Bad boys bring heaven to you

[Twelve]

We drove for a really long time and at first I thought we were going to the cabbin but I soon realized we were going in the wrong direction "where are we going?"
"I can't tell you that"
"Yes you can cause I'm lost"
"Actually you've been to where we're going"
"When?"
"Like a year before we broke up"
"Really? I don't remember being anywhere near here"
"Well you have and soon we'll arrive there" we kept driving for a half hour and then we stopped. We were at this really beautiful lake. The water was crystal blue, even though it was frozen since it was winter, and everything was just perfect.
"Remember being here now?"
"Yes, it was one of the first weekends without Lilac. Your dad were taking care of her so you asked me if you could take me somewhere romantic and you took me here. My only question is, why did you bring me here now? You promised to not try anything"
"I won't try anything I just wanted to take you here one last time before you go back to New-York and get married"
"The wedding isn't until the summer"
"I know but I didn't want to forget to do it so I thought better do it now than never" I looked at him and smiled "thank you"
"For what?"
"For pretending to be okay with the fact that I'm getting married even though we both know that it's killing you on the inside"
"No problem. Ronnie you have to understand that I want you to be happy rather than being with me. If you weren't happy with me then you shouldn't be with me"
"I was happier with you than I have ever been"
"I know, that's why we brooke up. Isn't it?" he started walking towards the frozen lake. I followed him and stood next to him. Since it was the beginning of March the snow were starting to melt. Archie had brought two blankets. The first one he put on the ground and we sat down. He took the other one and wrapped it around us even though it wasn't that cold. I leaned my head against his shoulder "so tell me Arch, why did you really bring me here?"
"I told you, I wanted us to take a roadtrip to here before you got stuck with 'boring' Travis" I chuckled and fake slapped his arm "Travis isn't boring"
"I was just kidding"
"Tell me" he looked down at me and sighed "fine. I brought you here cause I wanted you to remember what you and me had. I wanted you to see what you would lose if you married Travis. I wasn't planning on doing anything, just let you figure out yourself what you were losing. It was stupid, I know that"
"Then why bring me here and not to the cabbin?"
"Because this was the place where I planned on proposing to you" I looked up at him with shocked eyes. I knew that he had loved me but never that he was planning on proposing "you wanna hear the funny part?" I nodded at him "I bought the ring five days before you decided to leave and I had planned on taking you here the day after you left. But you were already in New-York by then. After that I decided to propose as soon as you came back but months went by and I never heard from you. Then you showed up with a new boyfriend and now the two of you are engaged" he chuckled but I knew that it wasn't a serious laugh. He was hurting a lot, maybe even more than I thought "Archie... I am so sorry, I didn't know"
"How would you? I never told you and I regret everyday that I didn't make you stay or that I didn't propose before you left. Not that it would have mattered, you probably would've said no"
"Archie..."
"Nope, lets not talk about the bad things. You wanna go back? We can go to Pop's and get some lunch, I know you love their chocolate milkshakes" he stood up and so did I. He grabbed the blankets and walked back to the car. I walked and sat down in it and he started the engine. We drove back to town in silence. Two hours later we arrived at Pop's. Archie stopped the car and hopped out. He walked over to my side and opened the door. I smiled at hm and jumped out of the car. We walked into Pop's, ordered some food and sat down. While we ate we talked about a few different things. A little bit about Lilac and Archie's dad and a little bit about my wedding. I saw that Archie felt awkward talking about it but he brought it up and tried not to make it a bad thing. I appreciated that he tried.
After just talking and eating for an hour Archie drove me home. I was exhausted so I leaned my head on Archie's shoulder "don't"
"What?"
"Don't do that!"
"Lean my head against your shoulder?"
"Yes!"
"Why?"
"Cause if I weren't allowed to try anything you can't do it either"
"I'm not trying anything. This is just me being your friend"
"Well maybe I can't do it!" all of a sudden Archie snapped "what do you mean?"
"Don't you get it Veronica? When I'm around you all I wanna do is kiss you and touch you, but I won't cause I promised not to try anything. But you leaning your head against my shoulder doesn't really help. God even you just smiling at me drives me crazy"
"So what are you saying?"
"I'm saying that today I tried really hard to be your friend but I can't Ronnie. I can't be 'just' your friend" He stopped the car and I realized that I was home. I stepped out of the car but just before I closed the door I turned around "you were wrong"
"About what?"
"The proposal thing, if you would've asked I would've said 'yes' immediately without any hesitation cause that is how much I love you"
"Goodnight Ronnie"
"Goodnight Archiekins"