wander

32|singing together in a hotel room

Romeo's pov:
"Hey Rose! I've had the worst yet best. day. ever." I smile into the FaceTime call.
"What! Tell me everything! Is she okay? She hasn't texted all day." Rose asks too many questions.

"So we started the day off normal, like every other day, you know? And well today we went to her school. She was so nervous but we went there and well that's where it kind of went bad. Whilst we walked up there was a crowd. A huge crowd. We just walked past them and ignored them and her principal let us in. She passed she's literally amazing in school but then he was like 'we need to speak about some issues' or whatever and my heart dropped."

"Oh no!" Rose gasped.

"Yeah um well that Instagram you made her post... yeah the guys in the school used it. Her senior photo and that photo next to each other. Comparing. And then a photo of me."

"What do you mean?"

"The words. It- it said 'before and after a good fuck' like what. Me and Chiara were just friends."
"Oh my god I'm so sorry... wait did you just say 'were friends'... so?"
"Yep. I know it's early but I asked her to be my girlfriend... and don't shout at me saying she's your friend or whatever-"
"No romeo! I'm so happy for you. And for Chiara! You are literally made for eachother!"
"Oh thanks."

Rose and I chat a little more and Chiara walks in the the bedroom, her hair wrapped in a towel and she waves to Rose.

"Hi Romeo's girlfriend!" She says with a sly smile.
"Hi my boyfriends sister!" She says back mocking Rose.

I end the call with Rose and look over to my girlfriend. She smiles a huge smile to me and I do the same.
"I need to call my Dad!" She shouts. She takes her phone from its charger and goes to his contact. She presses the FaceTime button and motions me over. I stand behind her and wrap my arms over her waist.

Her Dad picks up after the second ring.
"Hi Honey! How are you?" He says whilst sipping a glass of water.
"Amazing! I have loads to tell you."
"Speak away!" He chuckles, pushing some papers aside.

"Well I'm gonna start with the kind of bad stuff but it gets much better. I promise! Well anyways we were walking in these woods where I would always go and well on the way back I saw Mom and she tried to take me home with her-"
"Oh fuck sake" replied her Dad with a sigh.

"Don't worry I told her to back off." I said with a grin
"Yeah I said that I'm 18 and well she couldn't do anything about it so she went away. Thank god. And well today um I passed which is good."
"Congratulations! That's amazing Chi!"
"Yeah I guess." she replied quietly so only I could hear.

Chiaras pov:

Romeo whispered in my ear.
"Babe, tell them your going to the bathroom. I'll tells him about... that."
"Hey I need to use the bathroom. I'll be back quick. Romeo you stay here with my Dad okay?" He nodded as a reply and I went to the bathroom and started at myself in the mirror. I looked exhausted. Today had been a very long day. But a day I am thankful for.

"Oh Chiaras just finishing up she's washing her hands." Romeo says a little louder so I get the hint to come out. I unlock the door and give him a sad smile. I take my position in frame of the camera and give a fake smile. My Dad looks mad but masks it well with happiness. Romeo probably said not to mention it.

"Well I- we have one more thing to tell you." I say, with a real smile. I turn my head to Romeo and he gives a little nod.
"Guess what?"
"I don't know Chiara what is it."
"I asked her out." Romeo said looking right into my Dad's eyes.

"I'm happy for you too. You treat her well Romeo. I know you will, you've been great to me the past 10 years. I will never thank you enough." My Dad chuckles along.
"Yes sir! You've been a great help to me too. Anyways, we should get going. It's late and we decided to get a flight back tomorrow."

We exchanged goodbyes and I turned to Romeo. He raises an eyebrow and I squint my eyes.
"You've known my Dad for 10 years?" I ask, confused.
"Yeah, I moved in next door and he asked me to mow the lawn for some money and then I guess we got closer. Then I started working for him and well here we are." He chuckles, brushing it off.

"Guess we don't have to do the awkward meet the parents thing then?" I giggle.
"No thank god." He sighs.

I stare into his forest eyes and wipe my thumb against his dimple. I noticed his dimples whilst at the lake. He was truly himself there and I loved every second of it. I remembered the way he sung so sweetly and all I wanted was to hear it again.

"Romeo?"
"Mhm"
"Can you sing for me? Please?"
"Of course. What's your favourite song?"
"Budapest, George Ezra"
"I can do that." He smiles and kiss a quick kiss to my lips.

He sits up and brings me to sit in front of him. I lean my back against him and watch in the mirror as he gets some music to accompany him. I got out my phone and went to Snapchat. He played the music and I started recording.

My house in Budapest,
My hidden treasure chest
Golden grand piano
My beautiful Castillo.

You
You
I'd leave it all

I start to sing along on the second 'you' and Romeo looks down at me recording and singing along with him. He cracks a smile and we continue singing.

My acres of land
I have achieved
It may be hard for you to
Stop and believe

But for you
You
I'd leave it all

Romeo stops before 'my acres of land' so I'm singing solo but again joins with me on the second 'you'. I stop recording and turn my body to face Romeo. He stops the music and I save the video recording. I lean into him and press a kiss to his lips.

I'm happy to catch all of these moments on camera. I could watch them whenever I wanted, as if my life was a movie.