A/N: A FLUFFY STORY!!! HOMGNOWAI! SweetHeroin has posted A FLUFFY STORY! THIS CALLS FOR CELEBRATION!….Ahem. Anyways, was watching the Friends episode where Monica proposes to Chandler, and it's the sweetest thing ever T__T so I made this. Enjoy :D
You were all by yourself, staring up at a dark grey sky
I was changed
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"Gwen...help..." Duncan croaked miserably over the phone, he was lying on his bed in he fetal position.
"I'm an idiot. I need your help."
"Duncan, what is it?" Gwen asked in a bored tone.
"Meet me outside of Lucinda in ten minutes. I seriously need your help."
"Lucinda? Duncan, that's a jewellery store. I told you already that I'm not going to help you rob anywhere."
"Just meet me there!" Duncan barked into the phone and hung up. He crawled out of bed and pulled on a grey t-shirt with cool patterns on and his Silver jeans. His image had toned down quite a bit in the last few years, getting rid of his mohawk within the second. Duncan had realized the only way he'd get a decent job would be if he wasn't so scary. The nose ring was gone, but the one in his eyebrow remained, seeing as his bangs covered it. He let his hair grow out a bit since the mohawk was gone and his head felt empty. Courtney kept the mohawk though, all the glued hairs held together in a frame above the mantle. After he was dressed he took the elevator down to the garage and drove away in his car, thinking of all of their times together. His and Courtney's.
How they met was under ridiculous circumstances, and neither of them thought it would last any longer than a summer love. They had even broke up after school started up again and Duncan had to head back to Toronto. Then he got into some trouble over there, so he moved into the city where Courtney lived without knowing it. He met her upon pure chance. He was smashed and with one of his roommates, trying to pick up girls coming out of the library. Duncan noticed the caramel legs. They were the most gorgeous, shaped legs he had ever seen. "Hey babe. The word of the day is legs. So lets go back to my place and spread the word." He slurred and put his hand on her ass.
The next thing he knew a gorgeous caramel hand slapped him across the face and was telling him off. Then she stopped abruptly, "Duncan...Duncan Pierce. That you?" he heard his name, and he looked up, thinking it was a girl he had banged before. When he realized exactly who it was his eyes went wide with surprise.
"Princess!" Duncan exclaimed and slapped her on the shoulder. "Holy shit! Josh, Josh. This is the chick I was telling you about!!!" What surprised Courtney was how genuinely happy he seemed to be to see her.
She had expected him to act like a complete douche since she was the one who broke up with him. She was about to smile, then she remembered the drunken state Duncan was in -- and in public. During the day! What was this world coming to? "Duncan. You stupid Neanderthal." Courtney said as she grabbed the punk boy by the shirt and dragged him to her car. Then she turned back to his roommate, 'josh'. "You're coming too." She said and the other Neanderthal followed her to the car and got in obediently. Duncan got to sit up right next to her. "I can't believe how stupid you guys were being." Courtney fumed, fingers clutching the steering wheel tight. "It's 12 o'clock in the afternoon and you're drunk?! And hanging around a place where little kids go. How dumb could you be?" She griped.
"Shut up woman." Duncan said and covered his ears with his hands. "I didn't ask you to rescue me."
"Well someone obviously needs to."
That was one of the best day's of his life. She took them both to her parents beach house and took care of the both of them. When Josh passed out, Courtney and Duncan really started talking. One thing led to another and then Duncan made love for the first time. He had sex before, many many times before. But he had never made love. The day Duncan took Courtney's virginity he knew he wanted her to be the only woman he made love to. Duncan pulled up into the mall's parking lot and took one of the handicapped parking spots. Before anyone saw he stuck up his wheelchair card on the mirror and no one could do a thing, though he did get a few rather dirty looks it was worth the front door parking. You couldn't get any closer than Duncan was then. He walked into the mall feeling rather good about himself, and walked over to the pale woman with the jet black hair.
"Gwen." Duncan called and waved to his bestfriend. She raised her chin in recognition and waited for him to get closer before she pushed off to embrace him. "Thank god your here! I need your help." Duncan pulled away from the hug and stared up at the ceiling awkwardly. "I need help choosing a ring..." he mumbled quietly.
Gwen's eyes went huge, and she squealed before wrapping her arms around Duncan's neck. "Congratulations!" She squeezed tight on the ex punk boy and jumping up and down a few times. When she pulled away she dragged him closer to Lucinda. "When did you decide this...?" Gwen nudged his shoulder a few times. Waiting for the details.
"The moment I saw her legs." Duncan smirked and wiggled his eyebrows.
It was a rather domestic week for the two of them. They even bought a ferret together and named him Zorro. They've been potty training him all week since they got him and he's finally starting to show some response. After you know, hours and hours of Courtney's ruthless training schedule. They had made dinner together that night, and were busy washing the dishes when Duncan accidentally got some bubbles onto Courtney's sleeve.
"Duncan! This shirt was expensive." She barked and took some of the foam and slathered it onto his shirt."Oops. I'm sorry Neanderthal. Did I get you." She batted her eyelashes innocently and ducked as Duncan reached for the sink's hose and let out a long burst of water. Courtney let out a shrill laugh as Duncan's arms wrapped around her and threw her over his shoulder.
"You're going to get it now princess." Duncan laughed and he carried his girlfriend to the bathroom. He pulled open the shower curtain and turned the shower on to cold. Then he placed Courtney in it and laughed as she screamed from the cold. Quickly Princess reached for the hot water knob and gave Duncan time to squirt out shampoo all over her clothes. "Oops...my bad babe." Duncan said and turned to walk away. But when he took a step forward the hem of his shirt was choking him and he was being yanked back into the shower. The water made his mohawk fall in a second but he didn't care as Courtney crashed their lips together and started kissing him. He kissed back, and wrapped his arms tight around her waist.
"I love you Duncan." Courtney said and poured body wash all over her boyfriend. Duncan smirked .
"I love you too Courtney." He whispered into her ear that made her break out into goose bumps. They started kissing again under the shower water and things started to get heated when Duncan slipped his tongue into Courtney's mouth. An hour later the couple were both lying naked on the kitchen floor with towels laid out under them. Courtney was cuddling on his chest, and Duncan could've cried she was so beautiful. That was the day he knew that this was more than everyone thought. He wanted to spend every day of the rest of his life with this girl. The girl of his dreams.
"We have a very nice selection of engagement rings here..." The woman said who worked in the store. She pulled a tray of beautiful different diamond rings. Duncan looked at them all in complete and utter confusion. Every bloody ring looked the same. Duncan turned hopefully to Gwen, who was inspecting each and every ring that was in the tray. None of them said 'Courtney' on them though. They were all too…cheap.
"Duncan, no." Gwen said, and her friend turned to her in confusion. "We can't get these rings, their all ugly." She said bluntly, and received a dirty look from the saleswoman. "Sorry." Gwen muttered then turned back to the ex punk. "Come on, let's check out some other places." She grabbed her arm and pulled him back a little.
"Okay…" Duncan said sadly and walked away from the counter. "Where should we go? I don't know any other places that sell as cheap as them…" Duncan said quietly so he didn't piss off the stingy old bat again.
"I know the place." Gwen said with a smirk.
"So you don't like the sound of my voice…"
Courtney groaned and flicked the radio onto a different station. Anything but listening to the Spence Diamonds commercial -- again.
"Duncan." Courtney said to her boyfriend, who was currently driving. She took her feet off of the dashboard and stared at him seriously. "No matter what happens. Never EVER buy me anything from Spence Diamonds." She slammed her fist into the dashboard, making Duncan jump slightly. The poor thing was getting pretty bumpy from all of her anger. "I cannot stand that guy's voice. I don't care how amazing the cuts are. Never support that awful voice!" She fumed.
"Whatever you say babe." Duncan answered mindlessly. It didn't matter, they weren't going to get married any time soon -- if ever.
"Gwen! I can't!" Duncan said, as he saw the big letters that read 'Spence Diamonds' at the front of the store. "Courtney made me promise never to get her anything from there." He got down on his knees and begged. "She'll kill me! She'll kick my ass!" Duncan begged, he was ready to start crying at that moment. If Courtney saw the ring in the stupid Spence Diamonds she would kick his ass and then stomp on the ring.
"Duncan, stop being so melodramatic." Gwen said and stepped over her best friend and walked into the store. Duncan sniffled and followed her like a beaten puppy, trying not to think of the anger that would come from Courtney if she ever found out…ever.
Okay. Well, the rings were nice -- beyond nice. They were gorgeous. Each and every one of them Duncan could see sitting on Courtney's finger, but still there was something missing. He sighed decided to clear his head outside, have a cigarette. Then he would decide.
"Duncan. I've found it." Gwen popped her head outside and grinned.
"Seriously?!" Duncan threw away the cigarette followed Gwen back into the store. She pointed to a ring inside of the glass case that made Duncan cheer.
"THAT'S IT!" He cried and threw his arms around Gwen. "Thank you! That's the one I've been looking for. It's perfect!" Duncan looked to the man behind the counter. "I want that one!"
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Courtney couldn't stop glancing at the little red velvet box on the table in front of her. Duncan was never going to propose at this rate, and Courtney Rodriguez would not wait a moment longer. If she wanted something done, she had to do it herself. She had learned that a long time ago.
Sighing, she gave into the urge and opened the box to admire the ring, picturing it on Duncan's hands. How it would symbolize their love, their love that had lasted for so long. It was a white gold ring with a single little diamond embedded into the metal. On the inside the word 'Neanderthal' was engraved, she smiled and remembered the look on the lady's face when she instructed her what to write. They had good times…but also some bad ones too.
"Goddammit Courtney! You can't keep throwing out my fucking cigarettes!" Duncan banged his fist onto the table.
"Oh well excuse me for caring! My god Duncan! It's so pathetic how you depend on those things like a bloody lifeline!" Courtney yelled back and turned to walk away.
Duncan grabbed her wrist and spun her around, "We're not done yet woman! My god! It's pathetic of me?! It's pathetic of you to have to snoop through my things so you don't get bloody bored!" The grip on he had on Courtney's wrist tightened without him realizing it, holding her wrist in a grip that would leave bruises.
"Duncan. Let go!" She screamed and attempted to pry away his hand, but Duncan wouldn't let up. "You're hurting me!" She cried out and slapped her hand feebly down on his arm.
Immediately Duncan released her arm and he took a step away, "Princess…Courtney. I'm so sorry…I didn't mean…"
"Yeah. Duncan, I know." Courtney said and inspected her arm and it's redness. "It's fine. Just give me some space…"
"Princess…I'm sorry…I love you."
"Yeah, Duncan…I know." She said, her voice raising just a little bit. "I love you back."
Those thoughts and memories are things that kept Courtney nervous. Sometimes it seemed like for every I love you there was a swear word and argument flying between them.
There was a knock on the door and Courtney merely let out a grunt in response. Slowly the door opened and Duncan stepped in with a tub of cookie dough ice cream and two spoons. In his mouth was a rose with thorns (she could see hints of blood coming from his lips) and a DVD cramped under his arm.
When he got to the bedside he placed the ice cream down and spat out the rose onto the bed and lifted her small hand to his lips, kissing each finger, then the palm, the her wrist. "I'm sorry. I love you so much Courtney. Will you forgive me?" He asked, his blue eyes pleading and glassy.
Courtney stared into Duncan's eyes, sizing him up. Trying to see into his head. After a moment when she was satisfied she plucked on of the spoons out of Duncan's hands and opened the fresh tub of ice cream. "You know I like cookies and cream better." she stated and dug her spoon into the softened ice cream.
Duncan smiled in relief and held out the DVD he had chosen. "I will watch this chick flick with you without one complaint. I promise." Over his heart he traced and X and took out the DVD of 'A Walk To Remember'.
"Duncan,"
"Yeah babe?"
"I love you."
"I know."
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Courtney smiled and took the ring out of the box and looked at the time. 5:30, perfect. He would be coming home soon.
"Zorro!" Courtney called and a little black footed ferret came running into the room. The little rat like creature jumped up onto Courtney's lap and waited for the order. "Hold still." Courtney instructed, and as if it understood her the rodent held still as Courtney tied a string around the engagement ring then tied it to the collar. Then she quickly scrawled a note and slipped it into the collar. "There we go. Now, Duncan will be home in 30 minutes, so don't do anything to scratch the ring." After listening to the orders the ferret hopped off of Courtney's lap and ran to the scratching post that Duncan had bought it.
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"Courtney! Babe! I'm home!" Duncan called as he stepped into the dark house. All the lights were turned off and there was no sound of life throughout the entire house. "Damnit," He hissed and kicked off his shoes. "Make me a curfew then not be home. Stupid princess." He sighed, not really angry, and turned on the hallway light. The moment the lights flickered on he heard the jingle of Zorro's bell and crouched down when he saw the ferret running to him.
"My god…you're a criminal already. How did you get out of your cage?" He asked as he lifted Zorro and scratched his chin. Knuckle hitting something foreign and metal. "The fuck…?" he mumbled and looked closer at what he had hit, then his eyes bulged from their sockets. "No way…" He mumbled as he untied the ring and placed it onto his engagement finger. "Princess stole my idea…" he smiled as he ran his finger over the word 'Neanderthal'.
There was also a note in the collar which he unrolled, and written on it, in Courtney's pristine cursive writing it read, 'I beat you.'
"No way…you're not winning yet." Duncan muttered and started walked over to the drawer where they kept all of the candles.
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"Stupid Neanderthal. Where is he?! I heard him pull up." Courtney said between clenched teeth as she sat on the patio. The candle that was once new and fresh was now a pile of wax with a tiny little flame. The dinner that she ordered was cold, and her arms were covered in goosebumps. "Maybe that little rat didn't cooperate." She mumbled and slid open the sliding door.
"Stupid Duncan. Making me a loser." she muttered as she stepped into the heated house, almost too warm. She looked up, and was stunned to see every single candle they owned was lit and a bouquet of lilies sat in the center of the table. "What…?" she whispered, then her eyes fell onto Duncan, who was kneeling down in the middle of all the beauty. "No way…" she whispered and stepped towards her boyfriend.
Music started playing, Cry, by Mandy Moore -- their song.
"Courtney…" Duncan took her hand in his, there was no ring on his finger, but Courtney didn't say anything. "I owe my entire life to you. Before I had met you -- on that godforsaken island I was a piece of shit. I was angry and crazy and probably would be in jail by now. When we split up…my god I don't even remember that time. It's like a void, an empty page in my life. Then, then fate brought us together that day at the library. And every day since then I was down on my knees and thanking any higher power for keeping us together. I love you. I love you. I love you Courtney Marie Rodriguez. Will you marry me?" Tears were running down his pale cheeks, his voice cracked.
Courtney smiled and kneeled down next to her boyfriend and wiped the tears away, paying no attention to her own. Then she wrapped her arms around his waist and stuck her hand into his pocket, where she found the ring.
"Just wait." Courtney whispered and kissed his lips. Then she raised Duncan to his feet and kneeled in front of him.
"Duncan. I thought you were an ogre. A Neanderthal. A moron who was going nowhere. I found, through the years that I was right," Duncan cocked an eyebrow, this wasn't where he thought her speech was going. "But you're my ogre, my Neanderthal, and my moron. You're not going nowhere, you're coming with me, and I'll never let you steer down the wrong path again. I'll always be here for you." She kissed a scar that was on his wrist from a time when they were kids…
"Will you marry me?" Courtney looked up at him with her big chocolate eyes, a smile in them. Laughter in them. Duncan could see it, if he said yes then she would jump up and rub it in his face about how she won. He couldn't let her win. Never, never, never.
"Only if you accept first." Duncan replied, crossing his arms over his chest.
Courtney narrowed her teary eyes and turned away. "Fine. I guess neither of us are getting married then." She turned and walked in the opposite direction.
Duncan smirked and grabbed her arm, spinning her around. She spun into his chest and he pressed his lips against hers. When he parted they both stared into one another's eyes.
"Truce?" Duncan asked.
"Deal." Courtney agreed and kissed him once more.
In places no one will find, all your feelings so deep inside
It's there that I realized, that forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry
- Cry, Mandy Moore
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Now&Forever
SweetHeroin
