Brian’s POV

The smile that I thought would be on my face for the next two weeks, had vanished after the first couple of hours and it hadn’t really reappeared since then. And it wasn’t my or Ave fault, that much was clear. We tried it all to have our best fucking time, pun intended yes, while we were on the Bahamas.

Why couldn’t our friends fucking make up before we headed to our honeymoon, that way I wouldn’t have a worried wife beside me, a pissed of best friend and a broken girl friend at home. I hated this, why couldn’t they fucking kiss and make up, that way we all could stay in bed, not together, but each couple in their own and we were all happy, away from each other.

I wanted Ave to calm down so I agreed on calming Matt for her. But the talk didn’t go as well as I thought. It was our first day of our honeymoon and we didn’t have time for us yet. I was getting slowly – fine that was a lie, I was getting quickly annoyed by this.

“Hello?” Matt answered on the second ring.

“Where the fuck have you been, Sanders?” I snapped coming right down to business “I’ve been trying to reach your for the past hour!”

“Out.” Matt said, “What do you need, Gates?”

“Have you heard from Maya?” I asked and hoped for a positive answer “Ave’s freaking out because she can’t get ahold of her,” I continued, sounding annoyed and frustrated but I didn’t care. “Please tell me she is with you so we can go back to bed.”

“She’s not fucking here,” Matt snapped. “I haven’t seen her since last night and apparently she wants to keep it that way!” He growled, and I sighed, fucking shit.

“What the fuck does mean? Was she supposed to be there?” I pressed and hoped Ave wasn’t right that something had happened to Maya.

“Why don’t you ask her? She didn’t have any trouble letting Josh answer her phone!” Matt raged before hanging up on me.

“What the hell was that?!” I looked at the phone, and who was Josh?! I looked at Ave for help but she was looking just as confused as I was. I tried to soothe Ave even though I knew she was worried about her friend, and slowly I got the feeling that she was right.

When Ave’s phone finally rang and Maya was on the line we both were at least happy to know that she was fine, even though I tried to suppress the rage inside of me caused by her fuckhead of a brother. If I would get my hands on this asshole I would fucking wring his neck, there would be no Trevor anymore. Such a lying manipulative bastard shouldn’t walk this earth, fooling his only living relative, a wonderful woman like Maya like that. Fuck, Matt and I should have insisted on taking him out, fuck.

“She will get a cab and drive to our house. I will talk to her later, when she is settled, my dad will look out for her from now on.” Ave said and sighed. “I’m sorry, you were right. I should have listened to you.” I said while kissing Ave’s neck.

“It’s okay. It’s our honeymoon, I understand if you don’t wanna talk about Maya and Matt the entire time.” She grinned, “And now that the situation is settled for now, how about we continue our honeymoon program?” She smirked and I grinned.

“That can only mean one thing in a couple of places, but how about we start right here” I wiggled my eyebrows and motioned towards the bed, but Ave shook her head. “No, dear husband. We have a romantic dinner set up this evening at the beach.”

“Okay, then lets enjoy our dinner and then-” I smirked and Ave chuckled “Yes, then I am all yours”

We got dressed nicely, I tried to undress Ave a couple of times, but she said I had to wait, again. Did she know how bad she tortured me with this, when all I wanted was to stay in bed with her and enjoy our time together?

We went towards the romantic set up at the beach and I smiled, candles were lit. We were alone here, only the waiter for the dinner was waiting for our arrival.

“Mr. and Mrs. Haner, please take a seat. What would you like to drink?” He showed us the menu card and poured our wine. We could see the waves and the moon began to lit up our dinner set up. This was damn beautiful and I couldn’t wait for the waiter to leave so I had my wife here all alone.

Ave’s phone beeped and I looked at her with a lifted eyebrow “Really?” She blushed cutely and checked her message.

“My dad just told me that Maya is at our home and everything is fine. I swear, I will put it away now. I said I’m all yours.” She put the phone back into her purse and I nodded.

The dinner was served and it smelled fantastic before I could take the first bite my phone started to ring. I cursed for taking it with me.

“What?” I snapped at whoever fucking dared to call me.

“What the fuck happened? What happened to Maya?” Matt’s angry voice sounded and I sighed heavily.

Ave looked at me expectantly and I told her it was Matt. “Tell him to take care of her, he should be with her.” I waved off her words and started to tell Matt what we knew from Maya.

“SHE STAYED ON THE STREETS!?” Matt’s voice boomed through the speaker and I was not far from just hanging up on him.

“That’s all we know, she couldn’t reach anyone and didn’t have money…” I explained again.

“Fuck, fuck! This fucker, I swear to god-” Matt raged on and I sighed “Yo, Sanders… As much as I wished for us to talk and rage about Trevor, I’m in the middle of something-”

“Where is she at now?” Matt ignored me completely.

“She is at our place, Larry is taking care of her.” I told him quickly and Matt sighed. “God, I’m such an idiot, I thought… I thought she didn’t want to meet me, I didn’t-” It went on for minutes and if I wasn’t on my honeymoon I would have been a better friend, probably.

“What should I do?” Matt asked and I sighed “Give her some time to rest and go to her tomorrow, you two should talk, man. I mean… we all know you belong back together” I said and Ave nodded.

“Fuck, I don’t know. I was an ass, and I don’t know if she really wants that…” Matt mused and I cursed.

“You should sleep about it, and then go to our house, and just talk… then you will see what’s happening, okay?”

“No, I cannot just go there… I just can’t.. ah fuck sorry, I… I will talk to you later. Greetings to Ave” He hung up and I pushed the phone away. I looked at my food and frowned, shit that would be cold by now.

“I’m sorry, he-” I started but Ave shook her head “I love that you are there for your friend. I wouldn’t want it any other way, babe” Ave took my hand atop the table “Maybe we should skip the meal and head right to our dessert, the food is probably cold anyway” She grinned and that’s the way I liked it.

We told the waiter to send the dessert to our suite and went along the beach back to our hotel entrance, I had my arm around her while we watched the beautiful scenery before us.

I kissed Ave as we headed back to our room, barely able to take my hands of my stunning wife, her arms snaked around my neck, her body pressed to mine and I tried to open the door with the card but couldn’t find the slot like this. Ave chuckled and that’s when my phone started to ring again.

“Let it ring” I told Ave but she pulled away “No, go ahead.” I sighed, and wanted to scream for mercy but instead I took the call.

“Do you really think I should go to her? Would she want to see me?” Matt’s voice sounded “I feel so guilty, man. What if she hoped for me to help her and… now she doesn’t want to see me anymore?!” I put the speaker on so Ave could hear him as well.

“That’s stupid. You couldn’t know, we all didn’t know… Maya is a though girl, and we will all help her get past this… I bet she would want to see you” I said and slowly kissed Ave’s shoulder.

“You think?” Matt seemed to pace, his breathing heavy. I went to the balcony put the speaker off and talked to Matt for about 30 more minutes, I felt bad for my best friend, but I really had to enjoy my honeymoon too.

“So, why don’t you send her a text first, I can send you her new number, that sound good? Okay, bye” I hung up, copied the number send it to Matt and put my phone on silent.

“Finally” I grinned, looked at the bed and saw that Ave had curled onto her side, her breathing even and slow. “She fell asleep on me” I mused to myself and cursed Matt even more. I put a blanket over her small frame and settled down beside her.

The next day began how the last one ended, text messages going back and forth between Maya and Ave, another call… Matt was still panicked and confused and I had no idea how to help him, at least not from afar.

“Hey babe, how about we enjoy a partner massage?” Ave asked and I pictured Ave naked beside me all relaxed, “When?” I grinned and Ave smiled, “How about now?”

We went in our bathrobes through the hotel and were led into a room with nice slow music and two massage benches.

“What do you think about the whole Matt and Maya situation?” Ave asked and I sighed. “They just have to talk… I mean, I understand that Matt questions Maya, especially after what happened” I said deep in thoughts.

“What do you mean? Matt was the one calling it off” She said and I shook my head “No, Matt gave everything for her, and if she would have showed to the proposal-”

OH SHIT

“What?” Ave looked at me with wide eyes “He also planned a proposal?” She slapped her hands in front of her mouth and it was my turn to look at her wide eyed. “Also?” I asked and Ave blinked a couple of times at me, a deep red forming on her cheeks.

“Tell me, wifey” I demanded and that’s when we both revealed just what our friends had planned.

“These two pigheaded idiots, it could be all said and done by now, but nooo…” I slapped my hand onto my forehead.

“We have to do something” Ave pleaded and I felt my phone starting to vibrate and knew it must be Matt again. “You are right. And I think I have a plan”

“What plan?” Ave asked looking excited. “We will set them up. You will make sure that Maya will be at our place around one and I will get Matt there. Just don’t tell her that he is coming over” I grinned and Ave listened in on my talk with Matt.

“Shit, Haner… I just don’t fucking know what to do…” Matt sighed and I grinned to myself. “Damn, Matt… I can only tell you what I said before… you should think about everything, do you still love her? Then you have to talk to her…” Matt sighed loudly.

“Oh and I have a favor to ask of you. Ave just reminded me. Would that be okay?” I asked and felt Ave’s eyes on me. “What is it?” Matt asked sounding miserable.

“We forgot to cancel the appointment with the electrician, he must be on his way already… shit would you mind waiting there and letting him in? Larry took Maya out for lunch, so…” I asked and Matt must have been thinking about it.

“Sure, yeah… if she is-” He stopped “No problem, sorry for bothering you in your honeymoon, shit, I just… sorry.” Matt said and I grinned “No problem. That’s what friends are for, right? So at one our house, you have a spare key, right?” I asked just making sure and heard the confirmation from Matt. “Yeah, okay. I will call you later again, One, your place, don’t worry.”

I hung up and saw that Ave was already on her phone, calling Maya. I grinned to myself, when the door opened and the guys for the massage walked in, I send them right back out. I didn’t need anyone else now to make my wife relax, we had set everything up and now it wasn’t in our hands anymore, but I had a feeling that the calls would lessen from today on.

I removed Ave’s bathrobe and found her in just her bikini, I looked her up and down appreciating her curves. “I think it’s time for you and me to finally begin to enjoy our honeymoon, baby. And we will start, right fucking now.” I pushed Ave onto the massage bench and lifted myself on top of her.

“I need you hard and fast, waited for you way too long, after you fell asleep on me last night” I growled, biting her neck then licking it better.

“Or do you have a better idea to make it up to me?” I demanded, grabbing a handful of her long blonde mane and looking deeply into her deep blue eyes, while I was thinking ‘Mine, all mine’

Maya’s POV

During this night I realized just how much I depended on my phone, on all the numbers that were in there, the more I thought about the contacts the blurry became my head and all the different numbers were turning into one.

I searched my suitcase again for other shoes, but nothing. My feet hurt already but I only had these two options, walking around with high heels or walking around barefoot. I decided to stay in my high heels for as long as I could.

I tried to get three cabs before giving up for the night. They all wanted me to pay in advance and when I told them I would pay them as soon as I was there, they drove off, without me.

I was trying to hold my composure not to think about the note of my- no of Trevor, he wasn’t my brother anymore. I was alone, and it would stay that way as it looked. Better be alone than have someone like him as family that much was sure.

The sun began to rise and I sat on the bench, my knees up to my chest, trying to stay warm. Thank god the night hadn’t been as cold as I imagined it would be.

Still some creepy people were lounging around and I hurried to find a new place. You wouldn’t imagine what I would give to just call Matt, tell him everything and sink into his strong arms and let him make everything okay again. But I couldn’t and I wouldn’t…

I was completely exhausted when the next day rolled around. I finally found a guy in a coffee store who would lend me some money so I could try and reach Ave again.
When she picked up I was so relieved I felt tears form in my eyes.

I was ashamed and feeling guilty I would ruin her honeymoon, calling her right on the first day, but I just… I had no idea who else to call.

Matt must have giving up on me at all now. Since I wouldn’t answer my phone and I didn’t stand a chance to have our final talk. He must have given up on me, on us… and could I blame him? No I really couldn’t. It was my fault, I had trusted my brother and not listened to Matt. I was such an idiot… I was even more ashamed thinking to see Matt again, if he would ever want to see me again that is.

I found a cab who was willing to drive me to Ave and Brian’s house without paying cash before. I quickly made my way into the house, grabbed some of the cash Ave had told me to take and paid the guy. He made some attempts to flirt and wanted to hand me his card but I refused, all I wanted to do was bury myself in Ave and Brian’s guest room and never come out again.

I felt so bad, bad for making Ave and Brian miserable, for giving Matt hope and ruining it all again. How could I ever look in my friends eyes again, I was such a fool.
When all I wanted was a family, someone of my own blood to be family… wasn’t I worth it?

I went to the guest bathroom and got rid of my clothes, I grabbed a towel and then moved into the shower, I sand down on my knees and let the water run all over me, while I began to sob loudly, I was finally at my lowest point and I had no one and nowhere to go, well done Maya.

By the time the water turned cold I shut of the vanity and dried myself up. I grabbed a shirt from Brian, hoping he wouldn’t mind and some fresh underwear from my suitcase at least that was left from my own clothes.

“MAYA!” A loud male voice sounded and I frowned. Who would be walking into Ave and Brian’s home just like that, for a small moment I thought it would be Matt but when the voice called again, I knew it was Larry.

I should have known Ave would be calling him, shit. He must be so disappointed in me as well. I wanted to hide but knew that wouldn’t get me anywhere, not with Larry.

“Where are you, Maya?!” Larry’s voice sounded closer and I stepped out of the guest room, I looked down on my bare feet, they felt sore and I couldn’t walk normal just yet, the long walk in the night had really done a number on me.

“Oh my god. There you are” I was grabbed in a tight hug and tried to stay calm. I wouldn’t cry, not again. Shit this crying thing, was coming and going lately so fast, I was losing hope it would ever go away again. I usually never cried but since Matt-

“Oh ssshhh.. sweetie, Ave called me. It’s alright, come sit down with me and tell me what happened.” He sat with me on the couch and his blue eyes reminded me so much of Ave, that I wanted to tell him everything, but I couldn’t.

“I’m okay, Larry. Really, thank you for coming by… I just need some time to.. to get back on my feet.” I said and Larry frowned. “Where have you been all night?” Larry asked and hit the right spot.

“I-I.. I was out” I stuttered, damn he was being Papa Jacobsen, worried and ready to kill whoever wanted to hurt his daughters, because I knew he had adopted me into his family, even if it wasn’t on paper.

“Maya” He chided and I sighed looking on the floor again “I was kicked out of my hotel, I didn’t have money… and my phone is gone too.” I finally said, but that was all.

“And what did you do?” He pressed on “I walked… around” I stammered not able to hold his gaze.

“This fucking idiot. I cannot believe it. You could… everything could have happened to you!” Larry cursed beginning to pace the length of the living room. I assumed that he was already getting the situation with Trevor so I didn’t tell him anything else.

“Okay, listen, sweetie. I got something for you. Ave hadn’t told me exactly everything but I got you this-” He went to the table and loaded things into my lap, a new phone, an envelope with cash, a credit card.

“I already called the bank and your phone service company all the open accounts are blocked, no one can get to your money anymore, okay. Here you have everything new what you need, if you need anything else, call me. I have to make a short visit and will be back later.” He moved towards the door but I stopped him, hurrying behind him, wincing when my feet began to hurt again.

“No, please. Larry, don’t… I-I I’m sorry for the trouble I caused and I will repay you everything. I don’t want you to-” Larry hugged me and smiled, his hand touching my cheek just as he would do with Ave “Don’t worry, Maya. I’ll be back later” With that he slammed the door in my face and I sighed.

Great now Larry would probably cancel some important things just to babysit me. I really outdid myself here. I had to call him later and tell him that I was fine, even though I was as far from fine as possible. But right now… I had to sleep, my body was so exhausted, that I settled onto the couch and had fallen asleep when my head hit the pillow.

I woke up again the next day around noon. I had really needed sleep, I looked down on myself and noticed that I had a blanket on top of me and that on the table before me breakfast was waiting, I smelled coffee.

I frowned, pushed the blanket away and got up. In the kitchen I found a note.

Wanted to let you rest, the fridge is filled and coffee is ready. I will come back again tomorrow, if you need ANYTHING let me know.
-Larry

I smiled and shook my head at the same time, I really hated that he had to take care of me like that, or thought that he had to. I could go shopping and I could-

I would call Ave! I had to talk to her!

After the fourth ring she finally picked up “Maya?!” She asked and I smiled “Your dad brought me a new phone… Thank you, Ave” I sighed and knew that Ave must be smiling.

“No problem. Are you okay? How are you feeling?” She asked and I sighed “I feel… miserable. I mean… I lost everything, my money, my phone, my place to stay… my last chance of fixing things with Matt. He must hate me now… and I couldn’t even blame him. We were supposed to meet yesterday…” I sobbed, shit, see crying again.

“Oh no, Maya… Don’t… He loves you, he would never hate you. You will figure it out.” She soothed me but I knew that wasn’t true. Matt wanted to give us the final chance and I missed it.

“No, I know Matt. He must have given up by now… I mean, all the time now… God, I am an idiot. I pushed away the love of my life. I-I ruined it all, Ave… I have nothing… and I love him so much. I just want it to go back to how it was before…but he hates me now” I let the tears fall, all the pain was coming out and Ave quickly disagreed.

“Of course he doesn’t hate you, why else would he want to propose to you, I mean that is-” Ave stopped and I held my breath what did she just say!? Propose?

“What was that?” I asked slowly and heard Ave mumbling “I-I.. I mean, I guess.. and you know…ahh”

“Avery!” I said “What do you know?!” I pressed and Ave sighed “The day you broke up, Matt planned on proposing to you, Maya. He had everything set up, but you didn’t show, cause Trevor fooled you. Matt was so hurt, thought you didn’t love him enough to marry him… but I shouldn’t have said anything, I just found out too” Ave added quickly and I sighed, oh hell no! That’s what this was all about, Trevor really fucked with my life!

“I can’t believe this” I closed my eyes, we could have been so happy, if not for Trevor and all the misunderstandings, of course Matt would be upset, but I had no idea. Damn it!

“Why don’t you talk to him so you can-” I shook my head “No, no, no…” I couldn’t talk to Matt, how could I ever talk to him again, knowing what he wanted to do while I was pushing him away.

“But what if-” Ave started again but I cut her off right away. “No, Ave. No… you know, I should get some work done, I will talk to you again, enjoy your honeymoon, okay?” With that I hung up.

And that wasn’t even a lie, I went to work, I draw some sketches of dresses, but sadly they all turned out black and grey, no color seemed to fit them, only the darkness.

The day passed slowly, Larry called me about three times and I was really grateful for everything that he did, but I also was getting annoyed. Even if everybody seemed to think that, I wasn’t a baby, and I didn’t need someone looking out for me every hour.

I send Ave the files with the dresses I created, wanting to know if she thought it would lead anywhere or if I should start over again.

My phone rang again a few hours later and I sighed seeing it wasn’t Larry but Ave.

“You have nothing better to do than calling me in your honeymoon? I’m fine, okay. You don’t have to worry. I will- I will get back to work and find a new place to stay soon.” I quickly said.

“It is no problem for you to stay with us. And I do have better things to do, but I had to tell you something. Brian and I forgot that we have an electrician coming over soon to check the electric meter and I didn’t want you to be surprised if someone’s at the door.” She said and I nodded.

That meant I better get dressed, because I was still lounging around in an old shirt. “Okay, thanks for the warning.” I made a mental note for myself to stop drawing and start getting showered and dressed.

“Oh and by the way, in my bedroom behind the door there is this cute short dress, it’s too long for me, but I guess it would fit you perfectly, why don’t you try it on and send me picture? It’s yours if it fits” Ave added and I frowned.

“You don’t have to-” I started again but Ave cut me off “Please, let me take care of you a little. And I wanted to give it to you before the wedding but… you know how stressed if was, I forgot. Will you try it on.. please?!”

“Yeah, sure… now go back to your husband or he is blaming me for hogging you all the time in your honeymoon.” I smiled and Ave chuckled “Alright, just send a pic and I’ll let you be”

“Yeah yeah” I hung up. I went into the bathroom, put the water on, that got the dress from the hanger it was a dark wine red dressed and it was gorgeous. I hated and loved my best friend for wanting to take care of me so much, but she knew just how to get me.

I went into the shower, afterwards dried my hair mostly, but let the strands hang around my shoulder to air dry the rest, I pulled on the dress and put some make up on, the dress without make up would just look ridiculous.

I checked the time and saw that the hour was almost up, so the guy for the electric meter must be here any second. I snapped a pic of myself in the mirror and send it to Ave with the #happynow?
I didn’t receive an answer, she must be busy with her husband by now.

The front door opened and I frowned, was that Larry again? The guy from the electric company wouldn’t have a key…

The door opened and closed, I walked into the foyer and was standing in front of the man I thought I wouldn’t be seeing any time soon.

“Maya?”

“Matt” My heartbeat increased and I felt so many emotions at the same time that I didn’t know what to do. I loved him so bad, but I felt guilt and anger all mixed up in one unknown feeling.

“What are you doing here?” Matt asked and stepped closer, he was only an arm length away.

“Are you okay?” He looked me up and down and I frowned “I-I live here… in the guest room for now.” I stated the obvious “I’m okay… yes” I looked down not able to meet his eyes.

“Brian told me to let the electrician in, he said you were gone with Larry” He frowned and I closed my eyes, these manipulators, far away from the Bahamas they fucking set us up.

“They told me about the same” I sighed and Matt stared at me “And that’s why you dressed up?” He frowned and I rolled my eyes “Ave told me to try on her dress…” I had no idea why he would question my choice of outfit now.

“Should we-” I looked at the living room and Matt nodded “Yeah” God was this awkward.

“Do you like something to drink, I know I could use something” I didn’t wait for his answer and went straight for the bar.

“Water, please” I filled my glass with whiskey gulped it down and went to grab two bottles of water next. I handed one to Matt who still stood somehow unsure in the living room.

“Listen-”

“Matt. I-”

We both started at the same time and I smiled, Matt’s dimples showed too as he looked at me.

“Ladies first” He motioned to me and I licked my lips, where to start, where to start…

“I wanted to tell you, that I’m sorry. I-I shit, I don’t know how this all went so terribly wrong, but I know I played a big part in it now, and I’m sorry I dragged you in on this. I just… I wanted that my brother loved me, I wanted to have a part of my family back… he is the only blood relative I have, and…” I swallowed thickly “Seeing you with your family, Ave and Larry, Brian and his family, I just… I thought I was missing out, I didn’t see that all the family that I needed was already with me.”

“Babe, what he did to you-” Matt moved forward “You don’t deserve that. He is a lying bastard and he didn’t deserve a sister like you. If I ever get my hands on this fuck-” Matt cut himself off.

“I understand if you don’t want anything to do with me anymore… I couldn’t get your call, cause he stole my phone, and I didn’t have money to-”

“Brian told me” Matt stepped forward and pulled me into his arms “Why didn’t you come to me? Why weren’t you calling me?” He sounded so frustrated with me, I tried to pull away but he wouldn’t let me.

“I didn’t know where we stood. I thought you hated me for not answering your call.” I sighed and Matt growled “I could never hate you, M.”

“When I heard what happened to you, I blamed myself for not taking better care of you. I mean, I should have stayed and not let you go, when I knew Trevor was scheming something, but I was so freaking hurt that I couldn’t look past that”

“You are not to blame.” I pulled away and looked at Matt. “I missed you so much. I just wanted to go back into your arms, wanted you to protect me, to make every bad thing go away again, because I know you were the only one who could always do that for me. I hoped you would fight, you would-”

“Damn, babe. I did, but you kept pushing me away. This kissing me once and then telling everyone you weren’t the next one to marry, I thought you would-” I blinked, what?! He had been the one running away that time at the wedding.

“Because you backed out whenever I wanted to talk-”

“I backed out? Me?” Matt looked angry “No no no, that’s not right.” He shook his head vehemently and I felt my temper rising-

“I thought you didn’t love me, or why would you have so easily called us off” Matt demanded and I looked at him blinking “You said we were done!” I got angry, I knew I had a big part in this, but I wasn’t alone in this mess, damn it.

“So?” Matt asked his eyes narrowed, he looked me up and down and I breathed heavily.
“So what?”

“Are we? Done?” He sounded so desperate and I was afraid he was here just to tell me it was over and over again, that he just felt bad for my situation but that the love wasn’t there anymore.

“Do you love me at all?” Matt continued when my mind was spinning so fast, how could he ask such dumb questions.

“You don’t get it, do you?” I shook my head “What? What is it?” He asked getting more pissed off by the second.

“God damn it, Matthew. I love you more than anything on this planet. You were the only man that ever made me feel whole. You were the missing piece to me, and when you said we were done, my whole world fell apart. Do you really think, that I never loved you, when you are the only thing that I see when I close my eyes? I missed you so bad, that I cried myself to sleep each night, I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, you were in my thoughts and you wouldn’t leave. No matter how much I tried, but I knew no one could ever take your place, you are engraved into my heart, you idiot. I had it all planned out, ask Ave. I had it all set up, I had the card for the basketball game of the Lakers, I made the reservation in the restaurant and I planned it all out. I knew what I wanted to say… Look, I’m still carrying it around with me.” I pulled the way too large engagement ring that I purchased for Matt of my thumb that was held by another ring of my own.

I held it up, showing it to him, but I wasn’t able to meet his eyes, afraid of what I would see. “I wanted to make it all right, because I knew you would never expect me- Maya Brandon- to tie myself down to someone, hell I never expected this myself, but you made me want to do it, you made me wish for a wedding, for calling myself Mrs. Sanders. I wanted it to be like this:”

I went down on one knee and held the ring out, showing him exactly what I wanted to do, what Ave and I had planned, but it never gotten that far. “Matthew Charles Sanders, would you give me the honor of being my man and marrying me?” I felt tears run down my cheek and when I looked up at Matt for the first time since I started talking I saw that Matt’s expression was unreadable even for me.

Notes

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