Where I Belong

Derek's P.O.V

We have a show tonight and I'm really hoping to see Lizzie. I haven't seen her since high school. We dated for 3 years before I started state champs. I see a car pull up and Lizzie gets out. She's wearing my black and white flannel I gave her before we broke up. I try to get her attention but she just walks right in. I start to blow up her phone and she doesn't read any of my texts. I miss her so much and I want her back. Eventually, I hear my name and turn around. It's Lizzie standing outside and she runs to me. I open my arms and she jumps up and wraps her legs around my waist. I immediately kiss her and she kisses back. I missed her. "my beauty" I say to her. "my beast" she says back to me. I eventually go on stage and start the set. After the show she comes to the meet and greet and she tells me that she's going home. I feel my ring come off and I know she took it. I'm not going to stop her from taking it.

**the next day** 

I text Lizzie with a bunch of kiss and heart eyes emojis and she texts me back with a picture of her outfit of the day. It's my birthday and i'm hoping that I'll see her tonight. I land at the airport and go home to surprise my family. I get into the house and go to my room and put my stuff down and look for my favorite hoodie. I have no idea that Lizzie is here. I ask my mom if she's seen my hoodie and she tells me to look for it. I hear a slight giggle come from the hallway closet and stop in front of it. I can smell my girlfriend's perfume and she's wearing my favorite scent. I open the closet door and see her standing there in my hoodie. I hug her and don't let go. I really do love her and she knows it. I get her to the couch and we both sit down. I got a text from my manager saying we have a show tonight. I was really hoping to spend my birthday with Lizzie but I guess not. I go back to my room and grab my suitcase and go out the door back to the airport. I feel awful but I gotta do this.. I miss her already.  I really don't want to do this show tonight. I'd rather be with Lizzie and spend time with her and my family for my birthday but I can't do that now. 

**the next morning** 

I go home after the show got cancelled and go to my room to find Lizzie in my bed sleeping. I think she came in here after I left because it's my room and she felt safe here. I shake her and she doesn't move. I then proceeded to cover her face in kisses. She says "I'm up but please continue". She sits up and asks me "when did you get home?" I responded with "last night because the show got cancelled and I wanted to come home and spend three months with you. So don't get out of bed because I have plan." She comes back with "you have plan? that's never good when that comes out of your mouth." I come back in with a giant teddy bear with her favorite flowers and chocolates. "Oh. My. God. Derek what did you do?" I responded with "well last night didn't go as planned and I felt horrible for what happened before I left so I got you all of this to make up for it." She starts smiling and I miss seeing that smile. She starts hugging the teddy bear and she wont let go of it and shes so tiny. She's underneath it and I attempt to take it off of her and she says to me "you touch the bear and you're dead. Let me hug it cause it smells like you." She eventually lets go of it and hugs me. I got her a necklace with the lyrics "you and I against the world". She kisses me. "Do you like it?" I ask her. She nods her head. I leave the room and come back with a bouquet of roses. "How did you know I love roses?" I responded with "just a lucky guess." She starts smiling again. I missed her a lot when we broke up. She makes me really happy and I want to do the same for her. I sit on the bed with her and she pulls me down for cuddles. I cuddle her and she falls asleep again. She does this all the time when I cuddle her. I can sense my arms are her safe place. I kiss her head and go on my phone. A little while later she wakes up and snuggles into me. I hold her and I'm still on my phone. I pretend to ignore her and I smile and she starts to giggle and tries to get my attention and I eventually give in because shes too cute when she tries to get my attention. She kisses me and I kiss back. She cups my face and kisses me even more. I pull her onto my lap and kiss her back. She pulls away to catch her breath and I rub her face with my thumb. I could tell she missed me. I missed this. She stares into my eyes and I say "you've got the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen." She blushes real hard. I smile and kiss her head. She lays on top of me and goes on her phone. I rub her back and she ends up falling asleep again.

**the next morning**

I'm making breakfast and I hear Lizzie ask for me. She comes to the kitchen and hugs me from behind scaring me a bit. "Jesus you scared me." I say. "sorry I wasn't trying to." I kiss her cheek and ask her "are you hungry?" she nods and helps me get the table ready and serve breakfast. I plan on proposing to her. "I'm gonna get dressed real quick". Now is my chance. I grab the ring box and get on one knee. I see her come back and she's speechless. "Lizzie, I wanna spend the rest of my life with you, I can't stand losing you again. I wanna make you my bride. Will you marry me?" She nods and says "yes yes a million times yes." I get up and put the ring on her finger and kiss her. I can't wait to marry the girl of my dreams. She hugs me and I hug back. I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm really happy I was able to make this dream a reality. She pulls away from the hug and admires the ring. She proceeds to say "this is a really pretty ring baby". I say back "I'm glad you like it. I saw it and thought it was perfect for my princess". She smiles really big. "you never call me princess". I proceed to say "yes I have just not in front of you". She blushes real hard. I can't wait to marry this girl. After breakfast, I go up behind Lizzie and wrap my arms around her. She quickly locked her phone and put it down. I asked her "what were you looking at?" She responded with "Dresses for the wedding and I don't want you seeing the ideas I have for a dress". I proceed to say "I need to get fitted for a tux but I wont worry about that now" She responded with "why?" I come back with "cause I wanna get as much planning with you as I can before I leave for the tour". She stopped me. "wait a minute... Tour?" I respond with, "yeah I leave soon so I wanna plan you as much as I can that you're not planning it all yourself." I see her shake her head. "Derek. You should have mentioned this before you proposed. I can't believe you. I seriously can't believe you." She storms off to my room. I should have thought this through but I didn't. I hear her slam the door and I flinch a bit. I go to comfort her. I knock on the door. "Baby please let me in. I can explain. Just please let me talk to you". She opens the door. "I'm sorry baby, I really am. I can't expect you to forgive me right away but I would really like you to come with me. I wanna see the world with you. I just want you to come with me." She responds with "I would like to go with you but you spring this on after you proposed I really would have liked to know about it before you proposed that way I can plan the wedding after." "I know but I was thinking about proposing that it totally slipped my mind. Just please come with me. That way you don't have to plan the wedding by yourself. You'll have me help plan it". I push her onto the bed and I get on top of her and just kiss her neck. She giggles a bit and says "Baby you have to pack". I responded with "just let me have this moment. I wont be able to do this all the time while we're on tour so please just let me have this . I wanna take advantage of every moment we have alone as much as I can.". I continue to kiss her neck and leave some marks on her and I hold her waist as she wraps her legs around mine. Basically what I'm doing to her is telling other guys that she's mine and mine only. I can't lose her again. I've lost her once and i'm not letting it happen again.