The next morning, Shay woke up to a still sleeping Troian. The raven-haired beauty took advantage of that as she started peppering kisses along Troian's neck and started moving down her torso.
"Well this is a nice way to wake up." Troian's husky voice rang out after a few seconds.
Shay smiled brightly up at her fiancée before she crawled back up to her and kissed her firmly on the lips.
After spending most of the morning in bed, the girls decided to get out of bed and leave the hotel, in search of bagels or some other breakfast food.
After their 10-minute walk, they made it to what had become Troian's favorite breakfast place over her time there.
Troian was standing in line, looking up at the chalkboard menu on the wall as Shay started subtly taking pictures of her favorite girl.
"Babe, do you know what you-" She said, stopping when she realized Shay was taking pictures of her.
She smiled happily before Shay started talking.
"I just can't believe that we're back together. And you are just so gorgeous, I can't resist taking pictures." Shay said with a smirk.
"Are you sure you're not looking in a mirror? Because you're the gorgeous one." Troian said with a smile, snatching Shay's phone and taking a picture of her with it.
"Troi, don't be so hard on yourself. You're absolutely stunning. Like I'm talking incredibly gorgeous." Shay said sincerely as she walked over and grabbed Troian's hand, intertwining their fingers before she leaned and placed a kiss on the brunette's cheek.
"You really know how to make a girl blush, Mitchell."
"Well, I speak the truth."
As they were waiting for their breakfast, Shay uploaded the picture of Troian where the brunette was turned towards her and smiling happily.
…Back for good. All is right in my world.
She captioned it simply with a big smile as she snuck a peek at her stunner of a fiancée who also happened to be penning her own tweet.
Check out this beauty. So glad she got here earlier than expected. Best. Surprise. Ever.
Troian added along with a picture of the raven-haired beauty smiling as she looked down at her phone.
"So your parents want us to visit them before we start shooting." Troian said after she set down her glass of water.
"That can be arranged. We start filming in like 2 weeks, right?" Shay asked as she extended her leg under the table so it rested against Troian's.
"Yeah. You up for surprising them, or do you want to ask them when we should come?"
"How about another surprise? It worked out well the first time." Shay said with a pleased smile.
"Anytime I see you, it'll work out well." Troian assured her with a smile.
Three days later, Shay and Troian were standing outside of the Mitchell's house, knocking on the door.
As luck would have it, Shay's brother, Sean, opened the door and hugged them both tightly.
Sean and Troian had met at the beginning of her and Shay's relationship when he was in LA visiting her, and they had gotten along really well.
"This is a nice surprise. They're both in the kitchen making dinner, you can go sneak up on them." He said with a smirk, ushering them both inside.
The girls dropped their bags near the door and took their shoes off before Troian followed Shay into the kitchen.
"Well hello!" Shay said excitedly to her parents, who had their backs turned to them.
They heard their daughter's voice and immediately turned around with huge smiles on their faces.
"Shannon!" They both said happily as they made their way over to Shay.
"Troian! I'm glad we get to see you again!" Mrs. Mitchell commented as they both went to hug the brunette after they were done hugging their daughter.
"It's nice to see you again as well!" Troian said, returning the hug.
"Well let us finish up dinner, there's more than enough for all of us. That way we can chat over dinner?" Mr. Mitchell asked as Shay nodded happily.
"Sounds good with us." She said with a smile. "Now where is my little girl?" Shay asked with a small clap.
"Go look up in your room." Mrs. Mitchell suggested as Shay turned around and started heading towards the stairs with Troian in tow.
The girls were both lying on Shay's bed, with Foxy cuddled in between them when Shay heard her brother yell up the stairs that dinner was ready.
Both of the girls headed downstairs for a nice family dinner. They had decided to stay for a week before they headed back to LA, that way they still had a few days to settle back in there before they started working again.
That time next week, they were strolling into Troian's house slowly since they were so tired.
They set all of their bags right inside the door before they took their shoes off and walked over and collapsed onto the couch.
"It's nice to be home." Shay said with a smile as she threw her arm on top of Troian's.
"It really is. I love travelling, but I also love coming home. It's nice to be somewhere we know." The brunette said as she looked over at her fiancée who shot her a tired, yet completely breathtaking smile.
"I would really love to hop into the bath with you and then curl up together and fall asleep with Breaking Bad on in the background." Shay said tiredly as Troian smiled brightly.
"This is why we're perfect together. I'll go start the bath." She said, standing up and leaning over to kiss Shay's forehead.
The tanned girl swatted at Troian's butt playfully as the brunette walked away. She then checked her phone, texted a few people back, and then took off to find Troian.
The next afternoon, Shay had just returned to Troian's after a lunch meeting with her manager.
"Hello? T?" Shay asked as she walked in the door, hearing someone banging around in the kitchen.
She got a little worried when she didn't get an answer, but she kept walking forward and tried talking again but she couldn't see who was actually in her fiancée's kitchen.
She started walking over to the fridge and it closed right as she got there, causing her to jump back, startled.
"Nick! You scared the shit out of me!" She said, holding her hand over her heart.
The younger Bellisario had jumped back slightly as well, ripping off his headphones in the process.
"Shay! I'm so sorry; I didn't mean to scare you." He assured her, walking closer to lean in and give her a welcome back hug.
"That's fine; you didn't hear me. Listening to something good?" She asked as she set her purse down on the table.
"I'm just listening to some of my mixes." He said nonchalantly as she smiled.
"Oh that's awesome. You know, you and my brother should get together sometime and talk about music." She suggested as her perked up slightly.
"Yeah, that'd be awesome." He agreed readily.
"Cool. I'll let you know when he's in town again. Maybe we can all go out and do dinner or something. So is your sister here?" She asked.
"Yeah, she's just in the shower, we were gonna have a movie marathon." He said with a smile.
"That's awesome. I'll leave you both to do that." She said with a smile and a nod.
"You can totally stay if you want! You're obviously more than welcome!" He said hurriedly, not wanting to think she wasn't welcome.
"Thanks, but I haven't seen my best friend in like 4 months, so it's time for me to go spend some time with her." She said as she grabbed a water bottle from her fiancée's fridge.
"Ah right, well have fun."
"Thanks. Can I help you find something?" She asked, remembering that he was rifling through the fridge when she got there.
"Nah, I'm good. I was just looking. We're gonna order pizza anyways I think." He said as he sat down at the kitchen island.
"Pizza is always a good idea." She said with a smile, "I'm just gonna go talk to T and then I'll be out of your guys' hair." She added as she took off for Troian's room.
"T?" Shay called out as she opened the bathroom door.
"Hi babe. How was your lunch meeting?" Troian asked as she rinsed her hair.
"Good, I'm just coming in to say hi. I think I'm gonna go hang out with Michaela tonight and spend the night there." She said slowly, enjoying watching her fiancée in the shower.
"Oh, okay." The brunette said somewhat sadly, causing Shay to grin at her adorableness.
"You're going to have a great time with Nick though!" The tanned girl said happily.
"He's not getting into trouble out there, is he?"
"Not at all. Can I get a kiss before I go?" She asked as Troian stuck her head out of the shower.
"You can always get a kiss! Come here. I promise not to get you soaked. Unless you want to join me in here." She said in a sultry tone, partially joking because she knew that Shay wanted to head over to see Michaela.
"I would love to, but not with your brother in the house. I'd rather not make him uncomfortable." She joked, throwing a wink in Troian's direction as the brunette chuckled.
"Fair enough. Alright, give me another kiss and then get your cute butt over to hang out with Michaela." Troian said, her head still hanging out of the shower door.
"I love you." Shay said lovingly in between kisses, not minding that Troian's hair was starting to drip and get her shirt damp.
"I love you too."
"Shay! This is a surprise! I can't believe you're back! It's been way too long!" Michaela said as soon as Shay walked in the door.
They both engulfed each other in a huge hug; trying to make up for the amount of time they hadn't seen each other.
"I know, I'm really sorry. I wish I could've made it back from England, but our schedule was too tight. It's crazy that I technically live here, but haven't stepped foot in here in months." Shay said as she looked around her living room, which looked exactly the same.
"We should have a wifey night at least twice a week." Shay added with a smile as her best friend nodded.
"You know, I don't know how much longer we can be 'wifeys' for now that you're getting a real one. I don't think Troian will want to share." Michaela joked as Shay smiled brightly.
"I just can't believe that I'm getting married, it's insane."
"It is, but I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks, it feels right. I'm ready to be married to that braniac that we all love." Shay said affectionately.
"I never would've helped Troian pick out that ring if I thought you weren't ready." Michaela added with a soft smile.
"You're incredible; you know that? I don't thank you enough for everything you do for me." Shay said, bringing her best friend in for another hug.
"It's what friends do for each other." Her best friend added as they embraced each other again.