Football Wives

8

Picture above is of Stella's ring.
This chapter also has a flashback
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Stella

I love Sin's music it's very sexual, it definitely gets you in the mood. Connor is sliding his hand up my dress , he likes to get frisky on the dance floor sometimes. The beat is just so on point tonight, I get a really good feeling about tonight. I am shaking my hands up in the air and singing along with the music, Connor is dancing behind me. Every time the red flashing lights hit my ring it sparkles and every time I giggle with happiness. I remember the he propose to me like it was yesterday.

•Flashback•
•2 months ago, July 4•

"Where are you taking me, Connor? You know I hate being out at night, its creepy ," I tell him as he is walking in front of me. The night air is warm, God I love summer nights. Its Fourth of July and we are suppose to be meeting Jackson and Gabriella at Sin for a special firework show, but I can already tell that we are going to be late.

"Stella, would you stop freaking out I have to show you something," he laughs when I hear something and Yelp. His laughs makes my nerves calm a bit but I am still scared. I still can believe we have been together two years today.

Connor is wearing a white tee and dark blue jeans. I'm wearing a long white dress, and American flag heels. (I got them from a drag queen consignment shop) I just recently dyed my hair light pink so it messed up the whole outfit. I should have waited until after the fourth. I just needed a change after the whole decker thing.

"Are we almost there?" I ask when my heels sink into the ground for the Thousandth time tonight. He doesn't say anything.

"Connor," I half yell, and then I see it. Blue and red lights Christmas lights hanging all over the trees. There is now a walk way that has candles on both sides of it lighting the path for us. I hear Connor's and mine song playing which is "Faraway" by Nickelback. That was the song that was playing when Connor and I had our very first kiss.

"Oh My God," I gasp. This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It totally screams fourth of July and romance.

"Do you like it?" He asks me with a smile on his face.

"Connor, I love it. Why did you do this?" I ask as I look around. Did I forget someone kind of anniversary?

"Because I love you. Stella, when I saw you two years ago wearing a similar dress you are wearing tonight and that smile of yours, I knew you were it for me. I always thought I would play the filed in college and have tons of fun with girls but you stopped me dead in my tracks. I could even look at another girl since the night we met. You were just everything I thought I would never have. I can't even imagine my life without you in it. So Stella Marie Woods, will do the honor of marry me?" Connor gets down on one knee and pulls out a little black box and opens it. There are tears in my eyes. I am in shock right now. I never thought this day would happen and now it's here happening right now.

"Yes," I whisper. He jumps to his feet and lifts me into the air. He kisses me. He slides the oval rose gold band and diamond ring onto my left hand. We stare at it for a minute to let it sink in.

"It's perfect," I say at look at him. He has tears in his eyes like me.

•End of flashback•

I look at my ring once again and smile. I see Megan, Gabriella, Stephan and Jackson walk in.They look a little off but I brush it off. I turn and face Connor who is still dancing I point to them, he pulls me to where they are.

"Hey, where have you been, we have been here for over an hour," Connor says man hugging Jackson and Stephan. I give the girls a kiss on the cheek. They ask me about how studying is and I tell them how much I hate it.

"God, I really hate math this year it kicking my ass," Megan says after ordering some drinks. Owen and Elijah walk in.

"What's up peeps?" Elijah says putting his arm around Gabriella's shoulders.

"Nothing," she says a little to fast as little to jumpy. She is a bad liar and always has been. Everyone is looking at each other.

"What going on?" I ask after I have officially look every one in the eye.

Jackson is about to say something but stops for a minute. Stephan looks as if he is about to blow a gasket. "Decker...he's back," Gabriella says.What!!!!?? Connor instantly grabs my hand. He searches my eyes.

"When?" Connor says though his teeth as he is still looking at me. His grip tightens after he asks the question.

"This morning. He had Megan outside..." Stephan says his eyes filled with rage. I look at Megan who is in Stephan's arms I can tell she doesn't want to talk about this. Nether do I.

"What the fuck is he doing back? I thought he was in jail," Elijah says. He is getting angry too. He went thought a rough time when Jackson was in the hospital. Gabriella and him didn't talk for weeks, he blamed her for what happen to his brother. They finally got over it and never spoke a word of it again. It still brothers them both but they would never admit it .

"I...don't .... Know," Gabriella barely says. Jackson whispers something in her ear. She relaxes a little. I can say this we all had it bad when we were in Decker's dungeon of hell but Gabriella has it the worst. I just remember hears her scream and scream when Decker was in there with her.

"I beat the fuck out of him," Stephan says a minutes of silence.

"You did?" Owen asks. Owen has been strangely quiet this whole time. I bet he's worried about Leah. Someone needs to tell her.

"I would have killed him if Jackson didn't stop me," he says.

"Well, we will watch out for the girls. We will walk them to class and find out what he is up to," Elijah says.

"I don't need a babysitter, I will be fine," I finally say something. I feel like the air is being sucked out of the room. I don't need this to be happening right now. I thought I was finally going to be happy but now I may never be.

"You are not walking anywhere by yourself without one of us going with you," Connor says. He looks serious and I know what he means what he said. I know he can't go through what happened again. It about kill all of the boys.

"Connor, if he wants any of us he can get us. He has done it before. He is most likely here right now," I say and push away from him. I turn to get my thought process and I run into someone. I look up and my heart drops.

It's Decker.