"Sweetheart, don't feel like you have to do this just because I'm Amelia's mum" Mum replies. I finally lift my head up and wipe under my eyelids. "Really Rhode I promise you don't have to do this" I echo my mums words. He briefly looks at me and shakes his head, tucking some of my messy hair back
Later on in the day we take a car to the edge of the Brooklyn Bridge before Rhode advises me that we will be walking across it. I've seen pictures of it from far away, so I know it's a fairly long bridge but I'm up for it. The walk begins in a warm and comfortable silence, the mid July sun beats d
"Thank you" I tell him as I wrap my arm around his waist and hug myself against his chest. "How're you feeling about your mum?" Rhode asks after a few moments of silence. "I'm really happy, she's been there for so long that it's great that they feel like she's well enough to be leaving. But I jus
I was brought up with the morals that money is something so vital that I will never have enough of, and that I will spend the rest of my life just hoping to get by on what I had. It's hard to go from that to being given cars for my birthday and openly encouraged to spend ridiculous amounts of money
———————————————————————— "How about we just do a night in tonight?" Rhode asks as he collapses onto the couch beside me. He tilts his head onto the back of the couch and pulls my feet up to rest on his lap. "Sounds like a good idea" I reply, laying my kindle back down on my chest and reaching ove
"Oh for fucks sake. It's Bianca" Rhode groans as he lifts the source of noise from his pocket and cheeks the screen. I quickly roll off of his lap and readjust my hair. "Do I have sex hair?" I ask in a low whisper, attempting to comb through the newly formed knots with my fingers. "We didn't even
Briefly, Bianca lifts her phone up and mumbles a quick 'thank you' to me before she helps to settle Briella into her tiny little pink bed. Soon, I'm running through the story that my mother used to tell me off the top of my head, revelling in the way Rhode watches me in our corner box on the edge o
"I'll just get set up" Tyler says before he starts to get out a series of tools and paper towels. I take the opportunity to examine some of the artwork along the walls. Long spirals of names, drawings of tigers and the occasional quote in another language litter the walls. Not exactly what I'm going
"Wanna give one a go?" I suggest to her with a small grin."Might be a bit premature, don't think Max is the marriage type quiet yet" She responds with a quiet giggle, then catches herself as we all stop and gape at her. She hasn't mentioned Max in that context in a very long time. Behind Poppy, Fra
"It's stunning sweetheart, absolutely stunning" My mum comments excitedly as I allow my hands to rest at my sides, my reflection making my heart race quickly. I'm wearing a wedding dress. Maybe not the wedding dress, but a wedding dress none the less. It all seems insane to think that I had spent th
Fran, Bianca and now Sarah are at the racks, perhaps browsing for me or for Fran, who recently moved to London and is flat hunting with her boyfriend Zayn."They have wedding dresses at charity shops? I can't tell if that's bleak or romantic" Poppy comments quietly to me as I sit down beside her."
"You are referred to as exactly what you are, a man, while I am referred to as my relationship to you, a wife. Like the only identifiable thing about me is that now I am your wife but you still get to be a man in your own right" I explain. It's something that's always irked me while watching TV show
"You forget we had sex in a bookstore?" Rhode leans in close and murmurs to me, heat rising on my cheeks instantly. One of my wilder moments I would say."Did not forget that, but I'd rather not have to explain that story to, well anyone" I say with an embarrassed giggle. I definitely told at least
"Please, take it" He states in a soft tone that makes butterflies flit around my stomach. "When?" He adds with a little more urgency."How about, before the years end?" I suggest. It's early October now so going into the colder England months, it's not exactly going to be extraordinary weather but t
"Thank you" I mumble against his lips, brushing my nose against his. His hand lingers on my hip as I come down off of my tiptoes, the wind blowing some of my hair into my face."I'll support you either way, it's up to you" He softly states, his eyes never leaving mine as his hand leaves my hip and t
"Hey, you remember yesterday when we had the family over for lunch?" I say just as we approach the small coffee stand near the fountain at the centre of the park. It's run by a father and son out of a truck that normally attracts a large crowd of locals but today seems a little isolated, supposed we
"To be honest, I feel anxious about taking her out on my own" Rhode states honestly as we wait at the corner for our crosswalk light to turn green. It's a surprising admission that immediately gets my attention."You've never mentioned anything like that" I express as I put a hand on his arm while h