Niels smiled, watching his family. Amanda was playing with Angelo, trying to help his bad arm get better in the process, while Emi was looking at them amusedly, wanting to join in on the playing.
He started thinking back, and he was glad that things had worked out so well for them, even when they had gone through some hard times together. Over these years, all had only become better for them. And today, it was a special day, it was their anniversary. Today was the day they were celebrating the fact they were married for five years. Niels had something planned for them, and he winked at Emi as he took her by the hand to go upstairs. She looked at him with big eyes as he helped her dress, making her wear a nice outfit to go out. “Wheah awe we going daddy?” she asked him, but all he did was smile at her, telling her she would see later on. Once she was dressed, he went to dress up for himself before heading downstairs with Emi. Niels approached Amanda, making Angelo babble even more as he noticed Niels. But Amanda only had eye for the little one, so Niels covered her eyes and whispered: “Happy anniversary my love, you should get dressed a bit more, we’re going out...” All of this made Emi giggle, and Niels winked at her before he leaned in to kiss Amanda. Amanda smiled after the kiss and nodded. Niels sent her upstairs, and he lifted Angelo to dress his son so he could actually go outside. Angelo didn’t mind, and he spent the time it took to get him dressed babbling to his sister. Emi in return mimicked Angelo’s babbling, making her brother laugh softly because of that. A little later, they were all ready to head out... Niels smiled once they were in the car, heading towards their destination. It amused him how Emi and Amanda were curious about the place they were headed for. The only difference between mother and daughter was that the mother had enough experience with her husband to know he wouldn’t tell her where they were going. Emi on the other hand asked every few minutes where they were going and if they almost were there. As they came closer to their destination, Niels started looking for places to park without showing the rest of the family what his surprise was. Eventually, he did manage to find a spot and parked the car there. Once they all got out, Niels grinned at Amanda, looking into her eyes. “Baby, this is a surprise,” he whispered, winking at Emi, “you know what’s going to happen next, right?” Amanda giggled and sighed playfully before closing her eyes. Knowing Niels, she did know he'd no doubt blindfold her so she wouldn’t know where they were headed for until they were there completely. Niels grinned and blindfolded her, which made Emi give them questioning looks. But he ignored those and told Emi to take Amanda’s hand while he carried Angelo and took Amanda’s other hand. He lead her towards the destination, Emi squealing excitedly as she looked around, something which her little brother seemed to find extremely funny. In the meanwhile, Niels gently kissed Amanda’s hand, feeling how he felt good at this spot. He lead her onwards, taking in the sights, something Amanda would be able to do in a while. After a walk of a few minutes, Niels made her sit down. He took off her blindfold slowly, whispering to her she could open her eyes too. Niels smiled widely as he was done, whispering: “Here we are, remember this?” He winked at her, seeing her eyes begin to sparkle. He had achieved what he wanted to achieve...
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Niels at a glanceName: Niels van Loon Archives
September 2017
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