Hello! Here's something that I've been working on recently. Based on the book 'One Hundred Proposals' by Holly Martin which was such an amazing, hilarious, romantic book and I highly recommend it. Also posted on tumblr so if you've read it, feel free to skip! Enjoy and let me know what you think so far.

Proposal Blog

Proposal #1
July 2nd.
Location: On Anna's couch

So here's the thing. My best friend, Anna doesn't know the exact way she wants to be proposed to. Crazy right? Especially considering she's the leader of our proposal company 'Perfect Day.' So it's my job as her partner in crime to help her find out how.

It started simple. She was sat next to me on the couch whilst we were watching re-runs of Friends and discussing Anna's 'not so perfect' proposals.

You see, this isn't the first time she's been proposed to. The first and only time was with some stuck up douche in front of a crowd which he was clearly trying to impress. Luckily she told him to shove off and came to mine and we grabbed Chinese takeout whilst she sobbed into my chest. I'm such a good friend.

Anyhow, proposal number one went down okay... She laughed anyway. I simply shoved off the popcorn from my lap, knelt on one knee in front of her, grabbed her hand and said it. 'Marry me.'

And she fell into a giggle fit.

So I thought I'd document it. I'm going to be testing out twenty proposals until I find the way Anna wants it to be. So hello if you've come over from our website, I hope this gives you many ideas for your future proposals!

And if Anna's future boyfriend is reading, take note. Maybe I'll find the perfect proposal and will save you half the job!

"What's this?" Anna said, shoving her phone in front of Kristoff's face.

He chuckled. "Ah, it's a bit of fun!"

"So you're really going to propose to me twenty times?"

"Nineteen now actually."

Anna rolled her eyes. "Why?"

"Because I already proposed once, or were you too busy giggling?"

She chuckled and slapped his arm playfully. "No, I mean why are you doing this? We have a company to run!"

Kristoff was the tech guy and Anna was the manager. That's how it started out anyway, until Anna noticed that he had a great eye for fantastic locations and decided to take him on board as a co-worker. They'd been best friends for years and met in university whilst studying events management. They quickly discovered that they worked well together and so there lifelong friendship began.

But there was one small problem. Anna was in love with her best friend... Completely, utterly smitten. Had been for years now. He was tall, broad, handsome and had the most indulging eyes that she had to pull her gaze away from almost every time they spoke.

He'd been there for her this past year and a half in more ways than she could ever imagine. When her mother died just 7 months ago, she'd been devastated. He'd held her hand the whole way through the diagnosis stages as well as being there with her and her mother for every appointment, every scan, every hospital visit. She thought he'd have been scared off but no, he held her every night afterwards to make sure she slept well. After her mum passed, she'd gone into a state of shock. She wouldn't leave her room, she wouldn't eat, Kristoff has to force feed her on her worst days. He brought her back to live, he saved her from the grief and pain that ached and broke her little heart.

It was still there, that awful feeling of knowing that her mother passed and there was nothing she could do about it. But somehow, Kristoff managed to save her from that initial shock and made her feel some sense of happiness.

There was a night in the midst of all this which she remembers clearly, the rest being a huge blur. She'd gone out drinking on her own, determined to let the alcohol in her system take away any and all pain. Trouble was that she couldn't handle it and she crawled into Kristoff's apartment at 3am and not for the first time, he was thankful he'd given her a key.

She waddled into his flat and he was busy working on some stuff for the proposal company. She couldn't thank him enough for taking over during those hard months.

He'd gotten up off his chair, obviously noticing that Anna was drunk, and put her to bed. She'd told him she loved him that night and then in the morning blurted out that it was in a friendship way because you know, they were best friends. She was sure he said it back that night, not that she can remember much of it because after about five minutes she'd passed out. She hoped he did though.

"Ah, the company's fine! The packages are all set up and all we need to do is take emails and phone calls here and there. I just thought it'd be nice, you deserve something to look forward to each day. You never know, you might find the perfect way to be proposed to in the process."

Anna smiled and Kristoff knew that she'd finally cracked. "Fine. You're such a weird person, you know that right?"

"Of course I do."

Anna didn't know how Elsa managed to be so sturdy throughout all this pain. However, deep down she knew that Elsa was just trying to keep strong for them all, she was good at that.

"Hey Anna?" Anna was currently sat in Elsa's dining room smiling as she watched Lily play with her new dolls house on the floor.

"Yeah?"

"I found something today." She said with a low tone and Anna knew this wasn't a good thing. "It's off mum."

Anna looked up to see Elsa holding an envelope with the words 'my dear Anna-banana' written in her mothers handwriting.

"She must have written it before she died. I-I got one too." It was clear Elsa had read hers, especially with the expression on her face.

"Oh."

"Do you want me to read it to you?"

"N-no. I think I'll go home and read it." Anna was in shock. "Yeah, I'll do that."

"Okay. Remember I'm only a minute away if you need a cuddle."

"I will. Thank you Elsa." She hugged her. "Where did you find this?"

"I finally had the courage to look through mum's stuff. They were in her little trinket box, one addressed to you, one for me and one for Lily." Elsa sighed. "I'm going to give Lily hers when she's old enough to understand."

Lily-May was Elsa's darling little girl and Anna's favorite (and only) Niece. Anna had vowed from the day little Lily was born to protect her from the world.

"Probably for the best, she's only five anyway. She probably wouldn't understand."

"She still asks me when nanny's coming back. She asks if she's still in the hospital. I don't have the heart to tell her." Tears began welling up in Elsa's eyes and this was the first time she'd seen her show emotion since their mother had died.

"She'll understand someday." Anna pulled Elsa into a hug before pulling away. "I better go and read this."

"Yeah, you do that. I love you."

"Love you too sis."

Anna stared at the envelope in front of her, as if she was reading through it. She lied, she couldn't do this alone, who was she kidding?

She picked up her phone, immediately calling the one person she could imagine opening this with.

"Hello." A groggy voice came from the other end.

"Kristoff?" Anna said with slight panic in her voice.

"Hey, are you okay? You don't sound too happy. Are you upset, who do I need to punch now? Do you need me to come over?"

"No." Anna blurted. "Wait, yes. Yes I want you to come. But no punching necessary." She smiled a little thinking about Kristoff punching anyone who hurt her.

"I'll be right there."

"So this is off your mum?"

"Mhm."

"And she wrote it to you whilst she was..." He stopped, not wanting to bring those memories back.

Anna nodded fumbling with the envelope. They were sat opposite each other on Anna's bed, cross legged with their knees brushing against each other's. In the time it took Kristoff to come around, Anna had changed into her favorite rabbit onesie, not even caring at how messy she looked. This was Kristoff, he'd seen her on the darkest of days.

"Are you going to open it?"

"Will you hold my hand if I do?"

He smiled sympathetically. "Of course." He grabbed her hand and she began to open the letter.

To my dearest Anna.

She wanted to cry already. It was like she could here her mother's voice talking to her as if she was in the room. Kristoff seemed to notice her reaction and he brushed his thumb against the back of her hand.

I just wanted to write something that I couldn't say verbally in my last few days because it was too heartbreaking. I want you to know a few things.

First off, my old necklace with the sunflower on is yours and I've told Elsa that the snowflake one is for her because I know how much you both admired them as children. I remember you dressing up in my clothes and make up and I'd put the necklaces on you both and you'd perform little shows for me, dancing around the bedroom. You always loved to sing and dance.

Secondly, there's a bank account that I opened that's now yours. I opened it for you when you started your proposal company and kept adding little sums here and there and I think it adds up to quite a bit nowadays. I want you to use it on your company, make it big girl, just like I know you can!

Thirdly, I know that Kristoff is currently sat beside you right now so I want you to say 'hi' for me.

Anna giggled and Kristoff looked at her as if to say 'what?'

"My mum says hi."

Anna moved over so that she was sat next to Kristoff and moved the letter over to him so that he could read it too.

I want to tell you both thank you for looking after me the whole way through all my stages. You guys were my rock and I couldn't have done it without you.

Anna, please do everyone a favor and tell Kristoff you love him.

Almost immediately after reading the words 'love' and 'Kristoff' in the same sentence, Anna snatched the letter off him.

"How much did you read?" She said frantically trying to get off the bed.

"I got to the bit about the necklaces, why?"

"It's just. There's private stuff here."

"Oh, come on Anna. What could I possibly not know about you? Best friends tell each other everything."

Not everything, Anna thought.

"It's not about me, it's uh... About Elsa, yeah- Elsa. She wouldn't want anyone to know."

Kristoff reluctantly agreed and Anna started cursing her mother. She knew Kristoff was sat beside her, why did she write that? Probably to actually get it out in the open... It was about time.

Anna continued reading the letter from afar.

I know you love him. I see the way that you look at him, it's like he's the only guy you ever want to spend the rest of your life with. For heavens sake Anna, just get with him already before someone else does. I know he loves you back.

How did she know? Had Kristoff told her in secret? Or was it just a feeling? These thoughts were racking Anna's brain so much that she couldn't concentrate. She decided to read the rest later and vowed that she would tell Kristoff she loved him. Just maybe not tonight, she needed hugs tonight and if she told him her biggest secret then maybe they wouldn't even be friends anymore, never mind in a relationship.

As if Kristoff knew what Anna was thinking, he wrapped her up in a bear hug and kisses her forehead. Anna sank into his body, her head buried into his neck. This is what she wanted the rest of her life to be like.

The next morning Anna woke up to a slight nudge. This was weird, she was sure Kristoff went home last night after holding her for a good two hours.

She opened one eye carefully as if she was worried that a burglar would be shadowing over her, ready to kidnap her as well as her house. Once opened, she sighed in relief as she saw Kristoff leaning by the side of her bed.

"You idiot." She punched him. "I thought you were a burglar."

"Sometimes I think you forget that you gave me a key."

"Only for emergencies! What kind of emergency is this?"

He moved a paper bag and a coffee cup in front of her and she smiled. "A coffee emergency."

"See, this is why you're my best friend."

Anna placed the cup of coffee on the bed side table and opened the bag, immediately getting a whiff of her favorite pastries.

"You went to Mary's?"

"Duh, only the best for you."

She took out one of the sticky buns and laughed at what was written on it with chocolate icing.

'Marry me.'

"I'm not going to eat this and choke on a ring am I?" Anna laughed as she bit into the bun.

"Nope. That's too cliche for you're liking."

"True."

"And whilst on the topic of cliche. I remember you saying that proposals at the top of the Eiffel Tower were a definite no."

"You know me so well." She smiled. "Yeah, I hate them. Must be this line of business, we get asked to do at least two of them a day."

"Good thing that's not on my list of proposals then."

Anna nodded and shoved the bun into Kristoff's mouth. He took a bite and then laughed as he noticed Anna had a bit of chocolate at the side of her mouth. He wiped it with his thumb and Anna shuddered at his touch, wishing that he'd have kissed her instead.

Proposal Blog

Proposal #2

July 3rd

Location: Anna's bed (no nothing funny was happening you perverts).

I decided that after my first proposal being a bit anti-climatic, I'd do something a bit more romantic than kneeling in front of her whilst watching Phoebe singing Smelly Cat.

So I took a trip to our favorite bakery across town at 7am and got her a sticky bun with the words 'marry me' on it.

I think she liked it. Well, she never told me otherwise.

Be back tomorrow for a new proposal. She's going to love this one.