You're a Player, You're a Cheat

Chapter 9- The Proposal

Heyyy! Haven't written for a while so thought I'd catch you up on stuff that's gone on. It's about 3 or 4 weeks since the incident and... So... turns out Brontë never showed Daniel the video and she was only warning me. However as soon as I left Lizzie's house I ran straight upstairs, messaged Ryan telling him that it shouldn't have happened and message Daniel. I put:
"I'm really sorry about what happened between me and Ryan. But I promise you it was just a mistake and it won't happen again! I love you so much and never want to loose you"
To start with he was angry but then he calmed down and I started to understand that it was just a mistake. He said "look Emma, I'm not mad. You told the truth and you was honest which takes loyalty. I love you so much and never want to loose you either. How about we meet up on day this weekend. Haven't seen you in what feels like forever. I've got a surprise for you anyway"
I smile as I read it. He's not mad! It's ok! Everything was going to go back to normal... kind of... I still need to get my best friends back though. That's going to be a lot easier said than done.

The weekend is finally here! I can't wait to meet Daniel again! I feel like we were starting to drift and we weren't speaking to each other so much. Anyway... I'll be speak to you when I get there. We're going ice skating! I can't wait! He knows I love ice skating!

So Its 7pm and the rink is well decorated for Christmas. I just arrived at the rink when I saw Daniel was walking towards me. Tonight was going to be perfect.
We get our skates on and have a catch up about school, work and my future college plans. The truth is i haven't decided at all what college I'm going to next because it's just not working where I am at the moment but I said that the one I am looking at at the moment is one only 10 minutes away from him. Mabye that was the perfect opportunity for mine and Daniels relationship. It would make things so much easier to see each other. But for now I was going to keep that a secret and wait for the right time to tell him.
We step out into the cold air, snow begins to fall slowly and slow music begins to play. A massive Christmas tree stood gracefully in the middle of the smooth rink, fairy lights twinkled all around us as we stepped onto the ice. We glide slowly, holding hands, laughing ever so often when the other starts to loose balance and everything was going so perfect until this one person came zooming past and to start with neither of us could make out who it was. It turned out to be brontë. "Hey guys! Fancy seeing you here!"
"Hey brontë..." I reply trying not to scream at her. I haven't spoken to brontë since what happened. She thought she was so clever and she thought I'd ruin it for myself. But hey. Guess I'm smarter than I look. Don't judge a book by its cover, ay?
"See you 2 made up. Thought you'd be heart broken after what that bitch did to you Daniel"
"Well... nice to see you too Brontë... I didn't get mad at Emma"
"How! She cheated on you and you don't care! Wow shows your standards doesn't it Daniel"
"Leave him alone! Your stupid plan didn't go to plan but doesn't mean you can ruin our night. Go away brontë, we don't want to speak to you right now"  
She skates if in a huff and stares back at us as we slide into the middle of the rink under the tree. We enjoy a minute of piece and talk and then suddenly we share a glance for a second. We stare deeply into each other's eyes. His eyes sparkle in the snow. This was the perfect moment. I lean in for a kiss when my phone starts to buzz. It's my mum.
"Want to answer that?"
"Yeah better do. It's my mum. She'd kill me if I ignored her"

"Hey mum, what's up?"
"Hey sweetie. Where are you? I have some very important news to tell you"
"Sorry mum, I'm out with a couple of friends at the moment. Can it wait until I get home?"
"I won't be in when you get home"
"Ok tell me. What's happened? Is something wrong??"
"No no, nothing is wrong. Ok fine! I'll tell you! I'm engaged!"
"What?! Who to?! You've kept that relationship quiet..."
"His name is Peter... Peter Porter"
"Porter? Oh. Where's he from?"
Daniel looks at me confused.
"He's from Leicestershire"
I mute my microphone. "Daniel... what's your dad called?"
"Peter... why?" I put the phone on loud speaker. "Sorry mum I'm back. Just had to quickly talk to... Daisy..  about something"
"Ok sweetie. So I'm sorry to put it in you like this but now that I'm engaged to Peter there will be a lot of changes. We will be moving there and we will be moving in with them. He has a son called Daniel, he's only a year younger than you. I'm sure you'll get a long with him great. Sorry sweetie. Got to go. Me and Peter and going out for dinner. Speak to you when I get home. Love you!"
The call ends and me and Daniel look at each other shocked... what was going on?!