| ...ally... I slowly opened my eyes, and was blinded by the sunlight, I sat up and noticed that I was alone in the hotel room. I wondered where Bryan was because I was used to being the first one to wake up because Bryan had selective deafness when Dylan woke up early. I was still really tired, so I decided to go back to sleep, and pulled the blanket back over my head to block out the sun. I had just fallen asleep again when the sound of the door opening woke me again. I looked up and saw Bryan standing at the door, with a tray of food in his arms. "Morning," he grinned, " got some breakfast." He sat down beside me on the bed. "What time is it?" "930." He answered and grabbed a slice of toast. "What?!" I replied. Normally I was up at 730 to give Dylan breakfast, so this was really late. Bryan nodded his head. "I bet Shane's gonna be tired later," he laughed, "poor guy. I think he got the human alarm clock today." "Yeah, should we go see if they're ok?" "I saw Shane and junior when I went down for breakfast. They'd already had breakfast and were heading down to the park." Bryan said. "Park? Oh no, is he still wearing his pyjamas?" I said, realising that they were the only clothes he had with him until I could unpack some. "No, Shane brought him up here earlier and we got him changed, we can go find them after breakfast." He explained. "There's a park in the hotel yard, that's where they are." "Yeah, ok." "I need to talk to you." He said, looking serious. I looked up at him. He continued, "you were talking in your sleep last night." "I was," I laughed, hoping I hadn't said too much. "What did I say?" "Oh, well, you were sorry for something." He laughed. "Is that all?" "No, you mentioned Derek, but nothing else." "Oh, you know, probably just because I saw him over the past few days. Dunno what the sorry was about, maybe because I came out here and ruined your party." I laughed. "Party? It's work!" He cried defensively. "I know, geez Bry, I was joking." I said. We finished eating breakfast and I was getting ready in the bathroom when I heard someone knocking the door. "Bry! It's Nicky, is it safe to come in, or have you got another hot blonde in there?!" He laughed. I heard Bryan open the door. "Hey Nicky," I said as I walked out of the bathroom, his face went pale as he realised I had probably heard everything he said. "What's all this about?" I asked him, and looked at Bryan, who was giving Nicky a cold stare. "Oh nothing, just joking with you guys." Nicky laughed. "When did you get here? I thought you were at home with Dylan." "I got here last night with Ro." I explained. "Is G here?" "Yeah, she's downstairs with the others. We can't find Shane though." At this Bryan burst out laughing. "He's babysitting. Check the park!" He shouted to Nicky. "Well, i'm gonna go find the others, see how Shane's getting on." I walked over to Bryan and gave him a kiss on the cheek, " See you downstairs?" "Yeah babe." He said, "I just gotta talk to Nicky for a second." I waved goodbye to Bryan and Nicky and walked out of the room, and headed down to find the others. I saw them in the hotel lobby, and walked over to them, they all stopped talking when I walked over, making me wonder what they had been talking about. "Ally!" They all cried, followed by various cries of "when did u get here?" And similar greetings. We all decided to go and find Shane and rescue him. ...bryan... "Great Nicky! Are you trying to drop me in it?!" I said angrily. "Hey, I didn't know Ally was here." He shouted back, "anyway, I'm not the one cheating on my girlfriend." "I am not cheating, it was a one night stand!" I shouted, "and Ally's not going to find out about it, Nicky. This could break us up if she finds out." "Fine! I don't think that anyone's going to say about it." He said. "I still can't believe you though, I mean you guys are practically married." "I know. I'm not going to do it again, I felt terrible when I saw them last night, knowing what I had done." I said and sat down on the bed, "she wouldn't do that to me." And I thought it was true, she wouldn't cheat on me, would she? "Actually Nicky," I started, "I was thinking of asking her to marry me." "Yeah?" I nodded my head, "not out of guilt Bryan." He warned. "No! You said yourself we're practically married anyway." Nicky nodded. "I mean, we have a kid already, so we might as well make it official." "When are you gonna ask?" "Maybe tonight, but I don't want to tell the others, maybe leave it until we get home. Tell people at Dylan's birthday party." I said, "besides, the ring's back home!" "I still can't believe that he's gonna be a year old in 3 weeks, god, Bryan, I still can't believe you kept a girl for 18 months!" He laughed. "Yeah, weird!" "Come on, lets find the others." He said, and we went downstairs. ...that night... We had a fun day. The guys and me had done interviews for most of the afternoon, while the girls had all gone shopping and exploring. After that I had gone an got us a room change, so that we could all stay in the one room, because judging by Shane's tired face, he couldn't take another night with Dylan. We decided to all have dinner together, but Ally and I left early, because we wanted to put Dylan to bed, and I wanted to ask Ally about marrying me. As we got up from the table, Nicky called me over. "Good luck!" He whispered. "Thanks, but don't tell anyone, ok? Not even G!" I whispered back, he looked disappointed, but agreed anyway. We slowly walked up to our room, I read Dylan a story, then he fell asleep. "Ally?" "Yeah?" "I was wondering..." She looked up at me. I couldn't seem to find the words I had been planning all day. "Bry, is everything ok?" "Umm, ok...well, we've been together now for 18 months...and well..ok..will you marry me?" "What?" She whispered shocked. "I just messed up, didn't I?" "No, Yes!" She cried. "What, I did mess up?" I asked. "No, you didn't mess up, and yes I will marry you." She explained. "Oh, but Ally." I said, "the rings at home, I didn't think you were going to show up here!" "That's ok, come here!"she said, and I walked over. She gave me a big hug, and I kissed her. "Should we tell the others?" She asked. "No, I want to keep it quiet, we can tell them at home." I explained. "But, umm , Nicky knows." "OK, I won't tell, you better tell Nicky to keep it quiet. Does this mean that G knows too?" "She doesn't know. Do you want Nicky to tell her?" "If you don't mind, because I'll want to tell someone! Can't we let Nat and Pnut know too?" She asked. "Well, I thought we could announce it at Dyl's party next month." I explained. "Ok then" she said, "time for bed?" She giggled. "You can tell Nicky tomorrow." "Ok," and I got into bed. |