Your best friend: Capucine
Your seduction weapon: Your eyes
Has a crush on you: Boris
Your first kiss: Kentin
Your boyfriend: Castiel
His gift to you: A wedding ring
Wants to steal him from you: Debrah
Your loveydovey holiday trip: Farm
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It has been six years since I met Castiel and five since he asked me out. Sometimes it amazes me that we’re still together. We had gone through so much throughout high school and there were plenty of times I thought I would lose him forever. I could remember the heartbreak I felt every time he broke up with me, only to feel joy when we got back together. It was such a roller coaster ride that I started to get annoyed after awhile. Entering college I told him he either breaks up with me for good or we try to fix our problems before we decide to call it quits. Thankfully he picked the second choice. After that our relationship had gone much more smoothly.
“Lucy?” Castiel asked from downstairs. I smiled and stretched my arms over my head as I headed downstairs. It still gave me shivers whenever I heard him call my name. I don’t think I could ever get use to the way he says it.
In the distance there was the sound of a tractor and I knew the owners of the farm we were staying at, were busy working. Last week I had complained about being sick of the city and Castiel surprised me with a week vacation out in the country. It was nice getting some fresh air and being away from all the hustle and bustle of the busy city life. I finally felt like I could think properly. Maybe, I would actually move out here one day.
Castiel came into view and a smile spread across both of our faces. God, he was so perfect, why did Deborah ever let him go. I wrapped my arms around his neck and gave him a quick kiss, before he was pulling me away. Ever night we went on a walk, coming back well after it was dark out. I just liked to look out at the stars.
Tonight it was a little different. In the clearing we usually walked too, Castiel had set up a table with a candle in the middle and a lovely meal set out for us. I felt a blush creep onto my cheeks and I smiled a little. “What’s the occasion?” I asked, looking up at him. He just gave his signature smirk and shrugged, before getting me to sit down. We ate dinner in silence, but it was comfortable and it allowed me to try and figure out why he was doing all this.
My curiosity was starting to get the better of me and Castiel knew it. He could see me start to bounce in my seat, bursting with questions as to what was going on. That’s when he showed me what this all was. Castiel stood up and kneeled in front of me on one knee. My eyes went wide and I covered my mouth with my hands as I watched him.
“Lucy Maria Black, I have loved you for almost six years now and I will love you until I take my last breath,” he said in such a loving tone. I could feel my eyes fill with tears as I listened to him, wanting to hug him before he even got all the words out. “Will you marry me?” There was no thinking to be done and I nodded my head like crazy, before tackling him into a hug.
“Yes, yes, oh my god yes!” I looked at him and watched as he slipped the engagement ring onto my finger. I kissed him all over his face, before finally pressing my lips to his. Soon, my mind started going back to when we first met and how we even got here in the first place.
At first I thought Castiel had hated me. He was always making fun of me and I had the hardest time making him happy. Usually he would just yell at me. I don’t even know why I was so into a bad boy. In my last school, I had fallen for a bad boy and gotten hurt, badly. That’s why I had transferred to Sweet Amoris and moved in with my Aunt. My parents wanted to give me a fresh start, instead of staying at my current high school and being bullied for the rest of the year. It’s just unfortunate that Castiel was the first guy I started to like.
Over time I learned that Castiel was very different than I had originally thought. Though he would never admit it, he was more caring then he let on to be. At least to me he was. I could tell when he would get jealous or was worried about me. Whenever I was with his best friend Lysander or Nathanial alone, he would get jealous and pull me away from them immediately. And god how he hated Alexy until he learned he was gay. I had really enjoyed seeing this side of Castiel, but whenever I brought it up, he would deny like no other.
It wasn’t until I met Deborah that I found out why he was trying to deny all feelings he might have for me. At least that’s what I thought. Deb was Castiel’s ex and it didn’t seem like he was exactly over her. I had learned that it was her that broke it off, so it only made sense that he would still want her back.
“What’re you doing?” Castiel asked me as we sat in the grass, gazing up at the stars. I smiled and snuggled into him more.
“Just thinking of how far we’ve come.” Castiel chuckled and I closed my eyes, going back to my high school days.
During the time of the misunderstanding, Deborah tried her best to take Castiel away and Kentin and I had become closer. No matter what he did though, I kept thinking about Castiel. I didn’t want him to leave, especially if it meant going with Deb. Kentin sure did try to make me forget though. Out of the blue he had kissed me one day, shocking me to my core. I had almost thought he was trying to pull the same stunt with me as he had with Amber, so for a bit, I had become angry, but it was just his way of distracting me. It had worked for about two seconds.
That was when I really figured out how much I felt for Castiel. I knew I liked him, I just didn’t realize how much until he wasn’t by my side, so to speak. I guess I just took what we did have for granted and without it, it felt like I was missing something. Really, that’s what had made me even more determined to fix this mess that I was in. Which meant bringing down Deborah once and for all.
Even with Rosayla’s help, I thought it would take some more effort, but Deborah had fallen for the trap. What made it even better was Nathanial’s help in our little plan with ousting the real Deb. There was no way for her to take back what she had said, no one believed her for once. Of course it had put Castiel in a funk for a bit.
When he had come back, I had a plan to confess to him, but that didn’t go exactly as planned, considering there were other things to be done. The whole school was looking to save some rabbits that they thought were going to be killed in the name of science. At least that’s how it was for the girls and the guys just agreed to help. It was a pretty good plan, up until Castiel and I had gotten stuck in the science room and the last rabbit had decided to climb down my shirt. Thinking back on it now, I think I would have rather to think of another idea to get it out, but instead I took off my tops, showing Castiel my new underwear.
“Are you asleep, Lucy?” I mumbled something for an answer and looked up at Castiel. He looked down at me with his brown eyes and I smiled, bringing him down for a small kiss. It was crazy to think that I loved this man so much. He had changed so much over the last six years, that thinking back on the old Castiel, it was almost hard to believe.
To say things had become awkward would be an understatement. We tried not to let the fact that Castiel had seen me half naked phase us, but it definitely wasn’t working. Eventually, I had decided to get past that little awkwardness and tell Castiel a few things I had been holding back for a few weeks. “I like you… A lot.” He had just stared at me and I knew that there was going to be further explaining. “I mean more than a friend Castiel.” Now, he was just shocked, but before he could reject me or do anything, I ran away, my face burning up.
If it wasn’t for the fact that winter break had started, Castiel probably would have confronted me about it. Even then it wouldn’t have stopped him, if it wasn’t for the fact that I had caught a cold that wouldn’t let up. Getting back to school was hell, because I didn’t want to face Castiel and what was bound to be a rejection. I tried to avoid him all day, but he eventually caught up with me and cornered me in the basement. Why I went down there, I had no idea. Wasn’t one of my finest moments, that’s for sure.
I’m glad, that I did though. That was where Castiel and I had our first kiss. I was watching him advance on me, wishing I could somehow get away. There was none though and he soon had me pinned against the wall.
“You, Lucy, never let me respond to your little confession,” he said, glaring at me.
“T-that’s because I-i-i didn’t want to get r-rejected, Castiel,” I responded, swallowing hard. He smirked at me and I licked my lips as I watched him get closer. Soon his lips were pressed against mine and that would be the first kiss of many that we would share.
I woke up in the bed that the farm owners were allowing me to sleep in. Slowly, the events from last night entered my mind and I smiled as I looked down at the ring that sat on my finger. It wasn’t anything special, just a simple diamond on a silver band, but it made me happy nonetheless. Anything that Castiel, makes me happy.
“Ah, you’re up. Capucine has been calling you for hours. She won’t stop bugging me about your answer,” Castiel said, as soon as he walked into my room with my phone in his hand. I smiled and took it from him, placing it against my ear. Now, how Capucine and I became friends is a whole other story that I’m just not even going to get into this time.