Chapter 16! I hope you guys like it!
Chapter 16: Just take my hand
Duncan's POV
We got seated in a booth, Gwen and I on one side, Kevin and Danni on the other side. The whole time my brother couldn't keep his eyes off of Danni, and Danni couldn't keep her eyes off of him either. I know who's going to get laid tonight…besides Gwen and I…most likely anyway.
"How do you think it's going?" Gwen whispered in my ear, I look over at them.
Kevin is complementing Danni's attire. A black spaghetti string top and a denim skirt. Danni is checking out his black button up shirt, with three buttons undone and some jeans. Yea…they're into each other.
"Looks like it's going pretty well." I whisper back, kissing her on her cheek. Gwen giggled and held my hand underneath the table.
"Hey Duncan, bro thanks for inviting me." Kevin said, giving me a fist pump. That's our code that he likes the girl I set him up with.
"Yea, thanks for asking me too you guys." Danni said, looking Kevin's way. He smirked at her.
The little flirting between the two kept on until the waiter came and asked up for our order. Gwen and I ended up sharing a steak, so did Danni and Kevin.
"I have to ask." Gwen started to say. "Where the Hell is your tattoo Danni? I've never seen it." Danni blushed.
"It's on my uh…upper thigh. You'll see it whenever you come over and we go swimming like I promised. Actually, the rest of you guys could come too sometime after everything gets set up."
"That would be awesome." I said. Kevin got this huge smirk on his face and whispered into Danni's ear.
"I hope I can see that tat of yours again…and not while we're swimming." Yep, he and I are so totally related. I put my hand in my pocket, feeling the box the ring is in. I know right now is not the time to propose; maybe I'll take Gwen somewhere else after dinner.
"Oh stop it." I heard Danni say while giggling. Yep, my brother definitely has her interested in him.
We stayed there and ate for about another hour, we paid the bill and left.
"Well that was fun." Gwen said.
"Yea it was!" Danni said, and Kevin grabbed her hand.
"You made the night worth it." He told her.
"Well Gwen and I better get going…I'll see ya soon bro." Kevin barely paid attention to what I said.
"Yea yea by bro." Gwen and I walked away and got into our car, but watching what was happening between Kevin and Danni.
"They're so into each other." Gwen said giggling a bit.
"Yea they are."
We kept watching for a few minutes, then Danni pulled out a piece of paper, folded it in half and slid her hands down to my brother's ass, putting the piece of paper in his back pocket.
"Oh Danni… such a tease with the men." Gwen said laughing just the slightest. Whenever Kevin kissed her, we decided that it was time for us to go. Instead of driving towards our home, I started to drive away from it.
"Hey Dunk, you took a wrong turn." Gwen said, and I smiled at her and held her hand.
"I know, dinner may be over but our night is just getting started." I saw her beautiful lips curve into a smile.
"You really are the sweetest." It took about another hour or so before we arrived to my destination, the park. Actually…this is the park where I first met Gwen.
Flashback
I'm walking around in the park, trying to find a place to carve a skull into a tree. Even at the age of five I was quite the rebel. A scream distracted me from my thoughts however, I saw a girl about the same age, getting held down by another kid that looked about the same age as me.
The girl had about shoulder length black hair, and wearing a green dress. The boy had shaggy black hair and had on some black shorts and a camo tee shirt. (A.N. can you guess who the boy bullying Gwen is?)
Without really even thinking, I ran up and knocked the boy off of the girl.
"Hey don't mess with her! Can't you see that she doesn't want to play with you?" The boy looked at me, thought about fighting me, and then ran away like the little chicken the twerp is. I leaned down towards the girl and held out my hand.
"Hey, are you ok?" The girl looked up at me, her big dark green eyes glistening with a few tears.
"Yea…I am since you made him go away." I helped her up and she looked at me.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Duncan, what's yours?"
"I'm Gwen."
We played together the whole day; I even carved our names into a tree.
"That means we're bestest friends now." I told her, and she smiled.
"I never had a bestest friend before." I smiled at her.
"Well now you do."
End of flashback
I smiled at that memory; I can't believe it's been so many years since we first met. I watched her grow from that little girl to the beautiful young woman that is sitting in my car today. I stepped out and took her by her hand.
"Duncan are we where I think we are?" Gwen asked smiling.
"If you're thinking it's the park where we first met, then yep that's where we are." I saw her eyes light up.
"I can't believe you still remembered where this place is." I wrapped my arm around her.
"Trust me, I never forgot." I leaned my head down and kissed her on her head. We walked around and then I spotted the tree where I carved our names, and I took her over to it.
"Aww Dunk I remember this…" She said running her fingertips against the bark of the tree.
"So do I..." I look at Gwen, the moonlight shining perfectly on her face.
"It's now or never…" I thought to myself.
"Gwen…there was a reason I brought you here tonight." She raised her eyebrow.
"Ok… and what reason is that Duncan?" I took a breath of air.
"Well…this is where we first met, where we became best friends, when we kissed for the first time when we were fifteen…I was hoping to make a new memory at this spot." With my heart beating a million miles an hour, and my whole body shaking, I get down on one knee and pull out the box.
"Gwendolyn Rene' Rivers…the love of my life…will you marry me?" I saw her eyes tear up, only this time with happiness.
"Yes…yes Duncan!" She jumps into my arms and I hold her close to me. I then whisper into her ear.
"I love you." I don't think I've ever been this happy to have someone in my arms…because I know that my whole world is right here in my arms.
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