“ ‘cause if you liked it you should have put a ring on it” All The Single Ladies by Beyonce
The rest of the week went by with silence between Veronica and I. Even our parents noticed the tension whenever we entered the room. On top of her and I not getting along, my mom kept pushing me to officially propose to her within a month.
The guys and I are trying to find a way to do an awesome proposal, since we all know she loves big extravagant things. And right now we’re out ring-shopping. Something I never thought I would have to do.
“what about this one?” Nate asks, holding out a small cut diamond ring. “It’s not very big, but simple nonetheless.”
“I love it.” I tell him and he smiles, “but Veronica is one of those big and flashy girls.”
“what about your moms ring?” Eli suggests. We’d been at this for five hours and sill didn’t find anything, so I knew they were all tired of shopping.
My mom’s ring, personally, is beautifully. It’s not tiny, but not a blinding diamond either. There’s the little diamond in the center and surrounding it is topaz. My mother loves to bring it out and show it to new people visiting the house, which means when we were younger the guys all got a good history on the ring.
“yeah, that’s a pretty ring, and fairly large. I’m sure Veronica would love it. The only question is if I want to take that step with her. I mean, giving her my mothers ring isn’t just asking her to marry me, that means we actually have something going on between us.”
“dude, it doesn’t take a genius to know that you two have something.”
I stare at him as if I don’t know what he’s talking about, “don’t be stupid Eli, Veronica and I barely even like each other.”
The guys all laugh as if it was a joke I just said. Well, it wasn’t a joke…it was a lie. Sure we didn’t always get along, but I knew just as much as she did that we were falling for each other. Which is why I think we keep pushing the other one away more and more. Take the concert the other night for example. She wouldn’t have acted that way in the beginning.
“yeah, and I’m having sex with Sara.” Blake adds. Like I said, he won’t shut-up about the topic.
“Blake, seriously let it go. If you truly love her you’ll wait.” Nate says. Blake rolls his eyes and looks at me. I mouth ‘thank you,’ before leading the way out of the store. It was time to actually get down to business on this proposal.
Scarlet was the first one I saw when I entered my parents house. She was just sitting on the sofa flipping through channels. “Hey, are the ‘rents around?” I ask, flopping down onto the sofa next to her.
She screams and jumps, dropping the remote. “don’t ever sneak up on your sister like that ever again Ryan!” I just laugh at her reaction, “and no, they went out for a bit. Why?”
“I thought I’d pick up mom’s engagement ring.”
The face that once had a playful smile on it was now frowning. “you’re actually going to go through with it?”
“It’s going to happen with or without a proposal Scar.”
“I know…but I was able to think it wasn’t real until now. I hate to see you marry someone you don’t want to.” I stay silent, not knowing how to tell her that I did indeed have feelings for Veronica. Of course, my sister could easily see through me. “please don’t tell me you like her.”
I instantly became defensive, “you don’t know her Scarlet, so don’t start judging.”
“I don’t know her? I went to school with her Ryan! I know things about her that you don’t know.”
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To Find the Lie, We Must Discard the Truth
Teen FictionSequel to "Blue Sky..." About seven months after Sky leaves, Ryan is set up in another relationship. Though the new girl isn't too far from his first love. Now Ryan is stuck between moving on and never giving up on his past. Which one will he choos...
