Life in Technicolour.
Twenty Eight: Hey baby, I think I'm gonna marry you.
I was taking Riley out for dinner tonight, some real fancy place that Matt told me about, it was the kind of place where I had to wear a tie and everybody called me ‘sir’ without adding ‘you’re making a scene’ on the end of it.
“Babe are you almost ready?” I called to Riley from the living room.
“Yeah! Let me just finish my makeup” She yelled back, I rolled my eyes and checked myself in the mirror one more time, to be honest I didn’t think I cleaned up too badly if I do say so myself. I heard Riley’s heels clacking on the floor and I turned around to look at her, my eyes widened and I whistled low.
“Do I look okay?” She asked looking at her hands.
“Okay? Babe if we didn’t have reservations I’d have to push you back into that bedroom and fuck you until neither of us could walk”
“A little more than what I was going for but thanks” She grinned up at me.
“Of course you look okay” I walked over to her and pulled her close “You look beautiful” I leaned in and kissed her softly, when I pulled away she giggled and wiped my lips, she got lipstick on me. “Hmm what is that?” He asked smacking his lips.
“Peaches and cream”
“It’s nice”
“Yeah I know, now c’mon let’s go” She grabbed my hand and lead me out to the car, I opened the door for her and then we drove to the beach restaurant where I had the reservations for seven o’clock.
“This is so beautiful” She breathed, taking in her surroundings.
“I hoped you’d like it”
“Was this the place Matt brought Val to on like their third date?”
“Yeah, he told me about it, said I should bring you here, so I figured I would”
“So what’s the occasion?”
“No occasion, just thought I should treat my beautiful girlfriend to dinner” I grinned and stroked her hand over the table causing her to blush scarlet. “I like it that I can make you blush”
“Shut up” She mumbled as the waiter approached. Riley was watching him intently as he took our orders and then scurried off. The she looked at me. “Looks like you just found a little fanboy”
“What?”
“Why do you think he was so damn nervous being near you?”
“You think he’s a fan?”
“Twenty bucks says he’s got a bedroom full of posters of you that he kisses goodnight”
“Okay that’s creepy”
“Maybe so but I’m sure people do it”
“Maybe not the poster part but the fan part I’m willing to bet on”
“You’re on”
We ate our meal and talked and then when it was time to leave we asked for the cheque. Riley wanted to pay for her half but I wasn’t having any of it, just as we were leaving Riley turned to our waiter.
“So you’re an avenged sevenfold fan then?” He looked startled by the question but nodded, his eyes wide. She giggled and I sighed, pulling out my wallet and handing her a twenty. The kid was still staring at us. “Don’t be rude Zacky” She said, the kid’s jaw was practically on the floor by the time we’d left the place. I gave him an autograph and took a picture with him, he looked like he was about to piss himself.
“How did you know he was a fan?”
“Please it was obvious”
“Okay maybe a little”
“Exactly” She said removing her shoes and stepping down onto the sane, I chuckled and sat down on the edge of the sidewalk, taking off my shoes and socks, rolling my pants up a bit before joining her on the sand. I took her hand and we walked down the beach for a little while, I was a warm night with a light breeze and it was lifting her hair off her shoulders a little, she looked so gorgeous and it made my heart beat so much faster in my chest just thinking about the fact that she was mine .
After a while we stopped and I took of my jacket so we could lie down on the floor, I pulled her on top of me and we talked for a really long time before she started to kiss me, and then from there, things only went uphill.
X-X-X
We were over at Matt’s again, so we could watch the baseball game, but it was on break and so I went out into the back yard to see how Riley was doing, she was talking to Val when I went out there.
“Yeah but he wouldn’t ask me”
“I wouldn’t ask you what?” I asked as I came out through the French doors.
“She thinks you wouldn’t ask her to marry you”
“Maybe not now, but someday”
“Yeah but I don’t wanna get married” She said, sending a painful shot through my chest, she didn’t ever want to get married to me?
“You don’t wanna marry me?”
“I’ve never wanted to marry anyone, it’s not a personal thing Zacky, I just don’t feel that I need a ring on my finger to prove that I’m in love with you to know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you”
“So you don’t wanna marry me?” I repeated.
“What? I never said that”
“You just did” She slapped her forehead.
“No I said that I never wanted to get married to anyone, I never have, I’ve never liked the idea of marriage and I don’t see the point in it”
“Oh so it’s pointless now?”
“To me… yeah kind of”
“Right” I was pissed off now, she just told me that she never wanted to marry me and that we could never take that final step in becoming a couple because she was only thinking about what she wanted, I didn’t usually get mad at Riley, but this was just one thing that I wasn’t going to overlook because this was something that actually meantsomething to me.
“No don’t walk away from me!” She said getting up off the sun lounger “ If you have something to say, say it”
“Fine” I snapped, turning back to her “That hurt, what you said”
“Zacky it’s not personal I’ve never wanted to do it!” She shouted
“So you’re telling me that if I asked you now you would say no?”
“Of course I wouldn’t say no!”
“But you think marriage is stupid”
“Yes!”
“Then why would you agree to it?!”
“Because if that’s what you wanted then I wouldn’t have a problem with it!”
“But you just told me that you didn’t want to get married!” I yelled, everyone was staring now, worried expressions on their faces.
“Ugh you’re fucking unbelievable Zacky! I said I didn’t want to, because I’ve never wanted to before, but I’ve never been in love with anyone like I have you so it would be fucking different if you asked me!”
“Fine! Riley Katherine Summers will you marry me?!”
And everyone was shocked into silence.
“Babe are you almost ready?” I called to Riley from the living room.
“Yeah! Let me just finish my makeup” She yelled back, I rolled my eyes and checked myself in the mirror one more time, to be honest I didn’t think I cleaned up too badly if I do say so myself. I heard Riley’s heels clacking on the floor and I turned around to look at her, my eyes widened and I whistled low.
“Do I look okay?” She asked looking at her hands.
“Okay? Babe if we didn’t have reservations I’d have to push you back into that bedroom and fuck you until neither of us could walk”
“A little more than what I was going for but thanks” She grinned up at me.
“Of course you look okay” I walked over to her and pulled her close “You look beautiful” I leaned in and kissed her softly, when I pulled away she giggled and wiped my lips, she got lipstick on me. “Hmm what is that?” He asked smacking his lips.
“Peaches and cream”
“It’s nice”
“Yeah I know, now c’mon let’s go” She grabbed my hand and lead me out to the car, I opened the door for her and then we drove to the beach restaurant where I had the reservations for seven o’clock.
“This is so beautiful” She breathed, taking in her surroundings.
“I hoped you’d like it”
“Was this the place Matt brought Val to on like their third date?”
“Yeah, he told me about it, said I should bring you here, so I figured I would”
“So what’s the occasion?”
“No occasion, just thought I should treat my beautiful girlfriend to dinner” I grinned and stroked her hand over the table causing her to blush scarlet. “I like it that I can make you blush”
“Shut up” She mumbled as the waiter approached. Riley was watching him intently as he took our orders and then scurried off. The she looked at me. “Looks like you just found a little fanboy”
“What?”
“Why do you think he was so damn nervous being near you?”
“You think he’s a fan?”
“Twenty bucks says he’s got a bedroom full of posters of you that he kisses goodnight”
“Okay that’s creepy”
“Maybe so but I’m sure people do it”
“Maybe not the poster part but the fan part I’m willing to bet on”
“You’re on”
We ate our meal and talked and then when it was time to leave we asked for the cheque. Riley wanted to pay for her half but I wasn’t having any of it, just as we were leaving Riley turned to our waiter.
“So you’re an avenged sevenfold fan then?” He looked startled by the question but nodded, his eyes wide. She giggled and I sighed, pulling out my wallet and handing her a twenty. The kid was still staring at us. “Don’t be rude Zacky” She said, the kid’s jaw was practically on the floor by the time we’d left the place. I gave him an autograph and took a picture with him, he looked like he was about to piss himself.
“How did you know he was a fan?”
“Please it was obvious”
“Okay maybe a little”
“Exactly” She said removing her shoes and stepping down onto the sane, I chuckled and sat down on the edge of the sidewalk, taking off my shoes and socks, rolling my pants up a bit before joining her on the sand. I took her hand and we walked down the beach for a little while, I was a warm night with a light breeze and it was lifting her hair off her shoulders a little, she looked so gorgeous and it made my heart beat so much faster in my chest just thinking about the fact that she was mine .
After a while we stopped and I took of my jacket so we could lie down on the floor, I pulled her on top of me and we talked for a really long time before she started to kiss me, and then from there, things only went uphill.
X-X-X
We were over at Matt’s again, so we could watch the baseball game, but it was on break and so I went out into the back yard to see how Riley was doing, she was talking to Val when I went out there.
“Yeah but he wouldn’t ask me”
“I wouldn’t ask you what?” I asked as I came out through the French doors.
“She thinks you wouldn’t ask her to marry you”
“Maybe not now, but someday”
“Yeah but I don’t wanna get married” She said, sending a painful shot through my chest, she didn’t ever want to get married to me?
“You don’t wanna marry me?”
“I’ve never wanted to marry anyone, it’s not a personal thing Zacky, I just don’t feel that I need a ring on my finger to prove that I’m in love with you to know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you”
“So you don’t wanna marry me?” I repeated.
“What? I never said that”
“You just did” She slapped her forehead.
“No I said that I never wanted to get married to anyone, I never have, I’ve never liked the idea of marriage and I don’t see the point in it”
“Oh so it’s pointless now?”
“To me… yeah kind of”
“Right” I was pissed off now, she just told me that she never wanted to marry me and that we could never take that final step in becoming a couple because she was only thinking about what she wanted, I didn’t usually get mad at Riley, but this was just one thing that I wasn’t going to overlook because this was something that actually meantsomething to me.
“No don’t walk away from me!” She said getting up off the sun lounger “ If you have something to say, say it”
“Fine” I snapped, turning back to her “That hurt, what you said”
“Zacky it’s not personal I’ve never wanted to do it!” She shouted
“So you’re telling me that if I asked you now you would say no?”
“Of course I wouldn’t say no!”
“But you think marriage is stupid”
“Yes!”
“Then why would you agree to it?!”
“Because if that’s what you wanted then I wouldn’t have a problem with it!”
“But you just told me that you didn’t want to get married!” I yelled, everyone was staring now, worried expressions on their faces.
“Ugh you’re fucking unbelievable Zacky! I said I didn’t want to, because I’ve never wanted to before, but I’ve never been in love with anyone like I have you so it would be fucking different if you asked me!”
“Fine! Riley Katherine Summers will you marry me?!”
And everyone was shocked into silence.