Just a Walk in the Park

What am I supposed to get him? I have no idea!

You think as you scan the windows of all the shops in town. It was almost Christmas and you need to get Darren the perfect gift. You’d spent hours online trying to find the right gift but none of them appealed to you.

Right now you were in the Disney shop. You knew he had loads of Disney merch already so you wanted to get him something unique. In the end you decide to go home and work on your music. You’d written loads more songs since you and Darren were together and you wish he could hear them all, you just weren’t ready to sing them all to him yet.

Then it struck you,

Maybe I could make him a CD of all my songs for him…

You decide this is the perfect gift for him, it means you can finally show him how much he means to you through your music. With that decided you start writing more songs.

You then had another brilliant idea and you phoned up Paul from the recording studios,

‘Hi Paul, it’s (Y/N).. Darren’s girlfriend.’ You say hoping he remembers you,

‘Oh hi! How’s your music going?’ he asks excited,

‘Yeah it’s going great… I was just wondering if I could come in and record some of my songs… I’m hoping to give them to Darren as a surprise Christmas present… what do you think?’ you ask hoping he says yes,

‘That would be great! Darren will love that… wow.. you really are perfect for him,’ he says which makes you laugh,

‘Have you been talking to Joey… he always says that too.’ You say laughing.

You organise a time to meet him and it’s all set when Darren knocks on you door. You quickly shove all your music in your guitar case not wanting him to see your songs.

‘Hi Dare,’ you say as he kisses you,

‘Hi sweetie, how are you?’ Darren says as he sits down on your couch,

‘I’m great… how was work?’ you ask hoping he spills you some spoilers about Glee,

‘(Y/N)… no matter how many times you ask I’m never going to spoil anything for you,’ he says as you sit down next to him pouting,

‘Nope that’s not going to work on me… I don’t want to spoil anything for you…’ he says smiling down at you,

‘Fine but are Klaine going to be okay? You know how much I care about them!’ you say letting your fangirl side get the better of you,

‘Klaine are going through a rough patch but I’m sure they’ll be together again soon,’ he says bringing you closer to him,

‘I hope so… by the way… because I know how much this will bug you… I know what I’m getting you for Christmas!’ you say smiling up at him as he see the excitement grow in his face,

‘(Y/N)… how can you tell me that?! Now you have to tell me what you’re getting me!!’ he says grabbing your hands and jumping up and down,

‘Nope! You’re not getting it out of me.. my lips are sealed!’ you say laughing.

‘Are you sure about that?’ he says as he grabs you and starts tickling you which makes you burst into laughter,

‘No! Dare… Stop! Please?!’ you protest as you squirm underneath his grip.

He doesn’t stop so you reason with him, ‘How about I give you your present early? Will you stop then?’

You see Darren hesitate and he finally stops and looks right at you, ‘Hmmm… I suppose that would work… and I could give you yours early too.’ He says mysteriously,

‘Wait, wait… now I really want to know!’ you say squealing.

Darren just laughs, ‘I guess we’ll both just have to wait.’

You have a nice evening with Darren and the next day you go and record your songs for Darren’s present. You really hoped Darren would like your present because you knew how overboard he went when it came to gifts.

* * *

Today’s the day,

You think as you make your way to Darren’s house,

I really hope he likes it.

You sit in your car and you keep looking at Darren’s Christmas present, you were really nervous about giving it to him because this was the first time he would have listened to your other songs you’d written since the first one.

You walk up to his door and knock on it, Darren answers straight away clearly excited,

‘So, are you ready for your present?’ you ask teasing him,

‘Yes, yes, yes.. I’m dying to know what it is!’ Darren says jumping up and down while he pulls you inside.

You sit down on his sofa,

‘So first of all I have this present for you.’ You say laughing as you remember what Joey was telling you,

Darren looks at you suspiciously because you’re trying to contain your laughter as he opens it,

‘Oh my god I can’t believe you got me this..!’ Darren says laughing as he stares down at a tub of hair gel,

‘I thought that you use up so much of it you might of run out and needed some more.’ You say bursting into laughter,

‘Well that’s very thoughtful of you.’ He says laughing too,

‘Okay so this next present took me a while to think of, after searching loads and loads of shops I realised that your present was right in front of me.. ever since I met you you’ve turned my life around and… I’ve been writing lots of songs as well. I really wanted you to hear them but every time I wanted to show I just got really embarrassed so.. I got you this.’ You say handing over your gift,

Darren takes it and looks up to you with a huge smile. He unwraps the present slowly and he realises what it is,

‘I thought that whenever you were feeling lonely or down you could listen to this… I always listen to your songs when I miss you and I thought this would let you do the same thing.’ You say as Darren puts the cd in his laptop to play it,

‘(Y/N)… this is perfect! You’re amazing and these songs are just so beautiful… I love you so much.’ Darren says as he leans in and kisses you, ‘And now it’s time for your present!’

Darren gets up and takes your hand, ‘Where are we going?’ you ask,

‘It’s a surprise!’ he says as you smile and walk out his door.