I walked down the hall to Ryan's apartment and knocked.
"One minute!" I heard from the other side of the door.
The door opened to a shirtless Ryan. I looked him up and down without even realizing it.
"Like what you see?" He joked.
"Mhm I do," I said stepping inside.
"I see you've traded your cleats for heels," he said buttoning up his plaid shirt.
"Yes I have, and we're matching," I noted.
"I guess we are," he said rolling up his sleeves.
God he doesn't even know how good looking that is.
"Come on, let's go," he said grabbing my hand.
We left and he drove us down to the Family Restaurant.
I moved to open my door but he stopped me. He came around and opened the door for me and held out his hand.
I took it as we headed inside. Ryan had a reservation for my favourite table at the back of the restaurant.
He pulled my chair out for me and I sat down. I always knew he was a gentleman but tonight so far was just wow.
I stared at my menu even though I had the whole thing memorized. I put my menu down just in time to catch Ryan staring at me.
"You look stunning tonight," he told me smiling.
I could feel my cheeks getting hot as I smiled at him.
Then the waitress came over to take our order and decided that she would hit on Ryan. It was like I wasn't even there. But I wouldn't blame him if he wanted to go with the waitress.
She was beautiful. I was a girl who would rather wear sweats and watch a movie. The waitress looked like a girly girl. While makeup was probably a necessity to her, it was hardly something I kept at home.
I excused myself to go to the washroom and when I got there I took deep breaths.
I looked in the mirror. I was nothing compared to the waitress. My hair was dull. My face not contoured or highlighted like hers.
I took more deep breaths and waited for my face to stop being red. It took a few minutes but I walked back out of the bathroom and plastered a smile on my face. Nothing could bother me.
Except the waitress sitting in my chair laughing at something Ryan must've said.
In most cliché stories the girl would start crying and storm out of the restaurant. Leaving the guy stranded. Then the guy would feel bad and find the girl and they would make up blah blah blah.
But I'm not that girl. I sauntered over and stood in front of the girl.
"I do believe that this is my seat," I said sternly.
Her eyes widened and she scurried away. Guess she wasn't as confident as she looked.
I sat back down and a waiter came to tend to us.
"Sorry about her, she always does this, it's a wonder she hasn't been fired yet. So what can I get you guys tonight?" The waiter asked.
"I'll have the cheeseburger platter and a budwieser," I said handing him my menu.
"I'll have what she's having," Ryan told the waiter handing him his menu.
The waiter left to get our drinks and a look crossed Ryan's face.
"What?" I asked.
"Hm? Oh nothing," he told me. I knew he was lying through his teeth but I wasn't going to say anything.
My beer came and I drank half of it in one drink.
"A little thirsty?" He asked laughing.
"It's been a while since I've had a beer," I said taking another drink.
"I can tell, but you didn't have a beer on your birthday?" He asked.
"Nope vodka. Vodka can do weird stuff to you," I said remembering not a lot from that night.
"What's the last thing you remember from that night," he asked me.
"It's remember slow dancing with you on the dance floor, you kissing me and us going and doing several rounds of shots. The next thing I remembered was waking up next to you the next morning. I got pretty wasted," I told him.
"Well it was your birthday. And your first day being legal so I don't blame you," he said.
"Ryan we're in Canada, I was legal three years ago. Now I'm legal in all fifty states," I smiled as our food arrived.
The waiter topped off our glasses, we'll just mine, and we dug in. I never felt more Canadian in my plaid, drinking a beer and eating a cheeseburger.
After we finished our meal we sat there just talking. It was perfect. Then that look crossed Ryan's face again.
I decided not to question it, so I downed my beer and when I set my glass down, there was a felt box where my plate was.
Before Ryan could say anything I belched very loudly.
"Whoops," I said.
"You're excused," he said laughing before continuing. "Lucy, the moment you walked into the Rogers Center last year, I wanted you. I wanted you so bad. I wanted nothing more than to call you mine. And then this year when Josh started teasing you about who you liked, and then when I found out that it was me you liked, my heart fluttered in my chest. Because I liked you too. And back then it was just a petty crush. But then the day I told everyone it was me you liked, wow I was such an ass, and then kissing you in your apartment, I knew you were the one for me. And then on your birthday, my God you were gorgeous, I wanted nothing more than to hold you in my arms and tell you how much I love you. But I knew I couldn't. Then when we were both so wasted and we had sex, to be honest I was so happy that night, and that wasn't even the booze talking. Then when you got hurt, I wanted to do nothing but take care of you. And then you let me take care of you. Wholly crap you are just an amazing person, and instead of rambling on all night, I wanted to ask you a question. Will you officially be my girlfriend?"
I was hanging on to every word he said.
"Of course I will Ryan, I thought you'd never ask," I said feeling tears well in my eyes. He was perfect with words.
"Open the box," he told me.
I opened the box to a simple ring with a simple diamond and a heart on either side of the diamond.
"It's beautiful," I said slipping it onto my finger.
"It's glad you like it," he smiled. "Come on I want to go pay the bill."
We got up and Ryan paid the bill then he opened my door for me and we went back to my apartment.
But before we went into the apartment building, Ryan wanted a picture of me with my ring on.
My phone went off and I knew he put it on instagram.
We walked into my apartment and all five guys were asleep on my couch. Again.
I screamed really loudly and very high pitched and all of them woke up.
"What's wrong!" Russell said jumping up.
"Nothings wrong but nice Captain America boxers you goof," I said laughing.
"Well then why the fuck did you scream?" Donaldson asked.
"To wake you all up and it worked," I said turning off the playstation.
"Why did you wake us up," Thole groaned.
"Because you guys can go to your own apartments, mine is not your home. Go sleep in your own bed for once," I said channel surfing.
They all grumbled but got up. Ryan flopped on the couch.
"Why does he get to stay?" JD grumbled.
"Because he can," I said pointing to to door.
"Lucy!" Josh exclaimed grabbing my hand looking at my hand. "Did lover boy here propose!"
"He better not have he didn't ask me," Russell said.
"Calm your testosterone! It's just a promise ring! He asked me tonight to make it official so I did!" I told them.
"Congrats ma man! You gonna get laid tonight?" Josh joked.
Ryan's face turned a shade of red I didn't really know was possible for a human.
Then he whispered something in Josh's ear and his face lit up.
He left the apartment then I could hear him explode with laughter as he shut the door to his own apartment.
"What was that all about?" I asked.
"Nothing," he said trying to keep from laughing.
I just kind of looked at him before Russell decided to interject again.
"Ryan, you didn't even ask me man!" He exclaimed.
"Okay, would you think it'd be a problem if I asked Lucy to officially be my girlfriend?" He asked him.
"No not at all, but next time you gotta ask me," he said leaving.
I looked around and I seen that Thole and Bautista must've left right when I kicked them out.
"So it's official eh?" David asked.
"Yes," I said holding out my hand.
"Congrats you two, the way you guys act we all thought that you guys were official like last month," he told me.
"Nope. Today," I said curling into Ryan's side.
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I woke up being carried to bed by Ryan.
"Bridal style eh?" I asked.
He jumped and almost dropped me.
"Jesus, you scared the crap out of me right there," he said putting me on our bed.
"Sorry," I said as he took his shirt off.
I unbuttoned my dress and flung it to the floor along with my leggings. I covered up before Ryan could see.
"Come here baby," he said pulling me close. I put my head on his chest and I could hear his heart betting erratically.
"Do I do that to you?" I asked him.
"Do what?"
"Make your heart flutter insanely like it is now? Because you do that to me," I said bringing his hand up to my chest.
"Yeah you do that to me," he said smiling.
I smiled then rested my head on his chest again. Ryan's arms snaked around me and I knew that he was the one for me.