I wake up in my boxers and smile as I sit up in bed and take a long stretch. The feeling of my muscles stretching felt like sweet relief.

I yawn and sit up in bed and pop my knuckles before walking out of my room through my small apartment to the kitchen to make myself some breakfast.

It isn't the greatest, just a T.V.,a playstation, and a couch with a old wooden table infront of it for magic the gathering to be played on, worn from the amount of drinks its held and the ammount of times its had dice rolled on it.

"Today is the day, Today is the day I ' William Matthews' Propose to 'Veronica Smith.' I open my to my fridge containing; orange juice,eggs, and some cuts of meat and cheese.

I grab myself the eggs and juice ready to cook some eggs as I rehearse the entire plan in my head;

"First, as soon as I finish my shift at the comic shop i'll call the outdoor shop and pick up the boat I had been saving up for the past few months.

Drop it off at our little romantic spot at the lake.

Pick up our favorite rum.

Get the ring I had been saving for, a nice white gold band and two carret diamonds.

Pick her up, and take her to said spot, surprise her with the boat.

Get in said boat and look up at the stars drinking under the soft glow of the night and pop the question, then after she says yes take off in the boat enjoying the rest of the night."

I smile and snap back into reality as I notice me over pouring my drink in the glass. "Ah shit." I muttered as I stopped and grabbed a towel to clean my mess. I had been dozing off into fantasy ever since a few months ago when I wanted to propose to the girl of my dreams, she was the perfect girl. Perfect blue eyes, Long black hair, a slender body but not to thin, pale skin,funny,cute, and charming. She was in my mind twenty four seven for the past two years. She was my world, she was my reason to wake up in the morning, the only person who cares about me in life.

And everyday I wondered, what I did to get such a lovely woman. Looking at me I'm not much, Tall, Thin almost to the point of boney , long brown hair, and brown eyes, and a very pale complexion. And everyday I'm grateful to be with her.

I quickly eat my breakfast smiling practicing what I'll say to her;

"Veronica, I love you, you have been there for me ever since I lost my grandfather a couple years back, you must have had to have to deal with me for a while, he was there for me since my parents died in a car crash when I was three.

You have been there when I had no one else to turn too, you have cared about me as much as I've cared about you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you..." As I take my last bite of eggs I softly whisper. "Yeah, that's when I pull out the ring."

I clean my dishes and get my homer simpson shirt and and jeans and dash out to my old beat up pickup to drive to work. After my long shift is over I hear my boss call me to the back room, to which I recived the bad news.

My boss sighed. "Hey Jacob, I um...I don't know how to tell you this but with having seven members of the staff the shop has been losing some money...I-I have to make cut backs so this will be your last day..." he muttered.

I stood there frozen. "Cut backs? You're going to really fire me and everyone?" I asked shocked.

"Not everyone...just the ones not exactly..." He paused for a moment trying to think of how to put this. "Not exactly the ones that are as quite as you, you creep out the customers." He said bluntly.

I grumble. "Are you kidding me? I creep them out?!" I say getting annoyed.

"Look, Just go home and cool off." He ordered pointing at the door. "I have to close up." He stated as I turned away and walked out.

"Minor bump...thats' all it is..." I sigh as I get in my car and start my plan to propose.

I get the boat and everything in place before I pickup Veronica and slide the ring box in my left pocket. She stood in front of her house in her skirt and black t-shirt. A black hummer in the driveway.

"Hey babe, how are you?" I ask smiling as I pull up next to her.

"Hey Will..." she said as she walked to the driver window.

"Well? Hop in! We can go to our little spot, i have a surprise." I say happily.

"Look...Will we have to talk..." she said with a expressionless face, I felt time froze as I felt terrified of that sentence.

"It's not working out, I mean all you do is work in a comic shop, text me and keep hanging out with me, and when we do hang out you keep talking about that geeky crap, and I can't take it anymore..."

"W-what do you mean? I mean I thought..." I uttered out before hearing her house door open.

"Hey babe you coming back in?" I hear a voice call out.

"Yeah...I'm done talking too will hun..." she said before coldly turning and walking back into the house. I sat there frozen as I see man tall,well built, in a tank tap slap her backside playfully with her giggling to it. "Stop that! Wait for after dinner mister!" I hear her playfully scorn as the door slowly closes.

I sat there for what felt like eternity before speeding off sobbing in my truck on the way to the boat.

Next thing I know I'm on the boat staring at the dark sky through tears, clutching the half empty rum bottle. "I-I don't need her...I don't need anyone...I wish I could vanish out of this world to any caring world" I mutter as lighting cracks. I take another hearty swig of my rum as I feel raindrops pepper my face before I black out.

Author's Note

A little backstory for the character, I have often had reader and friends say I need to focus on some backstory for my main characters, this is my first time doing so, I hope you all like it!

~Toxic