“Annah Nicole Reese, will you marry me?”

My breath caught in my throat as I stared at him. Tears started to well up in my eyes as I covered my mouth with my hands. I felt a tear escape from my eyes and quickly wiped it away. Is he actually doing this? No, he can’t be; this is a dream. Right? More tears trailed down my cheeks and I let them. I looked into CC’s eyes; they were full of passion, purity, fear, and love. This wasn’t something you could just imagine in a dream, it was real.

I dropped my hands down to my lap as I breathed out a breath and sniffled. A smile appeared on my face as I nodded my head. “Yes.” I breathed out. He exhaled deeply as relief filled his face. He took my hand and gently slid the ring onto my left finger. I stood from the couch with tears still streaming down my face and wrapped my arms around him tightly. He wrapped his arms around my torso as I buried my head in his chest. A kiss was planted on my head as he gave me a slight squeeze.

“I love you.” I whispered and then kissed his chest.

“I love you too, Annah; so so much.” He replied. I looked up at him, smiling out of pure happiness. He smiled back at me before planting a kiss on my lips. When he pulled away he lifted his hands to hold either side of my head gently and wiped away the tears sitting on my cheeks. He smiled at me again before taking my hand and leading me back to the couch. He sat down and I crawled up to lay against him. He wrapped one arm around my body and watched me as I examined the ring he used to prove his love. The ring glistened in the light, sparkles casted off of the silver, but the black diamond did nothing. The balance between the sparkle and the calmness of the two were so perfect it dazed me. How small of an object, but how much meaning could be withheld in it.
-That Morning-
“Shhh! Andy, you’re going to wake them up…Andrew!” A laugh erupted from the room.

“Shhh, Juliet you’re going to wake them up!” Another voice teased back.

I snuggled closer to CC, groaning quietly. He shifted slightly, tightening his hold on me, “Too late you prick.” He said groggily. I felt his hand start to stroke my back softly which made me giggly slightly. “Good to see you’re up as well.” He whispered in my ear. I shook my head as much as I could and yawned.

“Nope, I’m not awake yet.” He chuckled and started to stroke my cheek until I opened my eyes. He looked over at me and smiled as he messed around with my ring.

“You’re definitely a keeper.” He joked and kissed my forehead. I smiled softly and sat up from the makeshift bed we made on the living room floor last night. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and yawned again.

“Mornin’, love birds.” Juliet walked out of the kitchen and into the living room, sitting in the chair.

“Haha, Jue; that’s very funny.” I rolled my eyes at her.

“I know, I’m so fucking funny, but you don’t need to remind me.” She took a sip of whatever was in her mug and sighed. “So, I see you two made up.” CC chuckled next to me and propped himself up on his arm.

“Show her, babe.”

“Show me what?” Juliet replied with big eyes. I laughed quietly and held up my left hand. It took her a second to realize what was so important, but when her eyes landed on the ring you could see the light bulb go off.

“Oh my god!” She exclaimed, “You guys, that’s amazing!” A smile lit her face as she rushed over to me. I stood up, thankful that I had put some sweatpants on last night, and hugged her. “Congratulations!”

“What’s with all the noise?” A grumpy Eli questioned as he walked into your room.

“Well, Mr. Grumpy Pants, your little sister is engaged.” I said. Eli’s face morphed from being groggy to wide awake.

“What did you just say?”

“You heard me, I’m getting married to CC.”

“No way!” He yelled. Seriously, what was with all the yelling this early in the morning? “Get over here you little shit.” He joked before bear hugging me. “My little sister is getting married. You’re getting married….Oh my goodness, you’re going to get fucking married!”

I laughed at him as CC returned to my side after hugging Juliet and Andy. “Yes, Eli, I am. Why do you seem so surprised?” He shrugged his shoulders and sighed. “But I have a flight today, I’ve already missed a week of courses and I really have to get back to school. I really don’t want to go back…” He trailed off.

“Well, Eli, we have an open job as graphic designer. Our other guy just… Didn’t work out…” Andy trailed off, trying not to bring up the whole situation that happened with Tucker. “Would you like to be our new designer?”

“No way, seriously man?” Andy nodded. “Yeah! Of course, that’d be totally awesome. Thanks dude.” Eli ran out of the room, pulling his phone out in the process.

“You’re going to regret that, Andy.” I said, receiving a chuckle from CC.

“It won’t be that bad.” CC added.

“Oh, you haven’t met the grown up Eli yet. I will pray for you.” I smiled brightly as I wrapped my arms around his torso. “So, shall we start Warped then our new life together, or the other way around?”

He sighed and pursed his lips. “Why not both?” I knit my eyebrows together in confusion. “Why not get married during Warped?”

I burst out laughing, “Oh, babe because that’s our time to have fun and go fucking nuts. We can drink, party, and become deaf even faster. Our day will come, but let’s have some serious fun while we can, okay?” I smiled up at him and received a nod from him.

“Anything that you want, I will give.” He said sincerely. I went up on my toes and pecked him lips. He definitely is a keeper.