Reason # 2,198 why I'm marrying this boy

[missroserose]

While he's taking pictures of breaching humpbacks out at Douglas Harbor, I'm off by the pier waiting for our friend David (who's been out fishing on his friend's boat) to come in. Thinking I'll check out the time, I pull Brian's iPhone out of my back pocket.

And drop it into the harbor. In murky, cloudy, silty Alaska water.

I reach in to try to find it, then borrow a net and try to dredge it up, but I have only a vague idea of where it is, and I have no luck finding it. Eventually I give up, only to catch sight of the edge reflecting light underneath the surface, and I reach out and grab it. But it's been in there a few minutes already, so it's pretty much dead.

Brian shows up shortly after I do so, and asks what's going on. Everyone on the pier, including David, suddenly finds their feet very fascinating.

I say in a very small voice, "I dropped your phone into the harbor."

There is a very long silence, which includes a Look.

Then he says, "It's okay. I still love you." And hugs me.

David: "I now pronounce you man and wife."

Comments

[my-aerie.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, and I think most everyone would realize this in the long run...but if it'd been me, I woulda been clenching my teeth at the very least, I probably woulda thrown out some snappish comment (that I woulda regretted and apologized for later)...it's admirable that you were able to see that it's just a thing, in the moment. Takes a pretty level head for that. :)