a f t e r w a r d

5 YEARS LATER


"I can't wait to marry you."


"You haven't even proposed, idiot," Peyton replied, smiling as she kissed her boyfriend's cheek.


"Yet. I haven't proposed yet," he smiled back cheekily, showing his dimples.


"And when is that going to happen, Mr. Meyers?" she asked.


"Sooner than you expect, Mrs. Soon-to-be-Meyers," he said, grinning. Then he looked at his watch, "Hey, we better get going, we have to pick Toby up from Steph's house in about ten minutes. He's gonna hate us if we keep him there - you know how much he hates taking care of dogs."


"Oh, yeah, we should go," she replied, starting to walk forward, only to realize that her boyfriend wasn't following her. "You coming, Case?" she asked, looking back at him.


"You go ahead to the car first, I have to go grab something," he replied.


"Okay," she shrugged, walking toward their car. Peyton barely took three steps away before her phone buzzed from her pocket.


From: Anonymous
To: Peyton Waldin
'Wanna get married?'
Sent at 7:33pm


She gasped as she saw the message and immediately turned around to tell her boyfriend. "Hey, Case do you know who th- oh my god."


In front of her was her boyfriend, on one knee, grinning, while holding a beautiful diamond ring in his hand.


"Marry me, Peyton."

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