THE MARRIAGE TALK

"Will you marry me?"

"Yes!"

Ashton was lying on the living room couch with Lyza wrapped around his arms as he watched his longtime favorite romantic drama on the television.

"Cliche dialogues!"

He kept on complaining while he raised the volume, curious about what would happen next.

"Why can't the lead ever say 'NO'? That would have been a big blow on the head to all those drama addicts!"

Ashton giggled with his tired eyes still glued on to the old television screen. He himself was obsessed over those 'forever happy-ending' TV soaps.

Lyza was intrigued with the whole new set of info brought forth by the 'magic box' in front of her.

It did teach her a lot about the unknown outer world.

She after a while took her curious eyes off the television and rolled over the couch to face Ashton. She was in deep thought.

"Are you feeling okay?"

Ashton asked Lyza with concern and kept his arm on Lyza's belly as he sympathized over the hurdles of being a woman, but was taken by surprise to hear her query which was in no way related to what he had in mind.

"What did she say 'yes' to?"

Lyza asked in awe as she raised her head with her hands pressed over his chest.

"Ah… For marriage!"

Ashton told as he tried to balance her weight on his shoulders.

"What is that?"

"It is what we people do when two persons fall in love and decides to live together....So that they can become one!"

Ashton tried to explain the 'sacred ceremony' in simplest of terms to Lyza. But the questions she asked became harder to answer and tougher to crack.

"So are we married??"

Ashton didn't know what to answer.

'Now that is a superb twist!' He thought as he wondered on how to respond.

"Ahh…No Lyza…We are not married!"

"Why would you think that we are married?" Ashton took a quick pause and asked in a confused tone.

"See…even we are in 'deep love' and we are definitely living together! So wouldn't that make us married?"

'Damn! What she told is somewhat correct!'

"Ahh…I guess it is a way of announcing people that they are out of the 'singles' market!"

Ashton tried his best to make Lyza understand what he meant.

"Don't you want to announce it??"

Lyza asked with skepticism as she stared at Ashton hoping to get a positive answer.

She was acting like a 'lichen on a rock', not ready to let go, until she got a suitable answer.

Ashton never expected the 'marriage talk' from Lyza. His heart started to pound as he grew nervous.

"Ahh...I plan to… in the future…!" He stuttered as he saw the 'green eyes' which he loved most fixed on his now pale face.

"Great! And do you want me to say 'NO'? I should at least do that for you seeing how much you love the 'twist'!"

Lyza asked as she slowly wiped off the cold sweat on Ashton's face.

Ashton was quick to give a shy smile as he looked down in embarrassment.

"Well…It would be nice if you could tell 'Yes'."

He spoke in a low voice as he tried to avoid Lyza's captivating eyes. He felt his body grow hotter and hotter and his face flushed like a plum, ready for harvest in the chilly season.

"Okay… If you say so!" Lyza mumbled feebly.

Ashton felt as if the time stood still. His heart started beating erratically, missing a few beats. Lyza's words kept on repeating in his mind making him smile like a 'crazy one', high in love.