She thought she heard his voice in the hallway outside of her apartment, so she immediately turned out all of the lights and hid behind the settee.
She heard him swear as he’d obviously dropped his keys, and when the door opened, finding the room in darkness, his hand fumbled for the light switch.
He nearly fell over backwards when the screams of SURPRISE! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY! assaulted his ear drums.
Jemma came out from her hiding place and stood sheepishly in the corner.
The apartment was decorated with streamers and balloons, laid out for a buffet and all their friends were there toasting his good health and singing at the tops of their voices.
He came over and gathered Jemma in his arms, then kissed her passionately to a chorus of cheers and wolf whistles.
‘Not exactly what I had in mind for my fortieth,’ he whispered, ‘but we can make it a joint celebration…….’
With that he slid a perfect diamond solitaire on her ring finger and after some shocked gasps, oohs and aahs and a bit of blubbering from the girls, the noise intensified.
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter Jan 3rd
She thought she heard his voice in the hallway outside of her apartment, so she immediately…
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I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes!
In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too.
On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts.
From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives.
We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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Lovely, I thought it was going to be bad, but it turned out being twice happy
Thanks Deb. That’s what I was aiming for.
I was waiting for the catch also ~ glad for the happy ending instead 😍
Thanks Paula. Thought we needed some happy news on this one.
I love a happy story
What a nice take on the story starter sentence. Thanks, Di.
Thank you!
A lovely double twist at the end💜
Thanks Willow.
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That’s one birthday either of them will forget in a hurry.
🙂 A happy event!
‘either of them will NOT forget’ I meant…I’m losing it lol
Ha! Happy Birthday Engagement! I guess they were both surprised!!
Thought we needed a happy start to the new year