Hard To Love (a Josh Hutcherson Fan Fiction)

Chapter 32

Song of the Chapter: Endlessly by The Cab

-December 6th, 2015. Two years later-

Josh's POV

"Hey man, what about this one?" Andre points to a silver band with diamonds encrusted around it, joined by three larger diamonds on the top. 

I squint my eyes to study it, then shake my head, "thats not it.." I mumble. 

"Dude, this thing is huge." he sighs then walks away from the glass case and plops in a chair, "This is hopless." he says as he rubs his face with his palm. 

I run my hands through my hair and look back down at the glass boxes filled with rings. I decided sometime last week that I was ready to start my full, committed life to Stella. We've been dating for almost two and a half years, we have known each other for three years, and tomorrow is her birthday, so why not make her outlook on birthdays finally be something positive for once in her life?

Everyone is on board with my decision, especially Andre and my mom. But the only problem is that every ring that I see isn't good enough. Not one of them stands out to me. 

She deserves everything in the world and more, and nothing seems like 'Stella.' She is outgoing, brave, strong, and none of these rings say that to me. 

Andre has been nothing but helpful to me, and I know he is probably getting frustrated with me, but I can't help it. All of it has to be perfect. I have it all planned out, and the only thing left is the ring. 

"Hey man." I hear Andre call my name from across the store. I walk over to him.

"Yeah?"

"Look at that." He points to a 16 karat diamond ring, definitely not something you see everyday, and it is perfect. I ask the man behind the counter to pull it out and put it in a box and hand him my card. I don't care how much it is, it's perfect and its going to be hers. 

Stella's POV

I pace back and forth in front of the sink, violently shaking the stick in my hand with the thought process that the faster I shake it, the quicker the result will appear. Josh was gone when I woke up, so I took this as an oppourtunity to finally figure out the answer to the question I have been asking myself for the past week. 

I stop shaking, and still the result hasn't popped up. 5 minutes isn't that long, but when the result could determine your responsibility for another life inside of you, five minutes feels like a lifetime. 

I hear the front door slam and I quickly throw the test in the trash can without seeing the result. I can't let this stress Josh out, especially not now with his movie premiere coming up, he doesn't need the extra weight on his shoulders. 

"Morning baby!" Josh walks into the bedroom as I walk out of the bathroom and wraps me in his arms. i look at the clock and see that it's only 11. 

"Goodmorning. Where were you at so early?" I ask, then kiss him. 

He pulls away and smiles at me, "Just had a couple of things to sort out for the premeire next week. So," he squints his eyes and looks up, "A special someone's birthday is tomrrow." he says, then looks back down at me and smirks. 

"Oh yeah?" I ask with a smile, "Who's that?" 

"You, silly!" he kisses my nose. 

"ugh," I groan, "Don't remind me."

"Oh c'mon, don't be a Debby Downer. Celebrate!! Another year older, another year wiser right?" he chuckles. 

"You are so cheesy, it sometimes hurts." I laugh and push him off and then go to the closet to find clothes for the day.