AUTHOR'S NOTES: If any of you read The Unexpected Romance, it was set AFTER Emily & Benji got married. So it only makes sense that we fill a hole in my main timeline of stories, and see how they got there.
This story takes place shortly after the events of The Orphan.
CHAPTER 1:
Emily & Benji have been dating since Emily's freshman year. Benji wanted to propose to her during those 5 years, but he wanted to be sure she was the one. At one point, he planned to propose after Emily graduated, but he had some financial struggles at the time. And then on August 1st, 2019 which is almost 5 years after he & Emily started dating, he thought to himself "Well, it's now or never." Emily & Benji spent that day at the beach, they got there around 2pm and stayed there until not long after sunset.
"That sunset is so beautiful." Emily said admiring the sunset on the beach.
"Yeah it is. In fact, it's the perfect background for something I've been wanting to do for the longest time." Benji said.
"What's that?" Emily asked.
"Emily Junk, when we met at Barden during your freshman year, I fell instantly in love with you." Benji said.
"Awww..." Emily said feeling touched.
"And during all these past few years, I wanted to be sure that you were the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with." Benji continued.
"Are you serious?!" Emily asked.
"Yes. I wanted to do this after you graduated, but money kept getting in the way. And now that it's been almost 5 years since we met, I knew that at this point it's now or never." Benji continued.
"Is this going where I think it's going?" Emily asked.
"You betcha." Benji said before getting down on one knee. "Emily Junk...will you marry me?" He asked as Emily stared longily at the engagement ring.
"YES! Absolutely!" Emily said excitedly as the two kissed before Benji placed the ring on Emily's finger while the sun continued to set in the background.
"I can't wait to tell everyone when we get home." Benji said.
"Me too. I'm going to text all of the Bellas and my mom right now!" Emily said as she got out her phone to send the following text to her mom & the other Bellas stating "I'm engaged!"
When they got home to their shared apartment, Benji went ahead and texted his parents and the other Trebles about his engagement while Emily received a flood of replies congratulating the two.
One month later, the Bellas minus Emily, Jessica, & Ashley were all gathered at Aubrey & Chad's house.
"Bellas, we're here today to look back on one heck of a summer we've had." Aubrey said as the Bellas toasted.
"I am so speechless for words regarding what has happened, from Aubrey & Chad's son being born, to CR & Denise adopting their daughter, and now our youngest, Emily Junk just got engaged!" Chloe recapped.
"Hey, how about we do a FaceTime call with her right now." Beca suggested as the other Bellas agreed.
Beca made the call hoping Emily would answer and she did so.
"Hey, Beca." Emily said.
"Hey, there. We wanted to say congratulations once again to you & Benji on your engagement." Beca said.
"Thanks, guys. I'm really happy we're finally doing this. And I'm glad you called too, I wanted to ask a favor of you guys..." Emily said.
"Sure, anything." Chloe said.
"Will five of you Bellas be my bridesmaids?" Emily asked.
"Definitely." Beca said.
"Anything for you, Emily." Chloe said.
"Count me in too." Aubrey said.
"Me as well." Stacie said.
"Anyone else?" Beca asked looking back at the other Bellas in attendance waiting for one to respose until...
"Alright, count me in." Flo said.
"Great. After a month of thinking we finally agreed on a wedding date. The wedding is set for...February 14th, 2020!" Emily said.
"On Valentine's Day?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah. It was Benji's idea. I was reluctant to go with it, but if he believes it's the perfect day to be married, how could I say no." Emily said.
"Well, we all look forward to it." Beca said.
"Thanks. I'll send you all the details once Benji & I get them finalized. Talk to you soon." Emily said.
"Bye." The Bellas said before Emily hung up.
"A Valentine's Day Wedding? Who would've ever thought?" Stacie asked.
"It's a good thing we never threw away those red dresses we used for Aubrey & Chad's wedding." Chloe said.
"That's a great idea. Let's face it; if it's a Valentine's Day wedding, the only two colors that would make sense are red & pink." Beca said.
"Well, looks like if our dress colors are red, I'm the only one who'll have to go dress shopping." Aubrey said.
"But let's get through Christmas first before we get TOO caught up on this wedding." Beca suggested.
"Agreed." Chloe said.
