The Ring

She is his cute new friend. They met a few weeks back, spent a few hours together. She is looking for a used car and he offered a ride to the dealer. It was a calm and quiet evening. After work they called up the dealer and fixed an appointment. They fought thru the evening rush hour traffic and reached the shop just in time. Her sweet voice and giggles made the tiring drive a soothing one.

The salesman was waiting for them and the shop was about to close. They sat at the reception schmoozing, while he ran to grab the car keys. The agent came back in a while and took them to the car lot. He showed them a bunch of cars, and as always, the more the options; the more the confusion! Low mileage, not too old, good color, attractive looks, resale value, reliability, Japanese make… she started running her long checklist against each car.

“So when is the marriage?” the question from the salesman was a total surprise. Both of them paused for a moment, with different emotions fading across their face. First they were confused, but later realized what he meant. She tried to ease the situation “Oh, we are just friends!” They blushed; as a wicked smile spread on the two faces. The sales guy didn’t seem to stop there; he asked the guy when he is gonna pop the big question. He grinned back with a pale face. He warned him that it is a pretty lady and he shouldn’t loose her. As he still continued grinning with no verbal response, he turned at the lady and said “I don’t think you would say no, would you?” Now she also put on the embarrassed smile and tried to contend that the guy is not foolish enough to ask her the question!

The salesman started telling his story about his old girl friend, whom he took around as a friend and never asked the question... and eventually lost her! Finally he married someone else, but he still miss his sweet old friend. Suddenly it started to feel suffocating, like in the midst of a sad romantic movie. “Oh come on, then I shouldn’t wait another moment and let’s do it right now itself” the young guy said with a big smile. To lighten the moment, he took out a diamond ring he had on his finger, stood on one knee and proposed her jestingly. She acted cool and gave her hand forward for him to put on the ring. As they hugged each other warmly; he whispered in her ears “Even though I did it as a joke, I think I am falling in love with you!” She uttered back “me too”… and hugged him tighter!