My Beloved

Merlin Vann

Her foot slipped causing her to fall over the tenth floor balcony as the fire got closer and closer to her fast falling lifeless body. Those flames are getting bigger with each second, but all I can do is stand there on the street staring upwards watching the love of my life fall to the ground while the flames gained on my love. Wait! Let me start from the beginning.

It was April 16th and I have planned the perfect night for the love of my life Annabella Jane Howe. I made a path starting from my front door of my apartment leading to my balcony of flower petals where there is a round sofa with a round table in the middle of it and summer breeze candles all around the edge of my balcony. On the table was a white table cloth with a big red heart in the middle of and in the center of the heart was two dozen pink roses. I was cooking a five star meal for my very special amazing wonderful girlfriend Annabella Jane Howe. I am planning on asking for her hand in marriage.

I had my secret chicken recipe in the oven when my intercom buzzed from the lobby. 

Sir Vann: Yes Sir Jones

Sir Jones: Sir Vann, Madam Annabella had arrived. Are you ready for her yet? 

Sir Vann: Sir Jones, please give her the boxes that I have down there for her and tell her that I would like her to put them on.

Sir Jones: Yes Sir, Vann will do. 

Sir Vann: Please bring her up to my room at 6:45pm?

Sir Jones: I will do

I quickly rushed to put on my tux without wrinkling it. I then checked on the chicken there was only five minutes left on the timer and then I checked on the Strawberry Delight that was cooling. I then lit all the candles on the balcony, put the bottle of bubbly on the side of the table, deemed the lights and put some soft jazz music on. I took the chicken out of the oven to cool before cutting.

(Ring, Ring, Ring the doorbell)

Sir Vann: Hello welcome, Sir Jones and Madam Annabella. Thank you Sir Jones for the help

Sir Jones: Your welcome Sir Vann and I will return at 8:30pm.

Sir Vann: Hello my love, how are you on this beautiful evening?

Madam Annabella: I am good my lover, can I come in?

Sir Vann: Before you enter will you please turn around and let me blindfold you for your surprise?

Madam Annabella: Yes, I will my lover

Sir Vann: Grab my hand and follow me

(She follows him inside the apartment and then Merlin closed the door)

Madam Annabella: I am ready for the surprise can I take the blindfold off?

Sir Vann: Yes you may

As she handed me the blindfold and looked around at my hard work that I have planned. I noticed how lucky I am to have my amazing lady. She followed the petals and spun around. As she spun around in her pretty Black Dress with silver trims all over around and a silver belt. The dazzling sparkling red hair with black highlights in all curled up in a flower like bun and her bright baby blue eyes all lit up with excitement and joy. 

I lead her to the balcony and got down on one knee pulling out a small black velvet back. I then opened to see her bright baby blue eyes get bigger. I took her hand and asked her thee most important question ever to me. 

Sir Vann: Annabella Jane Howe, I adore you for your everything. You're the most beautiful young lady I ever met. I would like to make you my amazing young wonderful wife. Will you take my hand in marriage?

She shook her head speechless as ever and then I put her sterling silver platinum ring with a three karat diamond on it and tiny diamonds all around it on her finger. After that I got up and went to go get dinner ready to serve to my new fiancé.

When all of a sudden, I saw her dress catch on fire and my beloved fiancé fall over the tenth floor balcony. I called 911 and shot down stairs to the streets to watch her body falling so lifelessly. The fire department was setting up a thing to catch her when she got down to the ground. It seemed like she was falling forever with the flames from the candles catching up to her free falling lifeless body. 

Annabella Howe

    I was watching the sunset over the beach and the dolphins breach the water every so often. When my dress caught on fire and I tripped over the tenth floor balcony. My dress went out but the flames from the candles caught the balcony on fire. All I could see as I fell down to the grown was the flames getting closer and closer to my body. My body feels so lifeless and I have absolutely no clue if I am alive or not. 

    I landed on this safety guard and was rushed to the hospital. I woke up with my fiancé holding my hand and asleep on the side of the hospital bed. All I can think is "Thank You, God for letting me live so that I can marry my amazing Merlin Dane Vann". 

    I didn't want to wake him up so I just went back to sleep since I have a horrible headache from free falling probably about ten in half feet with flames from a fire I accidently created was catching up with me.