He asked. She said, “Are you sure?”

On October 9, we drove down to Cades Cove. It’s one of our favorite places and the first place we hiked together. We drove through the Cove and got to Abram’s Falls. That was our first hike so Daniel stopped and asked if we could hike to the falls. I was annoyed because I was wearing jeans and flip flops; I said no. But Daniel guilted me into it, so I took sneakers and leggings into the porta-potty to change. I was irritated the whole hike (mostly because I had to change in the porta-potty). I whined the whole time and kept asking Daniel if he’d planned on hiking because he could have warned me to wear good shoes. We got to the falls and Daniel told me to stand in the water (the VERY COLD water) so we could take a picture. Daniel asked a stranger to take the photo. After we took the picture, I tried to run out of the freezing water, but Daniel stopped me and said, “I lied; I did plan it.” and got on one knee. All I could say was, “Here?! Now?!” Daniel said, “Yeah, here. Will you marry me?” And I said, “Are you sure?!” then started crying and nodding. I still haven’t said yes. 😂