Love with a curse (A Laurex Fanfic)

Chapter Twenty

"Lauren Kobayashi Riihimaki, I have realized that I don't want to spend another one of my days alive without you. You have made me the happiest man on Earth. Everyday I wonder how I got such a great person into my life and how I got so lucky. You came into my life and ever since then I've realized that living without you is the hardest thing I've ever done. So I came to the decision that I wanted to marry you, would you, do me the honors of marrying me?"

"YES! YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES!" I screamed without hesitation.

"Wait, really?" Alex eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes!" I repeated. He slid the giant ring onto my finger gently and got up to hug me. "IT'S YOU! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU!" I cried in delight. "THERE WAS NOBODY ELSE BUT YOU!"

"Don't lie to me, you don't have to do that," he smiled mockingly.

"Why would I lie to you about that?" I squinted my face in anger.

"I don't know, I'm hoping you're not," he replied with a crooked smile.

"I would never," I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him. My mind flashed back to the dream I had a couple days ago and a sudden sense of Deja Vu fell upon me. But right now, it didn't matter. I was so overcome with joy that I just wanted Alex in that moment.

"I'm so happy you said yes! It took a lot of tedious planning to get it the way it is now," he sighed in relief. "And trust me trying to keep it a secret from you was torturous."

"This is absolutely perfect. I couldn't of asked for anything better," I smiled genuinely. "And Aaron knew about it?"

"Actually every one pitched in. Aaron did the fairy lights. Grayson and Ethan did the bracelets. Liza and David did the calling and persuasion for the dinner and desert. Will did the music. And roi helped me pick out the ring." He explained.

My eyes lit up with pure love. It's hard to pinpoint just how far I've come. It started with not being able to even see a boy for fear of my abusive mom. Then secretly hiding Alex and I's relationship but still telling him everything. Then moving in with him. Then him being there when my best friend died.

However, I never knew I would recover from the cruel downfall we had. Daniella took Alex away from me and Baz forced me with him. It took me awhile to recognize what was happening and I was finally happy with Alex again until he almost died but he survived and now we're happily together, and in fact engaged.

I was still processing this in my mind. Everything changed and it was for the better. I was happy, I was making money off of doing something that I love. I was out of high school. And I had amazing friends. But nothing could ever top being with Alex, that was ultimately my favorite thing to think about. He is such a blessing and I ask myself everyday how I got so lucky.

It didn't take a while before Alex and I were finally back in our hotel room. I sat on the edge of the bed gazing at my newest addition to my finger. The ring was sparkly and huge, I didn't know he could afford something like this and it blew my mind. Alex came up out of the bathroom and started to get on top of me. He pushed me down and started making out with me.

*ring ring*

My phone was going off, great. Out of all the moments it had to go off now. Alex got off of me knowing that I had to take the call.

"Hello?" I said annoyingly.

"Hello. Is this Lauren Riihimaki?" A male voice spoke through the phone.

"This is she."

"Well we wanted to let you know that your mom is getting out of jail tomorrow." The male was very unpleasant. Almost like he wasn't happy with his life at all and taking my mom's place would make him happier.

"O-oh," I didn't know what to say. I sat there completely speechless. My mind was going crazy, but I wasn't moving. My mother was a monster and didn't deserve to get out, I was lucky enough to get out when I could. It disgusts me that she almost made me believe that I was a mistake and I was going to turn up like my dad but obviously it was the opposite.

It took me a while before I realized I was avoiding what I was really thinking, I was scared of her. I was absolutely terrified of her. I used to fear coming home because of the bruises she gave me, and that's part of the scars I hide. It's part of my story that I never show. I used to be afraid of showing who I am because of the harsh words that came out her mouth. It stung me to the core and it hurt worse then the bruises. With every nerve in me, I screamed at myself that she didn't deserve to come back. I could never forgive her.

"Babe, what's wrong?" I heard Alex ask, realizing I was sitting there staring blankly at the wall for the past five minutes. I saw the guy got tired of waiting and hung up on me but I never put down the phone.

"M-my mom is g-getting out o-of j-jail," I was mortified. This was one of my nightmares come true. I broke out in tears.

He climbed up and sat next to me. He rubbed my back trying to make me feel better. I put my face in my hands letting the tears flow through the gaps between my fingers. I was breaking apart on the best night of my life. Alex planned everything right and I'm ruining it all. I ended my pity party and looked back up at him.

"I'm sorry," I quivered.

"Hey, hey it's okay. It's not your fault. I was there with you in your mom phase remember? You have every right to be sad." He consoled me.

"No, no I don't have every right. I ruined everything you planned."

He chuckled, "I only planned up until I got down on one knee. After that I played it by ear. Now I think you need some rest. Okay?"

"Okay."

I tossed and turned the entire night. How could I let her still get to me? I was so happy now. I was engaged to the love of my life but she had to ruin it. I should've known. I hadn't thought about my love as a curse for a long time-except for the Daniella incident-but now it was slowly coming back into play. My mom was always coming in to ruin it, my mom was the stupid freaking curse. And Alex didn't deserve that.

Alex didn't deserve to get married to someone who didn't deserve him and could put him in danger. I loved him so much but I couldn't risk that. With my mom coming back, him being with me wasn't safe and I hope he could understand. I knew I had to come back to the room but I had a plan. I wrote him a letter and left it on the nightstand along with my ring. I grabbed a water bottle from the fridge, a shirt and shorts, and some glasses. 

I kissed Alex's cheek gently so he wouldn't wake up and I left the room. I didn't know where I was going, but just that I had to go somewhere. I was in Paris for peaks sake, where would I go?

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A/N:
Sorry for such a short chapter, for what I'm used to anyway. I really hope you liked it, tell me what you thought! But in all honesty guys votes and comments mean soooo much to me and I love seeing the notifications❤️ okay bye guys, love you.