You are Going to Have a Great Time

A total disaster

"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?".     Buck asked for the thousandth time.

Buck had gone to pick up Chris from school and now they were going to spend the afternoon at Abuela's. It was Friday, so Chris would go to sleep there and Eddie would pick him up the next day. Everything had been very well planned by him. Eddie had convinced Buck to spend the day with his son (not that it was a problem since Buck loved being able to spend time with the kid), so he could prepare for what he was planning to do from the time he woke up. He had woken up that morning convinced of something, he would tell Buck everything he was feeling. Eddie was more than ready to declare himself to his best friend, to tell him how much he was in love with him, how much he wanted to be with him every moment. Talks with Karen and visits to Frank helped him to take that courage and get on with it. Of course he knew Buck felt the same way about him, Eddie could see how his friend was looking at him, with that sparkle in his eyes when he looked at Buck. And of course he knew there was a chance that everything could go wrong in the end, but Eddie was tired of being in the comfort zone and waiting for something that was more than notorious that had to happen, he had to be with Buck and that was more than a fact for him.

Eddie rolled his eyes and gently pushed Buck out the door with Chris by his side, "I already said Buck, I have a few things to work out. Even tell Abuela that I will make up for it ".

"You know that I will steal her from you at any moment, right?"     Buck hummed as he headed for Eddie's car.

Eddie had lent him his car, since Buck's own car had been destroyed in the accident.

"Cállate"     He grunted.

"For you too"      Buck winked after he helped put Chris in the back seat and go around to get in the car.

"Idiot, you don't even know what I said"     Eddie stood with his arms crossed by the car watching his boys go for a fun day together.

"See you later, Eds"     Buck smiled at him.

That damn smile that made his whole body tingle with excitement. He didn't really know how Buck managed to do this to him, but he didn't care at all. It felt good and Eddie loved it.

He returned the smile and went to say goodbye to his son, "Remember what we talked about, okay? No messing around at Abuela's house and anything, just call me".

"Ok daddy, I love you"     Chris wrapped his arms around his dad as he always did and that was so comforting for Eddie. He felt like his whole world was there around them, and in fact it was.

"I love you too, kid".

As soon as they left, Eddie ran into the house and wrote down what he would need to buy for the dinner he was going to prepare for him and Buck. Of course, he knew the food would not be as good as his friend's since he was a kitchen disaster, but at least he would try. As long as he didn't set the house on fire, Eddie was willing to cook for Buck and do his best. He was so eager to declare himself to his best friend.

Buck would be gone in a few days and Eddie wanted to do it while he was at his house. They had had a great time together, the three of them. And nothing better than ending with a golden key and a declaration of love, right?

It wasn't long before he went to a market near his home and bought the ingredients for dinner. Eddie took advantage and bought a wine. He didn't know what dinner would be like, but it wouldn't be a romantic dinner without good wine. Just thinking that it was really happening and that he was taking that step and was about to make a romantic dinner for his best friend, was a little scary and gave a little shiver. Eddie had never been the type of person to do that kind of thing to anyone, not even with Shannon. The only time he did something like that was when he took her out to dinner at a fancy restaurant and told her he wanted her back and in the end it ended up being a disaster, but he was never the romantic type. He was so afraid of ruining everything. This dinner had to be perfect and the way Buck deserved it.