A Tour and An Engagement?

5 years from now. . .
(Me & Andrew - 20; Dan - 20; Deanna - 21; Tyler - 23; Eugene - 21)

"So are you excited to get to come with us on tour?" Andrew asked. The band he was in and had been in since high school; Saints of Tomorrow, finally had made it big enough to go on tour. Their first concert was tonight in MA, with some other bands and Ivie Andersen as the headliner. No one really cared for them but just the idea of going on tour was enough to make my head spin.

"Of course!" I replied with excitement as we walked through Forest Park, holding hands.

"There's just a few things we have to do before we head over to the bus tonight." He replied, he had this look on his face that meant he was up to something. Whether that was good or bad, I wasn't sure.

"Alright. Like what?"

"You'll see." We walked to the part of the park where there was arches, pretty white ones. It was a little romantic site and it was quiet, no annoying kids or people around to bug us. Another romantic part of it was that the leaves on the trees were different colors, it was like a perfect fall scene from a movie."So I wanted to talk to you about something.." He stopped in his tracks, now facing me and still holding my hand.

"Yeah?"

He reached into his pocket to get something and pulled out a black box. He did this a lot, and most of the time it was a necklace or a bracelet so when he pulled this box out, I wasn't excited and wasn't expecting anything more then a nice necklace to go with the billions of others I had in my jewelery box at home.

"Another necklace? What's the occasion this time babe?" I asked, not really getting into it as much as I should. I was use to it, Andrew spoiled me but I wasn't complaining. I was just tired of necklaces, I wanted a ring...an engagement ring.

"Nope." And he got down on one knee, with a smile and my jaw dropped. He opened the box propped it open and began to speak; "Samantha Jo Geissler, the past five years with you has been amazing and I am constantly amazed by all that you do and at how beautiful you are. I never understood the world, or emotions, or love but when you came into my life, I knew you were the one and I couldn't let you go. I want to make all of your dreams come true and I love you more then myself, I would do anything for you, heck I'd take a bullet for you. I've waited so long to do this so, Samantha Jo Geissler, will you marry me?"

All I could do was nod. He slipped the ring on my finger and picked me up and spun me around.

"And you thought it was a necklace.."

(Later on that night)

We got to the first arena after having shared the good news with our families and of course, the band. Everyone was pretty excited except Mr. Rayder and Evan but nothing ever made them happy so it didn't bug me at all. Tyler was a little jealous, him and Danielle had been engaged for almost two years and she wouldn't decide on a date and when he heard when our was, in two years he wasn't happy because Danielle wanted to wait another three and he wanted to be married before me.

The boys were pumped for their first show and while they were out there playing, Dan's girlfriend and my best friend Deanna were backstage discussing the wedding and all these plans and ideas for it. When their first two songs were finished, their agent came out and told me to get ready to go on stage. Confused and not exactly sure why, I just quickly got up and made sure I looked presentable. Hopefully I wouldn't make a fool of myself or attack the annoying girls I heard chanting Dan and Andrew's names and how much they loved them and asking them to marry them. Ha, pathetic.

"I'm Dan, the bassist to my left is Robert, the drummer behind us is Tyler, the guitarist on the far right is Eugene and the lead guitarist next to me on my right is Andrew." Screams roared through the stadium, chants about Eugene, Dan and Andrew filling the air, posters in the air and glow sticks all swaying back and forth. Then Dan spoke again; "Our guitarist Andrew, just got engaged today and we wanted to introduce you to his fiance, and one of our best friends and someone whose been supporting us since day one, meet Samantha, soon to be Samantha Rayder!" Was this planned? When I looked at Andrew's face I got my answer. It wasn't planned, he was as surprised as I was. I saw the screaming girls scowl and a picture of me and Andrew popped up on the screen, the same one they had taken earlier today with the engagement ring. Oh Daniel. . .

I went over and gave Andrew a hug and kissed him, the girls groaned and swore; I laughed. "Congratulations guys! They've been together for five years now, crazy right? I also want you guys to meet my girlfriend, Deanna!" More groans from the screaming girls and out came Deanna, who obviously knew she would be coming out.

A tour and an engagement, all in one night.