I will always love you

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*the next day*

Bailey's POV

So today is the day. I am going to propose to the love of my life. I'm kind of nervous but excited at the same time. I hope that she says yes.

It was ten in the morning so I went down to the park with Brandon to set everything up. I had to go round to his house first because he had all of the stuff that I need. Once we had put everything into the car and driven to the park, I started to realise what was going to happen.

"But what if she says no." I said to Brandon in a panic.

"She's not going to say no."

"How do you know?"

"Because she loves you. You've been together for six years now and have known each other since the day you were born. You've only ever loved each other and nothing has ever gone wrong between you. She'd be a fool to say no."

"But what if she's not ready for marriage."

"She will be."

"But we were supposed to be having twins together and then she had a miscarriage and hasn't seemed like herself since."

"She was probably already attached to the babies. I get that you both suffered loss but she's the mother and she had to go through all of the pain and was pregnant for six months. To be told that you've had a miscarriage at six months pregnant or at any stage through the pregnancy is bound to be very distressing for a mother. You can go and ask mum if you want."

"But-"

"But nothing. You're stressing out over nothing. I've seen the way she looks at you. You're the only person she's ever truly loved and it will stay that way until the day she dies. You need to just focus on tonight and not whether she's going to say yes or no because trust me, she's going to say yes."

"Okay."

Just like we did six years ago, we hung out the fairy lights and set everything else up. I'm keeping everything the same as I did last time only this time I'm going to be singing to her before I propose. I decided on thinking out loud by ed sheeran because I feel that we can both relate to the song and it seems like something that would suit the occasion. It's one of her favourite songs as well so hopefully she should enjoy it.

*a few hours later*

Once we had finished setting up, I headed back home to start the next part of my plan - give Sophia her outfit for tonight.

"Babe where are you?" I called as I walked through the front door and slammed it firmly shut behind me.

"In the bedroom." I heard Sophia shout.

I ran up the stairs, taking two at a time, as I ran into our bedroom hurriedly. I was really excited to see the reaction on Sophia's face when I give her her outfit for tonight, and she won't know what's going on.

"Hey babe. Where've you been?" She asked as I came up behind her and hugged her waist.

"I was round at Brandon's. He needed help with something."

"Oh, okay." She replied simply.

I took her hand and dragged her over to our bed and made her sit down.

"Close your eyes." I told her as I started to walk out of the room.

"Why?" She asked as she put her hands over her eyes.

"You'll see." I said as I smiled to myself.

I walked out of the room and went into the little studio that I have. It's the only room in the house that Sophia doesn't go in so I decided that it would be safe to hide her new outfit in here.

I grabbed the bag that the outfit was in and made my way back to our room. I stood in front of Sophia and held the bag out in front of me.

"Okay you can open your eyes now." I told her.

She took her hands off her eyes and looked up at me. Then she saw the bag and her eyes widened and she looked really happy.

"I got you a present." I said to her as I gave her the bag.

"Aw babe you shouldn't have."

"But I wanted to."

She looked inside and picked out the dress that was in there. I'd bought her exactly the same dress that she wore on that date in the park. It was a white skater dress but I'd bought some white heels for her to wear instead of converse. After all, she did think that she was going out for the night with my mum.

"Bailey, I love it! Thank you so so much!" She yelled and she threw her arms around me and hugged me.

"Do you not remember it?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's the same dress that you wore to the date in the park that we had after I didn't get through on bgt. Obviously its not exactly the same dress but it's the same style and make."

"Oh my god, how could I forget?! I love you so much." She said as she threw her arms back around me.

"I love you to." I said and hugged her back.

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