A Little Patience

5. In Love

Lilly and Axl spent the entire afternoon together, laughing, talking, and enjoying each other's company. Axl loved Lilly. She was sweet and her innocence was still preserved. She said she never had a boyfriend. She had never kissed anyone before. Axl wanted to change that. He wanted to be her first and only. 

Axl held her face in his hands and felt the heat rise in his cheeks. "Axl, what are you-" she was cut off by Axl's lips on hers. The kiss was short and sweet. "Axl," Lilly said. "Can you be mine?" Axl asked. Lilly nodded. They were about to kiss again when the phone rang. "I'll be back," Axl said. Lilly nodded. 

"Hello?" 
"How's living beside the Cobain's?" 
"Very funny, how's Steven?" 
"Better." 
"Better as in..." 
"He's sitting up, eating, talking, laughing. But is still weak." 
"Not any better than when I was there two days ago." 
"It's fine, he'll get better. You wanna talk to him?" 
"Yeah!" 
"Okay." 

Axl heard some shuffling and then a weak voice passed through the voice. 

"Axl." 
"Hey, popcorn. How do you feel." 
"Better, how's Seattle?" 
"A lot better than when I first arrived." 
"So, are you with Kurt's sister?" 
"Who told you that?" 
"Izzy." 
"Of course." 
"Well..." 
"No! Maybe? Kinda. Yes." 

Axl was as red as a tomato and he looked over at Lilly who smiled knowing good and well what Steven had just asked. 

"Well, it was nice hearing from you, Steven. But the nurse will walk through this door any minute to feed me gunk." 
"Haha, alright bye." 

Axl hung the phone up and walked back over to Lilly. "So it's official. I'm your girlfriend?" Lilly asked. "If you wanna be," Axl said. "I'd love to," Lilly said. Axl smiled. His heart swelled up with love. He was going to protect Lilly with his life. No har would ever come to her. Axl was sure of that.