It was a rainy day when my girlfriend called to say her power went out at her building.
Fortunately, the power was on at my building and I told her to come on over.
I adjusted the temperature control settings to how I knew she liked them. Then I pulled out the fireplace. It was not a real fireplace of course because it was in an apartment building, but it was one of those faux fireplaces. I still thought it was romantic with the music playing and a couple of bottles of chilled wine. My girlfriend was really happy when she showed up and said she wanted to watch old movies together. We watched a movie and laughed while drinking our wine. She actually asked if I could turn down the heating system a little bit. I guess it was too hot after all, but I think it was nice for her at first when she just stepped out of the rain. Now she was dry, cozy, and a little too overheated apparently. So I adjusted the temperature control settings and then the room started to feel just right. It was a truly relaxing evening and perhaps one of the most simple and romantic evenings we have ever enjoyed together. One of these days, I plan on asking her to marry me. I think she would love for that to happen as well even though we never really talked about it. Eventually I want to live together with her in a nice rural house with a fireplace and a couple of kids.