Applying for a Daddy

21

I woke up to a loud banging on Colby's door. I groaned, rolling over. Colby wasn't in bed, I looked up. He was in the room at all. I sighed, getting up and opening the door. "Hello?" I shouted. No answer. I sighed and pulled Colby's shirt over my head before laying back down. Last night's actions replayed in my head. A smile growing as I felt the heat rising to my cheeks. My thoughts were interrupted by banging at the door again. I sighed and got up, finding my underwear. I stole a pair of Colby's shorts. Having to hold them up with my hands. I walked downstairs and into the kitchen. Everyone sitting around the table. "Who keeps banging on Colby's door?" I asked, rubbing my eye.
"Nobody?" Corey questioned. I rolled my eyes. "Okay well someone had to have been knocking because it woke me up." I complained. Everyone shook their heads and shrugged.

I turned around and walked back up to Colby's room. The door was closed, which was strange because I had left it open. I walked in and Colby was sat on the couch. I smiled a little before I got the feeling something was up. "Come sit down, Harper." He spoke softly, almost whispering. I frowned but tried not to show it, now I knew something was up. He never called me by my name. I sat down and he took my hands in his. He stared into my eyes for a long time before he spoke up.
"Harper, baby. My world has never felt more at peace than when I'm with you. Ever since we started this relationship I felt completely comfortable around you. Free to be whoever I want. I have never been happier, or more in love with anyone I've met. I truly believe you're my soulmate. I want to be with you for a very long time. I love you, so much." He paused, standing up. He got down on one knee, pulling out a small velvet black box. "Harper Lee Madison. Will you do me the great honor and become my fiancée?" He opened the box, revealing a small ring. The diamond shined in the light, it was bigger than the band and the band was silver. I gasped, my eyes tearing up immediately. I nodded my head. "Yes. Yes! Yes Colby of course!" I smiled wide, crying more. He smiled as well, standing up and picking me up by my waist. He swung me around, kissing my cheek over and over again. He set me back down and wiped my tears away, kissing my lips this time. He slid the ring on my finger, it was a little big but it fit.

We walked downstairs, everybody was still standing around kitchen. Colby smiled widely at Sam, causing him and Kat to scream very loudly. "She said yes!" Devyn caught on. Jake clapped. Aaron hugged me. Corey danced in a circle. I laughed a little, kissing Colby's cheek. "Let me see the ring!" Devyn squealed. I let her take my hand and examine the ring on my finger. Sam and Colby started talking. "I'm proud of you Colbs. Really happy for you." Sam said, hugging Colby. "You're next, when are you purposing?" Colby joked. "Never." Kat joked back.
We called over Tara and Tori, plus my friends. Eventually the entire group was here. Kevin, Xepher and Mike came later on. It was a last minute decision to throw a party, to celebrate. We invited more people, mostly Colby's friends. David and his friends came over, bringing some champagne.

Me, Maddie, Colby, Sam, Kat and Jake stood on the kitchen counter all hold bottles of champagne. We stood there, everyone had their phones out waiting for us to talk.
"Well uh. Tonight is a big night for us!" Colby started. Most of the people at the party had seen us together before but no body besides our actual friends knew about our engagement. "So let's party!" Sam added. We popped open the champagne, spraying it everywhere. It drenched me, my white shirt was becoming see through and you could see my bright green bra. Colby wrapped his arm around me, pulling me into him. I placed my left hand on his cheek. My ring shining in the light. He leaned in slowly and kissed me. My eyes fluttered closed and my smile grow as I kissed him back. A flask went off somewhere on the left side. We didn't mind who took pictures though. We stand there, holding the bottles and each other. When we pulled apart we realized we were the only ones standing on the counter now. Everyone started clapping and cheering. Colby laughed and I turned a bright red color. Colby jumped off the counter and helped me down.

We then went to the living room, Corey already starting the music. Colby and I sat down, watching everyone. Sam and Kat hung out with us for a while. Suddenly my phone started buzzing. I pulled it out of my pocket and I had a lot of notifications from Twitter and Instagram. Random people messaging me, following me, liking my posts. My twitter following went up by like 500 in less than a minute. Colby was watching over my shoulder and suddenly his phone started blowing up too. I clicked on one of the tweets and saw it. A photo of me and Colby kissing on the counter. My ring was very visible.

I sighed heavily and gave my phone to Colby, he adjusted my messages and notices so not everyone can message me and I wouldn't get blown up every second. He shook his head as he searched for the original post. We couldn't find it. I started tearing up as I read through some of the messages that made their way through before Colby changed my settings.

"Colby doesn't love you."
"Get away from him!"
"I hope you get hit by a car."
"Is that an engagement ring!? Colby would never ??"
"How long have you guys been dating???"
"So cute!!! You're gorgeous!"
"Fuck you! Stay away from Colby!"
"You aren't good enough for him."

I began tearing up. Colby took my phone and deleted all of the messages, that way I couldn't read them. He told me not to read my Instagram messages because anyone could text me. I nodded and he kissed my forehead, taking my phone away from me for the night. We decided to end the party early, making everyone mad. They all left and we sat down to talk with the roommates and our friends. Colby told them to not entertain the people who were sending hate to me. They all agreed, then we all kinda went our separate ways. Colby and I went upstairs to talk more. We laid in his bed, him playing with my hair as we talked about making a video about us. He wanted to defend me to his fans, he wanted to finally stop hiding me from them. He was very protective, so we kept us a secret as best we could but I guess the secret was out now.

We laid in bed and talked most of the night. Talking about how he had been planning on purposing for a while now. We talked about how he gave Sam the ring to hold onto so I wouldn't find it. I giggled at the thought of Colby being shy about something. He was always so firm and direct with me. Colby kissed me and smiled into the kiss, our bodies tangling together. His hand moved up my shirt, his warm skin running over my tattoo. It felt nice, his fingers tracing my body shape. Nothing felt sexual but everything was so intense. It felt like I was falling in love with him all over again. Which of course I was, but this felt more like falling into clouds. His hand slowly made its way down my leg and pulled my thigh up across his waist. We kept kissing, slow and gentle kissing.

We laid awake all night, laughing softly and enjoying each other's company. My heart felt full for the first time in a long time. It was nearing day break and suddenly a thought popped into my head. I sat up quickly and frowned, taking a deep breath. "What is it babygirl?" Colby asked, sitting up next to me. "I have to tell my brother." I whispered. "We'll tell him together darling. We can fly out to him and tell him in person if you'd like." Colby offered, he rubbed my back softly. I nodded and hugged him, wrapping my arms around his neck. He hugged me tightly and kissed my head.

We got up, deciding to take a shower together. We didn't waste much time showering because we had to call my brother. So we got out and got dressed, grabbing my phone. I dialed his number and let it ring.
"Hello? Harper?" He asked, panic in his voice.
"Hi Jay, uhm. I have to ask you something."
"What happened!?" His voice not relaxing one bit.
"Well I uh...I got engaged. And we both were wondering if you'd like to meet him."
The phone went dead. He hung up. I sighed heavily and started to cry. Colby hugged me and set my phone on the nightstand, pulling my to lay down with him. I cried for a long time, until I fell asleep in Colby's arms.