3 years later

I was shaking so hard I thought I was going to pass the fuck out. Good thing Chris was on the phone to calm me down before I said fuck it and waited another year.

"Dude I'm sweating so much that I could feel my ball sweat drip down my leg," I stated pulling on the tie I was wearing, "I haven't been this nervous since the whole basketball decision."

"Dude chill the fuck out," Chris laughed through the phone, "you would think you going to jail instead of proposing. Relax."

My whole life was about to change and he was telling me to relax? I mean I wanted to do this but at the same time I was so afraid of what the answer would be.

"What if he says no," I said and I heard Chris put something down before saying, "Are you serious right now? The guy that has cried over you, pushed you to make the right decisions, and helped you make it through college is going to say no?"

"I'm still in college so- "

"Not the point Darrius," Chris laughed, "Caleb is definitely going to say yes and are you in the bathroom or something?"

I heard a toilet being flushed about three stalls down from me and answered, "Nooo."

"So you are literally hiding from proposing," he stated and after my few moments of silence, he begin to laugh loudly.

"Shut up!" I yelled, "You are supposed to be my friend."

"Okay okay," he finished, "Well at least you are wearing one of my original suits so I know you look good."

Getting out of the stall and going straight to the mirror, I had to admit I was looking good. My hair was nicely cut into a fade and the hair line looked amazing. Not to mention the suit was on point.

"I feel like fucking James Bond in this bitch," I said complimenting my best friend on his work and admiring myself in the mirror, "But I really need to get back out there man."

"Okay bro and he is going to say yes," Chris stated before saying goodbye. I put my phone back in my pocket. I looked at myself one more time before taking a breath and leaving the bathroom.

Stepping out into the cold restaurant air, I fixed my tie once more and wiped any evidence of self-doubt off my face. This was the day I decided I was going to make an honest man out of Caleb. Even though it did seem kind of early, which is another reason why I think he would say no. That thought kept me glued to the floor but then I looked over at him eating, I just decided to push forward.

I never thought I would end up here with him. It seemed like the years flew by with us just creating memories together. By the time I realized it had been that long, I had caught Caleb looking in a jewelry store window at this wedding ring I had in my pocket. The expression in his face that day told me everything he wanted to say.

It took me a few months but I manage to get the ring. I also made reservations at this expensive ass restaurant named Mario's that didn't know what good lighting meant but the food was great. Plus, Caleb had been wanting to come here since it opened in Dallas.

Making my way over to the booth, Caleb tried to hide the fact that he was chomping down on his food. I laughed sitting across from him and said," I know how you eat at home so don't try to front."

He grinned back before wiping his face off. The restaurant was packed as I glanced around and I know all eyes will be on me if I got down on one knee. That made me even more nervous. I saw Caleb scan over me with concern. He placed his hand on top of mine before asking, "Are you okay baby? You barely ate any of your food."

The food was great but all I could think about was the step I was about to take. Caleb and I are already living together but marriage was huge. We couldn't just say we are breaking up if things don't work out. We are going to take vows that bound us together for life. Then a thought raced across my head as I gazed into his ocean blue eyes, "I wake up to this face every morning and never do I doubt that he loves me."

So, taking his hand in mine and keeping my gaze locked on those amazing eyes I said, "Caleb I've been wanting to ask you something for a while now and I think- "

"Please don't tell me you brought me here to ask for a dog," he whined, "We already talked abo- "

"No baby I'm not that childish," I laughed, "Why would I do all this for a dog?"

"I don't know," he laughed, "you did it on Valentine's Day."

"We were at home and I put you in a good mood," I winked at him, "But naw I really wanted to- "

"YES! YES, I'LL MARRY YOU!" I heard three tables down from us. Caleb and I turned to see a sparkling cake with a man getting up from the floor to hug his girlfriend. Caleb and I clapped liked everyone else in the restaurant but once the excitement died down everyone went back to their meals.

"Awww," Caleb cooed poking his lip out, "They are so cute!"

I smiled knowing that I would make him as happy as the girl in the next few moments. As I reached for the box in my pocket I said, "Well actually I- "

"I just feel sorry for the girl though," he said finishing off his meal and I stopped from getting out the box.

"What?" I asked trying to hide my shock. He looked at me and explains, "Well he kind of cornered her in a way don't you think? I mean he proposed in front of a whole restaurant and she probably didn't want to embarrass him so she said yes. Then when they leave here, they are probably going to argue about why she didn't say no at first and blah blah."

"He could have thought it was romantic Caleb," I said literally shaking, "I mean he wanted to show everyone how much he loved her."

"Yes but a proposal should be personal so that way a person can decide whether they want to get married or not," He expressed then turned a curious eye on to me, "I never seen you give your opinion on proposals so this is kind of new."

"Well uhm...I-I-I just think you shouldn't downgrade the proposal that's all," I stated shaking on my words, "I-I-I think I'm ready to go."

He stared at me now shocked before saying, "What? But you haven't told me- "

"It's nothing," I stated a little too harshly and his face instantly deflated. He sunk back into the booth with his head hanging low as he said, "Oh. Well finish your food. It was really great."

I looked at him as he rested his head on his hand. I ate and we didn't speak until I reached over. I put his hand against my lip and told him that I loved him. I didn't want him to think he said something wrong. This was my fault for being scared to open my mouth. It's not like I didn't want to ask him. There isn't a doubt in my mind that I want to spend the rest of my life with him. It's just the right moment to do it is not here.

I waited for the waiter to bring back the check. I had to put it under the light to make sure that it was the correct price for only two people. Caleb laughed and said that I was being extra because he knew I was going to pay it and give a tip. Once everything was paid for I walked Caleb out to the car.

I held his hand walking down the side walk admiring how he looked in his crisp grey suit with fitted slacks and a white button down. His jacket was tailored to perfection as it hugged his upper body nicely making him the only man that I found this fucking fine.

"I am going to eat you alive tonight," I said in his ear as we settled into the car. He blushed playfully pushing me. As we rode back to the apartment, I got a call from Marcus. Caleb pressed the hands-free button and answered it.

"Hey Marcus," Caleb answered cheerfully.

"Hey brother in law," Marcus stated making me cough.

"Ha-ha. Not yet. Your brother and I are taking things slow."

"What you mean? He told me- "

"OKAY," I yelled so that Caleb couldn't hear the last part of his sentence, "Marcus Uhm we are on our way home to do nasty things so goodbye."

I quickly hanged up before Marcus could say anything else. Caleb turned to me with an eyebrow raised and said, "That sounded incriminating. You want to tell me something?"

"Nope," I stated swiftly hoping he wasn't still looking at me. It was an awkward pause before he asked, "Darrius...do you still love me?"

I furrowed my eyebrows before answering, "Uhm yes."

"Are you in love with me?"

"Yes"

"Then why aren't you telling me what Marcus meant?"

"That does not correlate with those questions."

"DARRIUS!"

"What? They don't!" I yelled back because now he wasn't making any sense, "You trying to start an argument that I don't feel like having right now."

"We are supposed to trust each other D"

"And I trust you."

"So tell me what he meant."

With a sigh of relief, we pulled into the apartment complex parking lot and I said, "I'll tell you in the house okay?"

He rolled his eyes before getting out of the car. Why was he so mad? I haven't done anything. I took him to a nice dinner where he wanted to go and I'm about to change his life forever. So, what's with all the hostile feelings?

He waited for me outside the car and before I even locked the door he practically ran to the apartment. I breathe out, irritated at how he was acting. Oh, he is most definitely getting it good tonight. He waited as I opened the door. Once he heard the click he barged in taking his jacket off and begins to mouth off.

"Darrius I just want you to know that I love you and just want you to be open with me," he stated pacing in front of me. I swear sometimes he argues like a white person but that's how I know it's just a misunderstanding rather than an actual argument. I closed the door behind looking at the man I called my boyfriend. All I could do was smile as he paced and talked. He was in his zone and who was I to stop him.

"You have been acting really strangely for a few months now but I didn't want to say anything," he continued and all I did was grin silently. He was beautiful when he thought and paced. This moment right here, was when Caleb was just Caleb. My Caleb. The Caleb I wasn't afraid to spend my life with.

I could tell he wasn't paying attention as I reached into my pocket and gravitated down to one knee. He was too busy still thinking.

"Darrius our communication should be solid after-"

"Caleb"

"No Darrius listen, we have been- "

"CALEB!"

"Darrius I-," at that moment he went speechless as his eyes landed on me. I had the ring box extended out as my eyes watched him look back and forth between me and it. This was it and there was no turning back. Breathing out, I cleared my thoughts and begin to speak, "Caleb. You may be the biggest pain in my ass but you are also the person I couldn't see myself living without. You are my comfort and strength. My willingness to push forward and my peace when I'm stressed. I have loved you every day since that day at the swimming pool."

Caleb stares holding his breath as I continued, "Since that day, you have showed that you loved me. I have not been perfect but I will strive to be for you. So, all that being said...Caleb will you do me the honor in sharing your life with me."

I slowly opened the box up to reveal the ring. It was a 0.5 carat diamond ring that wasn't the biggest thing but it was what he wanted. The tears were now falling from both of us as I tried to push through to finish, "Will you...ha...will you be...Caleb will you marry me?"

It felt like the longer he waited the more silent the room became. My heart throbbed so hard against my chest I thought it was ready to pop out. Then finally he cried, "YES! OF COURSE, I WILL MARRY YOU! DUH!"

I couldn't leap to my feet fast enough. He latched on to me as I wrapped my arms around him. I pulled back to take his hand. I placed the ring on to his finger and no piece of jewelry ever looked so good. He extended his hand out to admire the ring and jumped up and down with so much joy.

"It's the ring I wanted!" he cried, "baby I love you so much!"

He kissed me and then hit me before asking, "What took you so long? And why didn't you do this earlier?"

"Because I didn't have the ring yet and you said in the restaurant you didn't like the idea of public proposals."

"For her not me! I'm most definitely so in love with you to say yes to spending a lifetime with you!"

"Well still," I laughed, "at least I did it. You don't understand how nervous I was."

"Is that why you kept going to the bathroom?" he asked me curiously.

"Yes," I answered taking my jacket off and putting it on the couch. I felt his chest land on my back as he wrapped his arms around me. He kissed my neck and his breath hit my ear making me shiver.

"Don't do that," I told him turning to face him. He had a sexy grin on his face now placing his arms around my neck. Then he said, "Well what should I do Mr. Mitchell?"

"Well Mr. Soon to be Mitchell, I would like for you to let me taste every single part of your body until you scream."

"Ooooh! Is that what you want?" he said placing a kiss against my neck, "Because I wouldn't mind that at all."

"Well let's stop all this talking and get to it," I sensually told him pushing him against the wall. I kissed him harshly while lifting him up to wrap his legs around me. I walked over to the couch laying him down on his back as I went to remove my shirt but he brought me back down to his amazing lips.

"You are taking too long," He stated before ripping it open. Buttons flew on the floor as I thought how sexy that was and how Chris was going to kill me after I send this suit back. I finished the job by throwing my shirt on to the floor. I felt Caleb run his hands down my back as I continued to kiss him.

My hands moved franticly to undo his shirt and pants. He was right, he wasn't getting naked fast enough. He helped me by shimmying out of his pants as I pulled and taking off his shirt. He laid there looking delicious as I stood up to pull off the remaining of my clothes.

"I think he is very happy to see me," Caleb said getting off the couch and going on to his knees. The moment his warm hand touched my inner thigh, a powerful sensation moved through me. Seeing him on his knees made me feel dominate and rock hard.

"Yes that's it baby," I moaned as he sucked on my smooth member. He looked intensely into my eyes as his mouth worked its magic. My fiancée knew what I liked as he hummed and the vibration almost had my knees bucking. The deeper he took me in, the more I realized I needed to sit down. However, that didn't help because then he traveled down to the sensitive skin underneath my balls.

"No baby stop!" I moaned pulling his head back up. His scleras were slightly red as I held his face in my hand and his pink lips were swollen, coated with his saliva. His stare was straight predatorial as we held eye contact.

"God damn you look so fuckin' sexy," I stated before smashing my lips into his. It was amazing how fast things could go from being romantic to just naughty. I held onto him as I took us towards another destination: the bed room. Then I noticed something that shouldn't be on him.

"Baby take your underwear off," I said as he was leaving small kisses on my neck. He obeyed pushing away from me. Just in Caleb fashion, he wanted to give me a show. His eyes never left mine as he teasingly pulled on his briefs, turning around then bending over to give me a view of his ass.

"Caleb the more you tease, the worse it's going to be," I stated looking at him and his eyes went wide. We weren't new to this so I could do more than what I did the first time we were together. He gave me a sneaky grin before sliding his underwear down. Stepping out of them and rushing to my arms, I put him against the wall again. I begin with his neck, softly swirling my tongue around the sensitive crease that connected to the collar bone. I felt his warm hands on my shoulders wanting me to go a little lower but he wasn't in control.

"Darrius," he moaned and I chuckled against his skin licking down to his nipples. I flicked my tongue against the sensitive area as he kept trying to get me to move lower. I knew what he wanted me to do but I will get there when I'm ready to.

"Someone is being really pushy tonight," I grinned before moving my tongue around his belly button," They must be really horny."

"Yes and irritated that you are playing...ooh God!" He said not paying attention but feeling my mouth slowly lick his tip. Now I knew what places to hit to make him crazy since we've been together so long. I had one hand massage his inner thigh while the other works along with my mouth on his dick. I listened for his moans just as I felt his leg shake. His hands gripped my shoulders trying to steady himself.

"Darrius stop!" he moaned softly, "I get it! I'll stop teasing you!"

I was for sure that was a lie so I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine. I tried to place one of his legs over my shoulder but he wasn't complying until I manually placed it. He looked at me confused and asked, "What are you doing?"

I hit him with a slight smile before licking from the tip to the balls and further down until...

"FUCK," He screamed as my tongue flicked at his entrance. I held his leg up for better access while still massaging his sensitive member.

"I hate you," he whimpered, "But don't stop."

His leg begins to shake furiously as I continued to tease his hole before getting harder. The thoughts of Caleb's tight ass in the brief to seeing it outside the brief was killing me. I saw his body everyday but it still manages to turn me on like it did when were in high school. Without any hesitation, I got off the ground, letting go of his leg, and kissed him again. I pressed my body against his just loving the feeling of our bodies together. We felt perfect together. An amazing mixture of passion and heat burst through our pores with every contact as my hands found their way to his thighs, lifting him up and he automatically wrapped his legs around me.

I positioned myself at his entrance and begin to push through. His grip on me become a little bit stronger. He breathed as I waited for him to relax and he kissed me before saying," You still wait on me to get comfortable."

"Shut-shit!" I moaned as I felt my member go deeper into Caleb. I swear when he got good at controlling himself he had me like putty.

"Are you going to move?" he asked me breathing into my ear and he didn't have to ask me twice. I pushed passed another ring of muscles so that I was all the way in.

"You ready?" I asked him and before he could answer I was pulling out and pushing back in at a slow pace. This was my fiancée; I knew everything about him including where his prostate was located. I went full force after trying to be patient but he felt too damn good.

"DARRIUS...YES...YES!" He yelled as I could hear his skin slap with mine. I could see the sweat drip down his chest as he tried to not make faces. My muscles flex every time I brought his body to mine. He kissed me to suppress his moans and I went back to a slower pace. I softly kissed him to my rhythm as he was pinned against the wall and his skin was turning a light shade of red.

He looked so beautiful as I changed our position. I laid him down on the floor being careful not to lose my grip. Our bodies rocked along with each other as we kissed. I picked up my speed again and watched his head turn away from me. I sucked his neck, teasing it with my tongue with his hand on the back of mine keeping me in place.

"Darrius don't stop," he moaned when his hand reach down in between us. I broke free from his hold and placed his feet onto my stomach. I hammered away at his prostate until I saw the familiar clenching of his abdomen and his mouth open wide. As his eyes turned backwards, he yelled, "FUCK BABY YES!"

I loved how he was so vocal. He didn't care for the neighbors or anyone for that matter hearing us. Plus, it let me know that I was doing my job right. I never wanted our love making to end but it seemed like it was close as his muscles clenched around me.

"I can't hold it!" he moaned arching his back into the air before his body convulsed and he came right on his stomach with a little hitting him on the chin. His body was spent but I wasn't done. Only a few more thrust and I was done for. I tried to surpass my shaking but damn it felt too good. I threw my head back and groaned loudly before falling onto Caleb's chest.

"Shit!" I said before looking up at his chin. I moved up a little to lick the cum off and felt his chest vibrate as he chuckled. Then he just started to laugh.

"What?" I asked him laughing a long with him.

"When did we become so nasty," he laughed, "I mean I remember a time when you couldn't even think about sucking my dick. Now you eat my ass."

"Hey now," I said lifting, "I don't eat your ass...I pleasure your anus."

He laughed even louder, "Oh my God! You remember that?"

"You said it freshman year to try to persuade me to do it and I wasn't going," I said pulling him to sit up with me. I sat down against the wall with his back against my chest. I played in his hair as he played with my fingers and just relaxed. Then his attention turned back to his ring. He smiled with his glazed eyes before turning his head and saying, "How did know what ring?"

I smiled back answering, "I paid attention. I always do. Even when you don't think I do."

He grinned before a tear fell, "I love you."

"I love you too," I expressed kissing him on the forehead looking at the small scar from the moment that signified that I would fight for him. We sat in a comfortable silence before he sniffles and says, "I'm too lazy to move but I'm ready for bed."

"Really?" I laughed, "I was hoping to go all night with you."

"Well sorry but I'm so sleepy," he whined, "I got my ring, great sex, and food. I'm good for the night."

I rolled my eyes getting up from behind him and making him fall over.

"Hey," he yelled, "I said I was too lazy to move."

"You said you got your ring, good sex, and food. So, you good right?"

He glared at me before I laughed and helped him up. Then he continued to whine as I made him walk to the room.

"Is this how we are going to be married?" Caleb joked crawling into bed, "You being an ass to me when I need you the most?"

Shaking my head at my boyfriend's questions I said, "No you over dramatic fiancée of mine."

I crawled in next to him as he got under the covers. I wrapped my arms around him and I couldn't imagine any night without him in my arms. I kissed his shoulder before realizing he was already drifting to sleep.

I looked at the ring on his finger and thoughts of us together sped through my mind. Then I remembered something my aunt told me, "Promise me that you make Caleb happy and not try to hurt him again. I've got a feeling about you two."

She had a way of predicting things. Who knew that back then I would be lying beside the love of my life and it so happened to be my worst enemy. I laughed at the thought of us always fighting. Then I remembered the day we kissed, then our first time.

It's nights like this one, where thoughts ran through my mind, I couldn't sleep. So, I just watched him and thought to myself how I never expected this to happen. I never expected to be this happy. I never expected it to be him. But looking at him now, I couldn't see it with anyone else but him.

A/N: Thanks to everyone who have been following this story! I hope you enjoyed this story just as much as I did writing it! I love you all! The next story in this series is Moving Forward!