Fairytale Love - Becca & Brian (35 page)

But, the one thing he knew for sure was that Becca was his and he was hers and that was that. They would be together.

“Keep those votes coming in, and when we come back, we’ll reveal which couple received the highest number of votes, the couple you believe found their fairytale love. Stay tuned, we’ll crown our Fairytale Couple after these messages.”

Applause played loudly.

No one, except Brian, knew what he had decided—that it didn’t matter if the audience had voted for Brian and Brooklyn or Colton and Becca—he had made up his mind that the couple that would continue their journey to happily ever after was Brian and Becca.

As the crew came up to retouch Lance’s make-up and talk to him for a minute, the two couples just sat, staring, waiting—the tension was palpable.

The show’s eliminated contestants, who had been brought back for the finale, were sitting on stage in a special section. They looked almost as nervous as the final four as they watched the two couples and talked amongst themselves.

“We’re back in one minute,” the AD called out.

The applause track began playing and Brian’s gaze naturally gravitated to Becca. He could tell that she was nervous. He wished he were sitting beside her so he could hold her, tell her everything was going to be okay. Tell her that he knew what he was doing.

“Welcome back, I’m your host Lance Sparrow and this is the finale of
Fairytale Love
. Where one couple will not only continue their happily ever after, they will also win half a million dollars.”

The applause track played loudly.

“Alright folks, here is the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Viewers have voted. Which couple did you think found their
Fairytale Love
?”

A girl that Brian had never seen before, wearing a skimpy black cocktail dress, appeared on stage and handed Lance an envelope. The host made a big show of slowly opening it.

As Lance looked down, he had a look of surprise on his face that Brian was pretty sure was totally fake.

“Here it is folks, the couple that received an overwhelming majority of the votes, the couple you believe has found their Fairytale Love, the couple that will be continuing on the road to happily ever after is…”

Brian waited while they built the tension for the audience. The cameras were probably getting close up shots of him but he didn’t care, he couldn’t take his eyes off Becca. She smiled and his heart expanded in his chest. The look in her eye told him that she knew, like he did, no matter what the “viewers” said, they were going to be together.

“Becca and….” Lance paused and the silence was electric with anticipation.

“…Brian!”

“Becca and Brian, you are our Fairytale Couple!” Lance stood and a track with rowdy applause played.

At the sound of Brian’s name, Brooklyn shot to a standing position like someone had buzzed a jolt of electricity through her chair.

“What!?!” she shrieked—then stood frozen, eyes wide, mouth open, staring directly into the camera—for just a beat. Anger flashed in her face as she turned to Lance. “What the fuck is going on?! You can’t do this! They’re not a couple! That’s not fair!” she screamed, her hands waving wildly.

Lance, the quintessential professional, stepped smoothly around Brooklyn and with his ever-camera-ready smile, enthusiastically confirmed as he seamlessly read from the teleprompter, “That’s right folks, you have been voting for Brian and Becca since the first show. You have even started fan pages for them and petitions. You, the viewers, our loyal fans, have spoken loud and clear and we have listened, Brian and Becca are your Fairytale Couple!”

Brian and Becca are your Fairytale Couple.

The words played back in Brian’s head and he jumped out of his chair so fast you would think it was spring-loaded. Stepping across the stage (in one long stride) he pulled Becca, who looked like she was in a state of shock, out of her chair and into his arms, crushing his lips to hers in a claiming kiss. His demanding lips caressed hers as he devoured her softness. She kissed him back with a fiery possession.

Pulling away slightly he looked into her eyes, and as always, the rest of the world just disappeared. Resting his forehead against hers he whispered, “I don’t ever want to hear you say ‘we’re just friends’ again. Marry me, Becca.”

A huge smile spread across her face as tears formed in her eyes. She sucked in a shaky breath as she gripped her arms around his neck, holding him even tighter.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Brian said, smiling as she began kissing him again.

“Yes,” she said between kisses, her lips still turned up in a huge smile. “Yes!”

Brian suddenly realized that all of the contestants had crowded around them, congratulating and hugging them. From behind him, Brian felt a tug on his arm and heard Colton say his name. As he turned to Colton, Brian saw Brooklyn being escorted off the stage by two aids, still flailing her arms wildly, while loudly assuring them that they would hear from her lawyer.

“Congratulations, she’s an amazing girl,” Colton said with a twinge of sadness in his tone.

Brian shook his head. “I’m sorry, man. I love her,” he explained, as he reached out to shake Colton’s hand.

“I know, man.” Colton smiled a knowing smile and Brian saw a heartbreak behind his eyes that only came from knowing what true love was and losing it. Not for Becca, but for someone. Colton shook Brian’s hand. “Believe me, I know. It’s all good. I’m happy for you guys.”

As everyone continued to congratulate them and wish them the best, Brian pulled Becca to him. Becca wrapped her arms around Brian’s waist and he threaded his fingers in her hair and pulled her head against his chest, leaning down, he kissed her on the top of her head.

Brian knew that they had won because the viewers had voted that they were the ones that had found their ‘
Fairytale Love
’. But, the truth was, he had found his fairytale love on a playground, when he was four years old.

And he knew that what they had was real love—that no matter what happened, no matter what life threw at them, as long as they had each other, they had…everything.

They weren’t on the road to their happily-ever-after, they were living it.

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