It takes him longer than he thinks it will to find the ring. At first, it's finding a store that he thinks he can haggle in and the shopkeeper will let him peruse at his own pace. Then, he comes to the epiphany that he doesn't actually know what he should be getting Jake other than a ring. Too many diamonds doesn't seem right, but he also wants it to sparkle a little -- Jake does like her shiny things.

He knows when he sees the sapphires that it's going to be those.

From there, it takes another half an hour to pick a ring and then another to get it sized, on top of that. He's probably long overdue by the time he has it in his pocket (a few thousand dollars gone, even after the haggling), but he has an engagement ring for her, and it makes it seem all that much more official. It's the first time in his life that marriage and a future has ever seemed truly real and he knows it could never be better than with Jake.

He lets himself back into the apartment, inhaling deeply and showing his pleasure at the aroma. "It smells incredible," he praises.