Milk and Cigarettes

Chapter 34

Leo lazily held me in his arms and mumbled, "What time is it?". I rolled over and checked the digital clock with blinking red numbers which sat on the nightstand.

"10:47 P.M."

His eyes were still closed as he smiled to himself. "Let's go out."

"Right now?" I questioned, considering the fact we were completely naked and a total mess.

"Yes, right now, baby! Come on, get up." Leo gently laughed as he, himself, wiggled out of bed. "The celebration isn't over yet!"

I smiled and kissed Leo's cheek as he put his jeans back on. I went to splash some water on my face and throw on one of Leo's T-shirts, until he stopped me.

"I got you something else." He smirked as my jaw dropped.

"Another engagement ring?" I joked with a heavy southern accent.

Leo laughed and played along. "Well, sugar, that's the thing." He rested his hands on his hips in a cowboy stance, his shirt still not on. "I got my girl a good ol fashioned engagement dress."

"Dress?" I raised my eyebrow in confusion as Leo walked over to a plastic bag sitting by the table. He pulled out an adorable black velvet dress and I had to cover my mouth as I was in so much shock.

Leo chuckled at my reaction. "Do you like it?" He asked, still holding it up.

"How on earth did I ever get so lucky?" I shook my head and kissed him all over his face. "How?" Leo softly smiled and laid a kiss on my lips.

"I'm always asking myself that." He handed the dress over to me as I took it. "Try it on."

I smiled as I slipped the straps off the hanger. I walked over in front of the bathroom mirror as I put it on. It fit tightly around my figure, but in a comfortable way. It stopped mid thigh and it cut in a straight line across my chest. I absolutely loved it and felt so free and confident in it.

"Come back, baby! I wanna see." Leo groaned. I walked over with a shy smile, wondering what he'd think. "Hot fucking damn!" He let out in a holler and I laughed. Holding an imaginary mic to his mouth, he made a deep voice and spoke into it. "Mr. DiCaprio, how does it feel being engaged to THE most sexiest girl on the planet and in the universe?" Then, Leo switched back to his normal voice and shifted positions as he spoke again into the mic. "Well, I don't know how to really put it into words..." He said shyly, shrugging. Then, he joking grabbed the mic and raised a fist in the air. "IT FEELS FUCKING AMAZING! THAT'S HOW IT FEELS!"

I bursted into laughter and wrapped my arms around him as his own laugh vibrated against his chest. "I love you to death!"

"I love you to death!" Leo smiled.

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We took a taxi to Sunset Boulevard and walked up and down the strip until we stopped at a bar blaring AC/DC. We watched as they checked a few girls' ID's that looked about 15 and turned them away. We took our chances and walked up, the bouncers immediately letting us in with a nod. Leo's arm was swung around my shoulders and mine around his waist as we proudly walked in with the song 'Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution'. We headed up towards the crowded bar and squeezed through to the front as Leo got a hold of a bartender's attention. "Let's see if this works." Leo smirked and spoke into my ear. "Hi, sir." He smiled to the buff man. "You guys got any engagement themed drinks?"

The man grinned and nodded. "Yeah, man! We do a special! Congratulations." Leo thanked him as he turned to me. "Let's see the ring!" I blushed and raised my hand so he could see. "Beautiful!" The bartender grabbed a mic from behind the counter as the whole bar turned to face us. "Let's give a big round of applause to the happy couple!" The whole bar filled with screaming and clapping for us. A man screamed 'KISS!' so we leaned in a gave our best one, as the whole bar erupted with yelling once again. The bartender slid us over two clear drinks with a pineapple piece hanging over the edges of them. "On the house." He smiled.

"Holy shit." Leo gasped as we went over to an empty dark booth. "I had no idea that'd happen! I thought we'd get, like, free tequila shots or something."

I giggled and sipped my sweet drink. "The stars are in our favor."

"They certainly are." Leo kissed my neck and then resumed sipping his own drink. We talked and laughed until we finished our glasses. "I'll go buy us another!" I smiled and nodded my head, watching the people in the crowd jump around and dance.

Suddenly, a tall man with a bright smile wondered over to the table. "Hi, beautiful." He leaned his arm against the table and I desperately watched Leo, hoping he'd be back soon.

"Hi." I responded with a monotone, not even looking at him.

"Wanna dance? A pretty thing like yourself shouldn't be all alone in this booth."

"No, I don't wanna dance. And, I'm not alone." I tried to sound as annoyed as possible so he'd leave but he didn't.

"Oh, I see you've met my fiancé!" Leo smiled, tugging the guy's shoulder to turn around.

"Oh, yeah, I was just saying congrats, man."

"I'll bet you were. Have a good night." Leo slid into the booth right next to me and gave the man a sarcastic wave as he walked away. "Damn, can't leave you alone for two seconds until someone else wants to steal you." He smiled and kissed my cheek and I laid my head on his shoulder. "So they told me we get 3 free drinks each tonight!"

"Whoa, really?" I leaned up, sipping on mine as I slowly felt the first cup start to take it's affect on me. Leo nodded. "That's- that's awesome!" He began to laugh.

"Awe, baby. Someone already getting tipsy?"

"Mhhhmmmm." I sipped again as he let out a laugh. "Let's go dance!"

"Yeah? You wanna dance? Okay, let's go dance." Leo took my hand as we walked out onto the dance floor. I started mouthing the words to 'Black Dog' by Led Zeppelin and Leo laughed, nodding his head to the beat. I jumped around and danced and Leo soon loosened up and followed me. It didn't matter how crazy we looked because everyone was dancing in their own made-up style. After the song, we giggled our way back to the booth and continued to sip on our engagement-themed drinks. As I finished mine, the whole room began to spin but I watched Leo and everything was still again. He finished his and turned to me. "Okay, I am...getting a little tipsy now...too." He raised his finger in the air as it went along with his long dragged out sentence. All I could do was giggle, and giggle some more.

"More dancing! More dancing!"

"Your wish is my command, Princess." Leo wrapped his arm around me as we walked back into the crowd of dancing people.

'Smells Like Teen Spirit' began to blare and I freaked out. "Leo! Leo! This is the song you showed me! Remember, in the car?"

"Nirvana! Yeah! Wow, that feels like ages ago!" He smiled warmly as he watched me head bang to the music. His eyes were heavy with the affect of alcohol.

"Come on!" I yelled.

"What? You want me to head bang with you?" He laughed.

"Yes!"

Leo let go and rocked out with me, us both letting our hair get even crazier to the rattle of the music. The whole crowd was now a big pit of head banging drunk people.