James led Rhea to a stone bench and sat her down beneath a cherry blossom tree. Rhea looked at him quizzically, but remained silent, watching his moves carefully. The pink and white blossoms drifted around them in clouds, floating to the ground or landing in the pond next to the sitting area. James got down on one knee and took her hand in his.
"James..." Rhea whispered, her eyes wide.
"I know this isn't the right place that I should be asking, but I want to ask you nonetheless should I never get the chance in this prison." James said, his eyes looking straight into hers. "Rhea, I love you, and I never want to be parted from you." He took a small black box from his jacket pocket and opened it, revealing a beautiful silver ring studded with diamonds along the band and three large diamonds as the focus.
http://anniesescapes.files.wordpress.co ... t-ring.jpg He took Rhea's left hand in his and gently coaxed the ring onto her finger. "Rhea Jones, will you marry me?" He asked, looking up with his dark eyes at her light blue ones. Tears fell down her cheeks as she looked at him.
"Rod would never allow it." She whispered. "If he were to find out..." James shifted his position to sit beside her on the stone bench. He held her face in his hands, rubbing away the tears with his thumb.
"Don't worry about him. He can do nothing to harm our love." He told her, kissing her softly and then hugging her close. Rhea wept silently in his arms, knowing the risks this course would take.
(Ah, a proposal. Nice way to start back off RPing after being gone so long. XD)