Thinking Out Loud // Ed Sheeran

Chapter 53.

Meredith's POV

"Beautiful." Shannon exclaims as she jumps out of the car. My dad, Shannon, Jade, Jasmine, and Oliver are coming over to check out the new house before we drop Shannon and my dad off at the air port.

"Thanks." Ed says unlocking the door and pushing in. We have about an hour before we have to start driving them to the air port, just enough time to eat a quick dinner together, one last time before they leave.

"What do you guys want to eat tonight? We can't order pizza because it would take too long." I ask following the group into the house.

"We don't really have that much food here yet, so I don't know." Ed laughs in his genuine laugh.

"We have spaghetti!" I screech, partly surprising myself. I love all forms of noodles for some reason, Bow tie, spaghetti, straw, wheels, etc. I didn't expect to basically scream that though.

"Okay...pasta it is, I guess." Oliver laughs making the rest of us burst into laughter as we stand in the little mud area right when you walk in the door. I can smell some candles I blew out before we left to pick up the others.

"You can show them around while I make the food, Teddy?" I ask accidently making it sound more like a demand, but what can I say? I'm a very high demanding girl. That's what he signed up for when we started dating.

"Sure-"

"I want to help you cook." Jade says quickly walking past me and into the kitchen. That was weird, she must have something really important to tell me.

I follow her into the kitchen after the rest set off down the hall to begin the tour. "What's up, Jade?" I ask pulling a pot out from a cabinet and filling it with hot water.

"I have big news." Surprisingly, she sounds happy. Usually when someone is that urgent to tell me something, it's not good news. I nod my head while putting the pot on the stove and turning it to high so she knows to continue.

"Well," She says slowly making me look at her, as if to say to hurry up. "I think Oliver is going to propose to me." She squeals silently so no one will hear, because they're just in the other room.

"Oh my lord, what makes you think that? I hope he does, I mean, Joliver for life!" I ask all to quick. Now the two of use are right next to each other with wide smiles spread across our faces, trying to stay clam and quiet.

"Well, he's been acting a lot more affectionate recently and he wasn't home for a while yesterday so I was bored. When I'm bored, I clean. So I start cleaning our room and I found a little box with a diamond ring in it and," She pauses to catch her breath after letting that all out so fast. "Why else would he have that ring?"

"Wow, I'm gone for two days and I miss so much." I huff resting my hands on my hips setting us both up in a fit of giggles.

"What are you two laughing about?" A voice asks  from behind me in the door way. I whip around to see Oliver standing there with a grin saying he intends to find out.