License to Love
Epitome of Perfection
Would this be permanent?
Would my mother come to her senses?
I didn’t even know whether it was reality or not; a part of me hoped it was. That was why I didn’t roll over. I just wished and prayed Gerard was lying next to me, in the same place I remember.
Instead, I reached for my phone that was on the bed-side table.
Two missed calls from Mum.
Frowning, I threw the phone onto the ground and sighed. I didn’t want to talk to her right now. I didn’t want to talk to anybody in my family in general. I just wanted to lie here, next to Gerard – hopefully – and think.
‘’Ari?’’ Gerard whispered. ‘’Are you awake?’’
His arms slithered around my waist before I had a chance to answer.
‘’Yeah. ‘Morning,’’ I said softly, closing my eyes.
His breath danced on my skin, as his bare chest warmed up my back. I didn’t want to move. I could stay like this forever, until our hearts stopped pumping blood around our motionless bodies. I could hear the wind flowing in between the branches of the trees, causing shadows to appear on the grass outside the window. Everything was perfect.
Would my mother come to her senses?
I didn’t even know whether it was reality or not; a part of me hoped it was. That was why I didn’t roll over. I just wished and prayed Gerard was lying next to me, in the same place I remember.
Instead, I reached for my phone that was on the bed-side table.
Two missed calls from Mum.
Frowning, I threw the phone onto the ground and sighed. I didn’t want to talk to her right now. I didn’t want to talk to anybody in my family in general. I just wanted to lie here, next to Gerard – hopefully – and think.
‘’Ari?’’ Gerard whispered. ‘’Are you awake?’’
His arms slithered around my waist before I had a chance to answer.
‘’Yeah. ‘Morning,’’ I said softly, closing my eyes.
His breath danced on my skin, as his bare chest warmed up my back. I didn’t want to move. I could stay like this forever, until our hearts stopped pumping blood around our motionless bodies. I could hear the wind flowing in between the branches of the trees, causing shadows to appear on the grass outside the window. Everything was perfect.