want me (joe burrow)

eighteen

reagan's pov

i sat in the bathroom and took a deep breath. suck it up reagan it's his day don't ruin it. it's just so hard to see his mom say she's so proud of him. i've wanted my mom to say that my entire life.

i washed my hands and put some water on my face then dried it off and walked back. i the waiter had walked up and by the looks of it was flirting with joe. i walked over and sat by him and she got mad.

"oh what do you want to drink?" she asked in a rude tone. it's not my day it's not my day.

"i'll just take a water thanks."

"whatever i'll be back soon with your i mean yalls drink." she said twirling her hair around her finger and walking off winking at joe.

"wow she was rude." joe said laughing.

"well not to some of us i'll be back you your i mean yalls drink." i said touching all over his shoulders and he pushed them off.

"she was not."

"yes she was." his parents said.

she came back still flirting with him and he finally noticed after we ordered and i had to tell her she got me tell her she got me the wrong drink.

"no you didn't." she said.

"yeah i'm sorry i ordered water."

"no i heard you say coke."

"i'm allergic to it why would i order it?" i said.

"whatever." she said going to pick it up then nocking it over on me. i stood up really fast so barley any of it got on me.

"oops." she said grabbing the cup walking off. joes dad asked for a manager and i went to the bathroom with his mom to clean up.

"i'm so sorry i ruined this dinner god i was trying to just stay calm since it's joes day." i said whipping myself off.

"no sweetie you did not we all love you. i can tell my son really thinks your special. he has talked about you since you tutored him before the alabama game and it's nothing but good things." she said helping me.

"he did?" i was confused because that was before we actually became friends.

"yeah he did he said you were really hard to get to, but that once he got to know you he really liked you." i smiled.

"really wow i feel bad i talked bad about him for like a month before that and like 2 weeks after."

"oh i'm sure he deserved it." i laughed.

"we all really like you it's actually the first time ever since college started joes talked about a girl since his breakup."

"wait what breakup?"

"oh just when he went to ohio state he had a serious girlfriend and they broke up."

"oh wow. i have a surprise for him actually i went to this bakery a few days ago and got him a cake with a tiger with a crown on it and it says national champions." i said changing the subject.

"oh my gosh i love that he's going to love it." she said hugging me before we walked back to the table.

we got a new waiter and free food and this time we didn't get attacked by a horny girl. after we were done eating we just talked for a while all deciding to meet at joes apartment.

"i need to go home first because uhh i forgot to umm feed my cat yeah."

"you don't have a cat?" joe said.

"yeah but i've been thinking about getting one and i need to be responsible enough to make it home and feed it you know? practice makes perfect." i said and he laughed dropping me off.

"you're a bad lier reagan clark." he said. that's the first time he said my las name and it sounded good.

"no i'm not! gotta go." i said running out of the car up to my apartment. i grabbed the cake from the fridge and then grabbed the present i bought him.

it was a watch that my dad gave me. it was supposed to be given to a boy that i really cared about and i'd day joe covered that. the cake was pretty expensive though because it was custom.

i have money because of my dads will. i got it when i was 18 and was very careful with it. this was a special occasion though so of course i went all out.

i got in my car and drove to joes apartment getting out and walking up to his room. i knocked on the door and his dad opened the door. i came in and saw joe on the couch.

"SUPRISE!" i yelled as he looked over seeing the boxes. he stood up walking over to me as i set the presents down.

"now i know these are almost nothing to you because you're about to be mega rich, but-" he cut me off with a big hug. his family was all really huggers.

"thank you so much." he said.

"of course open the present i want some of this cake." i said laughing handing him the box.

he opened it shocked at what he saw. it was a rolex that had been in my family for generations. you pass it on to your kids usually the boy, but my dad liked me me.

"reagan i can't take this. it's probably worth like $15,000." he said handing it back to me.

"no no it's fine i would never sell it anyway it's been in my family for a long time and my dad gave it to me." i said convincing him to take it.

he put it on and looked at me holding it up, "flashy. you look like a million bucks." i said as we ate the cake.