Forever - Christian Yelich

You Are My Home.

Brooklyn~

I wake up to what feels like a million soft kisses being planted on my neck and shoulder. "Good morning," Christian says softly as he brushes a piece of my hair from my face. 

I open my eyes and smile, "Morning," I rasp out and stretch my arms out.

"Go start getting ready. We have a big day, and that's all I'm giving you," he says and gets out of bed and comes over and leans down to kiss me. 

"Can you give me some sort of a hint?"

He tilts his head and thinks about it, "Well, we're going swimming somewhere so bring one of your many swimsuits," I cut him off, "It's not that many," I shoot back at him and he laughs and shakes his head, "We're doing dinner so you'll need a nicer outfit too."

"That's all I get?"

"Yep!"

He heads into the bathroom as I sit on my phone waiting for him to get out of the shower. I mean I could've gone in there with him, but we all know we wouldn't have showered. I finally get up and pack my bag for the day grabbing a nicer outfit since we made it sound like we weren't coming back here until later tonight. I grab both of our chargers, my camera, our towels, and some sunscreen. We've been here for a week and this is the most sun I've gotten in years.

"What time do we have to be wherever we're going?" I ask him as he comes out with a towel around his waist. "11:30."

"I'll be out soon," I say as I turn on the water and wait for it to get warm.

I put a cropped t-shirt and some jean shorts over my bathing suit and let my hair air-dry. "I'm ready," I tell Christian as I come out of the bathroom and grab my bag from the chair. "Let's go then."

We walk to the main part of the resort and wait around until a tour guide comes up to us. "For Yelich right?" the man asks us and we both nod, "Okay, right this way."

He leads us around the island to one of the many docks. It was so small, cars weren't even a thought to be had. Everyone walked or biked to get around. "First, you will be getting on this boat and ride for 20 minutes to a different island where you will engage in water activities like snorkeling and exploring the vibrant coral on one of the reefs. A tour guide is waiting for you there and then they will guide you around," he tells us as we board the small catamaran that had room to layout on and get some more color.

One of the workers hands us a glass of champagne as we both get situated. I bring my knees in toward my body and look around at the beautiful water. We've been here for a week and I still can't get over how blue and warm it is.

I look over to Christian as he's being a little quiet. He looks like he is zoning out as he stares ahead out at the water. I nudge him with my foot and he looks over at me and smiles. "What are you thinking about?"

He scoots closer to me and puts my feet over his legs, "Nothing. I'm just really happy."

The boat docks at this very secluded island that is surrounded by the clearest, bluest water there is. Palm trees line the shore with the whitest sand that looks so soft. Christian helps me up from the boat and pulls me into him as we walk to the shore where some people greet us. 

"Hello and welcome. We are so excited you are here. If you guys are all set we can get started with the first activity."

"We're ready," Christian tells them and they start to walk toward some bikes. We all get on a bike and start to head into the island. The trails are lined with palm trees and other greenery. This is beautiful. I keep up with Christian and our guide leads us to a building that overlooks the water.