Samuel Emerson One Shots

So long as you love me

I smiled as I walked down the half broken paths, past the chain link fence a with barking dogs and broken cars, jumping cracks as wide as me in the pavement, I pulled my bag over my shoulder a little more, windows of the houses where boarded up, grass yellow and overgrown, I could hear sirens in the distance, I put my head down and my hands in my pockets as I walked down the pathway around the back of the town, the longer I walked the more affluent the houses became, I felt like I was walking miles but I was used to it nowadays, I left the alley and headed into the streets instantly feeling like I didn't belong looking at the four five bedroom houses with double garages and perfect gardens, I felt as if very window was someone watching me, glaring at me, suspicious of me. I kept my head down and hands in my pocket trying not to draw any attention to myself as I walked down the street to the row of old fashioned shops, a butchers, a baker, a green grocery, a salon, a pharmacy and a few other things and at the bottom the place I was looking for, I fiddled with everything in my pocket counting my coins as I went inside the store.
It had that smell, of lavender, charcoal and oil paints. I headed in smiling to the man at the counter with a poetry book, I went around looking at all the things, the pencils, the special pens, the little wooden manakins, the lines and lines of paints and pain brushes I remembered her saying she wanted more wine berry so I moved down the blues looking at all the colours till I found the little tube of wine berry about as long as my index finger and a thick as my thumb, I looked at the price and almost dropped it, five dollars! For a single paint tube! That's all the money I have but I know she really wants it.... Looked around noticing him deep in his book, there was no camera I could see, and I was far from the street so, I slipped it in my pocket. I walked to the back and found a big cheap bottles for a dollar each so I got a bunch of those and took them to the counter he looked suspicious but took my money and gave me a little paper bag with handles so I took it and headed further down the street, I sighed getting the little tube out my pocket, I felt bad but she really wanted it, I wish I could afford to get her nice things she wants.
I headed down the street further until I reached the house, it looked like the most beautiful house I could imagine with a perfect drive way and garage, the green grass cut to perfection, I saw the garage door open and I was nervous as I stepped closer seeing her father waxing his vintage lincoln
"Hello Samuel" he waved as he saw me
"Uhh hi Mr y/l/n" I waved back stepping closer "how uhh how are things?"
"Alright, alright, taken a few days off going to take the side up to the summer house" he says "you hear to see y/n?"
"Uhh yes sir" I nodded
"Go on, she's up in her tower" he laughs so I nodded and went to the gate to there back garden opening it as usual, I walked down the beautiful stone path into the perfectly manicured garden with plants, little fruit trees and a swimming pool, and on I spotted her mother laid on the lilo in her swimsuit and sunglass I tried to tip toe past not wanting to bother her
"Afternoon samuel"
"Uhhhh hi Mrs y/l/n" I waved as she out her sunglasses in her hair
"You here for y/n again?"
"Yes mam" I nodded nervously
"What's in the bag?"
"Ohh I got her some paints in the way here"
"Aren't you sweet" she laughed "Go on, you staying for dinner?"
"Well see"
"Alright, have fun" she smiled winking at me so I headed over to the little patio door heading inside doing my best not to dirty the white marble floors, I hurried up the staircase to as it was always referred to, the tower where her room was she liked living up her as she can basically be removed from her parents. I saw the one door open a crack so I peaked in and instantly smiled.
The room was large the size of my house, her windows all open letting the sweet breeze blow in, she had wind chimes and glass hangers in the windows to reflect rainbows of light across the room, her bed sat against the wall made as usual, her celestial bed sheets clean and made with her glow in the dark star blanket across the double bed, the bathroom in the corner closed as usual, her mini fridge and little air cooker against the other wall, she was sat as she usually was, on her wooden floor on a little black pillow crossed legged, in a pair of fluffy penguin socks, black high waisted leggings, her beautiful purple shirt dress over her, her hair in a braid down her back, her mint green headphones over her head, she had her painting box open some pants and brushed across the floor around her as she painted a canvus on an easel, I could have watched he forever.
I knocked on the door making her turn putting her headphones down she smiled widely as she saw me and she jumped up and ran into my arms
"Whoa! Hey y/n" I laughed hugging her close too inhaling her hairs strawberry scent, "ummmm I've missed you"
"I missed you too" she giggled tugging me in with her shutting the door she got me a pillow to sit on beside her and she got us both a bottle of cola from her mini fridge I noticed as she handed it to me she had various paint splotches all over her
"You look beautiful"
"Awww thank you Sammy" she giggled sitting with me and resting her head in my shoulder
"Ohh I got these for you" I told her handing her the bag she happily took it and got them all out
"Yay! Thank you, thank you, thank you Sammy," she smiled giving my cheek a kiss and packing them all into her box in the right colour places "you didn't have to get me any paint"
"Well, I wanted to" I blushed "it's looking amazing" I told her looking at her painting
"Thank you, it's not done yet but... I'm working on it"
"Well it's beautiful" I told her kissing her hand she giggled and held my hand tightly
"Ohh I did this for you" she smiled getting her sketch pad and flicking thought till she found the page with a painted phantom halo
"Whoa! Thats amazing"
"Here, for you" she smiled taking it out the book and handing it too me
"You are far too sweet to me" I told her kissing her cheek
"I like being sweet to you" she smiled she handed me the book that was now mine and got her own little one and we must have sat drawing and painting for a good few hours chatting about everything and nothing together "Sammy do you have the burnt umber?" She asks
"Uhhh yeah here" I said handing her back the tube where I had used it "are you done with the sap green?"
"One second... Yep here you go" she smiled handing it over "Sammy?"
"Yeah?"
"Why don't we... Ever hang out at your house?"
I was frozen a bit unsure what to hell her
"Uuughhhhh... Well I uh I just uhh.. I like yours."
"I know, but I wanna go visit your house sometimes" she giggled "we could go cuddle in your bed" she smiled nuzzling into my chest I held her close too
Ummmm what I wouldn't do to have her in my bed "I know I want you over too it's just... Complicated okay"
"Okay, just promise you'll let me come spend the night soon"
"... Y/n."
"Please Sammy"
"Y/n, its not that I don't want you to come over, or like I don't want you to visit. It's just... My house isn't as nice as your and, I worry if you'll still like me"
"Sammy, of course I'll still like you, you can live in a cardboard box for all I care Sammy I'll still love you"
"... Are you sure?"
"Of course I am" she giggled giving my lips a sweet kiss
"I just .. I feel bad, the amazing life you've had and, I have nothing to offer you, my house is a shit hole that we can barely afford the rent on, my cars a rust bucket that doesn't even run, and... I can't even afford to buy you the nice paints you like when I visit,"
"Sammy... I don't care about any of that. I don't care if we live in a mansion or a studio flat, I don't care if you drive a bently or a push bike, I love you, and so long as you love me Im happy"
"Of course I love you y/n" I smiled "and I'll never ever stop my darling"