When we rode by it I remembered making a comment to Gunner about how romantic it was having a cabin out here in the middle of the ranch. It was a small cabin and was so rustic looking. It looked like at one time someone might have had a garden out front. It just screamed romance to me. Gunner laughed and said it was a dump and no one had been in it for years. Why the hell was he taking me there?
Gunner must have sensed my confusion. He reached over and placed his hand on my leg. The tingles instantly started in my leg and went right to my stomach. How did he do this to me still? I mean we had been dating for six months now. I thought it would wear off, but sometimes it felt like it was getting more intense.
The sun was starting to go down now as we drove on the gravel roads of the ranch. It was breathtaking. We came around a giant live oak and I saw the cabin. I’m sure my gasp was loud because Gunner snapped his head and looked at me.
It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. The whole outside of the cabin was covered in white Christmas lights. As Gunner got closer I started to shake. OH MY GOD……I could see the inside lights were on in the cabin but I couldn’t see in the cabin.
Gunner pulled up and parked. I just sat there stunned. He walked around and helped me out of the jeep. I looked up at him and was at a loss for words.
“When did you do all of this? How did you do all of this? My god Gunner it’s beautiful!”
Gunner let out a small laugh.
“I didn’t do it. Aaron and Jenny did it for me. Do you like it so far?”
“So far? There’s more? I mean YES! It’s so beautiful but I thought you said this place was a dump. ”
“When you mentioned how romantic you thought it was I got an idea so I talked to Gramps about getting it fixed up and he agreed. ”
He took my hand and started to lead me to the front porch and when we stepped up on the porch I was stopped in my tracks. Daisies…. . they were everywhere. In flower vases, buckets, laying on a bench and even in a bouquet of daisies in a cowboy boot……. holy hell…. . . . I thought I loved this man before but now my heart felt like it was going to burst open from the love I was feeling.
I turned to look at Gunner who was watching my every reaction. “Gunner I…. I don’t even know what to say this is all so beautiful!”
“There’s more inside Ellie…. . ”
OH…. . there was more?
Gunner told me to close my eyes so I did as he led me into the cabin and I heard him shut the door. He turned my body just a little and then I felt his warm breath up against my ear as he told me to open my eyes. I held them closed another few seconds before I slowly opened them.
HOLY HELL…. . oh my god….
I started to cry as soon as I saw the small one room cabin. I looked around the room and was not sure what I loved the most. I quickly noticed a giant King size bed to the left side corner of the room. It had beautiful white linens on it and the whole bed was covered with daisy and rose petals. Next to the bed was a side table that had a few white candles on it that where already lit and a vase full of purple daisies.
I moved my eyes and they landed on a small writing table that had more lit candles on it and an iPod player. Just then Gunner reached up with a remote and “Magic” by Colbie Caillat starting playing. I threw my hand up to my mouth……how did he remember me saying I loved that song. I started to cry even more.
Gunner leaned down and asked against my face as he wiped a tear away if they were happy tears. All I could do was shake my head yes. I kept moving my eyes to the right. There was a small kitchen and every surface was covered in more white candles and vases of daisies in ever color you could think of. There was a small dining room table on the right side of the room and it was covered in chocolate covered strawberries, fruit, more white candles and red and white roses.
I started to shake. Did Gunner plan all of this? I looked on the floor and it was covered in daisy and rose petals.
I closed my eyes to control the tears that were falling like rain. I spun around and looked into those beautiful blue eyes. Gunner leaned down and kissed me. I was lost in his kiss and I’m not sure how long we kissed for but now Colbie Caillat’s “Stay With Me” was playing.
“Drew…. . oh my god…. . did you plan all of this?” I knew Gunner loved it when I said his real name. I said it every morning to him because he told me he loved to hear it from my lips first thing each morning.
“Yes sweetheart. I told Aaron exactly how I wanted everything to look and he and Jenny started early this morning and did it all. Do you like it?”
I just stared at him. He reached over and pushed my mouth shut with his finger and laughed.
“Gunner…I don’t even have the words to describe to you how wonderful this is. It’s…. . ” I turned around and looked at the entire room again. “It is magical. ”
“Good…that’s what I was going for! Now, for your Christmas present my sweet Ellie. ”
“This is not it?”
Gunner threw his head back and laughed.
“No baby this is just the beginning. ”
Oh my…. my heart was pounding. I stopped dead in my tracks.