A/N I know this is a short chapter but I wanted to post something so here it is. Thanks to all my reviewers and to brown-eyed-beauty I have figured out a fun/dramatic way to put him in. Please review!

Two months later….

It was Valentines Day, the day before Lori's 21st birthday. The past two months had been pure bliss for Ben and Lori. For a month they had kept their relationship a secret as they wanted to get to know each other better without being under the eye of the media or the Hartford elite. They weren't seen together in public and never spoke of each other but then Lori would sneak away and end up in Ben's tri-story penthouse at the end of the night. When they were together they never wanted to leave each others side and when they were apart they wanted to be together. When they had finally come clean their families had been thrilled and the media had gone into frenzy. These were 2 A celebrities and them getting together was like the Ben and Jen of 2003. From then they were stalked by the paparazzi even more than before.

Ben was preparing his penthouse for tonight. Tonight was the night that he was finally going to say those three little words. He had set up candles around the whole living room and had ordered her favourite movie. He stepped back and admired his handy work. He pulled out the ring from his pocket and flipped it open. The platinum ring with tiffany's diamonds stared back at him. It was a simple ring. He wasn't proposing he was simply saying that someday he wanted to propose, if they were still together which he hoped they were. Lori was doing her first interview today. Vogue was dedicating a whole issue to her as they did with every Huntzberger girl.

He heard the front door open and then a scuttle of feet as Coco came running up to him. He braced himself as Lori walked into the living room.

"Hey, I th…." Lori trailed off as she saw the lit candles, it was beautiful. She was speechless she had a feeling that Ben was planning something but nothing like this. She dropped her bag and ran into his arms she straddled him and they both fell back onto the couch. She lay on top of him staring at the mesmerising candles.

"I love you" he whispered into her ear as he supported her light body. She turned to face him

"I love you too" she said without hesitation. They kissed each other hungrily and were right in the middle of a heavy make out session when Lori's phone ringing rudely interrupted. Groaning she rolled off Ben and onto the floor she took her phone out of her back pocket and saw that it was Paige calling.

"Hey, Paige" she sighed

"Hey, hope I didn't interrupt anything" Paige said fully aware that she had interrupted something.

"No you didn't interrupt anything" she said sarcastically. Ben laughed at her and sat up on the couch rubbing Lori's shoulders.

"Well anyway. Me and the girls were wondering if you wanted to go to New York for a few hours tomorrow before your party?"

"And by girls you are referring to?"

"Rory, Brooke, Steph, Paris, Cally, Jenny, Tara and I, if it's a yes then we will pick you up at 8 tomorrow at Ben's place"

"See ya then sis" Paige finished before hanging up. Lori threw the object onto the coffee table and turned to face Ben

"Now where were we?" Lori said seductively. Ben chuckled and pulled her onto his lap she tied her hands behind his neck and he tied0 his hands round his waist. He handed her the box she looked at him quizzically and he urged her to open the box. She did as she was told and gasped when she saw the ring inside she looked up at him with adoring eyes.

"Don't get the wrong idea I'm not asking you to marry me. It's just a ring to say that someday, someplace I will want to marry you. I know we have only been dating officially for 3 months but I feel like I have known you all my life. You are gorgeous and I love waking up to you every morning, I love all your little habits and quirks. Most of all I love you" Ben finished. Lori who had been staring at the man before her through the duration of his little speech couldn't quite believe she had ended up so lucky, particularly after her previous relationship. She sweetly kissed him and held out the ring which he slid onto her wedding ring finger. She held out her hand and admired the ring.

"Have I told you how amazing you are?"

"Not today"

"Then let me show you" Lori played as she lead him towards their bedroom.

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"Wake up Birthday girl" Ben said as he leant over Lori. she looked like an angel when she was sleeping.

"Ben it's 5 in the morning leave me alone or come back to bed" Lori groaned not opening her eyes.

"Sorry babe, I have practice and I'm not leaving here until you open your presents" When she didn't move he leant over the bed and picked her up, she screamed and dragged the quilt off the bed. He put her down on the sofa and she covered herself with the quilt, Coco jumped on top of her and settled down to sleep. He knelt down in front of her and handed her a gift. She ripped it open and kissed him when she saw a diamond collar and lead with the word Coco written on the collar. He handed her another present and she gasped when she saw it. It was a tiffany's necklace that was dripping in diamonds. A few tears rolled down her porcelain face and he wiped them off with his thumbs. He had already showered and put on his team's tracksuit which was blue and red with the team logo on the back. He looked at his Rolex watch and saw that if he didn't leave soon his coach would kill him for being late, even in an Aston Martin.

"You'll get the rest later. I gotta go" he leaned down and kissed her sweetly. Then he made his way to the door.

"Oh and Lori?"

"Yeah"

"I love you"

"I love you too"

"Don't go back to sleep your going to New York at 8" he said but looking back over at her he saw she was already asleep again.

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At precisely 8am the doorbell rang. A half asleep Lori made her way to the door. Even though she had showered gotten dressed and tied up the Ben's house she was still sleepy. She never was a morning person. She opened the door to a group of giggling girls and groaned at them. They laughed and entered the penthouse. Once inside they burst into a rendition of happy birthday and once again Lori groaned at them.

"Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning"

"Who could wake up on the wrong side of the bed with Ben Stanton lying next to you?" Stephanie laughed.

She checked her appearance in the mirror. Perfect. She had slipped into a pair on jeans which hugged her long legs. She knew it was going to be cold so she put on a black turtle neck she then made her hair into ever so slight waved, tied it up and but on a black playboy cap over it. She grabbed Ben's jacket with the word STANTON written across the back of it, a jacket that belonged to Ben's older brother as he owned his own formula 1 racing team, which she had taken to wearing since their courtship had begun. She flipped her hair once again and exited the house.

She sighed when she arrived outside and saw a long black stretch limo waiting. They were always complaining when they were spotted by the paparazzi but it was pretty obvious when they had a limo carting them around everywhere but then it was just as obvious as a Ferrari with the registration Huntzberger.

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