A/N: to anyone who might be, or will soon be confused by my chapter names.
They usually don't have anything to do with the content of that chapter.
Each chapter is named for a line in the Hilary Duff song, "come clean"
although I despise her, she's got some good writers. So anyway, when this
story is done, it will have most of the lines of the song in order as the
chapter titles, (I'm doing this for my next story too) I know it's a little
strange, but I like it better than just numbering them.
So this chapter is more of Simon and Tristan's history, just to get you started.
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All of the Camden and soon-to-be Camden women sat around a table at a Mexican restaurant, all except Ruthie of course. She had a birthday party to go to so she skipped out of the girl's trip. They had all headed to the beach for a little bachelorette party/ sister bonding time.
Lucy leaned forward with her elbows on the table, "so Tristan, you have to tell us, when did you know you loved Simon?"
All of the girls sighed and smiled while Tristan bit her lip and blushed. "Ok I know this sounds corny, but I think it was love at first sight."
"Awww" they all chimed in
~*~*~*~*~* About 3 ½ years earlier . . .
Simon sat in his chair tapping his foot nervously. The first day of classes was always exciting. He'd already been at school for a semester since his early admission, so he wasn't as nervous as some of the other people in the room. A cute girl with brown hair and piercing green eyes tapped his shoulder. He turned to look at her and he kind of froze, she gave him this weird feeling.
She clutched her books and laughed nervously, "is anyone sitting here?" she asked
From the way she spoke Simon could tell she wasn't from California. Most of the kids at this school he had found were locals, not too many kids were from out of state, at least not states that were very far away.
"Nope," he told her smiling, "it's all yours" She sat down and sat her things beside her.
"Thanks," she said quietly, not looking up from ground.
Simon held out his hand, "I'm Simon" he said.
"Hi Simon, I'm Tristan." She said taking his hand.
He smiled at the way she said Simon. She was obviously from the south because it sounded more like Siymon, when she said it. But it was cute, not really harsh, just subtle, and sweet.
"Nice to meet you" he told her and she smiled wide just as the professor entered the lecture hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"How did he propose?" Sarah asked
"Was it really romantic?" Mary chimed in.
"Come on girls, this is Simon, I don't know how romantic he can be" Annie smiled.
"No actually it really was" Tristan told them.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tristan sat at her desk staring at the screen on her laptop. The page was completely blank. She almost fell asleep watching the little black line flash. It was almost keeping beat with the music her roommate was playing. 1,000 words, who was he kidding? She didn't even have one. She was extremely relived when a little box popped on the screen informing her that she had e-mail.
******** It was from Simon . . .
Hey Babe,
I'm havin sum trouble with my HW, can you come by and help me pleeeze?
-Your favorite boyfriend.
********
She jumped up happy to be getting out of that dorm. She grabbed her keys and informed her roommate that she was heading over to Simon's.
She walked down the hall of Simon's dorm building, when she approached the door she started knocking with both hands, "Si-imon!" she said sing-songy, "let me i-in!"
Simon opened the door; he was wearing a nice button up shirt and black pants. "Hey," he said kissing her.
"What are you all dressed up for?" she said puzzled. When she stepped into the dorm room she was taken aback. The little table in the room had a red tablecloth and candles. In fact there were candles everywhere. Music was playing softly in the background.
"What's all this for?" she asked him, very confused. She thought about the date for a minute, and looked at her watch, 12:03.
"Happy birthday" Simon smiled.
She started to get all teary; "I thought we weren't doing anything for my birthday"
He smiled slyly, "we're not, and this isn't for your birthday"
She looked at him very confused. "May I have this dance?" he asked.
As they danced in the dorm room Tristan gave Simon a very stern look, "you should have told me, I would have put on something better" she said looking down at her USC sweatshirt, pajama pants, and flip-flops. The messy bun she had put in her hair was falling down, and her bangs were getting in her face.
"I think you look gorgeous," Simon said kissing her.
"Don't be a suck up" she said playfully, "now what is all this for."
Simon smiled and led her over to the table. She sat down, and Simon kneeled in front of her. Then she figured it all out. Tristan put her hand up to her mouth as she started to cry.
"Tristan, the last three years have been amazing, probably the best years of my life. And I'm looking forward to a lot more," he pulled a tiny box out of his pocket and opened it, "Tristan Marie Reeves, I love you. Will you marry me?"
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All I have to say is review please!! And thanks to everyone who does!!
So this chapter is more of Simon and Tristan's history, just to get you started.
*************************************************************
All of the Camden and soon-to-be Camden women sat around a table at a Mexican restaurant, all except Ruthie of course. She had a birthday party to go to so she skipped out of the girl's trip. They had all headed to the beach for a little bachelorette party/ sister bonding time.
Lucy leaned forward with her elbows on the table, "so Tristan, you have to tell us, when did you know you loved Simon?"
All of the girls sighed and smiled while Tristan bit her lip and blushed. "Ok I know this sounds corny, but I think it was love at first sight."
"Awww" they all chimed in
~*~*~*~*~* About 3 ½ years earlier . . .
Simon sat in his chair tapping his foot nervously. The first day of classes was always exciting. He'd already been at school for a semester since his early admission, so he wasn't as nervous as some of the other people in the room. A cute girl with brown hair and piercing green eyes tapped his shoulder. He turned to look at her and he kind of froze, she gave him this weird feeling.
She clutched her books and laughed nervously, "is anyone sitting here?" she asked
From the way she spoke Simon could tell she wasn't from California. Most of the kids at this school he had found were locals, not too many kids were from out of state, at least not states that were very far away.
"Nope," he told her smiling, "it's all yours" She sat down and sat her things beside her.
"Thanks," she said quietly, not looking up from ground.
Simon held out his hand, "I'm Simon" he said.
"Hi Simon, I'm Tristan." She said taking his hand.
He smiled at the way she said Simon. She was obviously from the south because it sounded more like Siymon, when she said it. But it was cute, not really harsh, just subtle, and sweet.
"Nice to meet you" he told her and she smiled wide just as the professor entered the lecture hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"How did he propose?" Sarah asked
"Was it really romantic?" Mary chimed in.
"Come on girls, this is Simon, I don't know how romantic he can be" Annie smiled.
"No actually it really was" Tristan told them.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tristan sat at her desk staring at the screen on her laptop. The page was completely blank. She almost fell asleep watching the little black line flash. It was almost keeping beat with the music her roommate was playing. 1,000 words, who was he kidding? She didn't even have one. She was extremely relived when a little box popped on the screen informing her that she had e-mail.
******** It was from Simon . . .
Hey Babe,
I'm havin sum trouble with my HW, can you come by and help me pleeeze?
-Your favorite boyfriend.
********
She jumped up happy to be getting out of that dorm. She grabbed her keys and informed her roommate that she was heading over to Simon's.
She walked down the hall of Simon's dorm building, when she approached the door she started knocking with both hands, "Si-imon!" she said sing-songy, "let me i-in!"
Simon opened the door; he was wearing a nice button up shirt and black pants. "Hey," he said kissing her.
"What are you all dressed up for?" she said puzzled. When she stepped into the dorm room she was taken aback. The little table in the room had a red tablecloth and candles. In fact there were candles everywhere. Music was playing softly in the background.
"What's all this for?" she asked him, very confused. She thought about the date for a minute, and looked at her watch, 12:03.
"Happy birthday" Simon smiled.
She started to get all teary; "I thought we weren't doing anything for my birthday"
He smiled slyly, "we're not, and this isn't for your birthday"
She looked at him very confused. "May I have this dance?" he asked.
As they danced in the dorm room Tristan gave Simon a very stern look, "you should have told me, I would have put on something better" she said looking down at her USC sweatshirt, pajama pants, and flip-flops. The messy bun she had put in her hair was falling down, and her bangs were getting in her face.
"I think you look gorgeous," Simon said kissing her.
"Don't be a suck up" she said playfully, "now what is all this for."
Simon smiled and led her over to the table. She sat down, and Simon kneeled in front of her. Then she figured it all out. Tristan put her hand up to her mouth as she started to cry.
"Tristan, the last three years have been amazing, probably the best years of my life. And I'm looking forward to a lot more," he pulled a tiny box out of his pocket and opened it, "Tristan Marie Reeves, I love you. Will you marry me?"
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All I have to say is review please!! And thanks to everyone who does!!