"Look at you!" I grabbed Finn's face into my hands and smiled, "You look all grown up." He smiled up at me and I felt his arm wrap around me, "I'm proud you of Finn."
"Thanks!" He got out of the hug and ran back to his new friends next to the arcade area. His confidence was expanded after he met Jaden, and he always bragged about it. He was talking to his friends as I glanced over at at him. His smile was big, just like Jaden's, his hair became floppy just like Jaden's, and his eyes shown bright just like Jaden's. And it made me happy how much he looked up to him.
I looked over to my dad and Katie, she still stuck around, and maybe I was surprised at first but it's nice seeing Finn be able to point to Katie as his mom.
His fifth grade graduation was big for him and as I stood there and watched Tyler help his brother find a group to hang out with, I smiled. Our friendship developed nicely as we were just friends and nothing else.
Oh, and his mom now believes that he isn't doing drugs anymore.
He smiled over at me as I sat there with my parents, his hair still short and now his new plan of going to the military was final, and he made sure that I would miss him.
But as I sat there, I thought about everything a lot. I was fully in a good mental state now, and with the help of Hank, I was smiling more often. "I'm going to go get some air." My dad nodded his head and Katie smiled as she talked to him.
I headed outside and felt the cold air on me as my legs began to develop goosebumps and I smiled tugging my jacket over myself to keep the cold away. The nice yellow sundress was not great for the day, but I still wore it. I intertwined my fingers together and breathed out the air that looked like smoke.
"Nice fresh air." I said to myself. I looked out to the tree that was in front of this elementary school gym, the cars passed by, and then one car drove into the parking lot. I drove up the front and I watched as the wheels rolled. A smile crept on my face as the passenger side window rolled down, "What are you doing out in the cold?" He asked, a grin on his face as I got up and got into the warm car.
"Waiting for you. You missed the ceremony." I looked into his eyes and he grabbed my hand.
"Work held me up."
I moved my body close to his and grabbed the collar of his polo, "It's okay, I still love you J." I kissed his lips and he smiled as he brought me closer to him.
"I love you too." Jaden. His hair back to a mixed blonde color that I liked a lot better than his black hair. His tattoos showing on his wrist as he had gotten a new one. "Where to?"
"Anywhere."
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He moved the spoon closer to my mouth as we sat in the Barnes and Nobles near the elementary school. I took the spoon into my mouth and continued looking at my phone. I showed him the pictures of Finn and he smiled. A bag was next to him, he had carried it in when we got there but I didn't ask anything about it.
"How was work?" I asked him. He looked over at me and smiled, "it was awesome." He was still doing his music and modeling. HIs hands were warm as he laced his with mine, and it made me think about everything we had been doing this past month.
With Jaden living in New York permanently now, it was all better. He never talked about LA anymore, it seemed to have disappeared from his memory.
I continued to look at the pictures as all of our pictures together were now on my phone but also on the wall in my room. It was our own wall now. "Oh, here." He handed me the bag from the floor and took his phone out.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm going to record it, I've been waiting for this day for about a year now."
I smiled as I put my hand inside the bag and took out a box, and I knew exactly what it was. "Jaden, when did you get this?"
"The day we met." I opened the box and saw the shows I had wanted from the first day I saw Jaden. I had still never gotten them and now they were in front of me.
"Thank you." I scooted my chair closer to his and hugged him, he leaned away and kissed my lips quickly, "You're welcome." I smiled at him and he smiled too as I put the shoe box back into the bag.
He stayed quiet as he took another sip of his drink, he put the cup down on the table and looked over at the book shelves. His smile was back on his face as he looked at me, "Jaden?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you miss everything else you sacrificed to be here?" He instantly shook his head and smiled at me while grabbing my hand in his.
"No, I love being here especially with you and your family. And I still get to do what I love as my job. You know why I love being here?"
"Why?"
He looked around to everyone sitting around us, he kissed my cheek and ruffled my hair, "Because you're here and I love you, that's all I really need." I smiled and he continued.
"And because I finally feel like we are just Normal People, and I absolutely wouldn't change it for anything."
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