Marry Me or Die

BAD LUCK IN LOVE (2)

BACKGROUND: Public Park

'When will you marry me?'

'Why won't you marry me??'

'Will you ever marry me????'

The ghostly sounds of his girlfriend desperate for a ring, rang in his head. Shawn shot his head up and realized that it was just another nightmare. His girlfriend was stirring in her sleep. Elba looked very cute (to him), drool sticking to the side of her mouth, legs going north and south, groaning as she swung her hand and slapped Shawn in the face in her sleep. He didn't flinch. Under years of this humiliation, his cheeks have got harder and his mind got firmer. He just caught her hand and had her nuzzle into his chest with his body around her, blocking her from her martial arts.

He went to stay with her during his one month leave. He joined military 4 years ago and Elba was a regular office worker. Their relationship has been going on and off the radar ever since it started. The latest reason for the fluctuation was Elba's wish to get married. That was giving him nightmares.

The next day, they decided on going to a park together on a date. Just because he got the girl he liked doesn't mean his luck changed. He was still as unlucky as ever. The day started with his girlfriend scolding him for drooling in the sleep after seeing stain on the sheets. Everybody except the culprit knew who the culprit was. The next was not being attentive while his girlfriend picked a dress for their date. When she asked if she looked good, this unfortunate protagonist was scrolling through his phone. Well, once you got the girl, there is nothing to fear, or so were his thoughts.

"Will you marry me?" there was a crowd circling them. 'Ouch.' The blood circulation to his fingertips was being blocked. There were chants coming from all the bystanders. "Say Yes! Say Yes!" Elba squeezed the living cells out of his hand as she held it tight, like any normal couple. If Shawn had known that a random asshole was going to propose to his girlfriend at the same park they were visiting, he wouldn't have given a second thought for a date there. After a long time he had the despicable desire and that was that the girl who was proposed to, would say no. Elba was fuming as they watched the couple from the crowd. He tried to tug at her strong arm and make her leave the scene, but no.

Even though he was obviously more powerful than her, he wouldn't just pull her hand hard to make her come along. He knew he would hurt her. He would rather take a scolding from her in front of the crowd,

What can the poor man do? When he got the girl he wanted, he thought the quest was over. But no. Then he had to please her, put up with her insecurities, take the blame for everything and now was threatened to marry her. Of course, he loved her more than anything but marriage with neither her or even an alien was not in his head. He was fearing the outcome. He felt like it was still early even though they both had reached their mid twenties. It felt like she kept on slipping away from him. He wasn't against marriage. He just felt unwelcome in that state of life. He suddenly got Goosebumps.

This wasn't the time to think. His date is about go wild. At a second glance, Elba looked like a Chimpanzee in a summer dress, puffing hot air through her nostrils. 'Eeek.' The way she looked at the scene ahead was as if she was watching her husband cheat on her.

Her protest was very affecting and long. That night, for dinner, he had to cook noodles because she would only cook for her fiancé or Husband. He was very frustrated and expressed it to Miss Jhalak who had quit her job to remain as Housewife. Her marriage came late than expected and a baby came even more late. Shawn went to visit her with Elba. She had an 8KG baby as well. The child was so chubby that Shawn really took him for a Wheat Ball. (Don't tell Miss Jhalak)

"What's so wrong about getting married?"

"There isn't?" he peeked at the baby ball on the floor as to make Miss Jhalak understand his point. She followed his gaze and sighed at his point of view.

"That's called a product of marriage, not problem of marriage." 'For me, this product is synonym to problem.' Shawn didn't say it. "If you want to be with Elba and grow old with her, then don't make her doubt your love. Marriage is how you can grow old with her."

'Are all women like this?' he saw Elba on the floor, playing with the little baby. She looked so happy and content at that child's presence. She hadn't smiled like that to him for few days now, leaving when he tickled her and kissed her all over on their front room sofa.

"If I love her, then I should bring her dreams to life. I want to see her happy. I don't need to be worried about marriage as long as she is with me. I am not in this alone. She is with me. That's all that mattered." He had come to a conclusion. The new quest of dealing with her parents was about to begin.