grofflin

''If my heart was a song, every lyric would be about you''

Groffs pov

''get up, get up, get up'' Lin yells, shaking my shoulders violently. ''uhhuhuh'' I groan, rolling around to try and fall asleep again. ''Come on baby, we have a busy day'' Lin starts violently kissing my face. ''Okay I'm up. I'm up'' I laugh, pulling him into a long kiss. ''What are we doing?'' I ask disconnecting our lips. ''It's a surprise'' he giggles ''Now get your cute ass dressed'' he commands, giving me a light slap on my butt. He leaves the room, leaving me to go get dressed on my own.

''Let's go'' Lin cheers when I walk into the living room. ''Where is Sebbie?'' I ask looking around trying to spot our son. ''I dropped him off at my parents two hours ago'' he says, handing me a travel mug with coffee. He gets my coat and hands it to me ''Vamos''' he yells, walking out the front door. I chase after him, trying to put my coat on with one hand. We walk in the warm spring air, Lin taking my hand and pulling me along. We arrive at the park where Lin and I first met. ''Here is where we first met'' he sweetly says. ''I remember, for the in the heights promo, I immediately thought you were amazing" I reply, kissing his cheeks. He sits down on a grass patch near us and gets out bread and other food. We feed each other breakfast and then we resume on our way.

The whole day he shows me our first things. We have lunch at the restaurant where we had our first meal together, we have a drink at the bar where we got drunk for the first time. Right now, he is pulling towards the police station. "Right there is where I got you back" he says pointing to the spot where we reunited.

When it's evening we get to the Richard Rodgers theatre. Lin pulls me inside and my heart drops. There are fake candles everywhere, lighting the path. "Oh my god Lin" I whisper, feeling tears well up. "Shh baby. We're not done yet" he whispers back, pulling me with him. We walk towards our dressing room. "This is where I fell in love with you" he softly states. My heart skips a beat and I kiss him, our lips slowly brushing against each other. He breaks the kiss to point towards the bed "that's where we had our first real kiss". Then he points towards the bathroom "that's where you first found out I was being stupid". I feel tears well up when I think about that and I give his hand a kiss. "It's also were you first convinced me to stop being stupid" he smiles and gives my forehead a small kiss. "Now sit down". I sit down on the bed. Lin takes the remote from our little tv and turns on a movie. "Hi Groffy" screen Lin says. Real Lin leaves the room, leaving me behind. I watch intensely at the screen. "So, I want to tell you about the moments I fell in love with you" screen Lin says, holding up the Vanessa booklets I gave him.

"Dear Vanessa, I miss you already. Groff gave me this book to handle my grief. It was so sweet. I hate that I hurt him with my stupid behaviour".

I take a shaky breath, pinching myself to see if this is all real.

''My dear Vanessa, I think I might be developing some feelings for Groff. Every time he enters a room, it feels like all the air out of my lungs disappears. Maybe he can heal the gaping gap you left in my heart. I still miss you dearly".

Screen Lin lets out a teary laugh.

''Dear Vanessa, today I found out Groff likes someone else. It feels like my heart may never heal. I wish you were here to give me some advice.''

I think back about the hilarious misunderstanding between us and let out a small laugh, between my tears.

''Dear Vanessa, GROFF AND I KISSED TODAY. I know that if you were here, you would be so happy for me. I hope that you know I am happy with him, wherever you are.''

I laugh at the way he yells the part where he tells Vanessa that we kissed.

''Dear Vanessa, today I woke up in the hospital. Apparently, the ex I told you about before beat me up and took Groff and Sebbie. It feels like someone stole my heart and soul. If you were here, you would tell me to do whatever I can to get them back. I will Vanessa, I promise.''

My heart breaks when I think about how he woke up without us.

''Dear Nessa, Today I got our son and my Groffy back. I couldn't be more overjoyed that I got them back. You should've seen how bad Groff looked. He had bruises in his neck and big bags under his eyes. I hate Jack so much for hurting my baby. I'll try my best to make him forget all the horrible things he went through.''

'He did make me forget' I think to myself. On the screen Sebastian runs toward Lin. Lin picks him up. "Say Hi to papa" Lin says to Sebastian. "Hi Papa" Sebastian chimes. "Say I love you to your papa" Lin says tickling Sebastian. "I love you Papa" he babbles, copying Lin. "I love you so much Groffy. Now follow the candles" Lin says. The video ends and the screen turns to black.

I hear Lin singing softly in the background. I get up and walk through the door, following the candles. The singing slowly getting louder. He is singing about me! I realise, listening to the words. The candles lead to the stage and it feels like all the air is out of my lungs. The whole stage is filled with real candles. On the banister, everybody is gently singing backup to Lin. Lin changed into a black suit and he is singing into a microphone. I walk onto the stage, when I stop in front of Lin he stops singing. I feel tears streaming down my face and I see Lin is crying too. He kneels down on one knee "oh my god" I exclaim, my hands shaking out of control as I raise them in front of my mouth. He gets out a box with a simple ring, a small diamond on top.

"Jonathan Groff, My Groffy. I love you so much it hurts. If my heart was a song, all the lyrics would be about you". He chokes out. "Wi-" just when he is about to ask me to marry him, the sprinklers go off. I look up at the sprinklers, my hair instantly getting soaked. I look back at Lin who is also getting soaked. Suddenly it feels like we are in an 80s romantic comedy and my heart jumps when he continues on "Will you marry me?" He yells over the sound of the water falling down. "Yes of course" I scream back, pulling him up and violently crashing our lips together. I let my hand run through his wet hair and pull him closer. Our mixed tears falling on our connected lips. He breaks the kiss, putting on the ring on my hand. He kisses me again as everybody comes down from the banisters. I look at the ring on my finger, my hand still shaking uncontrollably. "I love you so much" I say to Lin, tears of happiness still streaming down.

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HAPPY LINS BIRTHDAY. I wanted to wait with this chapter and post a few other chapters first, but I decided to post this today, because it's LIN BIRTHDAY.