Sorry it took me so long! And I decided to show you this chapter from Nathan's POV, hope you like that. And sorry I do not upload as fast as before, hope you don't mind!
Nathan's POV
We were finally in New York and I was sitting on the bed, while Brooke took a shower. We would soon meet with my team mates and she wanted to look great, though they liked her already. Finally I had time to open the black box in my hand. The ring that was shinning back at me was screaming Brooke. The diamond was simple but had a great form, it was round and had one carat. I was chocking at the words that I would say tomorrow. She didn't know anything, she just thought we would go out for dinner and take a nice walk through the central park, but I wanted to get down on one knee. This was what I wanted: a life with her. Now I just had to hope she would say yes.
"Nathan how much time do we have?" her voice screamed from the shower.
"Half an hour" I smirked back and hid the box.
"You ready yet? I want to take a shower too" I protested and she laughed.
"Well, no one will look at you, if they can look at me" she grinned and I walked to the door.
"You didn't just say that" I warned her and she opened the door.
"Scared of the truth?" she asked and had her towel around the body.
I grinned.
"So I missed to join you?" I pouted and she grinned.
"Yes you did" she winked at me and I pulled her closer and kissed her neck.
"Hmm" she breathed out "You can shower while I get ready" she suggested and I walked in and pulled her back in the shower.
"We can be late" I smirked and she kissed me.
"Man, if you once would be on time, it would be a miracle" Mike grinned at us and I just pointed at my girlfriend.
"Can you really blame me?" I asked and he just laughed. But I already felt her elbow in my rips.
She rolled her eyes and looked at him.
"No caps" she grinned and he was still laughing.
"I like his excuse better" he just added and she leaned against me.
"You're going to pay for this" she mumbled.
"Totally worth it" I whispered back.
We sat down on the big table and the guys offered us a beer from the pitcher.
"Sure" Brooke said and looked for some girls.
"Girlfriends aren't allowed here as I see" she stated and Rob laughed, he was sitting next to us.
"Well they are allowed in your case" he just smirked at her and she raised her eyebrow.
"How do you mean that?" she wondered and Ethan joined him.
"First you are hot" he said and I looked him down.
"Watch it" I warned him and he just smirked.
"Second of all, he wouldn't come otherwise" Rob grinned.
"And more important we are sportsmen, we don't do girlfriends, we do dating or wives" Ethan looked at Mike.
"Well I tend to like you more and more" Brooke grinned at Mike and he smiled ashamed.
"I'll take good care of your guy, and try to hide him from this two" Mike promised and I put the arm around her.
"No one needs to take care of me, I do not care about other girls" I muttered and she kissed me.
"You haven't seen the cheerleaders" Rob protested and Mike laughed.
"Really take care of him, and the cheerleaders are not that hot" Mike told Brooke.
"Easy for you to say, you are married to one of them" Ethan said and I laughed.
"Really you are married to one of your cheerleaders?" she asked and Mike nodded.
"Yeah" he whispered.
"Sounds like our story" I raised my eyebrow and she laughed.
"Well our story was more betrayal of ex boy or girl, locked in together and same friends, than cheerleader basketball player" Brooke shrugged and I pulled her closer.
"Yeah, but you were a cheerleader" I smirked and suddenly it hit me. She was there most of my life and I loved her just like when I noticed that I had a crush on her. I was only happy when we were together and I wanted this for the rest of my life. I wanted to be married to her and no one else.
"How come you never told us, you had this amazing girl back when you started to come to the try outs" Ethan asked after Brooke talked to him about meeting with Scarlett Johanson.
"We were…" she hesitated.
"On a break" I rescued the situation. No one needed to know, why we were separated or that we broke up for good actually. The only thing was that now she reminded me of something that made me panic slightly.
She just stood there and I hardly knew what to say or to do, so I was just facing her.
"I'm sorry, Nate" she whispered and her lip was shaking.
I already knew this meant nothing good.
"So you decided" I asked in a broken voice. I couldn't believe it, she made up her mind and she decided against me.
"Can't we pretend this never happened?" she wondered and I shook my head.
"I can't Brooke" I whispered and she was in total shock. But I just was honest, I couldn't pretend like this didn't happen. Maybe I could have pretended the wedding didn't happen, but that she decided against me, was cutting me like thousand knifes.
"I'm not saying no, I'm just saying not yet" she tried to explain through sobs.
"You saying no to me Brooke" I just told her, because this simply was what she did and I felt my eyes become wet.
"No Nate" she grabbed my hand and kissed me.
I loved her and I felt rejected, this was the worst feeling.
Again I thought about the ring in the black box, the one I wanted to give her and felt insecure. What if she would say no again? Maybe she wasn't ready yet and I was moving too fast again? Would she really be able to run off again?
"Nathan?" Rob's voice fell into my thoughts and I just looked up.
"Hm?" I asked and Brooke squeezed my hand worried, but I just smiled.
"You up for a game?" he asked and I nodded.
"Sure" I whispered and she leaned against me.
"Maybe now I can cheer for you?" she grinned and the guys laughed.
"Maybe" I smirked, but in my head I was still preoccupied with the question whether or not she would accept my proposal.
"We just pay and go to the gym" Mike smiled.
"Should we…"Brooke started but Ethan broke her up.
"We pay for you, if you give us Scarlett's number" Rob suggested, but she only shook her head.
"As I own a clothing company, I rather pay for myself" she grinned and we left the bar.
She was sitting on the bank and we played two against two. I teamed up with Mike and Brooke cheered every now and then for us. When I played I forgot all the sorrows about my proposal and concentrated on the game.
"Hey you only cheer for them" Ethan complained and Brooke laughed.
"Get a girlfriend and she might cheer for you" she suggested.
"One Zero, for Brooke" Mike smiled.
"And 20 to 16 for us" I added and Rob was in his game.
"Just bring it on" he said and ran for a lay down.
I jumped and stopped the ball at the basket.
"No way" I whispered "not with my girl watching" I smirked.
The game was over and I walked over to Brooke.
"I think we owe it all to your cheering skills" I grinned and leaned forward to kiss her.
"You are sweaty" she complained between the kisses and I grinned.
"But you still love me, right?" I pouted and she kissed my lower lip.
"I think so" she played around until I pulled her up and smirked.
"Don't make me use you as a ball" I raised my eyes and she laughed.
"Okay, I do love you" she laughed.
"So that's how you get the girls?" Ethan grinned and I put her down.
"No, that's how they get me" I grinned and Brooke leaned against me.
"That's how evil we are" she smirked.
"The guys like you a lot" I smiled and she nodded.
"They are actually okay, big upgrade to Tim" she laughed as we walked down the central park. The lights were shining down on us and she looked so lovely, while she went on about how she thought Mike was sweet and that she thinks that Rob and Ethan have a big mouth. Theoretically this was the right moment, the one where I should have asked her, but my knees became week and my breath was stuck in my throat.
"So tomorrow is your first training?" she asked and I was back to reality.
"Yeah" I smirked and she leaned against me.
"Nervous?" she wondered and I nodded.
"Pretty much" I grinned and I wasn't lying. I was nervous, but not about the training. I couldn't come up with the words to ask her, though I wanted it so badly. All the memories of Vegas hit me over and over again.
"Poor boy" she whispered and squeezed my hand "I promise to be there all the time"
And this was exactly what I wanted. I wanted to have eternity with her, but I couldn't take a no, not again.
We finally made it to the hotel and the moment was gone, I just missed the perfect moment to ask her if she wanted to marry me. The box with the ring was in my jacket and I put my hand inside the pocket and surrounded it with my fingers.
There I was with the perfect ring and the perfect girl, I had the perfect words in my head, but all I could say was:
"Are you tired?" I asked and I could have punched myself for this.
"Yeah, but I do not allow you in my bed, if you don't shower" she threatened me and I put my hands up.
"Well officer if you insist" I grinned and she kissed me.
