Falling for the Good Boy *Editing*

Chapter 7

I stared at James in shock. I was just thinking abut Blake and now his brother asks me this?

"Ja-James..." I placed my hand over my mouth.

"Just say yes. Please." James raised his eyebrows ever so slightly and his mouth was barely ajar. I could hear his nervous breathing from a few feet away and he just looked so adorable.

It was impossible to say no to him. It almost always is.

I started laughing, earning a worried look from him. "I'd love to." With that, a delighted smile spread on his face, and James ran up to me, picking me up in his arms. Both of us were laughing in delight and it felt like this exact moment could go on for forever and I'd be happy for eternity.

James stepped back from me, gripping my shoulders. His amusement was gone, he was still ecstatic, but now he had this solemn look. 

"Can you promise me that I'm going to be the first person you come to when you have problems? The first person who gets to hold you when you cry?"

"I promise." I smiled and James pulled me into another hug.

As soon as I got inside, I called Beth and Alice, who were hanging out together"Guys! Guess what happened not even two minutes ago?" I squealed into the receiver. 

At the exact same moment, the two of them screamed "JAMES" and hung up. I didn't even have time to tell them the details before the call ended. What just happened?

My doorbell rang less than 10 minutes later and both girls were at my doorstep. Immediately, they pushed past me and marched up to my room. I followed them and in the time that it took me to reach my room, they had already made themselves comfortable with chips and candy strewn across my bed. 

"I mean, we knew he was gonna do it, he was talking about it for a long time but he just didn't know how to do it-"

"Oh my God! I'm so happy for you guys, Rae. You two are adorable!" Beth cut off Alice's sentence, resulting in the two girls voices overlapping the others.

"GUYS!" I shouted, shutting both of them up. "You don't even know what I told him yet." The two girls were eating a bag of chips, their eyes wide and focused on me. "I said yes." I hadn't even finished my sentence when they started screaming. I grabbed a pillow and covered my eyes. "Shhhhh! Guys, my parents are home so you have to keep it down."

"Okay, okay, okay!" 

"How did he do it?"

"I was at his house and fell asleep, but when I left to go home, I saw all of these candles leading up to the front door." I paused to let the girls squeal quietly before I continued. "I got to the front door and he was there, holding a bouquet of 12 roses." I gestured towards my nightstand, where the dozen roses were sitting in a vase. The girls squealed even more.  "Also, he was telling me how I couldn't go to anyone else when I was having trouble, he wanted to be the first one there." Personally, I thought that was a little protective but I figured it was just James.

"What I'd give to have a James!" Beth leaned backward, falling into all of my pillows.

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Every morning, I would wake up in bliss. As cheesy as it sounds, the world was brighter and more colorful. James and I would go on dates all the time, he'd hold my hand every day, he'd check up on me every now and then. He was the best boyfriend. The two of us were sitting in James' living room, watching cartoons when he asked me what I was thinking about.

"Being with you is so different than when I was with Alek. He didn't care about me even though I thought he did."

James leaned over and kissed my cheek. We hadn't shared a real kiss yet, it was like there was something holding me back. I grinned and wrapped my arms around James' waist, my head resting on his chest. I could hear his heart beating and I felt my stomach drop a little when I realized it wasn't beating as fast as mine was. It wasn't even slightly sped up.