Short stories

Pokes

*Tori's POV*

I sat down the book sadly. I had just finished reading the new John Green book and was on the verge of tears. Yet again someone died, and this time I was saddened by the death of my favorite character.

I stood from my reading chair and went to hunt down my boyfriend Brian. I found him lying across our bed on his phone. I laid beside him and looked to see what he was looking at on his phone. 

Memes. What else did I expect? He always looked at memes. Now don't  get me wrong, I love memes. I'm the Meme Queen and he is my Meme King.  But right now I wanted cuddles and my boyfriend's undivided attention. 

And so I poked his side. He moved away from my touch, trying to hide the smile on his face. He continued to look at his memes. I poked him again. This time I poked his cheek. He chuckled and continued to ignore me. I began to poke him over and over until he finally turned to me. 

"You dork." He chuckled. I laughed slightly at the nickname I had grown to love. "Stop poking me." he said with a laugh.

"No." I poked him again  "I not gonna stop poking you until you give me some attention!" I whined, dramatically flinging my arms open so I lightly smacked him in the face. "I. Need. Cuuuuuudddddllllleeeessssss!!!" I whined dramatically. 

Brian put his phone on the table beside the bed and opened his arms wide. "Come here ya dork." he chuckled. I happily snuggled up to my loving boyfriend.

We talked for a while about random stuff. Every now and then he would lean down to still a kiss. Sometimes it was me who stole a kiss a kiss from him. 

"your lips so soft. I could kiss them all day." He told me, leaning in for another kiss. This one lasted longer than the previous kisses. I wasn't complaining though. Just then my best friend Jamie, who shared the apartment with me and Brian walked by. 

"Just propose to her already!" she shouted at Brian. In return he threw a pillow in her direction and gave her the finger. 

"Shut up Jamie!" He yelled.

"I'm only stating the truth. You need to propose to her already!" Jamie shouted back. I held back a laugh. I never thought that A) my best friend would be arguing with my boyfriend about proposing to me, and B) my boyfriend turn tomato red because of something my best friend said. 

"Go away!" Brian yelled, obviously embarrassed. 

"Alright, alright. I'm going!" Jamie began walking down the hall to her room but stopped right outside her door. "I KNOW YOU GOT A RING BRIAN!! NOW PROPOSE!!" she shouted before locking herself in her room. 

Brian sighed. "I wanted to do this a little smoother...  but Jamie ruined that..." he mumbled something under his breath tat rhymed with ducking ditch. "Here goes nothing then...."

He went over to his dresser. He opened a drawer and pulled something out. He then came and sat back down on the bed beside me. 

"So we've been dating for nearly 7 years now... And it has been a meme filled roller coaster. And I even remember practicing how to ask you out in the mirror. I had no clue what to say. Much like right now.... So I guess I should just say it now. I love you a lot Tori. You're my dork, and the Meme Queen to my Meme King. And I can't live without that. So uh... what I'm trying to say is..." He took a deep breath and opened the black box in his hand. "Will you marry me?" he spoke quickly and nervously.

"Is that even a question? Of course I will, you dork!" I hugged him and then slipped the ring on my finger. He leaned in and kissed me right as Jamie walked in.

"I call dibs on being maid of honor!" she screamed excitedly.  Me and Brian both gave her the middle finger and started to throw a couple pillows at her. She ran out laughing before we could though.

"Remind me again why your best friend lives with us?" Brian said questioningly. 

"Because she is like a sister to me. But she is quite annoying sometimes..." I laughed.

"I am not annoying!!" a voice yelled down the hall.

"Screw off!!" me and Brian yelled simultaneously.