HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE! Sorry this chapter is a little late at night (lol its almost one here) I got distracted by my tumblr dash. (Seriously, the amount of photoshopped images...)

So here is the next chapter, which is pretty much fluff and just adorable ness that I couldn't get out of my head, and the storyline is again, random but will make sense eventually. You clearly trust me with this story if you're still reading it. I don't know why I continue to ramble, I wonder if everyone reads this or if you just skip to the actual writing.

"Have you seen my speech?"

Chris looked up from his laptop. "What's it look like?"

Darren was searching frantically around the room. Under the couch, behind the picture frames. "Its on a yellow piece of paper...like those legal pads. I wrote it last night and now I can't find it!"

Chris closed his laptop and placed it on the table. He grabbed Darren's shoulders and looked at him. "Where did you last see it?"

Darren went silent for a minute, thinking it over. "Last night. When I changed, I took it out of my pocket and put it on the table by our bed, and then I came out to watch Gl- something on tv and I brought it with me to put it somewhere I wouldn't forget it."

Chris laughed. "So in other words, you snuck back out here to watch Glee and put it..." he walked over to the movie cabinet and picked up their copy of The Princess and the Frog. "In here?"

Darren shook his head, smiling. "I really wish I understood how you manage to find ALL my stuff."

Chris shrugged. "Its a gift. Are you ready to go? We're gonna be late."

Darren nodded. "I think so, the bags are in the car, the tickets are in my backpack, Cindy said she'd be here in a few hours to sit with Muggles and Felix, and Chuck's got the suits taken care of."

Chris smiled and grabbed his laptop, putting it in his own backpack. "Speaking of those furry monsters, I haven't seen either of them since this morning."

Darren laughed. "I saw them upstairs, Muggs is asleep in the purple room and Felix is asleep in my office chair. I went to say goodbye to them and they shot me dirty looks for waking them up. Cats are grouchy."

Chris smiled. "Awww, that's kind of cute." He glanced at his watch. "We really need to get going, our flight's in like 3 hours. And you know me, I'll probably get stuck with a cavity search or something. I can get into the White House without being searched, but not the airport."

Darren laughed as he wrapped his arms around Chris' waist, pulling him close. "You know they probably stepped up security 100% after that statement, right?" He kissed him gently. "Okay, NOW we can go."

Chuck had pulled Darren away for some pictures and such, leaving Chris alone in the hotel room. He'd finished all his work for the weekend, he'd called and talked to his parents, everything. Darren had been gone for a while. More than a while, more like 4 hours. Who could take pictures for 4 hours? Chris sighed before pulling out his phone and texting Darren.

"Are you coming back soon? I'm bored"

His phone rang almost immediately with Darren's reply.

"Not for a few more hours, tux doesn't fit."

Chris sighed and grabbed the remote, turning on a random movie.

Chuck came up behind Darren, who was staring down at his phone. "Is he getting impatient?"

Darren nodded. "He's bored. I should have gotten someone to come with us. Ashley or someone."

Chuck rolled his eyes. "Chris will be fine. You however, will not be if you don't pick a fucking ring."

Darren turned back to the case. "They all seem wrong though!"

"Its not even a real engagement ring! Its a pre-engagement ring, although you're the only person in the universe that would think of that."

"We've never bought jewelry or anything for each other, I don't want the first thing I ever give him to be an engagement ring."

"Darren, we've been here for 2 hours, and we still need to go take the pictures."

"I know, I know!" He looked back at the case and at the man behind the counter. "Can I see that one?"

The man reached into the case, pulling out a silver band. It was simple, but elegant.

Darren looked at it for a minute, while the man told him about ingravings. Darren sighed and handed it back to him. "Still not right."

Chuck groaned. "Daaaarren!"

"Chuck, come on. I stood there for 2 hours while you picked out your engagement ring, and another 3 hours on the phone for the wedding ring."

Chuck sighed. "Fine, you're right."

The manager approached them. "Excuse me sir, there is a selection over here that you haven't seen yet." She lead him over to a few rings sitting on top of a display. Darren froze, looking at one ring in particular. "That's the one."

Darren finally got back to the hotel room an hour later with both of their suits, and the ring hidden away in his pocket, with the case floating around his backpack. He didn't have much of a plan for giving Chris the ring, he just figured he'd do it when it felt right.

As he entered the room, he noticed that Chris was facing away from him, arms crossed and legs stretched out in front of him, resting on the coffee table. Not exactly a happy position.

"Hey"

Chris didn't look up from the book he was reading. "How was the fitting and pictures?"

Darren sighed. "Exhausting. Chuck said to apologize for my lack of being here all day." Darren sat on the floor next to Chris. "I know you didn't enjoy being ditched all day."

Chris closed the book, dropping it on the couch. "Don't be insane, I know that its Chuck's wedding. I was just expecting you to call or something." He shrugged.

"Trust me, I much rather would have been here with you. Chuck's tailor guy was HUGE and he kept giving me funny looks cause I'm hobbit sized. It took him forever to shorten my pants. And then we got stuck in traffic and we had to wait for everyone to get ready to take the pictures."

Chris laughed. "He was HUGE and giving you a HARD time while trying to shorten your pants, huh?"

Darren laughed and poked Chris in th side. "Totally worth it though. I can't believe my brother's getting married, and before me!"

"You'll get married some day."

Darren smiled. "I sure hope so. You're gonna make one hell of a trophy husband."

Chris blushed noticably. They'd never really discussed the future too much, they were just letting things happen and seeing where it got them.

Darren looked at Chris. "Was that...okay?" He swallowed loudly. "I know we haven't really discussed it too much, but I love you, Chris. I have since the day I met you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

Chris shook his head. "No, it was fine. I just wish it were something that we COULD do."

"We could. I mean, I know we couldn't get married in LA, but do you remember what Ryan said?'

Chris shook his head. "No?"

"About next year, and the new pilot he's working on..."A New Direction"?"

"Oh yeah, with Kurt and Blaine and Rachel in New York."

Darren nodded. "If it gets picked up, we'd be moving to New York..." He smiled.

Chris smiled too. "Well, lets not get too excited, the world of television can take a turn for the worse in a second."

I've seen a lot of talk about this "A New Direction" thing on tumblr, and honestly, its just such an amazing idea it wouldn't surprise me if Ryan pulled it out of his pocket next year. He's such a troll, he's probably already got it written.

I know this seems random as well, I seem to just be writing random things and tying them into the story. Oh well. At least its not a random character this time! Well, the cats were kind of random. Muggles is the name of MY cat, so I tossed him in here, and Felix is just an awesome name for a cat.

ALSO IF ANYONE HAPPENS TO KNOW CHUCK'S FIANCEE'S NAME AND WANTS TO FILL ME IN THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I mean, if no one knows its cool, I'll just leave it the way I have it...but if she has a name I'd love to actually include that.

Just a reminder, no more updates until Sunday or Monday! Its the Canada Day weekend! BE SAFE AND LOVE EVERYONE!