My Best Friend's Brother (41 page)

You are my forever. I wake up praying my time with you has not been a dream and wishing in the night time for this ever to end." He was now knelt in front of me. He reached out and brushed his fingers across my cheek and then my lips.

"This isn't an engagement ring, mealy a pre-engagement ring... I hope." He gave me a nervous smile.

"I love you more than I ever thought was possible and in the future I do want to marry you and for you to have my children. But only when you are ready. I want this ring to represent that I will do everything to keep you with me for eternity and do nothing to mess that up. You are my angel, my sweet pea, my consistent love since the moment I first met you." By this point I was tearing up. He got up on his knees and moved forwards until his lips were almost touching mine.

"You are m..my soul..mate." He stumbled over the words, before placing a sweet delicate kiss on my lips.

With that the dam broke and all the tears of pure happiness fell down my cheeks. Nate pulled back and looked over my face.

He tried to dry the tears with his hand but they kept coming.

I could tell by his expression that he was worried by my reaction.

"Say something to the poor boy." I turned my head to see Kira watching us intently with a tear stained face too.

"The poor darling just poured his heart out to you." She sounded as if she was shouting at one of her shows.

Turning my attention back to Nate I gripped the back of his head and pulled his lips back to mine. The kiss was sensual and full of love. We both pulled back shortly afterwards. Breathless, we rested our foreheads against each other's.

"I feel the same Nate. I love you so much that it hurts. I feel like breaking down just thinking about losing you. You are without a doubt in my mind, the one."

He gave me the biggest grin I have ever seen. Stood up and picked me up and spun me around and making me giggle.

"Well at least it's a step in the right direction."

With me still in his arms and hovering off the ground Nate turned in the direction of the voice to see Ricky standing in the doorway with Auron in his arms and smirking.

He walked over to Kira. "When did he wake up? I didn't hear him cry?" She asked sobering up and taking hold of her young baby.

"Don't know. He was just laid staring at the door when I got up and checked on him." Ricky and all of us got into the habit of checking on Auron whenever we were near by.

It was hard not too, he is so damn cute.

"Mummy's brave little soldier." She kissed his forehead and began to pull down the front of her dress. Both Nate and Ricky turned away as Kira gave her breast to her baby.

I couldn't help but laugh making her look up. She rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath "Stupid men."

"Hand me the cover." I knew instantly what she meant and went into the neighboring room and grabbed the muslin cloth type blanket.

Returned to the kitchen and handed it to her. She placed it over the suckling infant so nothing was on display.

"You can look now." I told them. They both sheepishly turned and sighed.

"Sorry." They both mumbled.

"It's fine. Just sit down and tell Hope more romantic things."

"Yes and you can tell me when you plan on getting married." Ricky added.

Nate spent the next hour convincing Ricky it was a good idea to wait until I had finished school to get married. It was pretty comical the way he did it. Nate tried to make it sound like it was my brother's idea.

I spent the rest of the day with Nate. We went to the beach where we went on our first date. This time though Ricky and the others all came. Kira stayed at home with the baby because she didn't like the idea of him being in the sun so long. The following days were all spent with Nate. We would spend all day together and then either I would stay at his house or him at mine. I loved waking up in his arms and I am not going to lie, I did cry on the morning he was due to leave.

"Don't cry Sweet Pea." He held me in his arms and rocked me back and forth. I had woken up only minutes before and almost straight away broke down when I remember he was leaving. "I will visit at least once a month and you can visit me whenever you want. We will Skype every night and text all day. You will never be truly without me. I will message you so much you will get annoyed with me." He told me as he was drying my face.

"That could never happen." I tried my best to stop crying. "I know you have to go. I just don't want you to go and find someone better."

He pulled back slightly, but kept his arms around me "Are you crazy?" He asked looking at me with a blank expression "I could never find anyone else." he pecked my nose.

"Don't you remember my speech the other day when I gave you the ring?"

I nodded "But you are just..." he cut me off pressing his lips to mine.

"I love you." He says against my lips.

"You are my future." He said pulling back "Don't ever forget that. I want you and only you to be my wife and have my children with."

We sat in silence for a while, Nate just holding me.

"I know. I'm sorry." I sighed having calmed myself "I just hate being away from you. I'm just overreacting."

"No, you're not. But you need not to worry."

We continued to embrace until Ricky called telling Nate they had to leave in an hour.

They had already left it and until the last moment, I knew there was no more waiting.

We both got up and took one last shower together before heading downstairs to have breakfast.

Before we knew it, it was time for the three men to leave.

His family and mine were both standing outside saying our goodbyes. All their bags and cases were packed in the car.

"Don't worry little Hope." Matt came over and gave me a hug. "Me and your brother will make sure Nate is a good boy." he said grinning.

Ricky was the next to hug me "Damn right we will." he agreed, picking me up and giving me a bear hug. "I'll miss you Hop."

"I'll miss you too wimp." I teased.

Nate rolled his eyes at his and my brother's words and waited for the moment Ricky to put me down. Nate immediately walked over and took his place, bringing me into his own arms.

"She knows she is my one and only." He told them.

"I'll miss you Sweet Pea." He literally covered my face in kisses, making me laugh.

"Enough kissing. We have to go." Matt told his brother with an amused expression.

"It's never enough, but that hopefully will keep you tied down until I can come back." He gave me one last kiss on my lips this time.

"I love you so much. Never forget or doubt it."

"I love you too." I said taking my best not to cry again.

He pulled back reluctantly and got into the car.

"I'll call you when we get there and Skype with you tonight." He said with tears of is own in his eyes.

I silently nodded my head and I felt a pair of arms wrap around me.

"It's alright Hope. Take care of her Dean." He asked his brother. They had become closer over the last week and Dean had even unofficially started dating the girl he met at my party. "Don't worry. I will make sure she doesn't forget you or get too depressed." Dean told his older brother.

The car engine started up and the car began to pull away.

"I love you!" He calls once more before disappearing around the corner and out of sight.

I broke down for the second time that day and cried into Dean's shirt.

Lanie soon led us inside and took Dean's place.

"He loves you so very much." Her voice was low and comforting.

We were sat on the sofa in her house together. She had told the others to leave us alone.

"You know..." she chuckled to herself. "He actually originally wanted to ask you to marry him."

My heart stopped and my eyes widened. "But we talked and I made him see that you needed more time."

I nodded "I want to marry him, but not yet." It was true. I wanted to more than anything but I want to finish school first.

"I know angel and that is what I told him." She said and again laughed to herself. "If he had of asked he probably would have made you be married before he left." I laughed knowing it was true.

"He is just as worried about you finding someone else as you are him. But I know neither of you will. You are both meant to be together." She gave me a motherly smile.

"I knew the moment he returned that you two would be together." She rubbed my arm "You have always been like a daughter to me, only now it will be official in the future."

That night...

"Is it true you were going to ask me to marry you?" I asked Nate as we spoke on Skype.

He looked away sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck. "Mom's been blabbing?"

I giggled. "Yes. She made me realize you are just as worried as I am. But you don't have to be."

"Just for curiosity sake what would you have said?"

"I would have said yes. But only if we could have an engagement of a year or so. Just until I finish school." I told him honestly.

I heard him sigh. "I would wait for you forever if that is what it took and I warn you to expect a proposal in the near future." He sounded almost as if he was joking, but I knew him well enough to know he wasn't.

"Or maybe it should be you who should be prepared."

He smirked and raised his eyebrows "Is that a fact? You know, I always love when you take control."

I wore my own smirk "Well baby be prepared, because you are mine and I am never letting you go."

"And I would never want you to."

"I love you Hope."

"I love you too Nathan."

The End

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