[ WP ] A few people shrieked , two people fell off the bench , one person nearly fainted , half the table gasped , and most of the rest jumped .

The restaurant was filled with men and women in clean suits and long dresses, blouses that revealed too much skin and shirts that, had they been any tighter, the buttons would have most definitely found their way across the dining hall and into the depths of a shining wine glass sitting on the many tables amongst the chattering mouths and shrieking utensils. 
 
 `` How's your steak?'' Yusef asked his date, a beautiful red-haired woman he'd been dating for seven years. 
 
 `` Wonderful,'' she replied. `` Chewy and just right. And yours?'' 
 
 `` These lips have n't tasted meat this delicious in all my years,'' the fair-skinned man said with a wet smile on his sweaty face. `` Say, Tori, let's play a simple game, shall we?'' 
 
 `` Yusi, over dinner?'' 
 
 `` This one will be simple, love. Shall we?'' 
 
 She nodded, taking a sip of the chardonnay. 
 
 `` Truth, or dare?'' 
 
 `` Yusi, we have been together for ages now.'' She wiped her lips with the napkin. `` What kind of game are you playing here?'' 
 
 `` Now, now. You must choose one!'' He stuffed another slice of steak into his mouth, chewing violently with a wide smile. 
 
 `` If I must... I'll choose dare.'' 
 
 Yusef swallowed the meat and threw back the entire glass of wine, pushed his chair out from the table with a quick kick of his heel, and threw the table the to side, as if possessed. 
 
 A few of the guests shrieked as the table flew across the dining hall, two women fell out of their chairs and landed on their backsides, an elderly man with thick-framed glasses and fake teeth dropped his head on the table and fainted, and the neighboring diners gasped and jumped. Those who remained seated, unphased by the man's psychotic stunt, focused their attention on Yusef, who was now out of his seat, bending on one knee with a small box in his right hand. 
 
 `` Tori Gurid, I dare you to marry me?'' 
 
 Her eyes glistened wide with excitement and legs trembled underneath the tight blue dress. `` Yusef! You crazy fool. I'm both embarrassed and entirely shocked.'' 
 
 `` Tori!'' 
 
 `` I'm sorry, Yusef. Yes! Yes, I will marry you, you crazy idiot!'' 
 
 Those around them, those who were n't sprawled on the ground or faint over their plate of expensive cuisine, cheered and hollered. 
 
 Yusef rose off his knee and leaned forward, kissing Tori on the lips. 
 
 `` Yusef,'' she asked. 
 
 `` Mhm?'' 
 
 `` What would you have done had I chose the other?'' 
 
 `` Tori, oh, Tori.'' He laughed. `` Well for starters, I would n't have thrown the table!'' 
 

