Meant To Be

Chapter 31

Once we arrived at the hotel, we went to our rooms to get ready for the dinner.

Mary-Beth put on some music, and we had a small dance party. After that, I went to the bathroom to straighten and curl my hair. Once I was done doing my hair, I did my makeup.

"Are you almost done? I want to see you in your dress," Mary-Beth said.

"Almost. Let me just clean up, then I'll show you." I heard her huff and I laughed.

I cleaned up everything, then went to the closet. I pulled out my dress, then headed to the bathroom to change.

"Ok. I'm coming out now,"I said to Mary-Beth.

"Oh my gosh. Maria. That dress is beautiful," she said as I stepped out. I was wearing a red floor length dress with a diamond belt and diamonds on the top of the heart neckline.

"Thank you," I said with a smile.

"Where did you get it?" She asked.

"I made it. Back in highschool." Her jaw dropped.

"You made this back in high school and you never showed me?!"

"Sorry."

"I knew you where a fashionista, but I didn't know you were this talented! No offense." I laughed.

"Nun taken. Now let me see your dress."

"Ok." She pulled hers out of the closet and put it on. It was a black knee length dress with a gold bealt. She added black heels, black earrings, a gold necklace, and a gold bracelet.

"You look amazing! I love that on you!" I said.

"Thank you. Do you think I should put my hair down instead of keeping it in a bun?"

"No. The bun goes with the outfit."

"Ok. Thanks."

"You're welcome." We heard a knock on the door, and that was our queue that it was time to go.

Mary-Beth opened the door, and I grabbed our purses.

"Hello Mary-Beth. You look very beautiful," Liam said.

"Why thank you. You look great too," Mary-Beth said to Liam. They both had a big smile on their face.

I moved next to Mary-Beth and handed her her purse.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," I said.

"Wow. You look beautiful Maria." I smiled at Liam.

"Thank you."

"Ready to go? The rest of the boys are out in the hall."

"We're ready," Mary-Beth said.

"Ok." Mary-Beth walked out with Liam and I closed the door behined me.

"Woah," I heard Loui says as I turned around. I smiled and looked towards Harry. His jaw was dropped. I let out a laugh.

"Ready to go?" I asked everyone.

"We're ready," Niall said. I walked over to Harry, who was frozen in place, as everyone made their way to the elevator.

"Harry." I waved my hand in front of his face.

"You look. You look amazing." I let out another laugh.

"Thank you." I gave him a kiss. We lingered there for a while, then separated. "Now come on. We don't want to keep everyone waiting." I grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the elevator.

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Once we got to the restaurant, Harry led the way to the booth. He healed me close as we walked.

I sat down next to Harry and Niall. "This place is beautiful," I said while looking around the restaurant.

"Just like my girlfriend," Harry said. I smile at him then gave him a kiss. "Do you know what you want to order?"

"I think I'm going to get the seafood." Harry let out a laugh. "Oh my gosh Harry. You're such a child." I was laughing with him now.

"Says the girl who was wearing a Superman onsie and having a battle with Batman," he said.

"You're never going to let that go, are you?" I asked him.

"Never." He smiled at me and rested his hand on my thigh.

The waiter came and took out orders. Within the hour, thankfully, or food came. We were digging in, then the cutest thing ever happened.

"Um. Excuse me. May I have everyone's attention please?" A man was tapping on his glass. "Ok. I've known this beautiful woman sitting next to me for 7 years now. She's been by my side and I've been by hers. That's why I know this is the right decision. She makes me happy, and I want that for the rest of my life. Gwen Lopez, will you marry me." Every girl in the room awed.

"Oh my gosh. That's so cute," I said. Everyone was waiting for her to say yes, but she didn't.

"I can't," Gwen said. I inhaled, and so did everyone else.

"Why... why not?" The man asked.

"I'm in love with someone else," she said. My jaw dropped and I covered my mouth.

"Who?"

"You're brother." Everyone froze. "I've been seeing him for sometime now. I was planning on ending it between us after dinner."

"What about the baby?" That's when I realized she was pregnant. She must be 3 months in.

"It's not yours. It's his." She pointed to who the man's brother. What a surprise that he's here.

"I'll kill you!" The man jumped onto his brother, knocking him out of the chair. He kept punching his face. The brother got in one punch before he was pulled up then slammed down onto the table.

The fight was separated by the police, and both of the men were escorted out. The girl was left standing. Everyone was looking at her. She looked at who I'm guessing would have been her mother in law. She and everyone else had a look of shame on their face. The girl gathered her stuff, and exited the restaurant.

It took about a minute for everyone to go back to eating.

"I cannot believe that just happened," Mary-Beth said.

"I don't even know what to say," I said. After a minute of silence, we began to eat again and we spent the rest of the time talking about the trip.

We left about an hour later. We walked outside and it was snowing. We got back to the hotel and everyone was tired. We said goodnight and headed to our rooms.