What if we kissed?

19. How they found out

Jon's POV
I was talking to Seamus on the way to my car because I wanted to get something out of it. That's when I saw a guy running out of Stana's trailor and I didn't knew him. I turned to look at Seamus and he didn't knew him too. He shook his head and we both walked over to it pretty fast. We weren't running but still. I opened the door and we stepped in to look if Stana was alright but we both immediately froze at the sight we got inside. Nathan was sitting there on her couch and Stana was curled up on his lap her arms around him with her head buried in the crook of his neck. Her eyes were shut but it was clear that she had been crying. Nathan's arms were wrapped around her waist tightly and his head laid on top of hers his nose deep in her hair. His eyes were open a little bit but he only looked at her and the both of them didn't recognize us standing there. I cleard my throat soundly. The both of them immediately jumped up, away from each other. The expression they had on their faces was made of pure shock. "Guys... h-hey. Wha-what... uhh... are you doing here?" Nathan stumbled over his words and Stana was completely silent. She just blushed so hard that she looked like a tomato. "We saw someone running out of here and wanted to look if Stana was okay." Seamus answered Nathan's question. "I think you have to explain some things." I stated towards them and Stana blushed even harder.

They all sat down, Nathan and Stana on the couch and Seamus and Jon took the two small chairs by the table. They started to tell their friends their story and the both of them were listening carefully. At the end of the story she was cuddled up in his arms tightly and the boys sat there with open mouths. "So do I understand that right? You say you two have been together for over a year now and have also been engaged for a few weeks? And you haven't told us?!" "Yeah... that's pretty much it." Nathan gave back on Jon's question. "I'm sorry that you guys found out this way. We wanted to tell you now that we're going to get married somewhen next year." "No Stana, that's alright. You thought it was for the best not to tell us because you didn't want to risk your careers." Seamus was way more understanding than his coworker. "I don't think that's okay! We're their friends! They should trust us enough to tell us something that is as important as this!" "Jon! Please calm down. Stana had enough action for today... or the next week." Nathan gently caressed her arm with his fingers as she was almost crying in his arms again. He kissed the top of her head. "Sorry.... But it's true!" "Yeah... maybe it is but that's no excuse to upset her even more than she already is." "Nathan, it's okay." "No, sweetheart it's not. You had enough agitation the last time. You shouldn't get yourself worked up too much." "We should go back to the set." Seamus interrupted them. "Yeah, you're right." Jon agreed while Nathan and Stana still stared at each other. "Go. We come in a minute." "Okay see you." "Oh and Guys?" Stana said. "Yeah?" They answered in sync. "Don't tell the others." Nathan said as the boys stepped out and walked towards the set. As soon as they were out Stana kissed Nathan. Five minutes and a few kisses later, the couple walked over to their friends. They were the last ones to come back after the lunch break and everyone else was already waiting. „Hey. Where have you been that long?" Andrew asked the question they all asked themselves except of Seamus and Jon of course. Tamala had also a suspicion what her friends had been doing but she didn't say anything. „I'm sorry Andrew. Something happened and we forgot time." Nathan excused them without giving a specific reason though. „And I think there's something we have to tell you all." Stana continued as Nathan looked at her surprised and also confused about her sudden will to tell the others about their relationship. "Stana's right but maybe you should sit down first." While Jon, Tamala and Seamus had small smiles plastered on their faces everybody else looked confused. After the group sat down on the couch and the chairs Nathan started the story with a few simple words, "So... there's something really important going on in both our lives and maybe we should have told you sooner, but we didn't know how and now something changed. Before it wasn't that serious but everything's a bit different now." He looked at Stana as if he wanted to tell her that it was her turn and, of course, she knew what he wanted right away. "We... uhm... we're engaged." Gasps were heard while most of their friends sat there with their jaws dropped down to the floor. "Wait...What?!" Molly was the first to find her voice again. She always knew there was something between the two adults but she never expected them to get engaged. "You are together although you both know it's not allowed to date coworkers?!" Andrew was clearly shocked. "And you haven't told us until now?!" Susan was even more shocked and even a bit angry. "How long have you been together, after all?!?" Penny was pale and confused. Terrie and Juliana were the only ones who didn't yell at them, they just sat there in shock and confusion staring at the couple. Stana looked at the floor with a bit regret obvious. "Yes. We are together and engaged although it's not allowed. You can fire us if you want but at least it was worth it." Nathan said with conviction as he stepped closer to his fiancée and laid his arm around her. "We didn't tell you 'cause what we had was only about us and not 'bout anyone else. And to answer your question Penny, we had been together for exactly one year before I proposed to Stana two weeks ago." "Wow... That is... a pretty long time..." Molly stumbled over her words. "Yeah, but if it didn't work out we didn't want you to know about it." Stana finally said something while she was cuddled up to her fiancé's side. "Oh, I understand now that you're engaged it's a fix thing and you can tell us without being unsure if it will work out. I'm so happy for you guys." "Thanks Molly." Her tone was sweet and friendly. After they talked a bit longer they got bach to work and after a long day of filming they all went home.