I love you too and you are also a like a magnet to me, you two are. Two sisters that this life gave me

Rafaela: happy birthday girlfriend, I wish you all the best in this world, may you be very happy and live many, many years, I love you, you beautiful cow!

Isabella: wow, I love you so much, I said squeezing them.

Thanks for everything!

Rafaela: we are together throw thick and throw thin, always!

Isabella: Now I want to know, where's my present?

Paula: we will only deliver it at dinner tonight

Isabella: I hate suspense! I nagged

Rafaela: my apologies, now get yourself ready already

Paula: and make it worth she completed her excited.

Isabella: of course, it's my day, I want to look pretty_ I said and the girls looked at each other

Rafaela: we will be waiting for you in the living room, ok?

Isabella: alright

I took a quick shower, got ready, put on a reticent lipstick and went down to the living room where the girls were .

Isabella: I'm starving , what's for coffee?

Paula: we are going to have breakfast at your house, i think as it is your birthday, it would be better to have breakfast with your parents, don't you agree Rafa?

Rafaela: yes, for sure, they must already be excited to see you

Isabella: alright then

We said goodbye to Paula's folks and went to my house, I noticed that the girls were strangely excited, looking at the phone the whole time, I was already getting suspicious that they are hiding something from me

Isabella: Why are you both looking at your phones and smiling? you are so weird today

Rafaela: just a few memes

Minutes later we arrived at my house

Isabella: good morning dad, mom I i cheered as soon as I saw them in the living room.

Marcele: good morning my love, happy birthday! She Hugged me tight and smacked me a kiss on my forehead

Lorenzo: happy birthday my beautiful daughter, I love you very much_ he hugged me tightly and kissed me

Isabella: I love you too, dad

Marcele: good morning girls!

Paula and Rafaela: Good morning they answered together.

Lorenzo: have you had breakfast yet?

Isabella: no, we left to have breakfast all together here at home

Marcele: great, Isa, why don't yoy go and pack your backpack in your room? there's a surprise for you there

Isabella: oh I love surprises! I Looked at the girls smirking and climbed the stairs towards my room

as I turned into the hall towards my room, I gaped in total surprise at what I saw in disbelief, there was a trail of rose petals on the floor and a couple of hearts distant from each other. is that what I was thinking? There was only one name wandering in my head: Nicolas! I covered my face with my hand still not believing, my heart almost jumped out my chest , my hands were perspiring, I looked back and Paula and Rafaela were looking smiling and recording everything

Isabella: did you know that?

Paula: hurry up!

I followed the trail and took the first heart, and on the back it was written:

"It wasn't in my plans but, I ended up falling in love with a princess named Isabella"

Is that serious? Am I dreaming? I took four more steps forward and took the next heart.

"Somehow I needed to tell you what you did to me, and that was the best way I found to declare myself"

I took three more steps and took the next heart

"I wanted you from the very first moment, the first look, the first smile, and I wondered if you were the person for whom i asked God for , and the more the days passed the more you conquered my heart , with each new encounter , with each new conversation you just conquered my heart , and I have never been more certain that thia someone was you "

Four more steps, my heart get dry, I took one more of those hearts.

"The certainty that I have now is that I want new encounters, new conversations, new moments with you, I want you Isabella, as I never wanted anyone"

I walked three more steps and stopped in front of my bedroom door and took the last heart, with watery and a lot of emotions I read

"I want to share my life with you, I want to start a new cycle today that goes to the end of our lives"

I opened the bedroom door slowly feeling my whole body freezing, I couldn't think of anything, I was ecstatic, extremely enchanted and passionate and that was all I knew at the moment, I saw bouquets of flowers all over my room, some hearts that led me to him and of course him was Nicolas, pretty and charming as always smiling with that perfect smile he has, that smile that makes me smile again at him he kept staring at me with those pair of green eyes making me totally disconcerted, sitting on my bed with the guitar, ready to sing some beautiful and perfect music to finalize the proposal that would surely come later.

Isabella: Nicolas! I muttered loving to see and know that the guy I was in love with had done it all of this for me

Nicolas: I hope you like the song

Nicolas looked at me, smiled and started playing and singing a beautiful song. I was unresponsive, I only knew how to smile, so happy to see him declaring himself to me, I enjoyed every second, surely that moment would be kept in my memory forever. When he finished singing, he put the guitar on the bed and I almost got had a heart attack seeing him putting his hand in his pocket and take out a box with two engagement rings, I could hardly believe it was really happening, I couldn't contain my eyes shining with tears of joy.

Nicolas: Will you be my girlfriend Isabella Fercondine? He said holding my hand delicately

Isabella: I do , I do , I do! _ I couldn't stop smiling while he put the ring on my finger, we looked at each other in so much love and then I didn't think twice, I had to kiss that man and so I did

Our first kiss happened, the first of many gods willing . The best kiss of my life, the best day ever and now the best boyfriend, it was the most perfect and happiest day of my life! God only knew how much happy and delighted at that moment, it felt like a dream, that I never wanted to end.

Nicolas: Happy birthday the most beautiful and crying girlfriend in the world

Isabella: thank you my prepossessing boyfriend, this was the best birthday of my life

Rafaela: we will leave you alone a little

I sat on the bed and looked at the engagement ring, the flowers, the decor and everting

Isabella: Did you do all this for me? i was still ecstatic

Nicolas: I did , and I would do it once, twice, three times, several times to see you smiling like that. He sat down next to me and kissed me gently.

Isabella: oh you're so sweet

Nicolas: Paula and Rafaela, they gave me some brilliant ideas.

Isabella: those friends of mine are awesome_ I smiled leaning my head on my shoulder

Nicolas: did you like it?

I Isabella: did I like it? Are you kidding, I loved it! I don't even know what to say

Nicolas: You don't have to say anything , you already said everything I wanted to hear

Isabella: You are the most amazing person I have ever met, do you know that ?

Nicolas: And you are the most beautiful and crying little girl I have ever met he said and we both smiled.

Isabella: thank you for all that, it was amazing

Nicolas: no need to thank, I'm very happy that you liked it and above all you accepted dating me

Isabella: there was no to say no

Nicolas: oh no?

Isabella: no, because I am also in love with you, from the first moment. I glance at him and he stared at me, he stroked my face with his fingertips and kissed me again.

Nicolas: I promise to make you happy and always be by your side, okay? God will bless us a lot! He confirmed while holding my hands, it all looked like a dream.