guram finally proposed. one evening, nino, dato, guram, and i went to a georgian restaurant down by the river. guram and i were chatting away in french while dato and nino were chatting in georgian. suddenly, guram looked at me intensely and proclaimed "you must stay."
- "what?"
-"you will stay, and we will marry. we will live here in the countryside."
as i squealed with laughter nino looked at us and asked, "what's going on?"
guram then began explaining in greater detail his plans for us in Georgian, sometimes speaking to me, sometimes to nino and dato. the more excited he got, the more he switched languages. the proposal lasted about an hour in a mixture of english, french, and georgian.
his plan is for me to stay in the countryside, feed the chickens, milk the cows, tend to the garden, and he will find work. we will have a little house, and no worries. after two years, we will go to Colorado.
nino said with her sly grin , "i think it's a good idea. you will never find a boy as good as guram. he is the best boy."
she may be right. but we will have to wait until the next lifetime…perhaps we'll come back as birds and really understand one another.
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