The Hook-up

Chapter 121

"Are you crazy?" she asked rolling onto her side with him.

"Probably." He said with a smirk.

"You're at home, everyone is here, you are at a hotel and you and your fiancé just got in a giant fight in public where there were cell phones and cameras all over the place." She responded.

"We're taking a break." Bruno said trying to distract her from the drama that lied outside of the room hearing some noises.

"Where is Dre when we need him?" Lauren asked feeling her body tense from everything that had just happened.

"He's at home. We're fine." He said hearing his phone ring ignoring it.

"You're not going to answer it?" she asked him.

"Nope. I'm hanging out with you...." He said. "But let me turn it off..." he got up showing her the phone after seeing that it was his mother calling him.

"Who was it?" she asked.

"My mom." He answered throwing it next to her phone on the chair.

"You need to call her. I'm sure my sister already is trying to call me..." she told him.

"Tahiti will tell her. It will be okay." She said laying down on the bed on his side facing her leaning in to kiss her lightly.

"I really am kind of tired." She told him closing her eyes.

"Close your eyes. I want to tell you all about last night." He replied wrapping his arms around her back rubbing it lightly not getting a response from her. He felt her move her head onto him so she could hear him.

"I'm listening." She said softly.

"I went to that one place I told you about.. the one from Christmas with the drums." He told her. "And there was a huge group of people from high school there. Like everyone stays really close to each other. And it was like I hadn't ever left. It was nice. And Rory was there." He paused taking a deep breath. "She kissed me, Elle. And I told her that you are all I want. I told her that nothing was ever going to happen again. I left. I left without her. She yelled at me when I was leaving. I didn't say anything back to her. I went to the beach to figure it out. I knew it was late..." Lauren moved her body sitting up crossing her legs to look at him. He sat up reaching for her hands continuing the story. "That's when I wrote that song. It was all about that moment. It was all about how I want to give you everything that I have. If I could, Lauren, I would give you myself when I was that young. I would give you all of the things I didn't know and hadn't done. You deserve that me. Not the me that does and says stupid things without thinking about the consequences, your emotions and how it affects everyone around me. I should have stayed here with you." He watched her look down after he finished pouring his heart out. "Elle....say something. That was really hard for me to admit."

"I know." She said pausing to figure out what to say. "It's my fault too. I should have let you explain yourself. You've been so amazing since February. We do argue. And we do fight. But we're not perfect. And everyone knows that." She eventually moved her head up to look at him. "I have to trust you. I can't believe everything I hear. If I did I wouldn't be with you." She sighed throwing her head back onto the bed. "This is so much harder than I thought it was going to be."

"I know." He told her laying his head on her stomach. "But it will be worth it." He said starting to sing to her stomach. She laid her hand on his hair smiling feeling the vibrations of his voice. After he finished singing to her he sat up moving her over a bit to sit next to her.

"Let's get married while we're here, Bruno." She suggested with a smile.

"What?" he asked. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah. You're going to be so busy the rest of this year and next year. I feel like if we don't do it soon it's never going to happen. I want to be married to you."

"I want to marry you more than anything in the world..." he said leaning in to kiss her. "Marry me, Lauren."

"I already said yes, silly." She said pushing him a little.