"Here's your coffee", I juggled his and mine's coffee as we ran into the office late as usual. This was our day back at work, after our break, and we had to make a good impression and not be late, but Nolan insisted on sleeping 5 extra minutes. He pulled the 'well that's the perks of being your own boss' card as he dozed off to the sound of his blaring alarm clock.He had the driver drop us, today as I was doing his tie on the way to work and we needed a little us time before the chaos. He dropped us off right next to the elevator as we ran as fast as we could. My face was flustered a pink shade and my smile faded as I drank the steaming coffee."Tomorrow I'll wake up any time you want me to, Princess", he said as he kissed my forehead, he treated me like a doll, and I loved it. The elevator pinged as it stopped on floor 7 and workers entered. They peered over at Nolan, as they saw their boss and stopped laughing and became very serious. That's why they say you'll never be friends w
"Good morning", he kissed my forehead as I looked up and at the time, it 5:30 in the morning and there Nolan stood in a tie with a strap on the bag next to him and his briefcase."Morning, you're leaving already", I asked him as he nodded and I scooted over as he sat down next to the bed."Yes, it's an early flight, I just wanted to say bye", he kissed my lips and let me go back to sleep as he said goodbye softly I pulled him closer as I whispered into his soft ear."Come back to me", I whispered as he said "I will", on my heated lips, he took off as he let me sleep soundly.I woke up peacefully an hour later as I got ready for work, making my breakfast and preparing for today. The day I would try to stand up to my dad.Other than my sister, I now had a reason to live, he surprised me and it felt amazing. I zipped up my tunic dress as I slipped on my tights and fastened my heels. I made myself a coffee as I got on the road, I went into the kitchen the room he kept all his keys in
The light blinded my eyes as I felt a teardrop, there was a call incoming from Texas, as I answered it and I heard the sweet voice I had been yearning to hear."Hi, my love", his sweet voice caressed as I giggled like a schoolgirl and heard the construction going on in the back as he tried to shh the people all I could hear was him ordering different people around, he was bossy."Hi", I breathed out as he sighed as he heard my voice, say one word and I could tell he wanted to come home."How are you doing", I asked as he laughed a bit and I couldn't wait for him to respond and for me to tell him that I missed him and that I wanted him to never leave my side again."I'm missing you that's for sure", he hummed as I wished to tell him I missed him, as yet again he had tried to muffle his words out and I could hear every word of him argue with the other workers. I heard a couple of words but the most important ones of all were "stop interrupting me I'm talking to my wife", wife, he ca
Bzzz, Bzzz", my phone buzzed me awake, as I chucked the infamous object across the room. I shut my eyes hoping to get a couple of more minutes of soundless sleep, but that darn thing kept buzzing and then I realized just how stupid I truly was. I had to walk to turn it off, throwing across the room did nothing, how come in movies it always worked.I stretched out my sore legs and walked to the tv stand, which had my phone landing on it perfectly, and to my surprise, it wasn't cracked or broken, lucky me.My side scarred me as I felt the scar that had now replaced the blood that seeped out of my new hole.I walked up the stairs with ease, as I held on for dear life by the banister, I was perfectly okay. I made my way to the bedroom I hadn't slept in last night and I hugged his pillow, my sense of security.I opened up the closet as I found the least revealing outfit, I could find, it was a dress that had sleeves and I could put on some tights, to go with the confusing weather in Se
"You are so handsome", I admired him as he picked me up and I wrapped my arms around him as he kissed my forehead."Time to go", he said as he carried me to the car as I laughed at all the people looking at us like we were crazy, but really we were just crazy in love.We were greeted by Mr. Johnson as he ushered us inside the car and Nolan put me down. I climbed in the car waiting for the moment until he got in the car so I could snuggle with him all over again.He stepped in the car as I hugged him dearly, and he knew a seatbelt couldn't separate us.After an hour of snuggling we finally made it and this time it wasn't at their house it was a large castle, with a red carpet and everything. There were many people all in fancy dresses with inseam stitches and designer names."Milady", a hand extended from the now open door as flashes were heard in the distance, questions were being thrown out as I climbed out of the black car. He took my hand as I knew these questions would only m
"Now please let's welcome our surprise onto the stage", we stared at each other as he held my hand tightly and we made our way up onto the stage."Hi, everyone", he brushed his hair back and the crowd cheered him on as they settled down he began telling a story."Everyone this is Natalie, and she is the love of my life. We recently got married it was very close-knit, just immediate family and friends. This woman has inspired me to do so much and I'm falling in love with her every single day. If you have any questions or would love to meet her, then I guess find us, thank you and have a great rest of your night", he said as he held my hands dearly and he brought them to his lips as he kissed them. He pulled me away as a man came and cleared something for us as he pulled me along and I followed."Nolan where are we going", I asked as he laughed and opened the doors to a secluded balcony, that was closed off and there was fruit and champagne."Natalie I love you, so much and I just f
"Babe, please get dressed", he was being stubborn as usual as I knew he didn't want to go. I knew he had been dreading it and whenever I had brought it up he'd change the conversation. Over the weekend we had stayed in and ordered in while lying in bed together and just enjoying each other's companionship."Can't we stay home, please", he begged me as I went to his closet and grabbed him a Polo shirt and grey pants."Please, for me and your sister get dressed, don't forget your mom is going to be there, you know how she loves us to be on time", I walked into my side of the closet as I heard a "shit" from under his breath and I heard him rush to the bathroom."Leave the bathroom open I have to do my makeup", I said as I heard laughing from the bathroom, I searched for something that matched the slightest bit and I found a matching set with a shirt being a crop top, with high waisted pants, it matched the grey from his pants.I grabbed my makeup bag as I walked into the bathroom and
He kissed my soft lips over and over again, as I woke up to a strong hand underneath me and a gentle hand caressing my wisps of hair. He kissed my neck as it tingled and I fought off his loving kisses, yet again."It's time to wake up", he reminded me as he kissed me and pulled me on top of him, as I fit perfectly along his chest, I was his missing puzzle piece and he was mine. He began tickling me as I laughed along with him and he smiled."I'm awake", I broke out laughing as he stopped tickling me and we laid still as he slipped out of bed leaving me cold, as I begged him to come back."Why did you leave me, I need your warmth", I demanded him back as he slipped a white-collar shirt and began buttoning up. I got up to help him do his tie, as he held it out for me."I have a meeting and you have a cup of tea with my mom, she simply wants to talk over tea with you and Avery, it's the strangest thing I've heard but then again I thought girls actually go to the bathroom to powder th
3 years later I jumped out of my seat, rushing to turn in my 1,000 word essay written in the span of three hours. I slipped it on the professor's desk and held onto my pair of books, rushing out of the school's doors. People rushed and sprinted past me, as I looked down the street for my red ride. Like a proper man Dallas was, he was leaning against the car, reading. It was the last string of our junior classes before we went on a much needed and deserved spring break trip. Dallas and I had been looking forward to spring break, ever since we had planned it. Davina and I had planned a trip, with some of our other friends. Each couple was all going to head down to Greece for the remainder of the week. We both needed a break massively, especially some alone time with just the two of us would be good. I needed just time basking in his gaze and the suns. It sounded heavenly. Especially because Dallas and I were going to drive down to home for two days, right before the trip. I needed to
"Melody Clemente". My principal dearly said as I walked across the stage and shook his hand, I beamed at the person next to him and instead of the handshake that normally would have been given. He hugged me, Nolan had been something of a father figure the past few years. He loved my sister like she was the whole solar system, and he loved me too. He saw me as his own flesh and blood, he cared so much. "I'm so proud of you". He said, his eyes glistening as I opened my own eyes. He held his breath, as he kissed my cheek and I walked across the stage. I smiled as I walked down the stage and took a seat. The hundred roll call of students I had become frequented with passed by, my heart smiling as my friends passed by. The people I had learned to love, to cherish. As soon as it was over, I ran to my family. Each with hugs and bouquets of flowers, each and every single one of them had shown up. Avery had come as well as Caroline and Alison too, and Leah as well, and Vi and her had been t
One year Later Tomorrow was a big day. The end of a chapter and the beginning of a new one, filled with adventures, sadness, and joy. But most importantly that independent feeling of searching for yourself amongst the other millions let out to the world. And it was amusing, satisfying and uplifting to know I was able to take this journey on with my best friend. "Mel". Natalie knocked on the door, then opened it. And as she stared at me in the exceptional white dress I had picked, tears watered down her face. I was going to be let out on my own, no longer hers. But the world's in a way. "You look beautiful". She gushed, my cheeks blushing a maddening red. She wiped the tears from her cheeks as I turned to face the mirror, my own reflection beaming back at me. "Tomorrow's a big day, huh?" She said, her voice rising and soft from the tears. She understood it, the feeling of saying goodbye, letting go. "What if I'm not ready?" I asked her, my voice stumbling on the next words to come
She was smiling, the brightest I had ever seen her smile. As she was surrounded with people who loved her. She was happy, to have freedom, to not feel trapped on a hospital floor.It had been three weeks since we had arrived back, and Dallas and I had thrown her a party. A party for the masses, with her friends from the hospital visiting, even that small sweet boy who she wanted to watch a movie with. She was happy, and healthy and safe and she was responding amazingly to the medicine that she was on.It was weird to say she was okay now, I think even Dallas had no idea what to do with himself. He was completely immersing himself in his new project ever since he's gotten back. Keeping it under the wraps for me I assume, but the mysteries behind him will unveil soon, I'm sure.But I felt at peace, the kinks of our relationship fixed to the most we could try. He and I were like lightning every single day. The most amazing chemistry that lived beneath us.Vi was the
It has been five days, of waiting, of breathing each other's air in the small hospital room we were given. We spent the past five days talking. His mind apologizing for every single misstep he could've made. But the issues lied there, he needed help. He needed help more than anyone else here, signally defined by the fact that he wanted to believe that he didn't have anyone. That he was all alone.That he didn't have a system supporting him, a system looking out for him.I wanted to carry his weight, take on his pain, but he carried so much that it was already a part of him. I don't think he knew how to part with it when it was all over. And it saddened me more than anything. It saddened me that this was his life, filled with pain of all sorts. He was afraid to have a life without it I think."She'll be awake soon". I said, softly, stroking his hair to the side as he laid on my lap."She's supposed to be awake already". He said, sighing as we both stared at
He left the office with a stab in his heart, as I chased after him. He was angry, upset at every negative choice word I could think of to describe him and he hated me."Dallas. Please". I yelled out at as he turned to look at me. His eyes stone cold in anger towards me, my heart beating madly as he ravaged me with a single look, brushing into the very depths of my eyes."You don't get to follow me, you don't get to say my name. You are taking away the one person I've loved the most. The one person. I need her, and you-you don't get that". His tears strung high, his heart maddened like a lion roaring from the depths of his heart. He looked at me with hatred, something in all of these moments we shared he had never truly hated me, not like this, not like this moment."Just leave". He begged, my feet frozen in their very place. My mind lost into his eyes, the stare of hatred not of love. "Just leave". He begged again, his eyes ready to tear me apart, piece after p
The rush of the wind carried us home, well it tried to survive beneath us but the worry crept in as we loaded the plane. Vi stared longingly at the view before we stepped into the plane. Like she was saying goodbye to her heart as she left. Like her heart was being left here.Dallas had the same expression. He didn't know it, but it was written all over his face, the dread of returning. The dread of resurfacing the reality of our lives.He knew what this meant, this idea that everything was about to be gone, the memories, the truth. I think the reality of this hurt Dallas the most."Leaving is the worst part". Dallas said, his arm wrapping around Vi as she looked up at him. She smiled softly, aware of the situation she was in, aware of the world she was in. Aware of the ending to her story."I'm not getting better". She heaved out, her voice breaking, her heart melting. And I finally saw that she was holding all this in, because she didn't believe it would get th
It's a gawdy feeling. A gawdy feeling as my chest tightened staring out of the home's balcony. We were leaving today. Leaving our escape to a reality filled with nothing close to normalcy and I didn't and wouldn't be able to accept the fact that everyone was waiting for Vi to just give up. She didn't have it in her, she had the fight in her and it was apparent, apparently loud."Thinking of something?" A hand snaked around my waist, as I felt his head rest on my shoulder. I didn't know how his head was straight properly, I didn't know how he wasn't a mess, but whatever was working I hoped it continued for him."Just how- beautiful it is". Lie. An apparent lie. I wasn't a fan of forests. The empty nothing, empty nobody. They were amusing, but not what's in them. That's nothing but amusing."It is beautiful". He agreed. His small form of agreement won me over a million reasons why I should pry through his mind."I gave Vi her breathing treatment, but she's r
My stomach stormed aloud, my heart too as I looked down at Dallas from my bedroom window, there he stood with a bag of food and my work for the week. I had enjoyed the company of my personal mail boy more than I should've. I slid down my ladder out of the window as he smiled."I missed you". He said, pushing his hands around me as I looked over at him and he smiled, he moved his head to the side as I pulled myself against him. My lips locked with his as I breathed in his husky scent, the way the words rolled off his tongue."I missed you too." I said, kicking off the other bag he had brought. He moved it to the side as I heard the thud of my favorite thing, of my absolute favorite thing. He saw my curious look as he opened the bag wider and he moved the bag to the side and I saw books more and more books as I toppled over him, hugging him with everything I had in me."Thank you for keeping me from losing my mind". I said, watching as he looked at me with a proud smile