It's almost the end of the year and Gerald has patiently waited for the perfect time to propose to Alice who has been his girlfriend for over three years.
In the evening having a chit-chat with his sister
"My girl loves surprises and outdoor events, I want her to feel special, I would be calling an event planner on this one" Gerald told his sister Winifred.
"I know one, she is quite good at what she does, I can't wait to see Alice's reaction, Alice deserves all the good things in life, she's such a sweetheart, coupled with the fact that she's stood by you when things went south" Winifred happily replied.
Gerald immediately told her his concerns, "Do you know I am a bit nervous about the whole thing, I hope things turn out well, can you please Invite the event planner tomorrow morning?" Winifred nodded to that.
In the morning
The event planner showed up looking so pretty, Gerald and Winifred had told her how super duper they wanted the proposal.
She came up with different ideas but all didn't sit well with Gerald.
He wanted something simple yet classy, all the ideas she brought up were extravagant, and he just didn't want that.
Well, he started to rack his brain on the perfect proposal idea, Gerald had so many sleepless nights thinking of the best way to make his girl feel special.
"Yo ho!!! I've got a perfect idea," Gerald happily said to himself, he remembered an autumn tradition in the British calendar, it was going to be a perfect time as Alice was a lover of outdoor events, immediately he put a call across to her, "hey baby, we going on a vacation, we will be observing the guy Fawkes night together"
Immediately Alice ended the call, she started to think of what to wear for the autumn tradition, she has yearned to be present at the autumn tradition however work wouldn't let her, but now, she was self-employed so yes, nothing would stop her this time.
November 5th
Gerald was excited he was making progress, and yes they were both leaving for Britain in the next 6hours as the event is usually held on the 5th of November.
Winifred had plans to join them, but being a reporter she had an event to cover as well, so her flight was leaving 3hours after Gerald and Alice's.
Alice honestly wished both of them the best, she bade them farewell, as the lovebird's flight took off.
It was an 8hour journey a perfect time to be at Guy Fawkes night.
As soon as they arrived in Britain, Alice was super excited to see the bonfire Lit in the whole city, it was a great beauty, so many fireworks here and there in celebration of Guy Fawkes night, and there were so much food and fun ahead, She vowed to enjoy every bit of the moment, and she started to take pictures of the scenarios holding hands with Gerald.
The proposal
Immediately, he stylishly moved her to the section he had paid for, decorated with fireworks for his special lady.
Alice's excitement was compared to none.
He was about to pop the "will you marry me?"
Question, when he had a call, "it could be my sister, she would probably want to capture this moment too", he said to Alice, little did he know that the call was from the airport where the flight his beloved sister boarded crashed.
His world crumbled, as he gave way to tears, these tears were not a tear of joy, but that of a broken-hearted man, he couldn't propose any longer.
And an exciting moment and sweet dreams suddenly became the worst nightmare.