Warnings: None

Word Count: 1972

Author's Note: First of all, I just want to say that I loved seeing everyone's reactions to the last chapter. All of them put the biggest smile on my face :) Also, this will be the last chapter from Tyler's point of view for the entire series. I can't believe that it's almost over :( Still, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

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I held onto Y/N's hand tightly as we walked up to the front of the restaurant. Through the door, I could already see most of my siblings waiting around inside, talking happily with one another. Y/N turned to me and smiled when she noticed them, squeezing my hand a little tighter. Although she hadn't known at the time, I had planned this dinner to celebrate our engagement with our siblings, as well as get everyone together one last time before we left for three months.

"Are you nervous?" I asked, leaning in close to her.

"I don't think nervous even scratches the surface of what I'm feeling," she laughed quietly. "I just can't wait to see the look on Carter's face when he catches sight of my hand."

"Do you think it'll be like when he found out we were dating?"

"Worse."

"Alright, let's do this."

I pulled the door open for Y/N, finally releasing her hand so that she could walk in ahead of me. Immediately, all of our family was turning to look in our direction. Y/N had already dug her hands into her pockets, keeping the ring out of sight for now.

There was a chorus of "Tyler" and "Y/N"s as we walked up to them. I started to wrap an arm around Y/N, but she was quickly pulled into a hug by her brother. My eyes flew to her hand, waiting for the second when the ring became visible. She had barely started to put her arms around Carter when Marenna reached out and caught her wrist.

"What is this?" Marenna asked, pulling Y/N's hand closer to her face. "Is this what I think it is?"

Y/N turned to me, already smiling. I nodded and turned towards my own siblings, only to see that they were already looking at me with raised eyebrows, waiting for an explanation.

"Surprise! We're engaged."

The room immediately erupted into excitement, with everyone crowding around to see Y/N's ring or pat me on the back. After talking to Y/N for awhile, Carter eventually made his way over to me. I straightened up a little bit. I had known him for nearly as long as I had known Y/N, but he still never failed to intimidate me. Even before I was dating his sister, I had always wanted to make a good impression.

"I guess I have to stop teasing her about getting married now," he laughed.

I crossed my arms in front of my chest. "You still have a while until she's officially a Joseph. There's plenty of time to get some final jokes in."

Carter nodded. "You know, I always wondered if you two would end up together and, I have to say, I'm really glad that you did."

It was hard not to let a smile completely overtake my face at Carter's compliment.

"It means a lot to hear you say that."

He smiled, "You obviously make her very happy and that's all I ever wanted."

"I intend to keep doing that for the rest of my life."

Carter clapped a hand down on my shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Good."

Deciding that we had stood in the front of the restaurant for long enough, I finally walked up to the hostess. She looked up when she noticed me walking towards her and began to smile.

"I have a reservation for Joseph."

"Party of nine?"

"That's us."

She quickly counted out menus and gestured over her shoulder, "Right this way."

"Hey, guys, we're going to sit down."

The conversation quickly quieted down and everyone fell into their places. Y/N rejoined me at the front of the group and wrapped a hand around my arm, still smiling. I pressed a quick kiss to her cheek as we walked.

There was a bit of commotion as everyone tried to figure out where they were sitting. I eventually ended up between Zack and Y/N, who naturally had Carter on her other side. Once everyone was settled and happy with the seating arrangement, we began to look through our menus.

"What do you think you're going to get?" Y/N asked, leaning over towards me.

"I'm not sure yet. Do you know?"

"No, that's why I was asking you," she laughed quietly.

The table was quiet as everyone looked over the menu and tried to decide what to get. Once that was finished, the conversation really began to pick up.

"Ok, I have to know the story," Maddy chimed in. "How did it happen?"

"The engagement?" Y/N asked.

"Of course."

Y/N turned to me with raised eyebrows, "Do you want to tell it or should I?"

"Why don't you tell it and I can fill in the details?"

"Tag team it. Good plan."

Everyone listened intently as Y/N told the story, from setting up the blankets in the back of the car to the actual proposal. I only occasionally filled in details when I felt they were needed, which wasn't often.

"How did you keep the ring hidden from me?" Y/N asked after Tatum had brought it up.

"It was an ordeal," I laughed. "I brought it home early last week and my original plan was to keep it hidden in my t-shirt drawer, but then you mentioned how you found the old postcard in there so I decided that was a really bad idea."

"So where was it?"

"I kept it in the center console of my car."

"Is that why you made me drive everywhere last week?"

"Yeah," I smiled.

"That makes so much sense."

"Do you guys know when the wedding is going to be?" Zack chimed in.

"Josh and I are planning on taking an extended break once this tour is over to work on the next album and have some time to ourselves, so we'll probably do it during that break."

"Other than that, the only thing we've decided is that we're getting married," Y/N added with a laugh. "Speaking of weddings, Ren, does your comment about never wanting to plan another wedding in your life still stand?"

"I think an exception can be made," she smiled.

"You know, we can talk about things other than the engagement and wedding," I said.

"Oh, come on Tyler," Maddy said. "This is exciting! Our big brother is getting married!"

"Yeah, let us be happy," Zack said, reaching over to lightly shove my shoulder.

"Sorry! Sorry. I just want to hear about your lives too, you know."

"We'll get there," Jay added.

Our conversation was only interrupted when a waiter came over to take everyone's drink orders. After Y/N ordered, I leaned over close to her so that I could whisper in her ear.

"Are you having an ok time?"

"I'm having a great time. This was a really good idea, Ty."

I leaned back, now with a smile on my face. It wasn't often that we were able to get all of the siblings together, but I always looked forward to when we did. I considered myself incredibly lucky to call all the people around me family, even if we weren't blood relatives.

"When do you guys leave for tour?" Will asked.

"Monday morning. We're spending a day in Cincinnati before the tour officially begins to get people acquainted and all that."

"I think Tatum and I are going to drive down for the show," Zack said. "I don't know if any of you are interested in coming along."

There was some quiet murmuring around the table as people discussed whether or not they would try to make it for the show. Next to me, I noticed that Y/N was fiddling with her ring.

"You ok?" I asked quietly, reaching out to put a hand on her arm.

"Yeah," she nodded. "Just thinking about things that we need to do tonight and tomorrow."

I lightly rubbed my thumb along her arm, "It's ok. You don't need to worry about that right now, just focus on spending time with family."

"You're right."

She put her ring back on her finger, spinning it back into place.

"Are you excited to be touring again?" Tatum asked.

"I wish I had a longer break, but I really do love playing shows. Even with all the bumps this time around, I feel really good about the show that Josh and I are putting on and I think it represents this album well."

"And you look sexy in your suits," Y/N added under her breath, making me snort.

"What did you say, Y/N?" Maddy asked.

"Nothing," she answered quickly. I could tell by the way that her lips were pressed together that she was embarrassed.

"Are you looking forward to tour, Y/N?" Zack said.

"Yeah, I am. It definitely takes some adjustment, but honestly after spending a month at home without Tyler, I'm ready to be back on a cramped tour bus again."

"It's not that cramped."

"That's because you take up the whole couch and don't share!" Y/N giggled.

"Alright, whatever."

"We're going to miss you guys," Marenna said, which was met with nods from the rest of the table.

I ignored the pang of sadness in my chest and put a smile on my face, not wanting the mood at the table to take a turn. Today was supposed to be about taking advantage of the time we still had left, after all.

"We're going to miss you guys too."

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Dinner eventually came to an end and after plenty of hugs, we all walked back to our cars with promises to keep in touch when Y/N and I were on the road. Y/N laced her fingers with mine as we walked back to where I had parked at the very edge of the lot, swinging our hands idly back and forth.

"This was really nice, Ty. Thank you for getting everyone together."

"Your welcome. I knew it was something you would really enjoy, plus it got most of the people that we needed to announce the engagement to out of the way."

"Now it's just our parents, Josh, and the entirety of the clique," she laughed.

"To be fair, Josh already knows because I slipped up about having to pick up a ring after one of our meetings. Then I got excited and just told him the whole thing."

"It's a good thing Josh can keep a secret."

"Honestly. I was tense that entire night that we got dinner together."

"Speaking of dinner, don't forget we're going over to Carter and Marenna's on Sunday night to see my parents and Max one last time."

"Right. And we have dinner with my parents tomorrow."

"Yes."

Y/N finally let go of my hand so that she could walk to the other side of the car. The door creaked as I opened it and climbed inside.

"Alright, let's get home so we can finish up more tour preparations. We only have a couple days left," Y/N said. She was already plugging in her phone so that we could listen to our music on the way home.

"These last three weeks really flew by," I said as I started up the car. "I swear just yesterday I was napping on the couch with you after getting home from the airport."

"A lot happened. I mean, my brother got married, you had meetings most of the time, and now we're engaged."

I reached over and grabbed Y/N's hand again. She began to rub her thumb along the back of my hand, keeping me calm as I pulled out of my parking spot. Once I did so, I looked over to her and smiled.

"And I couldn't be happier about it."