ProfNigma Stories #9: Learning Curves #11
Date: 6/1/2016,
Categories:
Celebrities,
Author: FrankSinner
... so easily. "I'm pretty sure you didn't have too," Freddie said, smiling and pulling her coloured strands back over her ears. "But it would be nice to hear." "Yes… yes, yes, yes, yes, yes…." Jade said, as if she was trying to see how many times she could say the word. "I still can't breathe, but does that answer the question?" "I think so," Freddie grinned back before pulling his hands from behind her and relinquishing the jewellery. Slowly, he slid the white gold piece along her left ring finger, feeling her pulse quicken with each second as her finger was dressed. If anything happened for the next few hours as Freddie drove them to his hometown, Jade was certainly unaware of it. All she could do was stare at the ring, Freddie, and the back of her eyelids as her fantasy of their future danced in front of her eyes. There was the wedding where she'd wear white for once, finally looking like the goddess he constantly believed her to be, then the honeymoon which was simultaneously on a beach, on a cold mountain, and under the bright lights of Paris. Then there would be their life where she'd become June Cleaver, before having his ch*ldren. Jade never really wanted k*ds before Freddie but now she was almost as eager to have his babies as she was to make them. Before she could imagine their golden years together, the car had stopped and Freddie had taken her hand, his thumb sliding along the nearly sharp rock atop her new ring. ...
... "Huh?" she remarked, snapping out of her fantasy completely, and realized they were in the city and it was incredibly dark. "We're here, baby… my home, sweet home. And it really feels like it with you here." Jade didn't know she still had some tears in here, but they still managed to escape, looking down at the ring again as she just held Freddie in the car. "Let's get inside," he said, grabbing his umbrella from the backseat. "I think it’s time I took my fiancée to bed." The word just shook Jade's very being, and she rushed to climb out of the car so she wouldn't have to be away from him for more than a second. The couple grabbed their bags and headed inside Bushwell Plaza, Freddie giving an unceremonious middle finger to the hideous doorman as he walked past him, leading his guest to the elevator. A minute later, Freddie opened to door of his old apartment and found his mother waiting for him on the couch inside. "Frederick Benson," she called out. "It is nearly midnight and you were supposed to be here just after 11… I have been worried sick. And if you think your vampire girlfriend is staying her, you-" "Mom…" Freddie said, raising his palm, to stop her before grasping Jade's hand. I love you and we can talk tomorrow, but my…" he trailed off, lifting Jade's hand to show off the ring, "fiancée and I are going to bed." Marissa Benson, for once in her life, was struck speechless as her clearly grown son pushed passed her ...