Lily

"Diddy ain't raise no sucker!" I yell and crack my neck.

When I woke up ten minutes ago, I didn't see him next to me. Instead, he was in the dining room already eating breakfast without even bothering to give me a kiss first. Now I want a wrestling match for revenge.

Muffin laughs and rubs his hands together. "Bring it on, little lady."

"I'm warning you, Theo. I know how to tackle a fella."

He wipes his forehead with the bottom of his tank top. "That shit turns me on, Lily."

"What?"

"When you say my name." He smiles. "It makes my dick hard."

I stand up straight and gasp in shock. "Theo!"

"Mm-hmm, just like that, baby."

My heart begins to beat faster and my face reddens. "You've got a filthy mouth, Muffin."

"I've got a big dick, too. Let's test it out on the counter, yeah?"

Goodness gracious, this man knows how to get my lady parts tingling.

He laughs and stands up all the way. "I'm kidding, Lily." He says and starts to walk to the bedroom. He turns back around. "I'm actually not at all. Whenever, and I mean whenever, you want to do that, I volunteer as tribute."

"What if someone else volunteers?"

A glare forms on his face instantly. "Then they'll die."

"Muffin, you can't do that."

He frowns and begins walking to the bedroom again. "Says who?"

I shake my head and follow behind him. "The law, sugar. The law."

When I step inside, I rush to the closet before he can see what's inside. "What are you hiding?" He asks, trying to see what's behind me.

I fidget with my fingers. "Oh, nothin', just my shoes."

Today was our anniversary for the day we first met. Muffin and I agreed not to get each other anything, but I just couldn't stop myself. I tried to limit myself to only one gift. But every time Muffin smiles at me, my heart flutters and I just want to give him the whole wide world. Now there are six presents behind me.

He stares at me for a second before lifting me up and moving me out of the way. I grin at how effortlessly he lifts me and disregard him finding the presents.

"Forget about the gifts. I'll take you up on that offer, Muffin."

He holds up a small box. "Lily, I thought we said we weren't getting each other anything."

I hold my hands up in defense. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It's just… look at you! How can I not get something for the man that makes me smile every day? That's like asking me to stop wearing sandals gosh darn it!"

Which I will never stop doing, by the way.

I glance at the bed as he is about to say something. An object of some sort appears underneath it. I turn back to him, thinking nothing of it but do a double take, seeing it looks like a gift. I gasp and try to walk to the bed, but Muffin stands in front of me.

I furrow my eyebrows. "What's underneath the bed, Hun?"

"Nothing. Nothing at all."

"Why do I see a box, then?"

He smiles and holds my waist. "Have I told you just how beautiful you look today, Li-"

I get out of his hold and rush past him. After kneeling to the floor, I pull out the boxes and bags from underneath. I gasp and point a finger at him. "I knew it!"

"I couldn't resist it. You're my fuckin weakness." He says, and my heart flutters.

I open his gifts to me and as I do so, the smile never leaves my face. Inside contains an ankle bracelet, multiple expensive handbags, clothes, lingerie and my favorite, a heart-shaped necklace with a picture of us that reads 'Muffin' on it.

I give him a tight hug and press kisses all over his face and neck as he grumbles something underneath his breath. Next is his turn. I clap happily as Theo opens his gifts. Inside contains tons of those button-down shirts he loves, pants, a new bat with our initials carved into it and the one I'm most proud of; a watch with a picture of Cassidy in the middle. Every time it turns twelve-fifteen, the watch lights a silver color.

I remembered Theo explaining to me his favorite memory of her was when they went to a football game together. He told me the day was on December fifteenth, so I decided to make it that. The color turned silver because that's Muffin's favorite color. It took me two weeks to find someone to make this for me and it took a whopping two months for her to make it. I consider her my friend now, though I can't quite remember her name.

My heart's pounds in anticipation as he looks up from the watch slowly. When he finally meets my gaze, he only stares at me with an unreadable expression. My face falls.

"You don't like it, Muffin? I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have invaded your privacy like t-"

I am cut off when Theo grabs my face and kisses me passionately. He breaks away after a moment. "I love you so fuckin' much." He whispers, his forehead against mine.

I smile and kiss him back softly. "And I love you."

Theo

"Hey, dick-face!" Someone shouts behind me as I sit on Dante and Diana's living room sofa.

I turn around and meet a red-headed girl. She looks the exact same as Diana, almost as if they're twins or at least sisters. Based on what Lily told me about Diana, I assumed that was her daughter.

"Fiona right?"

She frowns as she steps closer. "Why are you here?" She asks.

"Where's Dante?"

She sits down next to me as a frown forms on my own face. "Lily says you're rich. Where's the money?"

"Answer my question first."

She leans forward, her fist balled up on the side of her leg. "Where's the money, punk?"

"What are you, ten? Dick-face was acceptable, but punk? Seriously, you've got to do better than that, kid."

She stares at me for a moment as I rest my head on the sofa. She sighs. "He's in the garage. What do you need from him,, anyway?"

"Need help proposing to Lily."

Her mouth goes agape. "You're going to propose?" Fiona rolls her eyes. "Gross. I hope she says no."

"Yeah, I'm extremely fuckin' nervous about it so that really helped. Thanks for the encouragement, kid."

I take my wallet out as I stand up. She smiles. "Finally."

I hand her five-hundred dollars and begin walking in the direction of the garage. She gasps and I hear her follow behind me.

"Well then, welcome to the family, Mr. Theo!" She shouts as I reach the garage and I laugh.

When I step inside, Dante is laying on a creeper underneath his car. He rolls from underneath it at the sound of the door closing.

He frowns as he stands up and points to my wrist. "New watch?"

"Lily gave it to me." I reply and wipe the sweat from my hands.

His frown grows. "Why the fuck are you sweating? It's like goddamn Antarctica in here."

"What's with all the questions, man? What are you, a fucking detective or something?" I roll my eyes and start pacing in front of the door. "I'm going to ask Lily to marry me tonight."

"What? No. I don't mess with cops, m-" his eyebrows furrow and he blinks. "What the fuck did you just say?"

The door opens and when Micheal and Seth walk, I run a hand through my hair. Michael takes a sip of the white claw he is holding. "Does anyone ever get the sudden urge to die? No suicidal shit, though." He says.

Dante points to me. "This fucker is going to propose to Lily tonight!"

Seth sits on a chair next to Dante's car. "Don't bring up another woman while you're asking her. For some reason, chicks hate that shit."

Michael sits next to him. "I'm talking about dying for a few minutes just to see what all the hype is about, you know?"

"Don't make her lose her job before you propose, either. I learned the hard way."

Dante turns to Seth. "You're talking about Raven, aren't you?"

"Scratch that. I'd stay for a week or two. A lot of people want me dead."

Seth smiles. "Yeah, how'd you know, man?"

"Diana used to work with her. You rolled up weed with one of her patients' medical records. What the hell is wrong with you, bro?"

"On second thought, I'd only stay for a day. I want to come back and laugh at the idiots that cried."

I stop pacing and shove my hands in my pockets. I exhale a deep breath and shake my head. "You fuckers are useless."

Dante takes a seat on top of his car. "What do you need?"

I tell them what I need them to do and after telling me how whipped I am, they agree. I return home and change into a black suit with a white button-down underneath it. I check the clock and see Lily's and her friends would be returning soon, meaning I would have to hurry up.

I go to the porch and see Micheal, Seth and Dante arrive. They bring inside the posters and lights. For the next thirty minutes, they help me hang up the lights. We place them in a pathway from the front door of the house to the backyard, where it creates a heart. I set up the table, where a plate of sandwiches and two vases of lilies sit on top of.

Lily's favorite things were lights, hearts, flowers and peanut-butter-jelly sandwiches, so I decided to incorporate all of them. I just hoped she would like it and didn't believe it was as corny as I do.

By the time we finish, Valentina's car pulls into the driveway. Micheal, Seth and Dante rush to the backyard with the posters as I press the button that turns the lights hanging up and go to the porch. Valentina and Audrey are out of the car first. They walk towards me with a smile.

"What do you want us to do?" Audrey asks.

"Go to the backyard. Dante will give you a poster." I dig through my pockets and notice I've forgotten the ring. "Fuck." I mumble.

"What? What happened?" Says Valentina.

"I left the ring in our bedroom."

Audrey walks past me. "I'll get it."

"Don't be fuckin' nosy, Audrey. It's on the nightstand. Just grab it and get out, all right?"

"I don't want any of your shit, Acquire." She mutters as she enters the house.

Valentina goes to the backyard and Diana and Lily get out of the car. Lily spots me and smiles as she shuts the car door. They begin walking towards me just as Audrey returns and slides the ring box in my hand before rushing to the backyard with everyone else.

"Hey, Muffin!" Lily greets me and wraps her arms around me. I smile and hug her back as sweat starts to form on my forehead and my hands become clammy. "The lights are so pretty, oh my goodness! What's the occasion?" She asks.

She pulls away and I twist my ring on my finger as her expression changes to a frown. "What's wrong? You look a little pale."

I signal for Diana to go to the backyard and after holding a thumbs up behind Lily, she listens. I turn back to Lily and nod. "Yeah, I'm awesome. Fantastic, babe."

"Are you sure?"

"Mm-hmm, just a little hot." I take her hand and lead her into the house. "You okay?" I ask, my heart pounding as if it was a train on the tracks.

"Of course I'm okay, I'm with you, Muffin. I'm worried about you, though. You're acting strange. Are you sure you're alright, sugar?"

I feel like I'm about to frickin' puke.

"Yep. I'm absolutely fine, Lily. Don't worry about me." I reply as we reach the backyard door.

I open it and she gasps. "Holy mother fricker, I'm in my very own fairytale." She whispers, stepping outside and looking around at everything in awe.

Lily's friends and mine stand by side. As she steps closer to them, holding her heart, I drop to one knee. I signal for them to turn the posters around and they nod. Dante turns his around, then Diana and shortly after all of them are turned around. It reads;

Lily Hernandez, will you marry me? -Muffin

Lily gasps again and turns around as I pull the box out and open it. She covers her mouth, tears forming in her eyes.

"Oh. My. God."

"Marry me?"

You. Had. One. Fucking. Job.

I run a hand over my face. "Shit, I'm sorry. Pretend I didn't say that." I smile at Lily as a tear falls down her cheek. "Lily, I don't know what I'd do without your cheerful ass.
You took a chance on me when everyone else had given up and I'll spend the rest of my life showing you how grateful I am for it if you let me. I love you so much that I'd go bat-shit crazy if I didn't wake up to that beautiful face of yours."

"I-"

"I can give you the best sex too, if that counts. My stamina is spectacular."

"Theo!" Audrey shouts and I frown.

"What? Baby, is my stamina amazing or what?"

Lily removes her hand from her mouth and blushes as she nods. "Yes you do, sugar. "

"Gross." I hear a few of them mumble.

"With that said, will you marry me, Lily Hernandez? Please."

More tears fall down her face, and she nods as she beams down at me. "Of course I'll marry you, you little ole peach!" She says, and I breathe a sigh of relief. I place the ring on her ring finger and stand up.

I match her smile and place my hands on her hips as she touches my jawline. I bring my lips to hers slowly and as we kiss, I hear the others cheer in the background. As I deepen the kiss, Lily lifts her leg.

I smile and pull away. "You did that little leg thing they do in those Disney movies, huh?"

She stares at the ring as she replies. "Yes I did and you're not going to make fun of me after what you just did, you big softy."