A soft smile spread across her lips as she blushed at his words. "Besides," he added. "We both know it's been more than three months since we started dating. We've been doing this forever now, and we're supposed to have been together longer than this."She giggled softly. "I suppose you're right."She gazed lovingly at him."Anyway, enough with the serious talk. It's time for you to meet the people I work with."He nodded his head slowly, his lips curling upwards in a small smile as he watched her stand up and place a kiss against the corner of his mouth."Lead the way."She turned around, heading towards the door and opening it for him, letting him walk past her out into the corridor. He followed her down the hallway, glancing around at everything as she led him down the hallways of the apartment complex. Finally they arrived at the end of the corridor where she stopped outside the door of one of the apartments. She reached out, opening the door and stepping aside."This is our room
She let out a small sigh, lowering her head and closing her eyes briefly as she lay there, listening to the sound of her own heavy breathing filling the air in the room. After a moment, she stood up once more, walking over to the window and pulling back the curtains, allowing the bright afternoon sun to shine upon her. The sky had already begun to turn blue, indicating that the sun would soon begin to set.Suddenly, there was a knock on the bedroom door. She looked up, frowning slightly. That was strange; no one ever knocked on her bedroom doors unless they were calling for her. But nevertheless, she answered the door anyway, opening it cautiously and peering out into the corridor."Hello?" A voice called out suddenly, causing her body to stiffen.She gasped slightly as she recognized it, immediately recognizing who the owner of the voice belonged to."Ethan?" She called out quietly, stepping aside to allow him access."What are you doing here?"He strode past her, entering the room w
Sighing heavily, she picked her purse back up from the ground, setting it down on the bed before standing up. Without wasting any time, she opened the door and stepped outside of the room, looking up at the man standing at the end of the hallway. As soon as their eyes connected, she stopped moving, noticing that his eyes didn't seem as cold and angry as she had anticipated. Instead, it seemed as though they were filled with concern, worry and sadness. They both remained silent, neither of them wanting to break the tension between them. For a long time, neither of them spoke, neither of them knowing what to say. At some point, a small tear began to roll down his cheek as he averted his gaze from hers.She frowned, stepping forward and reaching out to wipe away the tear. Her touch was gentle as it wiped away the single tear that rolled down his cheek, causing him to close his eyes and lean into her touch, trying to hide his face so that it wouldn't be visible. However, his attempts
As she lay awake throughout the entire night, she couldn’t help but wonder what it meant, how he felt, why he felt the way that he did. Why he couldn’t trust her, why he couldn’t believe that she loved him. If he truly trusted her, then why couldn’t he trust himself? After spending the majority of the night wondering about all these things, her thoughts turned to what Ethan had said to her earlier today. Even though she had promised him that she wouldn’t push him for answers, she still couldn’t help but worry whether he really wanted her to tell him the truth. If he didn’t, she didn’t know if she could stand the look of disappointment that he would undoubtedly give her after she told him the truth. Although she knew that she could trust him implicitly, she hated to admit to herself that there was a part of her that hoped that he wouldn’t take her word as truth after hearing it. After seeing the look of disbelief in his eyes when she first told him the truth about her past.But desp
“Let’s start with where we left off. You started talking about last night.” Jake suggested, gesturing to where they had been sitting when she had finished speaking.“Right. Okay. We were at the club.” She paused for a moment, trying to gather her thoughts. “I was dancing with you. You had asked me to dance the last time that we danced, and I said yes. That’s when I realized what I had done.”Jake frowned, confused by what she was saying. “What did you do?”She shook her head helplessly, unable to bring herself to meet his eyes. “Nothing bad. At least, not intentionally. Well...not yet anyway.” She admitted hesitantly. “I had lied to you. I haven’t told you the truth, and I shouldn’t have lied. I was trying to protect you. I’m sorry.”Jake sighed deeply. “That’s fine. I get it. I probably deserved to know the truth, too.”“No.” She denied hurriedly, almost immediately raising her voice. “Don’t you dare say that.” Jake raised an eyebrow at her reaction, confused by the sudden change i
“What time is it?” She groggily asked me.“Just past seven. Time for lunch. Come on, let's go eat.” I grabbed her hand and pulled her up and onto the bathroom floor before leading her downstairs.When we arrived downstairs I saw that everyone was already sitting at the dining area. Everyone greeted us and we took our seats at the table. When we were done eating we headed to the living room and played monopoly for a few hours. After the game ended I got up and helped everyone clean the dishes.Everyone else left pretty early so it was just me and Claire left cleaning up. It was already dark outside by the time we finished, so I suggested that we watch a movie. Once we reached the couch Claire climbed onto the seat next to me and leaned her head on my shoulder, wrapping her arms around my torso and putting her feet in my lap.I put my arm around her shoulders and cuddled her, rubbing slow circles on her side. A couple minutes passed and I noticed Claire's breathing gradually become slow
On the way we listened to music quietly in the car. I closed my eyes as I leaned back in my seat and let the warm sun hit my face. Suddenly I heard someone clear their throat. I opened my eyes and turned to look at who was the culprit. Jake was staring straight ahead, seemingly concentrating hard on driving. I furrowed my eyebrows, wondering what he was doing. I decided to ask him instead of waiting until he decides to tell me what was up.“So… what did you need to talk to me about yesterday? You weren't acting very friendly at all."He sighed and slowed down the car, turning to face me. “Look, Claire. I know that I haven't been acting super nice lately and that you've been upset about it, I just needed to apologize. I won't be as rude and mean as I have been recently; I promise.”“Thanks.” I smiled. He returned the smile and continued driving.“Is something wrong?” He questioned. I shook my head and turned back to stare out the window again. The sun was beginning to set, painting th
I didn't have to think about it for long to realize exactly what he meant. I blushed and looked down to avoid eye contact. “Um… yeah. Yeah, totally.”His grin widened even more. “Great! Let's go then.”He picked up his coat and headed towards the front door. Before leaving he gave me another quick peck on the lips and then he left. My heart began beating faster after our short kiss. It's been so long since anyone has kissed me, and it's not like I mind the thought of kissing Jake, but I still can't believe that he wants to spend every single second of the next two days together with us. I don't want to think about it though. I don't want to ruin the perfect moment that I have with him by ruining my brain by stressing out over it too much. I hope that tonight goes well. We arrived at Jake's house twenty minutes later. There wasn't any cars parked outside, which made me slightly worried. Maybe we're going to get caught. I tried to suppress the worry that was starting to creep into my