Bad boys bring heaven to you

[Ten]

A few hours after Veronica had left I heard Lilac come running from her room. She smiled a wide smile but when she saw my sad expression her smile disappeared. She slowly walked over to me and climbed up to my lap "what's wrong daddy?"
"Nothing I'm just sad that mommy is leaving"
"But she'll come back right?"
"Of course she will Lilac"
"Well then we will be okay. Until she comes you and I will have a lot of fun and then she will come back and we will all be a happy family" I looked at her and smiled. I wanted to believe her but I knew that it wasn't true. She would come back but we wouldn't become a little family.
After we had eaten breakfast I helped Lilac get dressed. I then got her into her winter gear and took her outside. I let her play around in the snow while I just sat and watched her. She was the light of my life and just being around her made my day a thousand times better. When Becky had first told me we were having a daughter I had freaked out. Not because I didn't want a girl, more because if it was a boy I could relate to him much more. A boy I knew what he would go through but with a girl I didn't. I had no idea how to explain periods and boys. That's why I was so happy to have both Veronica and Becky helping me. But then Becky died and now Veronica has left so I was all alone with Lilac. I tried doing fun things with her but I still had to work. I was still just an assistant on a law firm but they had me working everyday from 8am to 5pm which sucked. I had Betty picking Lilac up after her school day ended and then I would pick Lilac up at their house. It did work out but I wished that I could spend more time with her, she was my daughter after all.

When we got to the airport we checked in out bags. It was freezing outside and I was trying to get my heat up. Travis walked over to me and hugged me "can you believe that as soon as we get to New-York we're going to open your website so that people can buy your makeup"
"I can't believe that what we've been working on for so long is finally done"
"Well it's not done. This, Veronica, is just the start" I looked up at him and smiled. He leaned down and kissed me "and when this website is up you and me can go visit Lilac more often"
"Of course we can. Veronica I love you and I would do anything for you"
"I love you too. Now lets go back to New-York and open the website"
We flew to New-York and when we got there we went straight back to our apartment. I had stayed at the hotel for the longest time but when we started dating I had moved in with him. The clock was really late and all I wanted to do was sleep "Veronica can you come?" Travis were on our balcony and I had no idea why since it was freezing outside "what do you want?" I put on a cardigan and walked outside. He had set up all of these candles. He had also taken out two chairs a lot of pillows and blankets "Travis..."
"I wanted to celebrate that when we wake up tomorrow your very own website will be up. People all over the world can buy makeup from your company"
"Thank you Travis" he handed me a cup of hot cocoa. We sat down and just looked out at the town that was New-York. All of a sudden Travis put down his cup and stood up. He looked at me and then did something I didn't think he would ever do. He proposed "Travis-"
"No, don't say anything. I love you Veronica, more than I've ever loved anyone else. I know that you still love Archie, I get that, but please make me the happiest man ever and marry me?"
"Of course I'll marry you!" I hugged him and he put the ring on my finger. It was this big beautiful diamond ring. In that moment I was so happy. I had loved Archie but that was the past. Archie was my past and Travis was my future "I need to call Betty and tell her immediately"
"You go do that and I'm gonna take away all of this" I kissed him and then ran inside to get my phone. I called Betty even though it was past midnight "hey V, what's up"
"You won't believe this!"
"What is it?"
"Me and Travis are engaged" at first she didn't answer me. All I could hear was dead silence "B?"
"That's great"
"You don't sound like you mean it"
"Because I don't mean it"
"Are you seriously going to do this? I'm happy with Travis and I'm over Archie so please just let it be!"
"Fine. You're right and I'm sorry. Oh and does this mean that you're coming to Riverdale soon so that you me, Cheryl and Toni can start planning your wedding?"
"Of course! I'm thinking about coming back in like a month, then the company will be up and running and the wedding plans will begin"
"Oh my god I'm so excited V!"
"Well at least you sound like you mean it this time! Also do me a favour"
"Sure, what?"
"Don't tell Archie. You can tell Jughead and Toni and Cheryl, but not Archie. I wanna be the one to tell him"
"Of course, I get that. Now it's really late and Jughead's waiting for me so goodnight!"
"Goodnight!" we hung up and I went into the bedroom where I found Travis already asleep. I carefully laid down next to him and he woke up. He wrapped his muscular arms around me and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes and soon I was asleep.
The next morning I woke up alone in bed. I jumped out of it and walked into the kitchen. There was a note saying that Travis had left cause they needed some help with the website. I took some berries and juice out of the fridge and made myself a smoothie. I drank it while watching 'Gossip Girl' on my laptop. After I took a shower and got dressed and fixed for the day. I walked out of our apartment and hopped into my car and drove to the office. We had bought it in the beginning and it was there the magic happened. When I got there I saw Travis through the glass walls discuss something with another worker. I walked inside and greeted them both "Veronica, hi"
"Hey Paul" I walked over and hugged him. Paul was they guy who had designed the whole website and without him 'Ronnie' wouldn't be alive "I need to congratulate you on the engagement, Travis told me all about it"
"Well thank you, it was perfect. I couldn't have imagined it happen in any other way. Plus I got this really big diamond ring out of it" I winked at Paul and showed him the big ring on my finger "wow that is an impressive ring. Good job Travis"
"Well now I'm gonna let you two continue working, bye boys" I walked out of Paul's office and into my own. My office was the biggest of them all. I had big windows and outside I saw over all of New-York. Even though right now all I saw was the snow coming down. I sat down at my desk and turned on my computer. The second it turned on it started buzzing with all the people ordering stuff. I couldn't believe it, people were actually buying stuff from my very own company. I wasn't the one who packed all of the orders, luckily I had workers who did that. Next to my computer stood a picture frame. It was a picture of Archie and Lilac on her very first day on earth. Archie had given me it awhile back as a 'good luck' gift. The frame was white and at the bottom it said 'family' in gold letters. It was my good luck charm. It was like someone stabbed me in the heart when I looked at the picture. It made me realize how much I missed it. I missed being a stay at home mom to Lilac. I did love this whole office job, but at the same time I wanted to turn back time. But then I looked over at the picture frame on the other side of my computer. It was a picture of me and Travis outside of the office when we had first bought it. And when I looked at that picture all I saw was the future. I saw me and him getting married, buying a house and then having our own kids. Lilac would always be my daughter but at the same time I wanted my own kids. I wanted to be pregnant and give birth to my own baby. I wanted to hold him or her for the first time and feel my heart flood of love. I wanted to feel the same kind of love I had felt the first time Archie told me he loved me. The same kind of love I had felt when Travis proposed. And lastly, the same kind of love I had felt the first time I held Lilac.