Miss Jackson

Chapter 46

Oh my god I'm getting married tomorrow.
I sit up as soon as I wake up, to my empty bed.
"Delilah?" I question. I get out of bed and pull on some clothes and my glasses and go out the door and downstairs to find Delilah and Ashley talking and sipping coffee.
"Hey Bren." Delilah smiles at me.
"Hello...Mr. Urie" Ashley says awkwardly.
"Please. Call me Brendon" I tell her.
"Careful Ashley...once he told me to call him that we started dating." Delilah warns her as a joke.
"Oh Ha-Ha" I say sarcastically pushing her head away.
"Yes but...Im with Ryan and you are getting married tomorrow" Ashley informs her.
"Stop reminding me. I'm already nervous as it is...especially with this one having his bachelors party" she sighs pointing to me.
"Oh well so are you" I tell her.
"Yeah but were just getting like manicures and going lingerie shopping...no strippers."
"Who said anything about strippers" I raise my eyebrow.
"No one...but you're a man...I was assuming."
"For your info, we are just chilling at Dallon's playing video games and drinking a few beers" I inform her.
"Okay Bren. That sounds like fun" she smiles. I give her a sarcastic smile and turn to finish making my coffee.
"Theres totally gunna be strippers" Ashley laughs.
"No its gunna be kosher" I turn and take a sip of my drink. I am telling the truth, Dallon planned the whole night, Fallout 4 and chill is what he texted me last night.
"I believe you Bren" Delilah comes up to me and hugs my torso. I place my hand on her lower back and turn her so we're both facing Ashley.
"This is still a little weird for me, I know you haven't taught me in like...2 years but its weird to see my best friend marrying my old teacher." Ashley looks to both of us.
"Correction...our old teacher. He taught me too" Delilah adds.
"Yeah but you were in love with him for 4 years. It was never teacher-student for either of you. It was student-guy student has a crush on."
"Actually, it was guy who has a crush on a girl and girl who has a crush on him. We liked each other" I chime in.
"Wow. You liked each other all 4 years...but niether of you had the balls to bring it up sooner. Imagine where'd you be if you said something earlier."
"Well, Bren would be fired and in jail and I'd still be living with my mother and abusive asshole dad." Delilah confesses.
"You genuinely don't think you would have kept it a secret for that long?" Ashley raises her eyebrow.
"No. Probably not. We could barley keep a secret the time we did and you were the only one that knew until Caroline found out and maybe Colleen. I'm not sure." I answer.
"Colleen...she never truly found out but for the rest of the year she tried to prove it"
"Well thats good then but that was so long away....or what seems" I take a sip of my coffee.
"Over 2 years" Delilah looks at me.
"2 years...wow. We've been together 2 years and now were getting married tomorrow" I shake my head. "We're getting married tomorrow!!!" I shout and pull her off the floor and kiss her.
"To many more" Ashley holds up her coffee mug and I hold mine up with a laugh, setting Delilah down.

"I just can't believe its been two years" I tell Delilah in our room whilst we pack for Brazil.
"Believe it" She smiles, folding her clothes.
"Think about everything we've been through D." I shake my head. "Keeping our relationship a secret, Colleen, Caroline, your dad...multiple times, that thing with Sarah, your mom...so many things and to think, its only been 2 years" I sit down. "Think about the next 2 years?"
"Bren...are you getting cold feet" she walks over to me, wrapping her arms around my neck.
"No. No." I smile, looking down. "I definitely want to marry you. You're it for me...I just can't help but to think about what else could happen." I shrug, running my hand up and down her arm.
"Well...hopefully good things" she sits on my lap. "But there will be bad things too and you know what, thats okay...because through everything that has happened and will happen, I could not imagine going through any of it with someone besides you. Bad things happen to everyone Bren...you just gotta hope you found the right person to go through hell with and I know I did" she explains.
"Yeah, I found the right person too" I smile at her and then kiss her.