The Question Never Asked

I was living on the east coast...he came for Christmas, GORGEOUS ring in tow.  The plan had been set for months for the day after Christmas.  Family, New York City, Empire State Building, proposal of a lifetime.  What could be more romantic?

And then it snowed.  And snowed.  And snowed.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2010_North_American_blizzard

We were snowed in.  Plans to explore NYC together spoiled, plans for this well thought out plan buried in the 32inches of snowfall.  I was disgruntled, to say the least...all I wanted was to show Dan New York, he making every effort to concoct PLAN B.
After much effort, on his part, we finally decided to be snowed in together at the closest hotel possible.  It was 10pm, we just checked into the hotel a 1/2 mile from my sister's house.  Dan was kneeling on the floor and I was sitting on the couch.  He reminded me how much he loved me and how much he couldn't wait to spend forever together....something like this:

Dan: Ferd, you know how much I love you, right?
Me: Yes
Dan: And you know how much I can't wait for you to be my wife?
Me:  I know.
Dan:  For all you know, I was going to ask you in the N  Y  C.
Me: Shut up, that's not even funny.
Dan:  For all you know, I'm about to ask you now...
Me:  What?
Dan: Ferd, will you......

The actual question was never even asked. Before Dan could get the rest of the sentence out, I somehow went from a perched position to leaping onto him. 

It was prefectly imperfect.

New York City can keep its Empire State Building.  The proposal couldn't have been more perfect.  Snowed in together, the streets quiet, alone to share the moment.  This was the moment two people had decided to spend forever together and this was exactly how it was supposed to happen.