The Proposal
April 2nd, 2022
My parents were flying into town the Saturday of April 2nd because my sister plays for the TCU club lacrosse team and they had a game on the 3rd. Pierce, my sister and I drove and picked my parents up from the airport and brought them back to their hotel in the Stockyard’s. My dad says he is going to go to the pool and we were going to run back to my house and grab our swimsuits.
We get back to my house, and Pierce showers and puts his swimsuit on. I am helping my sister pick out a swimsuit of mine so we don’t have to go back to her dorm and grab hers. Then, I hear the front door close and Pierce’s truck start and drive away. I look outside and ask my sister “did Pierce just leave?!” and she stares at me eating chips.
I call Pierce because I’m confused thinking maybe he ran up to the gas station to grab beer? He left without saying anyhting haha. He declines my call and texts me saying ‘Zoe, please be patient I have a surprise for you.’
Now I’m freaking out because I have a feeling I know what the surprise is but unsure how this is all going to play out. I text my best friend Carley ‘Pierce is acting super weird, I might be getting engaged today, unsure. Stand by for my FaceTime.’
She reads the text immediately and doesn’t respond. Little did I know, she was part of the plan and was supposed to be FaceTiming ME ten minutes later.
Ten minutes later, Carley FaceTime’s me and begins reading me a letter from Pierce. She’s crying and I start bawling. Carley is my best friend who lived in the house with me next door to Pierce. She was in New Orleans for a wedding and read this letter to me,