🖤Chapter 64🖤

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It's been approximately a month since my conversation with Felix, and everyone seemed to be doing well. Everyone is back to teaching now that school has resumed, and I now work alongside Felix in the dance room and substitute for Harley's lessons when he is occupied with Chris in meetings.

Kiki moved into Syd's flat and finally kicked Hayden out, who moved into Luke's. Speaking of Hayden and Luke, they are already talking about marriage, which is incredible given how I witnessed their romance bloom.

Felix and Cole have been putting themselves out there more in the hopes of finding partners. However, there could be a storyline twist with those two when they exchanged a drunken kiss one night while 'gaming' and I happened to stroll in. Felix never struck me as straight, and Cole was just Cole, so I'm not surprised by what happened between them.

Jesse and his girlfriend are now extremely close friends of mine after Harley asked both of them over for a double date. It turns out that we have a lot more in common than we think and spend most Fridays with the boys.

Harley and I are doing great. Most nights are spent at his house since when we go to my apartment, we never get enough alone time. Felix is always over now that he and Cole have gotten closer, which means they cockblock Harley and I. We've started to explore more of the romantic aspect of our relationship, going on dates all the time and working hard to communicate with each other on a regular basis. We prefer this path, and while we aren't as intimate as we once were, we are content to be in a loving and healthy relationship.

It's now Friday night, and Chris has chosen to throw a party to commemorate all of us having a fresh start. That's what Hayden believes is happening. In truth, Luke is taking advantage of the situation to propose to Hayden, and while we all thought it was a little early, he couldn't care less. When you look at that relationship, you immediately feel jealous; it's as if those two have been together in other incarnations and have rekindled their love. They've never argued, and it's almost as if they can't get past the honeymoon period, with the way they gaze into each other's eyes as if it were their last night on earth and they were grateful to have met each other.

Harley, Felix, Cole, and Jesse are all sitting on the couch, sipping whatever alcoholic beverage they want while the rest of us are dancing or playing games. There are quite a few people here because Chris invited his own friends and some others invited other coworkers to come, and from what I can see, they are all quite embarrassed and shy because they are at a party and drinking alcohol with their own boss.

Hayden went to the bathroom, leaving the poor scared Luke alone in his thoughts.

"How are you feeling?" I question him. He turns to face me and that's where I can visibly see how nervous he is. "Okay, just take some deep breaths and maybe get it over and done with because if Hayden sees you this shaken up, he will probably think he's done something wrong."

Luke inhales deeply before exhaling, "Yeah, I'll tell Chan to let everyone know... W-What if-"

"No 'What ifs'." I interrupt Luke's sentence, "Just tell Hayden how you feel, I know for a fact he will say yes!" I reassure him before walking off to Harley.

Everyone has been informed of what is about to occur as we patiently await Hayden's return to the main living area. Silence fills the air, and Hayden comes to a halt, perplexed as to why everyone is watching at him, that is, until his gaze is drawn to Luke.

Luke went down on one knee on the floor, staring up at Hayden with the most loving eyes he could muster, carrying a small velvet box containing a stunning pink diamond ring. Hayden's face lit up instantly, his cheeks flushed a light pink tint, and his eyes glistened almost as if he was about to cry.

I look over at Harley, who is beaming with pride, as is everyone else in the room.

I hold his hand as Luke begins to speak, "Hayden."

"Luke." Hayden says back, holding back his tears.

"No one has ever made me the feel the way that you do; no one has made me laugh, cry or smile like the way you do." He holds Hayden's hand with his free one before continuing, "Everyday I get flustered just by looking at you, you are perfect to me. Your hair, eyes, lips, everything is beautiful and I'm so lucky I get to call you mine. So Hayden... will you make me the happiest and luckiest man alive by marrying me?"

Hayden is in tears, hands shaking as he frantically nods his head, "Yes!" He shouts and kneels to the ground where he slides his hands around Luke's body to embrace him in a loving tight hug before Luke slides the sparkly ring on Hayden's finger. "I-I love you." He stutters between sobs.

"And I love you."

The moment is so pure and sweet that glancing around the room, a lot of people are on the edge of tears, Felix has been crying from the start and rounds of applause is shared to fill the silence.

The rest of the night went swimmingly, Luke and Hayden left to go celebrate while everyone else remained here, continuing to get wasted.

"God, I miss this." Harley spoke in a low tone. He and I were standing in the kitchen together. Harley, of course, isn't drinking tonight, and I've only had one glass of wine, so we're the most sober people here.

"It's nice to be able to just relax and have fun with everyone again."

We stand in silence, watching everyone else have fun, until Harley's hand softly slips around my waist, firmly keeping me next to him. He snakes his hand lower and whispers in my ear, "Did I ever tell you how beautiful you look in this dress?" I know what he's doing and I miss this side of us, especially him.

He pulls my body closer to his and brings his face close to me neck, smelling my perfume before softly nipping at the skin just below it causing my head to tilt back in reaction. Harley actually bought this dress for me, it's a gorgeous thigh length silk black dress that accentuates my body is the nicest way possible. It has a lovely corset detailing in the back and I decided to wear black matching undergarments underneath which now I'm glad I wore.

"Mmm, we should go home." I whisper, trying not to make it obvious on the tension between us.

"I agree."

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