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It was New Year's eve and Lori and Ben were spending it in the Caribbean. Since the release of Charlie's Angels offers had been flooding in. She had agreed to 3 and was still thinking about the others. She was doing a season on the O.C and a few episodes on Desperate Housewives. At the minute she was filming and ad for Abercrombie and Fitch swimwear. The ad would be shot in black and white and would be shot at a beach. She would re-create the surfing scene from Charlie's Angels, walk out of the sea, push her surfboard into the sand and drive off in a Ferrari. At first Lori had thought it was a bit silly seeing as she didn't say any slogans or anything but the British Director had explained to her that a picture or a 60 second advert was worth a thousand words.
"Cut. That's a rap people" shouted the director.
"Lori, darling that was stunning simply stunning it has been a pleasure working with such a beauty as yourself and I hope to work with you again" he trilled before kissing her on both cheeks. She smiled graciously and returned the compliment. Even she had to admit she looked great, but then spending an hour and a half in make-up would make you look amazing. They had made her hair into slight waves and applied thick black mascara and eyeliner which made her vibrant blue eyes stand out even though it was in black and white. She saw Ben standing a little way up from the camera crew and smiled at him as she saw him talking on the phone, probably getting the latest football scores. She bounded up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. He tried to separate their bodies but it was no use so he just ignored her and hoped she would go away. This was possibly the most important phone call he would ever have to make. After 5 minutes of being ignored Lori decided she would go and get changed and when she came back see if he noticed her.
Ben let out a relieved sigh as much as he loved having his girlfriend kiss him while wearing a very flattering bikini he didn't really want her to be around for this. He dialled a number on his cell and waited for someone to pick up.
"Huntzberger residence" said a posh maid at the other end of the line.
"Hello, I was wondering if it would be possible to speak with Mr. Huntzberger?" he asked into the phone. She agreed and after asking who was calling put him on hold while she found Mitchum.
"Ben, my dear boy How are you? Is Lori Okay?"
"Hello sir, I'm fine thank you and Lori is fine too"
"Good, good. Now what did you want to speak to me about?"
"Well I'm sorry that I couldn't do this in person but there has been something I have wanted to ask you for a long time" "Well what is it?" he asked
"I wanted to ask for your daughters hand in marriage" he said quickly. An awkward moment of silence occurred before Mitchum spoke again.
"Well it's about time. I've been wondering when you were going to ask that. And as for your answer- yes. Welcome to the family"
"Well thank you sir but I don't even know if she is going to say yes yet"
"Oh I have no doubt in my mind about that. I've seen the way her eyes light up whenever someone mentions you and I've seen how you look at her when she thinks you aren't looking. Now I only have to ask that you take car of my daughter and make her happy"
"It's the only thing I want to do sir" he said a little embarrassed that Mr. Huntzberger had noticed the little looks he gave Lori.
"Well I wish you luck, though I know you wont need it and ring me tomorrow with the verdict. Goodbye" he said before hanging up, not bothering for a reply. He saw Lori making his way towards his and his hand instinctively went to his pocket where he felt the shape of a small box.
"Hey" he said taking his hand away and placing round her neck.
"Oh so you've finally decided to acknowledge me have you?" she asked playfully. He smiled sheepishly. "What was so important that caused you to ignore your incredibly hot girlfriend?" she laughed.
"Football scores" he said. She just laughed at him and grabbed onto the arm that was hung around her neck.
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After dinner Lori and Ben decided to take a walk along the beach. Lori looked breathtakingly beautiful in a pale yellow summer dress, with thin straps. Around her neck hung long beaded necklaces in an assortment of colours and she had white flip flops on. Their fingers were intertwined tightly and Ben could feel the cold of Lori's ring against one of his fingers. They found a spot under a palm tree and sat in silence staring out at the ocean.
"You know sometimes I wish my life was like that" she said gesturing out towards the ocean.
"How do you mean? he asked curiously.
"When the ocean is all calm and peaceful I wish my life was like that. Sometimes I just want to give It up. The fame, the money, the lifestyle and defiantly the paparazzi. I hate that they follow me around trying to get a picture I just want to be normal sometimes" she sighed and lay back into the sand.
"Yeah but then I know you and you would miss your black card too much"
"True" she laughed. Another 5 minutes of silence followed.
"Lori?" he asked.
"Hmmm?" she asked while still lying in the sand with her eyes closed, just listening to the ocean.
"Will you marry me?" he blurted out. Her eyes shot up and she propped herself up on her elbows.
"What?" she asked.
"I've known for a while that I wanted to ask you to be my wife. I want to be the one that is the father of your- our children, I want to be the one that looks after you, I want to be the one that makes you smile and laugh, I want to be the one to comfort you when you cry but most of all I want to be the one that wakes up with you in the morning and I want to be the one that can be proud to say you're my wife" he said. By this time she had tears in her eyes.
"And I want to be the one that's your wife" she said happily.
"Is that a yes?"
"Well how can I refuse an offer like that?" she laughed and cried at the same time. He beamed and pulled out a box from his pocket. He handed it to her and she opened it and stared at the masterpiece which only made her cry even more. He took the box from her shaking hands and pulled out the ring. It was an oversized pink zirconia ring, that had been encrusted with diamonds around the zirconia stone and had been made out of platinum. As soon as he saw it he knew it would be perfect on her finger. He plucked it out the box and slid it onto her fragile finger. She leaned forward and they shared their first kiss as an engaged couple. They spent hours sitting on the beach that night thinking about what the future would bring before they returned to their hotel room and brought in the new year properly.
A/N PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE R.R