He smiles to cover his embarrassment as he thinks of what to say. "It is for you Fiona and It would make me very happy if you would accept it. It was a lonely red rose when I saw it on my walk to the diner. It sat amongst an arrangement of some worthy symmetry but a lonely red rose it still was if not with you."<br/><br/>He wondered all day what he would say but now that he had spoken he would have to see it to the verdict. He blushed and smiled as his hands played with the now empty coffee cup. The noise in the diner drowned out as his mind focused on playing out every outcome of this scene and prepared for his reaction in each one.<br/><br/>