Julien had been 表演 weird lately. Being secretive, jumpy, nervous. Lexii didn't know what was wrong with him. They had been dating for almost four months and she had never seen him act like this.  
    Lexii shook her head and kept walking. She felt the cold cement zoo walkway on her feet, and the warm setting sun on her back. 
   Suddenly her right foot made contact with something round, causing her to stumble foward. She regained her composure and turned around to see what it was. 
  "What the-?...." she murmured as she saw the bumpy yellow skin of a lemon. Around the 柠檬 was a 心 shape made out of SweetTart candies. Her 最喜爱的 水果 and her 最喜爱的 candy.  Lexii cocked her head to one side then saw that there was another 柠檬 with a 糖果 心 about four feet away from the first.  Then another. Then another. There was a whole trail. 
  She shrugged and started walking....

         Meanwhile......

 Julien placed the last 柠檬 and 糖果 in a 心 shape around him. He stood up to survey his work and nodded. Pretty good.  He smiled and picked up the small navy-blue velvet box.  Tonight was the night......


  The trail stopped at the brick 墙 in front of the 狐猴 habitat.  Lexii nimbly jumped on 最佳, 返回页首 of it and then hopped down to the other side.  Another 柠檬 was a couple feet in front of her. Then another.  Then another.  They led behind the brick structure in the middle of the habitat. Lexii followed on. 

   The 分钟 Julien saw Lexii's snowy white furry body appear around the corner, his 心 started pounding. His paws sweat and he felt light-headed and dizzy.  
   Lexii stopped at the end of the trail and looked up at him. 
    She tilted her head to one side. He looked like a loonatic. His 毛皮 was sticking out in all directions, his bloodshot eyes couldn't focus on anything, and he was panting and sweating like he had just run a marathon. 
    Julien seemed to have noticed because he frantically tried to smooth out his 毛皮 and wipe his brow. 
    "Julien, what is this?" Lexii 说 starting to smile a little. 
    Julien swallowed and got down on one knee. Lexii's mouth dropped open in shock.  
      He opened the velvet box to revel a ring. It was made of a light colored, carved wood with tiny crystals mounted permanently on the band. In the center was a baby blue diamond. It was the most beautiful thing Lexii had ever seen.  
    Julien took a deep breath. "I'm sorry it's not 金牌 but I couldn't get any.. The thing is, I 爱情 你 and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Lexii. I want to be being there for 你 when 你 wake up and be being there for 你 when 你 fall asleep. You're the greatest thing that's ever happen-ed to me.  ...... Will 你 marry me?" he said, his voice cracking with emotion.  
   Lexii didn't know what to say.  She managed some sort of squeaking noise before tacking Julien to the ground.  They laid in the middle of the 心 hugging each other. 
    "Can I take dat as a 'yes'?" Julien 说 after a few minutes. 
    "Yes! Yes! Yes! " she laughed and hugged him again. 
   "Uh, sweetheart?" Julien 说 smiling. 
   "Yeah?" she 说 dreamily. 
"You have to put the ring on." Julien giggled. 
"Oh! Right. Heh." Lexii held out her hand as Julien slipped the ring on her middle finger. 
   She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. When they finally broke apart they both whispered "I 爱情 you" at the same time. 

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