"Do you want to go on the Ferris wheel?" Your friend Glen asks you. You look at him,  before you nod with a smile. "Sure" you reply, happily. 

It was a warm summer Friday night. You were at the fair with your friends, and Glen was among them. You were just glad Glen was in your life. You had known him since school. And since you were both introduced when you were probably 15, your friendship with the kind-hearted "boy" who loved the drums had never faded. 

Together you and Glen walk over to the ferris wheel. Glen helps you into the carriage and the wheel begins to move. 

As it gets higher, you get a glimpse of Dublin off in the distance. Like the sun setting over the ocean, it glimmers as all the lights burn across the city. You hear Glen sigh. You look at him with a childish smile. "It's absolutely beautiful" Glen says as you both look at the surrounding scenery. You nod.

"It is" you reply.

Glen looks at you, his pupils enlarging. You don't look back, you're oblivious to his lovingly stare.

"But it's not as beautiful as you" Glen says.

You turn to him before you blush and you grin. 

"Thank you" you comment. 

Glen turns to you. "Y/N?" He asks.

You look at him before you turn to face him. 

"What is it Glen?" You ask.

He takes a deep breath before he looks at you once again. He takes your left hand and holds it in his. 

"Y/N, we've known each other for 20 years. And over those years, I'll admit... I've grown to admire you very deeply" Glen starts. You look at him, your face plastered with a look of shock, surprise and yet delight too. 

"And I was wondering if I could ask you something" Glen asks you. You nod. "Yeah Glen, anything".

That's when he says it. When he asks a question he has been dying to ask for, unaware to you, the whole two decades of your friendship. "Will you go out with me?".

You freeze. You're shocked. It sends a quick shiver down your spine, you feel your whole body go cold. It's your heart has stopped. The blood circulation cut off. Time is frozen. Did Glen really ask you that? Your friend since high school? Your chain of thoughts are interrupted when Glen adds:

"Please.. will you?". 

You lick your bottom lip before you smile. You nod before you reply: "Yeah.. yeah I will". 

Glen lets out a sigh of relief before he grins. You both instantly hug, your face buried deep into his chest. You can feel his warm breath of your shoulder but you relax. You don't want it to end. 

He holds you close to him while his face remains hidden away, deep in your hoodie. Suddenly the ferris wheel stops. Obviously to let more people back on the ground on. 

That's when you both break apart. That's when you realise that you're both sitting at the very top. That's when it feels like you're on top of the world, a view that no one gets to see but the birds and the stars. And that's when Glen kisses you.