The 2 Minute Engagement

Chapter 19

Chapter 19
Luke

2016

"Alright. That's it for today. See you all in the morning." Chris shouts and a sound blares to end filming for the day.

"Oh God. I'm tired." Lulu slams her head onto my shoulder.

"Damn, babe." I buckle playfully under the weight of her big head.

"Shut up, Boyd," She picks her head up and shoves my shoulder. "I'm going to the studio to finish a song. Dinner at your place?"

"Yes. I'll see you there later tonight," I kiss her before going over to where Wally is talking to his mom. "Ready?"

"Yeah. I'll go get Ralph, Lil Rizz, Kimmy, and JJ." Steph smiles. She pats my shoulder before going to get the others.

"I'm glad you wanted me to come with, man. It means a lot to me." Wally smiles.

"You and Lu are really close. I need the closest people to her to help," I grin. "So how are things with Uriah?"

His smile gets wider. "Man, everything is great. You know? I'm happy," his smile falls slightly. "It's just harder being open about it and being so far away. You get used to long distance relationships in this business. He's used to it but he wasn't prepared for the hate that comes with black males being gay in America."

"I get it, Wal. Not the being gay part, but the long distance. It's hard to date someone who isn't apart of this lifestyle." I shake my head. I think of Lucy and what's going to happen after filming is done.

"It's going to be easy after filming." Ralph grabs my shoulders as he comes up in our conversation.

"Honestly, you'll fly out to see her. She fly out to see you. Whatever y'all do, y'all find a way to see each other." Steph says and starts walking out of the studio. We all follow behind her.

Because I drove here with Lucy, I get into a large SUV that can fit all of us.

"So are you looking for anything specific?" Kim asks.

"Like color? Cut? Shape?" JJ adds on.

"It has to be perfect for Lucy. Something that will make her look at it and smile all day. Nothing too big and flashy. But not understated. Something simple but that makes a nice statement." I say.

"We all know the statement, dumbass: You're marrying Lucy because you love her." RJ rolls his eyes from yh last row of the car.

"Aye, Rizz," Wally turns around in front of his older cousin. "Shut the fuck up. We haven't heard of you thinking about marrying Kat. If those are Luke's thoughts, don't disrespect them. He's marrying your sister. Be some help to the nigga. Damn."

Steph and Ralph laugh from the front seats. "Told yo ass." Ralph laughs and points his finger at his son like a little child.

"For real y'all. I don't have an exact idea. I didn't want to look at rings online because then I would have found the perfect one and not have been able to get it somehow." I say and they all nod in understanding.

"Alright. So 18k is the best way to go. It's not super expensive but it's not cheap either. And it's more durable," Ralph says. "Also, my oldest princess doesn't like gold; she likes silver if you haven't noticed. An 18k white gold band will be best."

"I've noticed. All she wear is white gold stud earrings and hoops," I nod. We sit in a bit of medium traffic so it's the perfect time to think. "I was thinking having our birthstones in it."