Bad Boys Bring Heaven To You...

May 9th

When my alarm clock woke me up the next morning, I had forgotten that Remington stayed over when I found myself still wrapped in his arms. Smiling at how comforting this felt, I felt bad as I tried to wrangle myself out of his arms so I could get ready for work. Unfortunately for me, he pulled me back to him and snuggled his head into my hair.

"Remington", I said while giggling, "I have to get ready for work." He shook his head not wanting me to leave, "Don't go. I want you all to myself." My smile grew bigger as I turned to face him and held his cheek in my hand as I told him, "I want that, too. But my boss will need me to help out today, especially since it'll be so busy today."

He groaned in frustration as he asked me, "Is there ever a day you don't work?" I nodded as I told him, "Yes, I get Sundays off. You can have me then." That made him smile as he pulled me closer and pressed his lips onto mine. My heart skipped a beat to feel him loving me this early in the day and I wished it were like this every day. As he pulled away to look into my eyes, he commented, "You're the best part of my day, my sweetness. I only feel better when I see you." That made me blush as he let me go so I could start getting ready for work and he decided to drop me off as well.

When we got there, I turned to Remington and asked him, "If you're hungry, you can order some breakfast and I'll bring it to you." He tapped my nose playfully and told me, "Very tempting, my sweetness, but I'm good. Maybe I'll visit you on your lunch break so we can eat together. Sound good?" I nodded with joy as he planted a sweet and simple kiss on my lips before going on his way and I entered the diner ready to clock in. The last thing I was expecting was to see my parents, sister and her husband sitting at one of the booths this early.

Remington was right, I should have stayed in bed if I knew I would have to see my family at my own job. As I clocked in, I tried my best to avoid them and prevent myself from having to wait on them. That is, until my boss ordered me to go wait on the group at the booth my family was sitting.

Disgruntled, I went ahead and put on a brave face as I went to where my family was sitting. "Oh, my God, Amelie! I haven't seen you in forever! You work here?", my sister was quick in calling me out but it didn't make it any better for me. I nodded as I told her, "Yes, Lana. This is where I work. Why are you guys here?"

My mother answered this time, "Oh, well, we were searching around this town to find a bigger place for your sister and her husband. Especially since they're expecting their first baby soon!" The news struck me harder than I wanted it to as I glanced at Lana's husband who was my first boyfriend and now has completely moved on like I never existed in his life.

I couldn't break down here, not at work, so I bucked up and took their order and counted the seconds until they left and hopefully never come back while I'm still here. Five years have passed since I left and my family didn't even ask how I've been or if they were thinking of me. I wasn't sure if I could get through today without crying.

When my lunch break came, Remington arrived like he said he would and he visited me in the employee's room. I looked up at him and it's like he could immediately tell I wasn't feeling too good at the moment as his smile fell and there was concern in his expression. He sprinted over to me sitting in a chair and kneeled down to ask me while holding my cheek gently, "Amelie, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

His words were so full of concern for my well-being, that I couldn't help but break down in tears and he didn't hesitate to pull me closer to him in his arms and just hold me. "Shh, it's okay", he whispered softly to me as he soothingly caressed my back and planted kisses on the top of my head, "You cry all you want, I'm here for you."

After a minute or so, I eventually stopped my crying and explained to Rem why I was feeling so upset. He seemed to feel bad for me and held my face sweetly in his hands as he said to me, "Hey, it's okay to feel upset. I'm sorry this happened to you, but that doesn't mean you don't deserve good things to happen to you too."

He caressed my cheek and wiped my tears with his thumb as he continued, "You are an amazing person who cares a lot and puts others before yourself. I just hope you understand that even if believe you don't deserve happiness, I know you do because you're like a bright light in a dark room and I wish I had met you sooner to help you realize that already."

Looking into his eyes, I asked myself how am I ever gonna let him go? He's everything I didn't realize I needed and just having him share my pain and helping me heal from it made me fall even harder for him. I held his face in my hands and said to him without thinking, "I love you."

He looked so stunned by my words, I almost regretted it until a beautiful beam appeared on his face and he pulled me in to kiss me so sweetly as he whispered back, "I love you too. So much..." I felt my heart heal after so many years of it being broken now that I know what I was missing...was someone who loved me for me.