Love Will Save You // Ryan Follese

Chapter 46: We'll Start a Life of the Plain and the Simple

-Nash-

*Skipping to Thanksgiving*

Amy and I were sitting on the couch talking while everyone else was in the Follese's kitchen when Danielle skipped into the room.

"I'm not interrupting anything important or life-changing, am I?" she asked.

"Do you consider talking about shoes important or life-changing?" Amy giggled.

"Unless these shoes are undercover superheroes, no."

"Then you're not," she replied, smiling.

"Good," Danielle said, "I need to borrow your boyfriend for a couple minutes."

"Are you going to make out with him?" Amy asked sarcastically.

"Yes," Danielle replied as seriously as she could.

She stared at her for a few seconds before saying, "Have fun."

"Seriously?" I laughed as Danielle grabbed my hand and pulled me off of the couch.

"You'll love it, don't worry!" I heard Amy laugh before Danielle took me outside.

"Yeah, because she would know," Danielle giggled as we sat on the porch steps.

"So what's up?" I asked her.

She took a deep breath and let it out, "Okay, I know this is going to sound really weird because I feel like I should be asking Keith since he'll be my father-in-law, but I wanted to ask you."

"What do you mean?" I asked when she paused.

"This is kind of sudden, so you don't have to answer right away."

"Danielle," I chuckled.

"Right, sorry. I was wondering how you would feel if I asked you to walk me down the aisle when Jamie and I get married..."

"Why me?" I asked, looking over at her.

She shrugged, "You were the first person I thought of when Adrienne asked me about it. You're my best friend, you've helped me through a lot of shit, and you're like the older brother I've never had. It's okay if you don't want to. I can just ask-"

I cut her off, "I would love to."

"Really?" she asked, looking at me, seemingly surprised.

"Of course! How could I say no after being the first person you thought of?" I laughed lightly.

She reached over and wrapped her arms around me, quietly saying, "Thanks, Nashy."

I smiled, "You're welcome, Danielle."

We sat there hugging for a few more seconds when we heard a man ask, "Excuse me. Does an Amy Duerinckx live here?" Danielle and I looked up and noticed three people standing in front of us.

"Um, well, she doesn't live here, but she is here," Danielle answered, raising her eyebrows.

"This may seem very confusing," a woman laughed, "We're her family."

"Yeah," I said slowly, standing and helping Danielle up as well, "She's inside. Come on in." Danielle and I led everyone inside the house and we walked into the kitchen where everyone else was talking and laughing.

"Uh, Amy," Danielle said when we saw her.

She looked behind us in shock, "Mom, Dad, Andrew? What are you doing here? How are you here?"

"We wanted to see you for Thanksgiving! We have seen you in six months! We missed you!" her mother said.

"Why didn't you call or something?" Amy asked, still a bit shocked, but walked over and hugged them.