Girl Drummer Meets Boy Drummer(A7X/Jimmy FanFic)

Chapter 31~Showtime

Jimmy's POV

The months had flown by and we had found ourselves in the month of June. Today I went with Megan to Michael's wedding, it was in the morning and Chloe didn't want to get up, so we had Matt and Christina go over and watch her for us. We went to the reception for a little while, but didn't stay very long. I kept spacing out through the ceremony and reception, only seeing and hearing bits and parts of it. I kept thinking about how I'd almost proposed, about how I still had the ring hidden in my side of the closet. I had it inside the pocket of one of my jackets, but you'd never know it was there unless you unzipped the pocket and reached inside. 

Did I want to marry her? Absolutely. Why wouldn't I? I just didn't know when or how to do it. There were so many things I could do, but which of them would be the better choice? And, there has to be a perfect time for it. You can't just walk into the living room one day, get down on one knee and ask her to marry you. It should be special for both people, and it should be done in a certain way if it's going to be done at all. Then I remembered something Megan told me when Brian and Kristina got engaged.

"Well, I don't know where I would want it to be, 'cause y'know how some people get proposed to in a park or beach, but I would want it to be somewhere I loved to be. At any time in the year, any point in the day, somewhere I would love to be forever if I could. Not somewhere cheesey or anything, but somewhere casual and romantic at the same time."

I thought of where Megan would want to be forever if it were possible, and the first thing that came to mind was onstage.  But would it be what she wants? I don't care what I do as long as it makes her happy and gives her what she would want. I know it's not supposed to be about how you do it or where, and really it's not, but I just want to make sure I'm getting it right. I don't want to do it just randomly, I want to have an idea of what to do. That'd be kind of strange to just propose out of no where y'know? Especially if it turned out to be an awkward moment later. That's not how I want to remember it.

I kicked back on the couch with a beer in hand after just getting home. I thanked Matt and Christina for watching Chloe before they left, and Megan had gone upstairs to tell her we're home. I sat there, taking swigs of my beer as I tried to figure this whole thing out. Megan came into the room with Chloe walking next to her.

"Chloe has something she wants to ask you." Megan told me, and I snapped out of my thoughts and put my attention on Chloe as she walked around the end of the couch and beside me.

"What's up?"

She looked at me with big blue eyes and said, "Daddy, will you teach me to play drums?" Talk about a proud moment!

I grinned and pulled her into my lap. "Of course I will, Princess!!" I kissed her cheek and she smiled widely. Some people might say she's too young, but I say it's never too soon for her to start playing. I told her we'd start after school let out, which was the middle of next week. Chloe ran back upstairs happily to play with her toys, and Megan sat on the couch with me and laid her head on my chest.

"I don't think you realize how much of a hero you are to her." Megan told me, and my eyebrows shot up.

"Did she say that?"

"Well, she didn't exactly say it, but..." Megan got up and disappeared around the corner for a minute or two. She came back with a paper in her hands, and held it out to me. I took it from her and looked it over.  It was a series of questions, like a survey for four year olds. Simple things like what their favorite hobby was, color, food, and other questions similar to it. There was one that stood out above the rest of them, because it was less simple than the others. I was surprised that they asked them this, I wasn't entirely sure that kids Chloe's age would know who they admired or looked up to yet. But apparently Chloe did. The question read: