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"Ariadne! Hurry up or we're going to be late!" Ariadne heard Arthur shout from the living room of their apartment.
"Would you just hold on a minute? It's only dinner. We see the team nearly every day." Ariadne shouted back.
Ariadne stared in the mirror, still unsatisfied with what she was wearing. The team was going out to celebrate after they just completed their second greatest achievement, performing inception for the second time. The mark was the wife of a wealthy businessman who was growing to become a corporal superpower, by doing whatever means necessary, including corporate espionage and even murder. It was their job to get the wife to expose the intentions of her husband, putting him behind bars.
Ariadne threw open the closet doors once again. She stared at the neatly lined suits hanging on Arthur's side and then looked at the atrocious mess of clothes on her own. She had no idea how Arthur and her went together so well, opposites attract she guessed.
She suddenly eyed a dress bag resting on the very top shelf. She stood up on her toes and reached for it curiously, not remembering where it came from. Ariadne tugged down on the bag and it wasn't the only thing that came raining down upon her. Several sweatshirts and an old cardigan fell in a heap at her feet with a peculiar black box sitting amongst the mess also.
Ariadne picked up the ring box and brought it over to the bed setting it down next to the dress bag as she began to unzip it. Inside was a gorgeous dark green dress that shimmered under the light. There was a note attached to the inside of the bag and it read: To my dearest Ariadne. Ariadne could barely contain her excitement. Her eyes flitted back over to the black box and she could feel her heart on the verge of jumping out of her chest.
Standing in front of the mirror, Ariadne looked down at herself once again. For once she didn't feel unsure of her appearance. Usually she was never one to blatantly show off her body, she didn't think there was anything to show off. But for once she didn't care because she was with Arthur and she was going to be for the rest of her life.
The door to the bedroom creaked open and Ariadne began to step out. Arthur was speechless. He rose up from the couch, eyes wide, as he took in her appearance. She could barely contain her smile as she held her hands behind her back. Ariadne's dark brown hair framed her face with perfect curled ringlets. She had done up her eyes with soft black makeup and wore the dark green dress, snug to her body. As his eyes settled on Ariadne's dress they immediately grew wide.
"Ariadne… Where did you find that?" Arthur asked slowly.
"You know with your training and all, you'd think you would be better at hiding stuff." Ariadne replied with a smirk and slowly started to produce the box from behind her back.
Arthur grinned and shot forward, picking Ariadne up in his arms and twirling her around. She laughed joyfully and wrapped her legs around his torso.
They collapsed onto the couch with Ariadne straddling Arthur's body, kissing passionately. Arthur finally pulled away and Ariadne leaned back. He slipped the box out of Ariadne's hands and opened it, presenting a gorgeous diamond ring to her.
"Ariadne, will you marry me?"
Ariadne responded with a squeal and nodded her head fiercely. Arthur placed the ring on Ariadne's finger and watched in admiration as his new fiancée began to glow. He gently cupped Ariadne's cheek and brought their lips together. Ariadne felt the fireworks in her mouth explode all over again and roamed her hands across Arthur's chest. Ariadne pulled away leaving Arthur speechless a second time and looked at the architect in confusion. She smiled still just centimeters away from his lips and Arthur stared at hers hungrily.
"Come on, we should get going. Don't wanna be late." she said tauntingly and started for the door.
Ariadne and Arthur walked into the expensive restaurant and their eyes immediately settled on their teammates and best friends seated around a rectangular table. The two both had unbelievably goofy smiles on their faces causing their friends to stare at them suspiciously. Eames stood to take Ariadne by the hands and bring her in for a hug when he noticed, immediately letting out a loud whooping noise.
"Oy! Would you look at that? He finally did it! Oh god, congratulations princess. To the both of you." Eames exclaimed and then winked at Arthur as he shook Ariadne fiercely. Arthur rolled his eyes as Eames and Cobb continued their compliments. They took their respective seats and a waiter soon came over with a bottle of champagne in hand.
"Where's Yusuf?" Ariadne asked as the commotion died down and she noticed that their chemist was not present.
"Yusuf had to head back to Mombasa. Family troubles." Cobb responded as the waiter filled his glass.
"Poor man never gets the chance to celebrate." Eames chimed in. "Can't believe he missed out on this."
Once their glasses were all filled Eames raised his for a toast. "I'd like to make a toast… as the respective best man."
Arthur's eyes widened and he blatantly responded, "No." Cobb chuckled at the two's constant bickering.
Eames rolled his eyes and continued, "As I was saying… I'd like to make a toast as the respective best man to the happy couple who've defeated all odds getting here. Through crime and espionage to running from the law—"
"Eames this is the worst best man speech ever." Arthur said and Ariadne laughed, squeezing Arthur's hand.
"Ah, so you admit then that I am your best man?" Eames said slyly.
"No!"
Ignoring Arthur's protests for about a thousandth time, Eames finished off, "In all truthfulness, even though you're an annoyingly serious stick in the mud—"
Arthur opened his mouth to say something but Eames kept going, "I can honestly call you one of my best friends. You've always been there for me and I'm extremely pleased to see that you've found yourself a lovely young lady to spend the rest of your life with. And you better hold on to her. You two have a love that I've rarely ever seen before."
Arthur was speechless for a third time that night. Ariadne felt tears brim her happy eyes as they all raised their glasses and clinked them together.
"Cheers."
Dinner carried on without a hitch. Eames kept poking fun at Arthur and their champagne glasses appeared to seem never-ending. Arthur and Ariadne playfully taste tested each other's food and Cobb watched in awe at the happy couple remembering when he used to have that.
Finally Cobb looked at his watch and claimed that he should get going. He had a flight to catch back to the states early the next morning to see his children. They all rose to say their goodbyes.
Eames sat back down and Arthur and Ariadne started to take their seats again. Arthur began gesturing to the waiter for the check and Eames stopped him.
"As my wedding present to you, let me pay for this. You two get out of here." Eames said and pulled out his wallet.
"You're just saying that so you don't have to get us an actual present." Arthur argued.
"Arthur I am shocked. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe this one time I might be trying to do something good for you?" Eames feigned a hurt expression.
Arthur held up his hands and then reached for his jacket, "Carry on then." He slipped his hand in Ariadne's and asked, "Ready to go sweetheart?"
Ariadne bobbed her head excitedly and the two exited the restaurant, throwing a last goodbye wave to Eames.
It had been about a month since Ariadne and Arthur first got engaged. They had taken some time off of work to enjoy the first beginning stages of being blissfully engaged. Eames took it as them using it basically as an excuse to have sex all the time.
One late evening as they lounged on the couch together watching some old action flick, Arthur's phone began to ring. He leaned forward and snatched it off the coffee table as Ariadne tried to snuggle back into his side. He reached an arm behind her back and pulled her close to him, gently tracing circles with his thumb on her thigh.
"Hello?" Arthur answered. "Oh hey, how are you Dom?"
Ariadne couldn't hear what Cobb was saying but Arthur's voice gradually began to rise with excitement.
"Yeah sure, we're in… No kidding... Are you serious?" Ariadne looked up at Arthur to see a huge grin on his face.
"Sure thing Dom. See you tomorrow." Arthur said and ended the call.
"What was that about?" Ariadne asked curiously.
"An old friend's coming to work on a case with us. Don't worry you two will be great friends." Arthur said and kissed her on the top of her head.