This chapter is full of fluff. Hope you enjoy!
I only own Gabi.
It had been a month since Gabi and Flack had moved in together. It had been pretty uneventful except for a few minor arguments over Flack leaving the toilet seat up or leaving dirty clothes on the floor. Yet those type of fights were expected when living with someone of the opposite sex.
Since the day she received flowers from Jason she hadn't heard from him. It seemed like he would do something to creep her out but then stop for a few weeks. This made him even more unpredictable which unnerved her even more. While at work or out by herself she would every so often find herself checking her surroundings. She promised herself that if he did anything else she would tell Flack what was going on.
It was six at night when Gabi came home from work with Flack behind her. It wasn't often they got home at the same time. As soon as she walked in the door she collapses on the couch from exhaustion.
"What's a matter with you" Flack asked closing the door behind him
"I'm exhausted" she answered "I just worked an eighteen hour day and all I wanna do is go to sleep"
"Sorry babe that's not gonna happen" he commented causing Gabi to look at him with confusion "Did you forget Mac and Stella are coming over"
They had made plans a few weeks ago with Mac and Stella to come over for dinner one night.
"Crap" she muttered "Well I'm going to change" she said getting herself up from the couch. She had been in her work clothes all day and all she wanted to do was throw on some comfortable clothes.
"Why they don't care what you're wearing" he stated
"Don I've been wearing these clothes since yesterday" she commented. She had gone into work for her shift at eleven pm the previous day.
"Come to think of it you do kinda smell" he laughed "A shower wouldn't kill you"
She didn't respond verbally but gave him the middle finger as she closed the door to their bedroom, causing him to laugh.
She came out of the bedroom with a change of clothes and brought them into the bathroom to take a shower while Flack started dinner. He decided to cook steak and potatoes with some cooked vegetables. Since Gabi couldn't bake she had picked up a cheesecake at the supermarket a few days before to have for desert.
Fifteen minutes later the blonde walked out of the bathroom dressed in a simple white t-shirt and purple yoga pants with her wet hair hanging on her shoulders.
"When's dinner" Gabi asked sounding like child
"Not for another half an hour" he replied
"I'm hungry I haven't eaten all day" she whined
He sighed, walked over to the fridge and grabbed an apple tossing it to his girlfriend.
"Thanks babe you're the best" she laughed taking a bite of the apple as she sat down on the couch. She stayed on the couch and started reading a book she had bought a while ago and never got around to reading it. She read for the next half an hour when there was a knock at the door.
She opened it to see a beaming Stella and an equally happy looking Mac.
"What's with the smile" Gabi asked her as they walked inside and closed the door
Stella said nothing as she lifted her left hand up to show off her diamond ring. The ring was a two carat round cut diamond flanked by two side stones and small diamonds on either side and diamonds going all the way around the three and a half millimeter long band.
"Oh my god" Gabi said grabbing Stella's hand to inspect the diamond
"Is that why you took her to Connecticut" Gabi asked as Mac shook his head. They had just gotten home from a weekend trip from Connecticut, where he took her to propose.
"Congrats" the blonde smiled hugging her friend "I'm really happy for you"
"For what" Flack called from the kitchen as he had just finished dinner and set it on their table.
"Were getting married" Stella beamed
"Congrats" Flack stated walking over to the brunette and hugging her, then shaking Mac's hand. Everyone sat down at the table to eat as the women began talking about the wedding. The newly engaged couple announced that they would be getting married on December 29th.
"Why so soon" Gabi questioned
"We didn't want to wait" Mac answered
"So have you started planning" Gabi asked directly the question to Stella, whom she knew was going to be doing most if not all of the wedding planning.
"I have ideas but I'm gonna need your help with it" she replied "And we actually have something we want to ask you'
"Okay"
"Gabs I would love for you to be my maid of honor" Stella asked
"I would love to" she responded
"Don, would you be my best man" Mac stated
Flack was genuinely shocked. Him and Mac were friends and had their differences but they weren't what you would call best friends. So he was surprised that the man would ask him to be part of his wedding in that way.
"Of course" he answered
They went on to finish eating their dinner and talking about the upcoming wedding. Stella told Gabi she wanted to have the color be Tiffany's blue. Flack laughed at that, remembering a case they had been working on a few years before when Stella had said she could spot a Tiffany's box from the moon. The girls made plans to go shopping for dresses next weekend after they got out of work. The couple stayed to nine saying they had to work early the next morning.
"I can't believe Mac popped the question" Gabi said to Flack as she began cleaning up around the apartment. While it wasn't dirty, there were magazines and clothes thrown around the living room. Since moving in together Gabi became somewhat of a clean freak.
"Me either" Flack agreed
"You see yourself getting married" Gabi questioned nervous of his response. They hadn't been together for long but at 31, the blonde wasn't getting a younger. She had always wanted to be married and have her first child before she was thirty. At this point on their relationship she knew Flack was the one she wanted to marry but they hadn't discussed taking that next step yet, but she felt now was the time.
"I don't know maybe in a few years" he responded
"How many is a few years" she asked walking into the kitchen to throw away a few old magazines.
"Three or four" he shrugged
"Why that long" she questioned
"I don't know" replied Flack "why"
"Why" she repeated beginning to get angry "why do I wanna know if this relationship is going anywhere"
Flack sighed "Gabs we've had this conversation before, you know I love you"
"I know that Don" she said "but do you want to get married"
"I told you maybe in a couple of years" he responded
"I don't know if I can wait a couple of years" she yelled "I'm not getting any younger, I want to settle down" she paused "And I thought you would want the same thing"
"Well I'm sorry but I'm not ready to get married yet" he replied
"Well that's too bad" she yelled walking into their room
"Whadda ya mean by that" he shouted as she came back wearing a black sweatshirt.
"I can't be here right now" she said grabbing her purse she had left on the couch in their living room.
"What are you talking about?" he questioned
"I'm not happy right now I need to leave before I say something I regret" she told him
"Where are you going" he asked
"I don't know" she replied slamming the door behind her
Gabi came back to the apartment two hours later. She ended up going to a small dinner around the corner from the apartment that was open all day. She thought about what had just happened. Getting married and having kids was important but so was Flack. Was she willing to wait for her dream? She didn't want this to be the end of their relationship, so she figured when she gets back to their apartment that they should sit down and talk.
When she opened the door the apartment was dark and her boyfriend was nowhere to found. Figuring he was in bed, she walked into their bedroom to see he wasn't there either.
"Don" she called
"I'm on the balcony" he replied and she carefully walked outside
"What's all this" she questioned. He was sitting on a small white couch they had placed outside. There were small candles lit everywhere a red rose petals scattered around.
"What's going on" she asked as he said nothing but got up from his spot on the couch and got down on one knee in front of her.
"What are you doing" she asked surprised
"I love you more than I ever thought it was possible to love someone" he spoke ignoring the question "I love coming home to you every night, you're the last thing I see before I go to sleep and the first thing I see in the morning, and I want that forever. I know we haven't been dating that long but I know in my heart that this is right. I want you to be my wife" he paused reaching into his back pocket and pulled out a small box.
"Don't" Gabi spoke surprising herself "Don't do this because of what happened before". She wanted him to want to propose.
"That's not why I'm doing this" he told her "I've had this ring for a month, I just had to work up the courage to ask you"
Tears sprung in her eyes as Flack opened the box to reveal a three carat cushion ring with diamonds surrounding the stone and encircling the band. "Gabriella Spencer will you marry me?"
"Whadda you think" she smiled through her tears
"Is that a yes?" he smirked
"Yes" she replied as he slipped the ring on her finger. Getting up he pulled his new fiancée into a passionate kiss. When they pulled apart the two walked over to sit on the couch.
"Why'd you say all that stuff before if you wanted to propose" she asked
"I wanted you to be surprised when I did it" he answered "And I didn't think you'd get that pissed" he said causing the two to laugh.
"So would you want to get married soon" the blonde questioned
"We can be engaged as long as you want" Flack told her as they cuddled. She took another look at her gorgeous ring and couldn't believe this was her life.