Everywhere You Go (Lawson Fanfic) - On Hold

Chapter Six - The Proposal

(Erin's Point of View)

I looked myself over in the mirror and smiled. Finally after a few hours of getting ready I was finally done. Ever since the band took off, Ryan and I had agreed that Saturday's would be date night for us if he was at home. If he was on tour then we would have date night over Skype. So tonight he'd said we were off out to a restaurant but he wouldn't specify which one which annoyed me because I really wanted to know. I jumped when Ryan came up behind me and slid his arms around my waist. 

   "Well hello there gorgeous." he smiled and kissed my cheek. I smiled at him through the mirror and turned in his arms. 

   "Hey handsome. You know I think I like this look compared to yesterday when you were covered in blue paint." I said laughing.

   "Yeah I do too but hey anything to help out." he said. I pulled out of his arms and headed over to the bed to pick up my bag before he led me out the room and down the stairs. 

   "Can you believe they're getting married in two weeks? And that they'll be parents in January!" I said as I locked the door behind us. 

   "Honestly yes. I mean it's Joel and Joanne. We all knew they'd be the first to get married and have a kid. They'll be amazing parents though." Ry said as we got into the car and pulled out the driveway. 

   "Do you ever think about stuff like that for us? Getting married and having a baby one day?" I asked and glanced over at him. He shrugged his shoulders. 

   "Sometimes. I mean we have a good thing going right now." he mumbled. I sighed and turned away from him to look out my window. 

   "Yeah but if we have a great thing why not get married and make it even better." I said under my breath. I know he heard me though. The rest of the car ride was silent until he parked the car. He turned to me and grabbed onto my hand. 

   "Babe, trust me I would love to marry you one day." he said with a small smile. I looked up at him. 

   "Well why act like you wouldn't when I asked that?" I asked. 

   "I don't know. You caught me off guard I suppose. Honestly I'd love for you to be Mrs Fletcher." he said with a wink. I smiled and leant in to kiss him. He pulled away and opened his door to get out. I got out my side and walked around to meet him. He laced our fingers together and we started walking in a direction that was all too familiar. A few minutes later and we were stood outside the same restaurant he had brought me to for our first date. We got into the restaurant and the waiter smiled at us. We both smiled back and Ry stepped forward to speak to him. A minute later and we were being led through the room towards our table. I laughed when we came to a stop at it.

   "The exact same table we sat at four years ago." I said with a smile. Ryan grinned at me and we sat down.

   "I thought I'd be cute. And to add to that, I already put an order in for us when I booked the table the other day." he said and I raised an eyebrow at him. He noticed and continued speaking. "Don't worry its something I know you'll like. You trusted me then to order for you and you can trust me now." 

   "Like I said then, it better not be something really creepy and disgusting." I said with a pretend glare. 

   "Erin you know you can trust me." he said with a small smile. I smiled and nodded my head. 

   "Of course I can Fletch." I mumbled before taking a drink of my water. "So any reason why you chose our fancy restaurant for date night?" I asked. He shook his head. 

   "Not really. Just thought it would be nice to come back here. We've not been since our first date." he said and it was true. We'd always said we had to come back here for a night out, just us, but we never had. Until now. 

   "Well I find it sweet you've done this for date night. The same restaurant, the same table..." I stopped talking as our food was brought over and set down in front of us. I let out a small laugh and shook my head. "even the exact same meal we each had." I finished. 

   "What can I say? I'm just a really amazing boyfriend." he said and winked at me from across the table. 

After we left the restaurant, which like the first time we went was amazing, we headed back to the car. We got in and before we drove off Ryan pulled a scarf from the back seat and smiled at me. 

   "Ryan what's that for?" I asked, looking from the scarf to him. He smiled and leant over and put it around my head so my eyes were covered. 

   "You have to wear this until we get to the next destination of date night." he said as he finished tying it. 

  "You bastard! I don't like this Ryan." I said frowning and crossed my arms over my chest. 

   "I know but tough luck cause its happening." he said as he started the car. The ride was mostly in silence apart from me occasionally swearing at Ryan for blindfolding me. When the car finally came to a stop I heard Ryan get out his side and then a few seconds later my door opened and he helped me out the car. 

   "Can I take this off yet?" I asked as I gripped onto his arm for support. 

   "Not yet. In a few minutes though. Just keep a grip on me so I can help you walk." he said. I did as he said and we slowly started walking but after a few steps we picked up the pace a bit after I got used to walking with just Ryan to guide me. We came to a slow stop and I felt Ryan's hands go to the back of my head to untie the knot. I pulled the scarf away from my eyes and grinned. The London Eye. Safe to say Ryan was recreating our first date. 

   "Ryan! I can't believe you. This is so sweet." I said and threw my arms around him. He hugged me back and kissed my cheek. 

   "I thought you'd like it." he smiled. I pulled away and couldn't wipe the grin off my face. 

   "Like it? I love it! Now can we hurry up and get on please?" I asked and started pulling him towards the small queue of people who were piling into carriages as they slowed to a stop. We moved up the queue and ended up getting one to ourselves which I found even better than our first date when there were a few people in with us. I walked straight over to the glass as we started moving. The view was amazing as always. Ryan came over and stood behind me before wrapping his arms around my waist. I smiled and put my hands on his as we looked out over the city. 

   "The view is just as amazing as the last time we were here." Ryan whispered. I turned around to find him looking at me with a smile. I grinned and gave him a quick kiss before squirming out of his grip and heading over to the other side as we came to a slow stop at the top. 

   "I still can't believe you recreated out first date. It's been amazing." I said as I scanned the city with my eyes, taking everything in as if for the first time. 

   "Well I think its about to get even better." Ryan said as we stopped at the very top. 

   "How?" I asked and turned around. My hand flew up to my mouth at what I seen when I turned around. Ryan, on one knee, holding a small velvet box. I slowly walked over to him with tears in my eyes. 

   "Erin, I've loved you for four years now. I can't stand it when we're apart and when I can't hug you, see you or even just hear your voice. You've been the best thing to happen in my life and I don't know where I'd be or what I'd do without you. I've been struggling for the past month on what I would say to you when I done this and I thought I wouldn't be able to speak. But being here, the place where I realised just how much I actually love you, it's made it so much easier for me to speak and get the words out. So before I start crying like you are now, will you marry me?" he asked, his voice going to just above a whisper at the end although it echoed around the empty carriage we were in. I couldn't stop the tears from flowing down my cheeks as I nodded and managed to say only word I could manage. 

   "Yes." I smiled. He stood up and slid the ring up my finger before leaning down and kissing me. I put my arms around his neck as I kissed him back and smiled against his lips.