Team Starkid broke up a little over 5 months ago . After a rather nasty fight, the members rarely speak to each other. After living with his parents the past few months, Brian Holden learns something about his mom- she's dying. He's suddenly afraid he won't be able to give her the one thing she always looked forward to- his wedding. This is what happens when an old friend volunteers to help solve his problem, and how they fall in love on the journey while trying to bring the group back together 3 (Completely AU after Starship)I have never met Team Starkid. I love them all and this is just fiction, none of it is true.
Lauren's POV
Brian's head shot up when I said his name and he eyed me with disbelief.
"Lauren?!" He asked, sounding like I might disappear at any moment. Well, I guess it was unlikely to run into one of your best friends in a random Brooklyn park. His eyes were red. I was right, he was crying.
"What's wrong?" I asked, locking my brown eyes into his blue ones. I was always that friend who was the shoulder to cry on. I learned with experience you could tell if they weren't telling the whole truth by looking into their eyes.
"Oh, uh…n-nothing." Brian answered, sniffling. He was looking at his phone as though it had given him the worst news ever.
"Hey," I began calmly. Those blue eyes were so full of pain and sorrow that it was making me hurt. "Bri, I've known you for years. I can tell that something is wrong. You're one of my best friends. I want to help you."Brian sighed and closed his eyes. "I…um, I just got a… a phone call. From my dad. H-h-he told me…" The 25 year old bit his lip and shook his head, not wanting to continue.
What could make Brian this upset? I wondered. He was always the cool and collective one. That's what I loved about him- He was hardly ever broken down. "Oh, Bri." I couldn't help but sigh as a tear rolled down Brian's cheek. I pulled him into a hug as he began to sob on my shoulder.
"My mommy is dying. She has cancer." I heard him say between sobs.
I don't know how long we sat there on that bench, Brian crying and I was rubbing his back. All I knew is that I felt so bad for him. Seeing him like this broke my heart. I wished I could do something to make it all better.
"The thing is, though-" Brian was saying in between sniffles a few minutes later. He stopped legit crying, but I was still rubbing his back. "-my whole life my mom was looking forward to one thing that had to do with me. And now she'll never get to see it happen. I just wish I could do it for her before sh- before. But it would be crazy."
"What is it?" I asked.
"Sh-she wants to dance with me. At my wedding." Brian stated. After a moment's pause, he added, "But it's basically impossible to get married by this time next year. I'd have to meet someone, first off, and then I couldn't just propose in the first month. What kind of girl would marry someone just for this?"
It seemed my mouth was moving faster than my brain, because I definitely wasn't thinking when I said this:
"I'll do it."
Brian's POV
"Wait, what?" I took my head out of my hands to look the tiny girl in the eye. "What did you say?"
"I said I'll do it. I'll marry you, if you want." The brunette repeated. I had no idea what was going through her mind to actually want to do it. Honestly I didn't think she did either. Lauren continued, "I mean, we're best friends. My friend Emily says that she thinks couples are just best friends who kiss and stuff. I marry you so you can dance with your mom. If it really sucks that much we can just get a divorce and go back to how things are now."
I stared at the girl sitting next to me in amazement. She would actually do this for me. She would be engaged and even have a wedding just so I could do this for my mom. I felt a small smile make its way onto my face as I thought about the girl who would change a part of her own life just for me. I got off the park bench and knelt in front of her. Grabbing her left hand in both of mine, I asked something I never imagined asking her before:
"Lauren Elizabeth Lopez, will you marry me?"
"Yes."
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