That Wednesday, Troian left Shay's house at 5am to go to set and get ready for a full day of filming while Shay got to sleep in.
The tanned girl had plans to grab breakfast with her best friend and housemate, Michaela, before she had to pick up her dog from the airport.
After a morning filled with scenes, Troian got a three-hour break while they shot some other scenes that didn't include her. The brunette sat down on her couch in her dressing room and opened up her computer and Skype.
"Right on time." She said as she noticed someone coming online.
After video calling them for a few seconds, they finally picked up.
"Hi Troian, how are you?" Shay's dad asked once he saw her face pop up on the screen.
"I'm doing well, thanks. How are you?" She asked politely, as she got more and more nervous.
"I'm good; thankful for the break from packing." He said with a smile.
"Well I don't want to take up too much of your time, so I'll get right to it." She said as she smiled at Shay's mom who had just walked into the room and sat down next to her husband.
"We're all ears." Mrs. Mitchell said with a smile.
"As you know, Shay and I have been dating for close to a year, and we've been great friends for about four years now. I loved her as a friend, and I'm very much in love with her, and I plan to spend the rest of my life with her, if she'll have me. That being said, family is incredibly important to the both of us, and we both value the opinions of our families. I also know that we haven't been able to meet in person yet, but we have had many conversations over the months, so I'm confident in saying that you know who I am as a person and as your daughter's girlfriend. So, what I'm saying is, I would like to know if I have your blessing to ask your daughter to marry me?" The brunette said somewhat quickly, breathing shakily once she was done with her speech before she looked back up at the screen.
Both of her girlfriend's parents had tears in their eyes as they looked up at Troian.
"I had a feeling that's what today was about when we got the email from you the other night, and I'm very honored that you have asked us this incredibly important question." Mr. Mitchell said as Troian nodded slowly.
"When were you planning on doing it?" Shay's mom asked with a smile on her face.
"I was hoping to propose in about a month, but not without your blessing." She answered sincerely.
"Well you've definitely earned it from us, Troian. Our daughter raves about you every time we talk and we think that you're a great young woman." Mr. Mitchell said as his wife nodded her head enthusiastically.
"Thank you so much, you will never know how much this means to me." She said, now having tears form in her eyes.
"I think it goes without saying that you will take care of our daughter."
"Oh, of course, sir. She means everything to me, I'll always take care of her if she'll let me." The brunette answered truthfully.
"Well we will definitely keep quiet about this; I'm assuming you'll give us a call once you propose?"
"Of course I will; or I'm sure she will right after a do it. Thank you so much, again."
"It's our pleasure, I'm just glad that our daughter found you."
"I'm so incredibly lucky to have met her, that is for sure."
"Well we should probably finish getting ready for our trip and let you get back to work, but we'll talk soon?"
"Of course. Have a wonderful trip, and thank you again."
"We'll try. Have a good week with Shay and Foxy."
"I will."
"Tyler! Are you in here?" Troian asked as she knocked frantically on her friend's dressing room door.
"Just a second." He yelled as he walked to unlock the door. "Sorry it was locked, I was just changing into Caleb's stuff." He answered as he let her into his room.
"They said yes!" Troian said, almost bouncing off the walls, she was so excited.
"I'm gonna need a little more information." He said with a smile.
"I just Skyped Shay's parents to ask if it would be okay with them if I were to propose to Shay and they gave me their blessing!" She spouted out so fast that he almost had trouble hearing what she said.
"Are you serious? They said yes?" He asked, quickly getting excited for his friend.
"They did! I can't believe it; it's so real now!" She said as she looked at Tyler, who had the biggest smile on his face.
"Dude! I'm so happy for you! This is amazing!" He agreed as he pulled her into a tight hug.
After a few more minutes of excited talking, Troian left so he could finish getting ready.
"Remember, lips are sealed." She said as she looked at him before leaving the room.
"I won't tell a soul, I promise." He assured her as he slipped a beanie onto his head.
"Hi Foxy!" Troian said as she walked into Shay's house that evening and was greeted by an excited Pomeranian.
The brunette sat on the floor with the dog for a few minutes before she picked her up and went further into the house to find Shay.
"Babe?" She asked as Foxy licked her hand happily.
"Kitchen!" Shay shouted back.
"Hi Shay." Troian said, almost melting at how gorgeous her girlfriend looked in her sweatpants, hoodie, and apron, with a messy bun on the top of her head.
"Hi cutie, how was your day?" The raven-haired beauty asked her girlfriend as she turned away from the stove to give her a kiss.
"It was long, but good. How was yours? I see you got the little energizer bunny from the airport." She said as she bounced the dog slightly in her arms.
"I did, and she's been running around the house like crazy ever since." Shay answered with a smile.
"So what's all this for?" Troian asked as she took in the looks of the kitchen, which was somewhat messy.
"I figured that since you'd had a long day at work and I was free, I would make you dinner."
"Aw, you didn't have to do that. Thank you, Shan." She said sincerely, kissing her on the cheek while the tanned girl reached up to get plates.
"I like being all domestic with you." Shay said with a smile and wink as she walked back to the stove.
"So what are you making?" Troian asked after she set the dog down.
"Salmon and mashed potatoes." She said, knowing that Troian would be incredibly happy with that.
"Oh, you really are the perfect person, aren't you? That sounds fabulous. Anything I can do to help?"
"You can open a bottle of wine if you want, dinner should be done soon. And after we eat, we can watch the new episode of Top Chef!" She said excitedly.
"Sounds perfect." The brunette responded happily.
"So what do you say we take Miss Foxy for a walk on the boardwalk tomorrow? We have that scene tomorrow with Lucy in the morning, but that's it." Troian asked as she and Shay curled up on the couch after she had a really fast shower.
"I think that sounds amazing. I would love that, and I'm sure Foxy would too." Shay said with a smile before kissing Troian's lips gently.
"That dinner was amazing tonight, it was delicious. Thank you." She said sincerely as Shay's eyes brightened.
"I'm glad you liked it." Shay said, immensely happy that she was curled up on the couch with the love of her life and her dog.