Penny was a little nervous getting her first tattoo. She had always liked tattoos but was afraid to get one. Over the last year, she had met and fallen in love with Travis, who was a tattoo artist, and she finally knew someone she could trust in giving her her first tattoo.

Travis had also fallen head over heels in love with Penny. From the moment he met her, he knew there was something different about her. He was honored to be giving her the tattoo and decided he wanted to make it extra special.

After some deliberation, Penny decided on the design of a one-cent piece inside a heart, on her upper back. She sat in the chair, as Travis worked on the tattoo behind her.

To her surprise, other than the initial needle, Penny didn’t feel pain. She actually felt very calm and having Travis there definitely helped.

For an hour Travis worked on the tattoo. Finally, he was done. He wiped it down with a towel.

“Are you ready to see it, Penny?” Travis asked.

“Yes,” Penny replied with excitement.

He turned her chair towards a wall mirror. Then he picked up another mirror so that she could see it on her back.

When she saw the ink on her back, it wasn’t what she expected. Instead of the penny/heart design there was a message.

“‘Will you marry me?’” she read with confusion.

“What do you think?” Travis asked.

“But, what about the–?” she asked.

“Penny, I’m in love with you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, if you’ll have me.”

She was starting to feel woozy. Whether it was from the procedure or the proposal she wasn’t sure.

“I don’t feel so well,” she said as she blacked out.

A few minutes later, she woke up on a bench with Travis holding her hand. When he saw that she had opened her eyes, he gave a look of such relief and love that Penny knew her answer.

“Travis, I wish you would have done the tattoo that I picked out.”

His face fell.

“But, I love you and I will absolutely marry you.”

He looked up.

“Really?”

“Yes,” she said.

They hugged and she let out a grunt of pain when he grazed the fresh tattoo.”

“Oh, I’m so sorry, baby,” he said.

He pulled out a simple silver ring and placed it on her finger and they kissed for the first time as an engaged couple.

What do you think?
Should Penny have accepted or did he break her trust beyond repair?