America's Sweetheart

29- Yes!

Ally's P.O.V.

A week before the superbowl the NFL hosted an Honors Award ceremony naming Nic the league's MVP. I was incredibly proud of him and excited I was able to be with him for that.

It was almost Valentine's day and things finally slowed down for the both of us. I have a month off before I start my next tour. It's not as big as last year, I have fewer shows and bigger stretches of time off. Which I'm thankful I'm able to do.

I was putting away laundry when I heard Nic yell, "Star, supper's ready, I have a surprise for you."

"Give me a second, babe." I finished putting our stuff away and walked into the kitchen.

"God, that smells delicious... what's this?" I asked, pointing to a box sitting on the table with a single rose and some chocolates next to it.

He pulled out my chair for me and set down our two plates of food before sitting down next to me. "Eat and then your gifts." He smiled, pouring a glass of wine for each of us.

"Why do I have gifts?"

"You have to eat before I tell you."

I gave him a skeptical look before digging into dinner. "I love when you cook, this is amazing."

"Thank you, I like cooking for you." He leaned in kissing me.

After dinner, he picked up our plates and sat down next to me again. Taking a drink of my wine he handed me my rose and chocolates, "I know it's not Valentine's Day but I couldn't wait to give you this."

"I have your gift too, I'll go get it."

He stopped me, "No, not yet. Here's the special one."

He scooted the box closer, I pulled on the ribbon and lifted the top off. I started laughing, "I think this is more for you," I pulled out a cute little red nighty.

He started laughing, "Well I guess this is for us both to enjoy."

I removed the tissue paper that was under the lingerie and saw two plane tickets to Barbados.

My mouth probably hit the floor as I stared at them, with a smile I looked up at him. "Are you serious, babe? This is happening in two days?"

"Yep, I wanted to take you somewhere romantic for our first Valentine's day. Just you and me."

I got up and sat on his lap, giving him a passionate kiss. "This is wonderful, thank you. We need to pack." I pulled him up, "but first, I need to properly thank you."

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Landing in Barbados with the man that made me beyond happy was a dream. I was so excited for this trip.

We spent a lot of time on the beach, on Valentine's day we took a sailing cruise out. We went snorkeling and got to swim with turtles and other various fish.

Tonight was our last night here and Nic had a romantic dinner planned for us. We got ready and headed out, walking to where we would be eating.

"Reservations for Carter."

"Yes, right this way."

Nic held my hand as we followed our waiter to our table. He opened the door, taking us out to the beach.

"Are we eating out here?"

Nic nodded, "I know how much you love the beach and I wanted to have a private dinner."

The waiter motioned to our table...

Nic pulled out my chair and sat down beside me. The waiter poured our wine that Nic pre ordered and took our order, leaving us alone.

"Nic, this has been the best vacation. Thank you so much for doing this for us and this dinner is by far the most romantic thing. I love this."

"You deserve it, Ally."

The waiter brought our food and we continued to talk and laugh as we finished our meal. The waiter brought over our dessert to share leaving us alone again and I noticed Nic was acting a little nervous.

"Nic are you alright?" I asked, grabbing his hand.

"I've never been better. Ally..." Nic's smile grew as he went to stand up getting down on one knee in front of me. My eyes widened and my heart rate picked up.

"Since the moment I met you when we were five, I've loved you. Then when we kissed in seventh grade, I swore to myself I was going to marry you someday. It's always been you Ally and it will always be you. That's why I don't want to wait, because I know without a doubt in my mind I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Star, will you marry me?"

I didn't even have to think about it, I immediately nodded my head, "Yes!"

He put the ring on my finger and stood up, pulling me into a hug as we started kissing each other.

Wiping the tears away from my eyes, "Our families are going to be so excited."

"A few of them already know."

"Who?"

"Your dad and Asher. I asked them both for permission."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I wanted to do all of this right. I love you Ally."

"I love you too, Nic."

After dessert, we went back to our room and called our family right away. I was right, they were beyond excited and couldn't wait to start planning.

After making love, I laid in Nic's arms... "What are you doing?" Nic asked, snuggling into my neck.

"Telling the world."

All of a sudden Nic's phone buzzed. "I think you were tagged on Instagram, Nic."

He started laughing, reaching over he grabbed his phone...

I said YES!❤️💍 I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you, @NicCarter