Dreams Come True (Austin Carlile/Ben Bruce)

Chapter 31

We were headed to Australia! We had finished all of our Asian and European tour! It had gone fantastically, better than expected, the fans and the performance, it was all fantastic! I was sitting beside Emily in the airplane, I was the end of the row, across from me was Ben and Danny. Beside Emily was Alan, then Aaron, Tino, and Phil. Across from Phil was Austin and Ella. Jennifer was off with one of the interviewers of another band. Ella seemed to be lecturing Austin on something, and had gotten more and more insistent with the raising of her voice. I turned to Ben who was taking shots left and right. He looked at me, with a small smile, he handed me a little glass.

"Cheers baby!" He lifted his glass and shot it back. I followed, shaking my head after. Ugh straight whiskey, disgusting. He laughed as I stuck my tongue at him.

Emily was excited for some surprise Alan would hint at.

She talked about how their arguments were meaningful, in the end they were happier than before. Unlike the unfortunate two who fought endlessly every minute for absolutely nothing and were always miserable together. Somehow I felt as though Emily wanted me to go back to Austin, even if she knew that Ben was better for me. I had told her about how I was fully over Austin and completely happy with Ben. I had spent time with both of them over the months that passed between me choosing and now; I had found that even at our low points, being with Ben is so much more in every way.

We landed and in an unorganised mess we got our stuff and scuffled to our taxis to the hotel we were staying in. Ben and I organised our room into our usual set. Our bathroom had his side and my side, the bedroom was a little more mess without sides. I laid on the bed, finally relaxing from the cramped space of the airplane.

There was a knock on the door, Ben swiftly jumped over me and opened it. Alan walked in, sort of nervous looking.

"Randi. I need the biggest favour ever."

I agreed as he mentioned Emily. I was a little worried, but then I slowly figured it out.

I got out my laptop and set up Skype. I called who he had requested, and sat with him as we waited for them to answer.

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"You guys have been a fantastic show!" Austin shouted to the crowd. They cheered, he ran around grabbing hands and kissing some.

Alan went to the microphone. "Uhm hey, guys. I've got something to say. Can I please have Randi come to the stage?"

I walked on, he whispered in my ear nervously, "have you got it all set up?" I nodded and then on the large screen to the left of the stage popped up the screen for my Skype.

"Emily? Emily Berry? Can you please come up here?" Alan spoke into the mic. "You have to be quiet for her guys, she gets scared easily."

She shyly walked on. Looking at me nervously, she waved at the crowd. I clicked some buttons on my keyboard and the Skype screen switched to the video call, Mr. and Mrs. Berry appeared on the screen.

"This past year has been so fun and difficult, and I am so thankful I spent it with you, Emily. I didn't expect this, but..." he got on one knee and pulled a ring from his pocket. "Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?"

Emily jumped, smiling so large. "Yes! Oh absolutely!"

He hugged her tightly. "Fuck yes." He said in her hair, "I was so scared asking your parents for permission. Scariest shit ever."

They waved out of the large screens, squishing together. Mrs. Berry spoke first, as it seemed that Mr. Berry was unable to. "Emily? Emily, honey? Can you hear me?" Feedback rang through the arena. "Emily, you are a beautiful being! We love you! We are so proud of you!"

Emily awkwardly tilted on her heels, "yeah mom? Can we talk about this later? There's other bands that have to play. Yeah mom I love you too." The screen clicked off, and she grabbed Alan into a long and disturbing kiss.

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I'm so sorry guys. This is short, and I haven't uploaded in a while, I've been road tripping with my family. I haven't had Internet time, but lots of writing indeed >u<