Randall's Love

Part 6

A month later, Hallie got up the courage to ask him something important. They were in her apartment watching a rental movie.

"Randall, I know it's almost too soon or is it to talk about this." She began.

He was half asleep, but he woke up at her voice. "About what?"

"Randall, we have feelings for each other, we know that, right?"

"Of course."

"I love you, Randall." Hallie confessed.

Randall had always wanted to hear those words. Sure, he loved her too, but was always afraid to say it, fearing being rejected or made fun of. But she had said it to him first. Now he knew there was no fear of rejection, at least for the amount of time they had been together. Most girls who had used him in the past only were with him a few weeks.

"I love you too, Hallie." He replied back.

She hugged him and cuddled her head under his chin, her arms wrapping around his torso.

He loved this feeling. It was new, but it felt good. Then he heard her say something else.

"But then, I just need to know, how do you feel about marriage?"

His eyes went wide. He pulled his head off hers. Even she seemed surprised.

"Are you serious?" He asked.

"Yes. Why? Even if it's not now, I just need to know how you feel about it, if it's possible?"

Randall smiled. "Of course I would think it's great that you would think of marrying me. But just not right now. Maybe after we've been together awhile longer."

"That's fine, I just wanted to know." She cuddled into him some more. She soon fell asleep on him.

The thought of marrying her hadn't crossed his mind yet, as he was just always so busy. Perhaps after the machine was confirmed to work, he could afford a decent ring and he would propose to her. But just not right now. It was almost done.
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Randall got an invitation from Hallie one day at lunch at work if he would be her date to a friend of hers, that the friend was getting married.

"Sure. When is it?" He asked.

"In two weeks, on a Saturday."

"I'd be happy to."

The other workers did see how Randall seemed flirty with the female lizard kitchen worker, but he wasn't that nice to anyone else. It only seemed right, as she was of his kind.

During the week, Randall worked so many long after hours on the machine with Fungus that he didn't even know that sometimes Hallie was friends with his rivals.

Hallie did describe Randall to them in ways that they never knew he was. She just didn't want them to be enemies. But she knew at some point that she would need to tell him.

Two weeks later and the date of the wedding came.

Hallie had on a nice blue shirt. She had rented Randall a nice shirt tux. He looked really handsome in it. He didn't get invited to weddings often, but he was going for Hallie.

At the wedding, they sat together. It was one of Hallie's closest friends, a furry green female named Anna. A monster kind of like Charlie, George's partner.

The vows were all pretty and Randall saw that Hallie couldn't help but cry for her friend. She was just so happy for her. He put his arm around her. She did the same.

As Hallie watched her friend with her new husband, she said to herself, 'That will soon be me, I hope.'

At the reception, besides eating cake and food, there was also talking and dancing and blessing the couple. Hallie wasn't a bridesmaid, but her friend was glad she was at the wedding. And she was introduced to Randall.