soon [dylan o'brien] [2] ✔️

56.

"hey, babe?" brooke yelled at her boyfriend, who was in another room. she was rummaging their bedroom to find her wallet, and she couldn't seem to remember where she had it last.

"yeah, brooke?" dylan asked from emory's room as he helped his daughter get dressed for the day.

"have you seen my wallet?"

"no, i don't think so." he yelled back. "check the bedside table."

brooke ran over to the aforementioned table and opened the drawer. "i found i-" she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw a black, velvet box in the corner. "oh my god." she whispered under her breath.

she pulled it out and opened the box, only to find a diamond ring sitting in the middle. she put a hand over her mouth and put the box back in the drawer, immediately pulling out her phone.

quietly, she dialed her sister's number and placed the phone to her ear.

"hello."

"crystal, oh my god." brooke whisper-yelled.

"what? what is it?! is someone in the hospital?" crystal panicked.

"wha-no. i found something, and i'm kinda freaking out."

"what did you find?"

"a ring."

"well, shit."

"did you know about this?" brooke asked.

"maybe." crystal said, and brooke knew she had a smirk on her face.

"is that why you asked me if i would ever get married again?"

"possibly."

"shit, crys, what do i do?" brooke panicked.

"that's a question i can't answer, babe." crystal responded. "do you want to marry him again?"

"i-i don't know. i don't wanna get hurt again, crys."

"i know, b, but honestly, i'm 100% sure he won't."

"no one is 100% sure of anything."

"i am about this."

brooke sighed. "i need to go talk to him about this."

"or you could just not."

"crystal, how am i supposed to not bring this up?"

"just don't, okay? let him ask you to marry him."

"i'm not sure if i want that."

"then, you'll say no." crystal said.

"i don't think i could do that to him."

"look, all i'm saying is that it's up to you. you're the one who would be married or not, so you make that choice. all i can do is make sure you don't do something stupid in the process, like telling him you found the ring."

"thanks, crys." brooke said. "i don't know what i'd do without you."

"probably tell dylan about the ring."

"ha ha ha." brooke mocked. "i'll tell you my decision tomorrow."

"tomorrow? are you sure you won't need more time to think that through."

"it shouldn't be a hard decision if i love him."

"true, true. just make sure you follow your heart."

"i will. bye, crys."

"bye, brookie. i love you."

"i love you, too." brooke said before hanging up the phone.

"who was that?" dylan asked as he came in the room.

"crystal." brooke said. "how much of that did you hear?"

dylan cleared his throat and spoke in a girly voice. "i will. bye, crys."

brooke giggled. "come here, you big dork."

dylan smiled and jumped on the bed next to brooke. they connected their lips and smiled into the kiss.

it was at that moment, that brooke made her choice.

[4/9/17]

holy fuck i'm inactive. but, i'm working on it, so be prepared for consistent chapters