Alice
Things were going so well with Dana that it got me thinking about things. She had put so much effort into making my birthday special I felt closer to her and more in love with her than ever before, and I wanted to show her this.

When we returned from the hotel after the most amazing weekend of my life, we returned to my apartment. It was now where Dana was spending most of her time, she said that she preferred coming to my cozy one bedroom instead of her big and empty house. She said that my place felt like home to her, it had always been where we hung out when we were friends, watching movies and playing games, and now it was where the majority of our time was spent as a couple. It was when she said this that I realized how I would show her how committed I was to her- by asking her to move in with me.

I didn’t want to rush things and freak Dana out but the time just felt right, we were so happy together and everything just fitted into place. After I had decided that I would ask her, I had to think of an original way of asking her that would persuade her to say yes. She had spent so much time preparing my birthday, remembering everything I had ever said that I wanted to do, planning it down to the last detail that I wanted to make it equally as romantic when I asked her to move in with me.

While I was considering my options it dawned on me that it was Easter the following Sunday. It was perfect. Dana and I had not discussed what we would be doing so I brought it up when we were eating dinner in my apartment one evening.

“Did you remember its Easter on Sunday? What do you think we should do?” I asked her, mid mouthful.

“Oh yeah I totally forgot its Easter! My parents will probably ask me to go there for dinner” Dana pulled a face and groaned. I knew that she didn’t think that I would be invited as well, and I didn’t expect that either. “But I can just tell them I’m busy” she added quickly.