I rolled over in the bed onto my stomach before quickly covering my eyes and turning my head in the opposite direction of the sun. I frowned before sitting up on my knees and looking around the room to see clothing scattered across the room causing a smile to break across my face. I let out a sigh of relief because, for the first time in a long time, I woke up feeling really good. It seemed as if me telling him how I felt last night took a huge weight off of my shoulders. Kicking my legs over the side of the bed, I made my way to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. Once I was finished, I went downstairs to see Trey sitting in the living room watching Sports Center. As I walked over to where he was sitting, he turned around and smiled up at me.
"Good morning sleeping beauty," he said
"Hi," I said softly as I took a seat on his lap. He wrapped his arms around me and I snuggled my head into the crook of his neck and wrapped my arms around him.
"How'd you sleep gorgeous?" He said placing a kiss on my forehead
"Like a baby" I smiled
"Mhmm, I bet you did," he said making me laugh. "What are you doing today?"
"Going to the office for a bit. Then to the gym, and then we have to go to Lance's dinner tonight remember?"
"Yea, I remember," he mumbled
"You don't seem excited, " I said as a played with his shirt
"I'm not. Guys don't get excited for stuff like this unless they're the ones getting engaged, but I'm happy for them. You can tell they were made for each other." he said and I nodded "Hopefully that'll be us soon"
"Maybe," I replied
"Maybe?" he asked leaning back so he could look at me.
"Mhmm," I nodded "If you act right it could be. You gotta work for it."
"Well you know I'm more than willing to. One day their's gonna be a big rock on your finger, and then hopefully soon after, I'll put a little Trey in there" he said causing me to roll my eyes
"Why does our first kid have to be a little Trey? Why can't we have a little Chanel?"
"Either way, whether we have a little Trey or a little Chanel, you gonna be the best baby momma in the world," he said pecking my lips.
"And hopefully you're only baby momma," I said plucking his nose
"Definitely baby" he pecked my lips "That's the only way I want it ."
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"Chanel, can we please just stay home, I don't want to go"Brittany whined. Tonight was Brittany's proposal dinner, and since it was a surprise, I was responsible for getting her out of the house. Unfortunately, she was in a bit of a mood, and I was having a bit of trouble motivating her to get up out the bed
"Come on Brit, we haven't been out together in so long" plopping down next to her on the bed and pouting.
"But Nene, I'm tired." she said laying her head on my shoulder
"That never stopped you before." I said causing her to groan
"I know but I'm just not in the parting mood." she said.
"I never said anything about a party. I just wanna go out to eat," I said giving her the puppy dog eyes "If youre that tired, we can just go out really quick and then I'll drop you right back home so you can sleep."
"Don't look at me like that Nelly" she groaned
"Come on," I said with a laugh " I know you're hungry and I'm not cooking, neither are you, so let's just go. I know you've been longing to get cute and go out for no reason at all. I know I have. Please come" I clasped my hands together and shifted my body to my knees as I begged. She finally smiled and nodded her head
"Fine. We can go to dinner. Where do you wana go?" she said and I took a sigh of relief. That was honestly easier than I thought it would have been. Usually when Brittany said she didn't want to go out, she wasn't going, no matter how much convincing I did
"We can go to Lumix." I said mentioning her favorite Hibachi restaurant that me and Lance planned her dinner at before walking into my closet and walking toward the dress that Lance had brought for her to wear.
"Okay cool. Should I get dressed up?" she yelled from the room and I walked out the closet with the dress.
"Yea, I think you should wear this." I said holding the dress in front of her and I saw her eyes widen.
"Chanel, that dress is beautiful." she said taking it out ofmy hands and staring at it. "Ohhh McQueen, have you even put this on yet? It looks brand new" I shook my head in response
"No. It's brand new, but, you can wear it. I think it'll look better on you." I smiled leanig against my closet door pane.
"No. This dress is too beautiful for me to wear and you haven't even touched it yet."
"Well I don't care." I shrugged "I want you to have it, so take it. End of discussion." I smirked before walking into the closet to get my outfit ready. My phone went off in my ack pocket and I fished it out, revealing a text from Lance
Lance 703pm: How's it going? I know she wasn't in the best mood today
Me 703pm: She's coming. We're getting ready now.
Lance 704: Great. I'm too nervous right now. Does she like the dress?
Me 705: Lol don't be. There's no way she's gonna say no. And yes, she LOVED the dress. She almost didn't wanna put it on. She thinks its mine, so I low key had to force her lol
Lance 705: Good, good. Well I'll let you guys finish getting ready. Get my Wife here safe
Me 706: She has to say "I do" first
Lance 706: She don't gotta say I do, that's my wifey' no matter what. Now shut up and get ready.
Me 707: Don't get crazy Midnight✋🏾✋🏾
I shook my head and smiled before putting my phone on my vanity and putting my clothes on. My make up we already done, since I applied some this afternoon before going to work so all I had to do as get dressed.
I slipped on all black, sleeveless and semi turtleneck dress and some red Jimmy Choos. As I put on my shoes, I remembered that I was supposed to give Brittany the shoes that Lance brought to go with the dress. Just then she walked into my closet with the dress on.
"Nelly, I don't have any shoes to wear." she said and I grabbed the box and gave her the Dior pumps.
"You can wear these" I said
"Okay thanks" We quickly finished getting ready and we were on our way to the restaurant.
"Hi. Party name is Montgomery." I told the Maitre D at the entrance of the restaurant.
"Right this way," he said with a nod before walking us to the back, where Lance booked the private room.
"Why are we going to the back?" Brittany asked as we followed behind the hostess as he led us to the back room.
"Oh, Lance wanted to come out too, so we just rented the back room for a little privacy," I replied.
"But why couldn't we just sit--"
"Here we are ladies." The hostess said opening the door to the back room.
"Hey everyone," I said walking into the room and greeting everyone that was here. I turned around to see Brittany had a smile on her face
"Channel, what's all my family doing here?" she asked and I was gonna think of a lie to tell her but I just decided to be honest. I love my sissy, but she was asking too many questions for the night.
"Wellllll, Lance actually put this dinner together for you tonight. That's why I kept pressing you to come out because he worked so hard to plan this," she said as her smile grew
"But what's the occasion?" she asked as Lance made his way toward us
"Do I really need one?" Lance asked as he pulled her into his arms "I just wanted to celebrate my girl." I smiled as I watched them interact just as Trey came up to me and greeted me
"Hey baby," I said as he placed a peck on my lips before he spoke Brittany's mother spoke.
"Okay, Okay, can my two daughters greet me now" Brittany's mother said making us laugh. I let go of Trey and pulled Ms. Nicole, Brittany's mom, into a hug
"Hey momma" I said
"Hi sweetheart" she said smiling from ear to ear and I laughed knowing why she was so excited. She knew that this dinner was a proposal dinner. She loved Lance and I know she couldn't wait for him to be a part of the family. She went to greet Brittany as I went around the table and said hello to everyone before taking my seat next to Trey.
"How was your day baby?" Trey asked
"It was okay, how was yours?" I asked taking his hand in mine underneath the table
"It was okay. I was thinking about you all day. For some reason, i just can't seem to get you off my mind." he said swiping a finger underneath my chin as a I blushed.
"Who would've thought that 6 years after you broke my heart, you would be the only person making me blush?" I asked
"I did."
"You did?" I asked raising an eyebrow
"Mhmm, when you left, I always hoped we would get back together." I nodded in response
"But what about Tanaya?" I asked "Weren't you ready to start your life with her?"
"To be completely honest, I wasn't. I tried to tell myself that, but I knew I really didn't want to marry her. She was a good girl, but I think she was more in love with me than I was with her."
"So did you start feeling that way before or after you found out I was doing your banquet?" I smirked and he made a face
"I knew it before you, missy." he said making me laugh "But you coming back around confirmed my doubts. Besides, seeing you again made me feel like God was giving me a second chance and I couldn't pass it up" he said causing me to smile. I really tried to fight off Trey for the longest, but I'm happy that we fount our way back to each other. He makes me happy and I'm glad that I have that, especially with how hard this year has gone. Before I could have a chance to reply, the Hibachi chef came in and began to put on his show as he cooked everyones food. About 40 minutes later our food was finally done and we were all eating. From time to time I would glance over at Brittany and Lance to see them flirting with each other and I smiled knowing that Brittany would be crying from what was coming next. A few moments later, Lance was standing from his seat grabbing everyone's attention.
Lance
I stood up from my seat and kindly asked for everyones attention. Once everyone was looking at me, I suddenly grew nervous and I felt my palms sweating. I looked around at everyone in the room and my face stopped on Brittany's mom, who was beaming right alongside my mother. I then looked to Chanel who gave me a smile and a reassuring nod, somewhat putting me at ease.
"Baby, what are you doing?" Brittany said tugging at my jeans. I looked down at her wondering eyes and smiled knowing that I was about to make the greatest decision of my life and I was ready. I wanted this, more than anything.
"So, most of you already know why we're here tonight, and I just really want to thank you all for coming. You're all here because you're very important, not only to the growth of Brittany and I's relationship, but also to the growth of both of us as individuals and I thought it was important for all of you to be here tonight." said before turning toward Brittany.
"Brittany" I started "I know you're wondering why were all here like this tonight, but I just wanted tonight to be special for you just because you are who you are and you deserve all the love that we all have to give you." I said before earning some "mhmms" from people around the table causing me to laugh a little. Brittany smiled and gently carressed my hand before I continued my speech. "When I first met you, the second thing that made me fall in love with you was the fact that you were such an amazing friend, the first was your smile. The closer we grew, I could tell that I had to make you mine and that I wanted to be with you forever. We've been through so much together and I genuinely don't think that I could've gotten through any of it without you. I never thought I could reach a point in my life where someone was on my mind all the time, but you made me get there. No matter what goes wrong in my life, it doesn't seem like it's wrong because of you. I could be angry and you're presence seems to make my anger slip away and I don't ever wanna lose that. It's been a long 5 years with you and I woun't trade it for anything else at all. So I guess with all of this, what I'm really trying to say is.." I got down on oneknee before pulling the red velvet box out of my pocket. "Will you do me the honor of giving me your heart for the rest of your life, as my wife?" By now her tears were over flowing and she was nodding her head, and I didn't even open the box yet.
"Yes Lance! Yes! I would love to be your wife" she said pulling me into a hug before placing a kiss on my lips. The cheers and claps that came from everyone around us reminded me that there were other people in the room. Just then I remembered that I still hadn't given her the ring.
"Do you wanna see your ring?" I asked as she still had her arms wrapped around me.
"Sure baby" she beamed "I can't believe this"
"Believe it baby" I said placing another kiss on her lips before opening the box with the ring. Once her eyes were on the ring, she quickly began to cry again
"Baby, that's beautiful" she cried giving me another set of kisses causing me to laugh "I love you so much baby" she whispered
"I love you too baby" I said giving her another kiss "Now are you gonna let me put this ring on you?" I asked with a laugh and she nodded
"Of course you can baby" she said holding out her hand. I carefully took the diamond ring out of the box and slipped it onto her finger. I then kissed the ring, her hand and then her lips before standing up and pulling her into a hug. Her mother suddenly came up to us and pulled Brittany into a hug before all the women crowded around her and pulled her into a hug.
"Welcome to the family son" Brittany's dad, Mr. Ray came up to me and said before pulling me into a hug.
"Thank you"
"No thank you." he said and I furrowed my eyebrows "For taking care of my little girl. I know she's in good hands with you." he said and I smiled
"She is sir. I wouldn't have it any other way." I said before the others in the room came up to me and congratulated me.
Brittany
"How do you feel baby?" my mom asked as she examined the ring
"Amazing mom." I started "I can't believe this is happening. I can't believe I didn't know" I laughed as I looked in Channel's direction
"I had to keep this a secret from you, I couldn't spoil the surprise." Nelly smiled
"Well I'm sure that even if I knew, I would have been just as happy." I said and Channel laughed shaking her head. I hated surprises mainly because I hated not knowing about stuff but this was a surprised I would take any day
"Well you didn't know and I'm happy you didn't find out. I'll make sure you're fully aware of all the wedding plannig details" she winked and I smiled before looking over at Lance. I was finally engaged to the man of my dreams, I couldn't be any happier. I knew this day was bound to come, but it's still so surreal.