Just a Walk in the Park

It had been a few days and you wake up expecting it to be a normal day.

You find that Darren wasn't there,

He must've gone to work already you think,

So you reach under your bed to find your special box and grab a notepad from it.

It was the notepad you'd been writing in and adding to for a while now, it was something you eventually wanted to give to Darren but only when the time was right, you’d almost finished it.

You were sat in bed writing in your notepad when you suddenly hear footsteps,

It must be Joey, you think as you realise you don't need to panic and rush to hide your notepad.

The door opens, 'Hey Joey, has Dare already gone to the set?' you ask not looking up.

'No he hasn't he's right here with breakfast for his beautiful girlfriend.' Darren's voice says getting closer.

You look up quickly and panic as you see Darren standing there smiling at you with a tray filled with delicious food. You close the notepad quickly and shove it under your pillow hoping he didn't see,

'Hey, what were you writing?' he asks placing the tray down and reaching for the pillow,

'Oh nothing. Well... it is something but you're not allowed to read it yet.' you say sitting on the pillow,

Darren laughs at your panicky-ness, 'When am I allowed to read this mysterious notebook then?'

A smile forms on your face as you think about when you want to be able to give it to him, 'Err, well, erm, something needs to happen first, and this something is probably way off yet.'

'That is the worst clue ever! You know what surprises do to me!' Darren says annoyed and pouts to you,

'Well you'll just have to be patient, I haven't even finished it yet. Trust me, you'll understand when the time comes.' you say hoping that would be enough to convince him not to read it,

'You had me at trust me.' he smiles then breathes in and out dramatically, 'I guess... I could wait but only for you. But I am intrigued as to what needs to happen first because a million ideas popped into my head.' Darren says lying down next to you with an arm over your waist,

'And what might those ideas be?' you ask half worried and half amused,

'Well maybe it's a book of recipes you expect me to be able to make when I become a professional egg cracker because I’m certainly not going to become one of those anytime soon?' he asks getting you to remember when you taught him some cooking and he thought he was the best egg cracker,

'You're not quite on the right tracks yet.' you say then after a while, 'Think of something much more... what’s the word... I don’t know if it's in your vocabulary... something much more serious.' you say cryptically as you look down at your twiddling fingers,

Darren looks to you and laughs quietly, 'Hey, I'm not that silly.' he says while he pulls funny faces at you making you laugh.

You want to get off the subject so you ask about the breakfast, 'So, what gives me the pleasure of having a homemade breakfast?' you ask,

'Well today is a very special day for me.' Darren says almost nervously,

'Oo! What's happening? Why is it special?' you ask with excitement,

Darren laughs at you and then just stares at you looking into your eyes, his face more serious, ironically, and then he says, 'I love you,' under his breath and closing his eyes.

You wonder why he was saying this now, it felt like there was a bigger underlying message in it but you shake it off for now, 'I love you too.'

'Well I'm glad you do because otherwise I don't know what I'd do with myself.' he says jokingly, and you know it was rhetorical but you reply anyway,

'You'd probably just try and surprise me every day with the many romantic things you do in hope that one day I'd realise how stupid I was being that I wasn't in love with you in the first place.' you say giggling,

'I love your laugh... it just makes me smile every time I hear it.' Darren says randomly and this time you question him,

'How come you're complimenting me so much today? Is that why it's special? Is it compliment (Y/N) day today?' you ask laughing again,

'Nope not quite but it does have something to do with you.' he replies taking your hand and playing with your fingers, intertwining his in yours,

'We're both being very mysterious today, don't you think?' you say wondering what this day could be that relates to you,

'Well mystery is a very sexy quality.' Darren says stroking your arm which makes you tingle all over,

'Oh really? I never knew that.' you say moving closer to him,

'Yep it's a known fact but only certain people are sexy when using mystery.' Darren says looking up to you smirking, 'You just so happen to be one of the lucky ones though.' he says moving closer to you, 'You're very sexy when you're being mysterious.' he whispers in your ear and you could feel his lips brushing your ear sending more tingles.

Darren then moves his lips down your jaw and he finds your lips as he kisses you sweetly and quickly leaving you wanting more, 'Dare... I love you.' you say breathlessly.

Darren buries his head in your shoulder and whispers, 'I love you too so much...' he stays there as he intertwines his hand with yours and repeats over and over that he loves you. You start to worry that maybe he's giving you all this love because he was going somewhere for a while or something,

'Dare, are you sure everything's okay?' you ask with a frown on your face,

'Everything is perfect.' Darren says looking up to you with glistening eyes.

'Well I like this new Darren... especially the new mysterious quality he's picked up. It's very...' you lean in to his ear, '... sexy.' you say mimicking him and giggling slightly.

Darren groans slightly leaning into you and just resting his cheek against yours, you moved to his lips where you kissed him slowly, treasuring it, appreciating the fireworks that always seem to go off when you do.

When the kiss broke off it was like you were taken out of a trance caused by Darren and you finally take in what he was wearing,

'Erm... why are you wearing that onesie?' you ask laughing at his yellow onesie.

'Oh well after the tca's I got to keep it so I thought I'd wear it today. It's super comfy.' he says laughing.

'I can't believe you're wearing that.' you reply pulling his hood up,

'What? There's nothing wrong with this is there?' Darren says acting offended,

'Well you could've at least twerked for me when you came in!' you say laughing,

'Oh you want me to twerk do you?' he says leaning closer to you and giving a quick peck, 'I'll give you your own personal twerking show.' Darren grins as he gets of the bed and asks you to drop a beat so you do your best to beat box whilst trying not to laugh at him.

Darren started shaking his hips and dancing putting his arms above his head and pulling funny faces at you then he reaches you where you're sat at the end of the bed and he turns round and twerks right in from of you. You stop beat boxing and pull him by the waist to turn him round, 'Bravo! That was amazing!' you say as you grab his hood to bring his face to yours and you kiss him. Then Darren grabs you and picks you up as you wrap your legs around his waist and he sits down on his bed with you on him pushing your hair behind you ear and kissing you more, Darren pulls away slightly and looks into your eyes, 'You know you still take my breath away.'

'Well that's my job isn't it, as your girlfriend?' you reply smirking,

'I guess so.' he says kissing you on your nose making you crinkle it and laugh.

Darren picks you up off him as you both stand up, your hands still in each other’s, 'Do you have to go?' you ask,

'How did you know I was leaving?' Darren asks confused,

'Well I already thought you had Glee today and because I just... I know you so well!' you say smiling,

'That you do.' Darren says kissing your hand, 'But I'm afraid you're right I have to go now, however I do have something planned later. So I'll pick you up at, erm, 6?' he asks nervous,

'Okay.' you say simply,

'Wait, so there's no questioning what's going to happen or begging to know what's planned?' Darren teases,

'Nope. I trust you.' you reply smiling, 'Why? Did you want me to beg you?' you tease back,

'Well...' Dare says thinking about it smirking, 'Maybe we could save that for later today.' he says kissing you one last time and leaving you standing there in the middle of the room smiling stupidly.

Then you come to your senses and rush downstairs to see that Darren was just about to leave, you rush up to him, wrapping your arms around his neck,

'Have a great day today. I love you.' you say kissing him quickly,

Darren looks to you with a huge smile on his face and nods to himself,

'I love you too... and I'm glad you accepted my plans for 6.' he says seeming more confident with the plans,

'I'll be looking forward to it.' you say waving him off as he drives away.

You return inside to see Joey standing there grinning,

'What's up with everyone and smiling hugely today?!' you exclaim laughing,

'You have no idea.' Joey says casually,

'Wait! What does that mean?' you say confused,

'Oh nothing.. it's just that today's a very good day to be Joey.' he says smiling,

'And why's that?' you ask,

'It doesn't matter, I just got asked to take part in something which made me really happy.' he says,

'Oh did you get that part in that show you wanted to go on?' you ask excited,

'Not quite but it's something better than that.' Joey says walking over to you and linking arms with you, 'C'mon, I heard Darren is picking you up at 6 for something. I'm gonna help you pick an outfit.' he says dragging you along while you protest, he knows nothing about fashion.

* * *

The clock struck 6 and you were all alone. Joey said he had to go to some special event happening later and Darren was supposed to be picking you up right about now.

Joey wanted you to wear this really over the top, puffy, short dress but you just said you didn't need to wear anything too posh because you were sure tonight wasn't anything special so you picked a nice lacy pink dress.

You wondered where he was. It was 6.15 now and he was nowhere to be seen,

Maybe he’s just held up at Glee, you think reassuring yourself.

You just wait, you stare at your phone hoping everything was okay but then you heard a knock at the door at 25 past and you just hoped it was him.

You open the door to see Darren standing there, in a full suit and tie. You were blown away. He was wearing a black blazer and black tie with a pale pink shirt on underneath, it matched your outfit perfectly,

Joey must’ve told him what I was wearing, you think laughing slightly,

‘Hi.’ Darren says to you, ‘You look… phenomenal.’

‘And you look simply amazing.’ You say still taking him all in, you couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous because Darren seemed to be too,

‘Sorry I’m late, I got held up.’ He says smiling to you and handing you a bunch of flowers,

‘Wow, flowers. This is unexpected.’ You say taking them and smelling them, ‘They’re beautiful.’

‘I thought you’d like them.’ He says then looks down to his feet,

You smile, ‘This feels like we’re doing the awkward introduction before we go on a first date or something.’ You laugh,

‘Ugh… I’m sorry, I just want this to be perfect.’ He says looking at you with puppy dog eyes,

‘Well I’m sure whatever you have planned will be so let’s go.’ You say with excitement as Darren smiles and holds his arm out which you take and he escorts you towards his car.

You drive off not expecting what was to come at all.