Blair /// C. Yelich

8

March 21, 2018

Blair's POV

I woke up around 6:30 and Christian was still asleep. I turned off my alarm and he groaned. He sat up and smiled sleepily.

"You start at noon, right," he asks, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"Yeah. If we leave at eight, that gives us about three hours together."

I sit up and rest my chin on his shoulder, our fingers intertwining together in his lap. He kisses my head and I sigh. I get out of bed and get ready to go. I pack my stuff for the day and Christian gets dressed. We head to his car and he drives to the diner. We sit in a booth and the waitress takes our order. She walks away and Christian grabs my hand.

"I was thinking," he starts.

"About what?"

"I want us to be official before we go to San Diego to play the Padres."

"It's barely even been a month since we met."

"I know and we're on our second date."

"When do you leave?"

"We're in West Palm Beach to play the Astros for the last two games of spring training the 26th and 27th. The game on the 27th is a day game and we'll be back that night before we head to San Diego on the 28th."

"Can I think about it? I'm not entirely sure if I want to start a relationship while I'm finishing school," I say.

"I get that. I do."

The waitress brings us our food and we eat. Christian pays the bill and we walk back to his car. He drives me to the hospital and parks near the front. He grabs my hand and kisses my knuckles. I cup his cheek and he kisses my palm. I run my thumb over his cheek and smile softly.

"Ask me," I whisper.

"What?"

"Ask me to be your girlfriend, silly."

"Blair Gatlin, will you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes, I will, Christian Yelich."

I kiss his cheek and grab my bag from the backseat.

"I'll see you tonight," he whispers.

I smile and get out of the car. I lean in his window and he grabs my hand, kissing it.

"Play well. I'll try to watch some of it if I can."

"I will."

I stand up and our fingers linger as I walk to the front door. I walk inside and put my stuff in the break room. I sit at the nurses' station and my classmate, Julie, smirks at my smile.

"Did he ask you," she whispers.

"Five minutes ago."

"And?"

"I said yes."

"Girl, that's amazing! Adrian's gonna be so excited!"

I smile wider and she chuckles softly. The day goes by and before I know it, I'm going on break to try and watch some of the game. I sit in the break room and go through the channels until I find the game. I grab my food from the fridge and sit on the couch. Christian comes up to bat and I smile to myself. The pitch is thrown and it hits him in the head. My breath trembles and I grab my phone to call Cindy.

"I was just about to call you," she says when she answers.

"Should I come down?"

"Maybe."