Forever and Always

Chapter 11

Ricky's POV

I wake up  around 10 the next morning and decide to surprise Devin and get Lucifer before he wakes up. I jump in the shower and get dressed before I get in my car and start the short drive to Kylie's house. 10 minutes later I'm knocking on her door.

The door opens, "Hey Ricky, what are you doing here?" She asks confused.

"I told Devin I would pick up Lucifer so he can hang out with us today."

She steps out of the door way, "Come in, and I'll go get him he's in the back."

She walks through the kitchen and calls Lucifer in and as soon as he sees me he runs over to greet me with is tail wagging a million miles an hour.

I laugh, "Hey buddy, how've you been." 

Kylie laughs and hands me his leash "Here's his leash in case you guys decide to go for a walk."

"Thanks we'll bring him back tonight on our way out of town."

"Alright, see you later Ricky."

I open the door and call Lucifer so he'll follow me, I open the back door to my car and he eagerly jumps in. When we pull up to my building is only 10:45, so Devin was probably still asleep. I let Lucifer out and he follows me up the stairs to my apartment as happily as ever.

"You're one happy dog," I say to him as we get up to my door.

When I walk in I'm surprised to see Devin up and pouring himself a bowl of  cereal. As soon as Lucifer sees Devin he runs over to him and starts licking him all over.

"Hey buddy!" Devin says excitedly as he pets and scratches his dog all over.

"I think he missed you," I say laughing.

"I missed him too, thank you so much for getting him," he says with a huge smile.

"No problem, he's treats should be in their usual cabinet if he wants one."

"He always wants treats," Devin says laughing as Lucifer tilts his head at the word.

Lucifer came over with Devin a lot so I kept dog food and treats here for him, he even had a couple dog beds around my apartment. He really does live like a king.

Devin's POV

I pull out Lucifer's treats and toss him a couple and chuckle as he catches them.

"Did you have breakfast Rick?" I ask as he sits down on the couch.

"No, not yet I'll get something in bit."

"I could make French toast if you want," I offer.

"As much as I would love some of your French toast, you cook for me every time you come over so I'll just get cereal or something."

"I like cooking Ricky, and it's the least I could do for you after you picked up my dog."

"Alright if you really want to make me breakfast, I'm not gonna turn you down."

I smile widely and pull out all the stuff I need from around the kitchen then I begin cooking. Lucifer had moved out of the kitchen and was now laying on the couch with Ricky, and was laying in his lap. I laugh to myself as I hear Ricky start talking to Lucifer.

"Hey Ricky it's done," I say a few minutes later as I pull the French toast off the skillet.

"It smells amazing Dev," Ricky says as he walks over to the bar and puts butter and powdered sugar on his toast.

"Do you wanna do something today?" I ask as I walk into the living room.

"Not particularly," he responds tiredly, "but I guess we need to walk the king," he says laughing softly as he gestures towards Lucifer.

"Yeah," I say laughing, "Do you have his leash?"

He nods, "It's in the car."

"Alright, can we go after we eat?" I ask

He nods as he takes a bite of his food. I smile and continue eating me food, and when I'm done I go into the kitchen to clean up. Once Ricky finishes eating he comes in to help me clean.

"You don't have to help y'know, I made the mess I can clean up," I say as I load the dishwasher.

He sighs and puts his hands in his hips, "You made me breakfast the least I can do is help you clean up."

I laugh, "Alright, if you insist."

Once the kitchen is clean I go and get dressed in Ricky's room. "Ready to go?" I ask as I walk out of his room.

"Yep," he says and grabs his car keys.

As soon as Lucifer sees us walking towards the door he pops up and followed us out. Once we get down to the parking lot Ricky grabs the leash out of he's car and hands it to me so I can hook it onto Lucifer. We walk around town aimlessly and eventually end up in a park. If I was going to tell Ricky I was into him, this would be the perfect time. We find a bench in the shade and sit down and watch as the occasional person walk, run, or bike down the little path.  After we've been sitting for a few minutes I turn and look at Ricky, he looks so perfect today.

"Um... Ricky, there's something I need to tell you."

He looks up at me with his beautiful eyes, "What is it?"