Meant To Be: A Jerika Story

Chapter Twenty Four

Erika POV: "Tessa Brooks, will you marry me?" asks Chance, holding out a ring pop. Tessa's eyes widen.
"Um, what?" she says with a nervous laugh. Chance nods toward the vlog camera, and Tessa sighs in relief.
"Why not," she replies; and we all excitedly clap for them. We start to talk about the "wedding" when Jake suddenly kneels next to me.
"I think it's time to take Jerika to the next level. Will you marry me?" he asks as he holds out a ring pop. I blink in disbelief.
"What are you doing," I say with a laugh. He doesn't say anything; just gives me a weird smile. I look around to see everyone staring at me.
"Yes," I hear myself say. Everyone cheers, and Jake throws his arms around me. After they all calm down I turn to him.
"What the fuck. We're really about to get fake married." Jake just grins.

That night-

Jake POV: We had just gotten back home from Vegas. I was in my room reviewing the footage and I was beyond excited to upload the vlog. The wedding has been perfect (in its own unique way) and I already knew the views would be through the roof.
"Thanks again for agreeing to this," I say to Erika, who was sitting with me. She laughs.
"It was weird, but it was fun too," she replies, smiling. I grab her hand.
"Maybe we'll do it for real someday," I say; wiggling my eyebrows. She rolls her eyes.
"First try taking me on a date, then we can talk about marriage." She leans her head on my shoulder, then sighs.
"What are we doing though? Are we just going to pretend to be married?" I shrug.
"Lets just go with the flow." She looks up at me. "But aren't you scared of what will happen to us? We have a good thing going. Now this "marriage" is going to complicate all that." I reach out and stroke her cheek.
"We get to be in love on camera. What could be better than that? Erika, things are only getting better from here." She nods.
"I'm very honored to be your wife," she says with a laugh. I smile, and move to kiss her. She kisses me back; it's slow, sweet and comforting. As we break apart I lay on the bed and pull her to me.
"Who knows what the future holds," I say softly. She smiles.
"As long as it's with you; I'm ready."

The End!!! Thanks for reading 💕