The Best Man {Nate Ruess Love Story}

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+++ 13 Years Later +++

Jack's POV.

I walk in the diner to have a big, satisfying american lunch with the boys. I took a quick look around and found Andrew sitting in a booth. I slowly made my way to the booth and took a seat across him. "Hey Andrew."

"Hey Jack." he greeted back. I gave a small nod before calling for the waitress. Just then I see Nate walked in. He takes a look around and spots us. "Hey guys." he said all smiles as he takes a seat next to Andrew.

"Uh. I'll have a grilled cheese sandwhich and apple pie." said Andrew to the waitress, "What about you guys?"

"Uh. I'll have a cheese burger and frise and some rootbeer float." I replied, "I can see you're not that hungry huh." Joked the beautiful waitress. I gave her a playful smirk, making her blush a little, "No, not really just a bit." I joked back. She smiled. "Nate?" said Andrew. "I'll have the same thing Jack's having. Except the float. I'll just have regular rootbeer." Nate replied. The waiteress nodded and smiled. "Alright. I'd be back with your orders."

"Well don't take too long honey." I flirted. She smiled and then rolled her eyes before walking away. I chuckled, then I looked at the boys who were across me, Andrew was shaking her head and Nate was holding back a laugh.

"What?"

"Lena's gonna kill you." said Andrew shaking his head and Nate finally bursted out laughing, "She totally will." he agreed. I shook my head and rolled my eyes. "Its just a little playful flirting guys. You should try it sometimes. Especially you Andrew." I tell them. Andrew shook his head and Nate just smiled, "You guys are fucking awesome."

I looked at Nate in shock and confusion. Nate is rarely in a great mood. I mean he's not always depressed or something, but he's never in a great mood like the way he is today. I looked at Andrew and he was also staring at Nate, looking as confused and surprised as I am.

"What?" he asked, noticing that both Andrew and me are staring at him.

"Are you like sick or something." asked Andrew, placing his hammer hands on Nate's forehead. "No!" Nate said brushing Andrew's palms off his head. "I know. You're drunk aren't you? Wait. Are you like high?" I asked. Nate then gave me the "WTF?!" look, "What?! Nooo!! You guys are idiots." He replied.

"What did you do? Ate some Happy Meal?! Why are you in such a great mood today?"

Nate slightly laughed at my little joke, before shaking his head, "Can't a man just be happy for no fucking reason?" he said. "Not if you're Nate Ruess." Andrew playfully joked, make me and Nate laugh.

"Ok fine. The reason I'm in such a good mood is because Ryanne called me up this morning. She said she'd be in town." he finally confessed, just as our orders were arriving.

"Ryanne? your best friend Ryanne?" asked Andrew, Nate nodded before taking a bite of burger. "Wasn't she just here 6 months ago?" I asked as I eat my burger. "Yeah." Nate replied, still nodding. "You guys haven't seen each other for almost 2 years the last time she was here, but you seems more excited now than you were 6 months ago. Why?" Andrew asked the same thing I was wondering about. "Well we haven't really been talking since she left. Plus we're both 31 now." said Nate, "What about being 31?" I curiously asked. My little question made Nate smile. "Well. What is it Nate?" Andrew impatiently asked.

"You see guys, when Ryanne and I were 18, we sorta had a pact. That one day, when we're both 31, and we're not yet married or with somebody eles, we would meet up and just marry each other instead." he thoughtfully explained.

I couldn't help but chuckle, "That's a pretty crazy plan." I said. Nate chuckled, "Yeah. But we meant it."

"So you're like marry her now." asked Andrew, "Yup. That's the plan." Nate replied nodding. "Is she still single?" I asked, "Well, she still was the last time. And she isn't really one who likes the first guy she sees, so, most probably she'll be Mrs. Ruess." said Nate. I smiled, "Congrats man. I never thought you'll get married, but hey, congratulations." I happily greeted Nate. He smiled, "Thanks man."

"Wait. Are serious about this? You know marrige isn't just like that Nate, Are you sure you wanna be her for the rest of your life?" Andrew asked sounding real concerned. "You know there is such a thing called divorce Andrew" I joked making Nate and I laughed, Andrew rolled his eyes, "No, seriously though Nate. Are you sure with Ryanne. Do you even love her?"

Nate smiled. "I have thinking about that for a while Andrew. And the answer's yes. Ryanne's the very first girl I've ever loved. And she's the only one I've really loved. We've shared many special years together and we even lost our virginities to each other, and the truth is I never really stopped loving her. And I do. I do see myself growing old with her." Nate thoughtfully explained.

I chuckled. "Man. I never realized how in love you are with Ryanne." said Andrew. Nate smiled, "Me too."

"Hey Nate, your little promise with Ryanne, its not the reason why you and Rachel broke up, right?" I asked. Nate laughed, "No, she broke up with me, remember?"

I nodded. "Right. Cause if I knew that's the reason you guys broke up, I'm gonna kill you." I jokingly threatened. He laughed. "But since, that's not the case, I'm really happy for you. Congrats man." I tell him. He smiled, "Thanks." We both looked at Andrew, he smiled, "Dibs on being the best man." he said making all of us laugh.

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A/N: Hellooo!! Andee here :) first of all, sorry about this slightly annoying Author's Note. Secondly, thanks for reading this story and if you would, you could also check out my other story, The Only Exception., its also a Nate Ruess love story :) Finally, I would wanna ask you guys what you think of the story so far. Comments are highly appriciated. And if you really like it, a vote wouldn't hurt. A follow would really be nice too :) Other than that, I'm good. Sorry again for this borinh A/N and Thanks for taking your time reading this story. I love y'all :) xxandeexx