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I am so enjoying this I had to try again.....
Nick whistled when he saw the dining room was turned into something romantic by Lauren. White linen was covering the dining table, silverwares and utensils were properly arranged, a bouquet of peach roses in a vase was at the center of the table and three blue candles.

Their dinner reservation to an expensive restaurant was cancelled because Nick was stuck in a meeting for the promotional tour of his new album. He called Lauren two hours ago to tell her to just prepare a simple dinner for them, to celebrate their third year of being together.

“I’m home.” He called out when he didn’t see Lauren in the living room or the kitchen. He smiled when he saw her standing at the stairs. “Hey, baby.”

“Hey.”

“Ready for the dinner?”

“I guess so,” She shrugged her shoulders and walked towards the kitchen

Nick sat on the table rubbing his hands together, he hasn’t eaten for almost six hours and was looking forward to this dinner. He licked his lips when Lauren put the steak to his plate.

“Thank you.” He took her hand and squeezed it lightly before letting it go, Lauren just smiled.

“Nick, we need to talk.” She seriously said when she sat on the chair opposite to Nick

“What’s up?”

She let out a deep sigh “Aren’t you gonna change your mind about marriage? I mean, we’ve been together for three years but you haven’t thought of marriage yet.”

“Baby, we’ve talked about this a lot of times. Aren’t you happy with me anymore?”

“Of course I am. But we’re not getting any younger, I heard that getting pregnant when you’re over thirty years old is kinda dangerous.”

“I know that, sweetheart, but can I finish my dinner first and we’ll talk about it later?”

“NICKY!” She seemed offended by Nick’s lack of interest in the subject

“Hey! Don’t call me that, you know how I hate it.”

“But you let Brian, AJ and Howie call you that,”

“Those are my brothers.”

“And I am your girlfriend, damn it!” She stomped her foot in desperation.

“I know. Look, why did you suddenly bring this topic up? I thought you were ok with our arrangement.” He looked at his watch

“I was. But I realized we’re not getting any younger, Nick, do you really plan to marry me someday?” Her eyes were begging

“Lauren, I love you to death but I wanna be a really solid person if I was going to make that decision.”

“That’s the line you practiced for the Sonia Benezra interview. I won’t fall for that, Carter.”

“Baby, just let it go. Let’s enjoy this special moment together, can you believe it’s been three years already.” He looked at his watch again and whispered something only him could hear.

“Yes and you have no plans of marrying me,” She pouted

“Let it go.” He said calmly

Lauren stood up and went to the kitchen. Nick’s gaze followed Lauren while grinning from ear to ear. He put on his serious face again when Lauren came back from the kitchen. She was holding a plate with a slice of cheesecake, Nick licked his lips the moment his eyes saw the cheesecake.

“Are you sure you’re not going to change your mind about the marriage?” Lauren said in a sad and disappointed voice, looked like tears was about to fall from her eyes .

“Not in a million years.” He shook his head

“I guess you deserve this.” She put down the cake in front of him and took two steps backwards

“Baby, I always deserve your cheesecake.” He smiled

Lauren watched as Nick ate the cheesecake, she was trying so hard to blink back the tears. She didn’t moved when she saw Nick reaching out his left hand to her and his right hand was on his neck. His face color was changing, he was having a hard time breathing.

Lauren smiled triumphantly when Nick’s head fell to the table, his eyes wide open, and white bubbles forming on his lips.

“You’re mine, Carter, only mine.” She said while putting the remains of the cheesecake with poison in the sink.

Lauren was deciding what to do with Nick’s lifeless body when she heard cars pulled up on their driveway. When she opened the front door she saw Brian with a guitar, AJ, Howie, Leigh, Leighanne and Rochelle holding a big cake. Even her parents was there, her mother was beaming with a wide smile on her face. Her father nodded at her with tears on his eyes.

“What’s going on?” She finally said trying to stop them from entering the house

“Nick,” Brian called out “Sorry, Man, we’re late.”

Brian started strumming his guitar the moment he was on the living room, Howie and AJ stepped up closer to Brian and the boys started singing

Forever can never be long enough for me
Feel like I've had long enough with you
Forget the world now, we won't let them see
But there's one thing left to do

Now that the weight has lifted
Love has surely shifted my way

Marry me today and every day
Marry me if I ever get the nerve to say hello in this cafe
Say you will, say you will

“What the hell?” Lauren asked then she saw the cake Rochelle and Leighanne were holding.

Sitting on the top of the cake was a canary yellow diamond engagement ring. Lauren looked at everyone, some of them was still smiling and some was wondering where the hell was Nick. He was supposed to come out now, get the ring and asked Lauren the question she had been wanting to hear and he had been meaning to ask. That’s where Lauren lost it, she started crying, cursing and shouting.

Nick was buried in a cemetery and Lauren went to a psychiatric ward.

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