Russell Howard Fanfiction - Love At First Laugh

Chapter 3 - I love you

A/N
Hi! Thanks everyone for their nice comments again! I'm actually quite surprised at how many people are reading this and are liking it, I didn't think many people would. I'm going to skip ahead a couple of months on this just for the sake of keeping the story interesting. Enjoy!

2 MONTHS LATER

Russell's POV

I rushed around my flat, tidying up ready for Y/Ns arrival. She hadn't been to my flat yet so I wanted to make a good impression. I was slightly nervous as I wanted to ask her something later. I had made us a meal that was in the oven and I was all set!
Suddenly I heard the doorbell go. I opened the door to see Y/N standing there in a short lilac dress. She's so beautiful. I snap out of my thoughts and invite her in.
"Hello handsome" She says.
"Hello beautiful". I leant in and kissed her gently.
As soon as this happens, my jack russel Archie came bounding into the room, barking his head off. I move away quickly from Y/N because we all know what Archie would do.
"Archie don't you Dare! " I say to Archie who was spinning in circles, still yelping.
"Awwhhhh!!!" said Y/N.
"Not awwh Y/N! He's evil!"
"I'm sure he's not" She said.
She leant down to Archies height. Archie noticed the 'stranger' and stopped. Y/N opened her arms and Archie ran into then and started licking her face all over as she giggled. She picked him up and held him like a baby. "See he's not bad!" She said, cradling him as he stayed silent wagging his tail.
I stood there in shock. "How did you do that? Archie normally hates strangers! No one has ever been able to make him that quiet that fast!"
"He must like me then!" she said with a laugh. I don't know how she did it.

Y/N put Archie down and we went into my living room.
"Nice flat!" Y/N said.
"Yeah it looks nice when it's tidy" I said which made Y/N laugh.
Y/Ns face suddenly dropped. "Russ, what's that smell? It's like .... burning?"
"SHIT" I had been so busy tidying that I didn't realise I had left the dinner in the oven for too long. Y/N followed me into the kitchen and I opened the oven to reveal the dinner which was completely burnt and emitting dark smoke. I plonked the ruined dish on the worktop. "Well shit, now that's out the window. All I wanted to do was make you a nice dinner but it looks like I've screwed that up!"
"Hey don't worry" said Y/N. "We can just make something new!". She walked up to the recipe books on the wall, paused and took one out. "Right, I will open the book to a random page, and whatever meal I turn to, we can make!". I paused for a second as I was still a bit embarrassed about my dinner but then said, "okay".
She carefully traced her finger across the pages of the book before opening it up to a page that said, Spaghetti Bolognese. "Perfect!" She said.

Luckily we had the right ingredients to make spaghetti and we got them all out and started to prepare it. This is why I love Y/N. She takes a bad situation and always has a way to make things better. I guess ..... I really do love her. There she is, radiant and beautiful, looking elegant whatever she does, with a flounce in her step, humming to the music playing on the radio and swinging her hips, cooking the best smelling spaghetti I have ever smelt. I realised in that moment how lucky I am. My life was shit before I met her. I love her.

Y/Ns POV

"All done!" I say turning the hob off and placing the saucepans on the worktop. Russell gets out two plates which I place the spaghetti on carefully. I feel two strong arms wrap around my waist and a head rest on my shoulder. In my ear he says "that smells wonderful". A shiver runs down my spine and I smile down at him. His arms unwrap from my waist and bend around me to reach the plates which he then carries to the table. We both sit down and Russell says, "I actually haven't had spaghetti for ages" as he takes a bite. He looks up at me with an astonished look on his face. "Oh my god this is so good!"
"Well you helped me"
"Yeah but you did most of it".

We carried on eating and talking for a while until we had finished our plates. We washed up together and then sat down on Russell's sofa to watch a film. As Russell was scrolling through Netflix to find something to watch, he paused as if he just remembered something. "What's wrong?" I ask.
"Oh well I just remembered I needed to ask you something."
"Okay, what?"
"Well um ... do you want to meet my parents?
"Oh, ok sure!"
"Really?"
"Yeah if you want me to"
"Great! I thought you wouldn't want to for some reason."
"Well I guess I'm a bit nervous because, what if they don't like me?"
"They will!"
"Let's hope so".
When we have chosen something to watch, I snuggle into Russell so that my head is resting on his chest and his arm is around me. I love his hugs, they make me feel so safe and warm. I glance up at Russell who is watching the film. I stare at his blue eyes, his defined face and his blonde hair. I realise how lucky I am. No one has ever treated me like he does. He is the most caring, funny and handsome person I have ever known. I love him.
I go back to watching the film so he doesn't see me staring.

Russell's POV

I look down at Y/N who is watching the film. I watch how beautiful and fragile she is. I can't hold my words in any longer. "I love you".
She looks up at me. I didn't mean to say that out loud!
"I love you too" she says as she smiles at me and then goes back to the film.

I love her and she loves me.

A/N
Hi again! I hope that was ok, it might not have been as interesting as the others but the next chapter will be about meeting Russell's parents so look forward to that!