Somebody to Love

The following Sunday was the day that Matt's parents were to come meet Maddy. It was also the day before Game 5 and the series against the Habs was 3-2 with my boys with the edge. Tomorrow was Game 2 and therefore, my boys were up in Montreal, getting ready for the game, leaving me at home all by myself. To say I was bored, was an understatement. Should I get a hold of Melanie, who isn't working today or should I just sit on my ass all day?
I definitely didn't go with the latter.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Hi Melanie." I said in a sing-song voice.

"Hey, Bella! What's up?"

"I'm bored. Maddy is meeting Matt's parents today and Marc is in Montreal because of tomorrow's game. Please tell me you don't have any plans." I said begging.

"Lucky for you, I don't."

"Oh, thank goodness!!"

She laughed.

"Do you wanna head to the mall?" she asked.

"I'd love to head to the mall! Lunch at El Campesino?"

"Perfect. Meet me at noon?"

"How about I pick you up at noon?"

"That works too. I'll see you then."

"See ya."

-click-

I let out a relieved sigh and looked at the clock. 10 AM. I had been up an hour and decided to wait a half hour before showering. It was maybe a few minutes after twelve when I got home; I honked the horn and she ran out in seconds.

"Hi honey!" I greeted.

"Hi. Did ya have a good morning?"

"Fairly good. You?"

"Yeah. A little tired though."

I nodded.

"How's Marc?"

"Pretty good. He just wants this series to be over, and hopefully, it'll be over tonight." I said sighing.

"I hope so, too. "

It wasn't a long time to get to the restaurant just like it didn't take long to get seated and it wasn't long before she caught the eye of a guy...a guy who was very cute; she smiled back and looked back at me.

"He's cute." she said.

"He is. Why don't you go talk to him?"

"No. I can't do that."

"Why not?"

"We're about to have lunch."

"So? Just go."

She nodded and walked over to talk him after we ordered, of course. She came back five minutes later with a smile on his face.

"I got his number!"

"What's his name?"

"Aaron. He's 26 and is a lawyer."

"Ooh...good deal. So, when are you two going out?"

"Since we both have plans today, tomorrow night. We're gonna do dinner."

"That's great."

"I know. Right?"

Just a minute later, my phone rang.

"Bonjour!"

"Bonjour, mon ami! Comment allez-vous?"

I love him.

"Bien, bien. Je suis sorti avec Melanie dès maintenant. Vous?" (Good, good. I'm out with Melanie right now. You?)

"S'ennuyer. Juste en train de déjeuner. Vous êtes le seul point jusqu'ici aujourd'hui." (Bored. Just eating lunch. You're the only highlight so far today.)

"Aww...mob pauvre bébé." (My poor baby.)

He was being so adorable right now that I wanted to kiss him. I looked over at Melanie who was wondering what we were talking about probably because we were speaking in French.

"Si je pouvais vous embrasser, que ferais encore mieux." (If I could kiss you, that'd make it even better.)

Stop it. I can't take it!

"J'aimerais être vous embrasser en ce moment." (I would love to be kissing you right now.)

"Je t'aime."

"Je t'aime vous aussi."

"Eh bien, je vais vous laisser profiter de votre après-midi. Amusez-vous!" (Well, I'm gonna let you enjoy your afternoon. Have fun!)

"Je le ferai. Vous essayer et s'amuser aujourd'hui. Okay?" (I will. You try and have fun today.)

"Ok."

"Bye."

"Bye."

I smiled and hung up.

"So, what's going on?"

"Marc is bored at lunch. He told me I was his only highlight so far today."

"He is too cute."

"You can say that again. He also said kissing me would make it even better."

"You two need to get married like now."

"Mel, we've been dating for eight months."

"Love is love. I may have not known you guys that long, but I can see it."

I smiled and shrugged.

"Yeah. To tell you the truth, I'll be ready to marry him whenever he asks me whether it's less than a month from now or much later than that."

"He asked you to move in six months from the time you moved and started dating, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him propose soon."

I nodded.

The day was a great day filled with shopping and talking, so by the time I got home, I was exhausted. Come ten o'clock, I got a call from Maddy; I was all too eager to hear about her day.

"Hey."

"Hey." she said tiredly.

"What's up? You sound tired."

"You sound tired too."

"I'll tell you why I'm tired later. How'd your day go?"

"It went differently than I thought it would."

"How so?"

"They arrived here around 11, so we went out to lunch. When I met him, I was nervous, but it seemed as though as they liked me already, but it was hard to tell that early in the day. I was pretty sure at lunch as I told them about what I did for a living. They were genuinely interested and asked about my upbringing. I was feeling more relaxed at this point and enjoyed talking to them."

"That's fantastic! I told you that you had nothing to worry about."

"It was delightful and thank you for talking to me that night."

"Don't mention it, sweetie. I love you and I want you happy."

"I love you too."

"Did you guys do anything else today?"

"I went shopping with his mom, while we dragged them along. She is a fun person to shop with. You'd like her."

"I would?" I said smiling.

"You would. I made dinner at home. I made my amazing chicken marsala and they loved it. Shortly after, his parents told us goodbye and made their way home."

"Mmm...chicken marsala. Let me know the next time you're making it."

"Will do. So, why are you tired?" she said laughing.

"Called up Mel today. We went to lunch and shopped. She saw a guy eyeing her up at El Campesino's."

"Ooh...how cute was he?"

"He had short, messy dark brown hair and golden brown eyes and was 6'3."

"So, gorgeous then?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

"They have a date?"

"Tomorrow night. They're going out for dinner."

"Good for her! I hope it goes well. Hope he's not a douchebag like whatshisname. She deserves better like you did and you got it."

"I hope it does. Can I ask you something? Tell me the honest truth."

"Of course. What is it?"

"I had been talking to Marc in French and he was being all cute since he was bored and it melted my heart. I told Maddy about the convo and said we needed to get married already. I agreed with her and yeah...what do you think?" I said finishing Maddy and I's convo.

"I agree with her. You two need to get married."

I'm more than ready to be his forever.

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