Just a Walk in the Park

It was the morning and you’d just woken up. You were lying in bed with Darren and you felt great. You could feel Darren gently stroking your arm so he was obviously awake. You liked this. Just lying there next to the person you loved most in the world. You lie there with a smile on your face thinking you could stay like this all day. Then you feel Darren nuzzle into your neck and then whisper in your ear,

‘I know you’re awake. You’re not very good at pretending to be asleep.’ He says with a small chuckle.

You just smile even more and turn your body to face him finally opening your eyes to see Darren looking at you,

‘But I was so comfy I didn’t want to move.’ You say with a pout making him smile.

‘You’re almost as lazy as me!’ he says tickling you,

‘Hey! No tickling. I only just woke up. This isn’t fair!’ you say as you squirm around.

You end up straddling Darren to pin his arms down,

‘Now who wishes they were still lying there peacefully in bed?’ you say giggling,

‘Actually, this isn’t that bad.’ Darren says with a smug face and you realise what this must look like to him,

‘Oh, you want to play do you?’ you say holding his arms up with one hand as you twirl his hair with your other hand and you lean down to whisper in his ear, ‘Hmmm, how about some early morning action?’

You start kissing his cheek and neck as you could feel Darren struggle to get his arms free knowing he wants to run his fingers through your hair,

‘Nu-uh no struggling.’ You whisper in his ear smiling to yourself.

You look in his eyes as you see he’s struggling to do this,

‘Please? This is torture.’ He says with pleading eyes,

‘Don’t you feel like doing this anymore?’ you ask as you move your lips closer to his.

You were millimetres away from kissing him and you could feel his breath getting heavier. Then he struggled some more so you moved away and started kissing his neck again.

Then you stopped and looked at him,

‘Well this has been fun but I suppose I should really get up.’ You say jumping off of him,

‘Oh no you don’t!’ Darren says as he finally has his arms free and pulls you back.

He was now on top of you and he looks at you for a moment then smirks as he kisses you on the lips aggressively. This is what you loved about Darren. He was always so passionate about everything. It felt like there were explosions going off everywhere as he kissed you more intensely.

You were really getting into it now as he suddenly stopped,

‘Well that was fun.’ He says laughing at you as you make a face at him, ‘What? We’ve got things to do. You need to teach me to cook.’

You suddenly light up, ‘You’re really gonna let me?!’ you ask sitting up and basically pushing him off the bed as he nods.

‘Hurry up and get ready then!’ you say laughing as Darren realises what he’s got himself into.

* * *

You were now standing in the kitchen with Darren after having forced him to wear an apron and chef’s hat. You wanted him to look the part!

‘Okay so first you need to sieve the flour into the bowl like this.’ You say demonstrating how to shake the flour.

You pass the sieve over to Darren as you watch him with a smile on your face. He was so awkward for someone who is so talented.

‘Erm… I think I got most of it on the table.’ Darren says after having missed the bowl completely,

‘Aww.. come here. Okay so like this.’ You say as you go behind him and reach around to grab his hands showing him how to do it again, ‘Okay now you try.’

‘Look! Look! Look! I did it. And I didn’t spill any!’ he says jumping up and down.

‘See. I knew you could do it.’ You say laughing at him as he gets excited,

‘What next?!’ he asks,

‘Now we need to crack some eggs. This is pretty tricky because you can’t get any shell in the bowl-‘

‘I’ll be fine, bring it on!’ he says making you smile even more.

Darren grabs the eggs and tries to crack them in the bowl but he ends up just crushing the whole egg shell,

‘Come here.’ You say reaching out to show him,

‘No wait. I can do this!’ he says determined,

He grabs another egg and cracks the egg which was much better than you were expecting,

‘You did it!’ you say hugging him then you look in the bowl, ‘Although you probably should’ve gotten rid of the egg with all the shell in it first.’ You say laughing,

‘But I cracked an egg perfectly!’ he says,

‘Well if you think you’re so good then why don’t you try it again but this time crack it into the flour.’

You say looking as Darren’s smug face turns more serious.

You could tell he was really focusing. You’d never seen him concentrate this much which made you smile.

‘Look! I did it. I’m just a pro egg cracker.’ Darren says as you snap out of your daydream and look,

‘Omg! You did. Maybe you were born to be an egg cracker instead.’ You say laughing,

‘Who knows maybe when they’ve had enough of me on Glee I can become a professional egg cracker.’ He says pulling you close,

‘That sounds perfect but they’ll never get bored of you. You’re just one of a kind… they wouldn’t be able to replace you. They’d have to hold auditions for a crazy, hyper man who acts like a child most of the time with his excited-ness.’ You say laughing,

‘Is that how you see me then? As a crazy man who’s really a child?’ he asks as you nod at him still laughing, ‘Well I don’t think a child would be allowed to do this.’

He puts his hands around you waist and picks you up onto the counter. Darren moves closer as he starts kissing you. You couldn’t help but smile as you kissed him. You moved your hands up and ran them through his curl hair, tugging slightly which only made Darren kiss you more intensely.

You then felt Darren’s tongue slip into your mouth. A groan escaped his mouth as you pushed your hands down on the flour covered counter to move closer to him.

Your hands fumbled across the counter then you found the cookie mix Darren had made, so you dip your finger in it and then wipe it across Darren’s cheek. You start laughing,

‘Well maybe you’re the child out the both of us then.’ Darren says smiling.

You edge closer to him again, ‘Erm… you’ve got a bit of cookie dough on your face.’ you say as you put some more cookie mix on his face knowing this could only turn into a food fight.

You saw that Darren was reaching for the bowl as he got cookie mix on his fingers now. He was about to wipe it on your face but instead you just licked it off his finger, ‘Mm! Delicious!’ you say.

Darren just laughs as you lean in and kiss him again, ‘How about we put these cookies in the oven?’

You heard Darren protest knowing he was pouting wanting more so you just look at him mischievously, ‘Later.’ you say jumping off the counter.

* * *

It was the evening now and you were sat on the sofa watching Harry Potter. Darren pulled you closer so you were sat in his lap and he put his arms around you as he snuggled his face in your hair. you could here him breathe out slowly as he sighs out, ‘I love you.’ under his breath.

You turn slightly, ‘I love you too.’ you reply smiling and blushing slightly. you try to hide you face in your hair but Darren just pushes your hair behind your ear. He starts singing quietly Little Things by One Direction,

Your hand fits in mine

Like it's made just for me

But bear this in mind

It was meant to be

You turn to Darren as he sings the next line and taps your nose with his finger making you smile,

And I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks

And it all makes sense to me

I know you've never loved

The crinkles by your eyes

When you smile

You've never loved

Your stomach or your thighs,

The dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine

But I'll love them endlessly

Darren grabs your hands and closes his eyes,

I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth

But if I do

It's you

Oh, it's you they add up to

I'm in love with you

And all these little things

Darren looks you in the eyes and places his forehead against yours,

I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth

But if it's true

It's you,

It's you they add up to

I'm in love with you

And all your little things

You smile at Darren and kiss him quickly, ‘You could have picked anything and you pick one direction?’ you ask laughing,

‘Oh well if you didn’t like it I can take it back.’ Darren says looking hurt jokingly,

‘Nope… it can’t be undone now. And besides I didn’t say I didn’t like it… I loved it. Your voice is just.. it just I love it like I love you.’ You reply,

‘Well I’m glad because otherwise I might’ve had to tickle you into liking it.’ He says grabbing your waist,

‘Hey I said I liked it so no tickling!’ you say laughing.