| When We Were in Love | |H.S|

| 11 | Enchanted |

There I was again tonight, forcing laughter, faking smiles, same old tired, lonely place.

Walls of insincerity, shifting eyes and vacancy-

-Vanished when I saw your face.

All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you.

-Enchanted, Taylor Swift. 2010.

| Lily |

It was the next morning and my eyes finally fluttered open. I didn't dream last night, as usual. I didn't mind, sleep was for getting away from the world, I didn't need to get stuck in the middle of fictional problems either. I sat up in my bed and leaned back onto my arms. As the blanket covering me slid down, I noticed I was still wearing my outfit from last night.

I frowned my eyebrows a bit confused on why I was still wearing this outfit instead of changing before I fell asleep. I stood up and slowly started feeling soreness throughout my body. I walked to my mirror to see how bad the damage was on my face. As I went to the mirror, I noticed all my makeup was wiped off and my face was super clean, surprisingly.

A bit confused why my face was clean, I shook my head letting go of the thought and started to make my way to my kitchen. As soon as I opened my door, the smell of bacon, eggs, and potatoes hit my nose. I was taken back by the sudden and strong smell but couldn't stay away. I quickly walked down the short hallway to my kitchen and saw two familiar faces.

"Good morning Lily!" Lucy declared from the dinning table. Quickly, Jared turned around to face me with nothing but a wide smile.

Almost, instantly all the memories from last night began to hit me. The both of us going to dinner, the steak, the drinks, to going to the sights around the island. The hiking, seeing the whales from a distance from the top of the highest hill, taking pictures of the small city from the top, the pictures we took together, to the racing down the hill. The bar hopping, just to only order a shot each time and a bunch of water to make sure we could remember the night. And although, I did forget it briefly, all these memories were flooding my mind like nothing else could.

All I could think about right now was Jared and how fun the night I had with him was and how he made me happy for the first time in a long time. To say the least. But despite remembering how happy I was, what we did the whole night, and even taking my shoes off when I got home, I don't remember coming home.

"Good morning Lily, how did you sleep darling?" his accent spoke. My knees felt like they were going to buckle as soon as he spoke. Why am I feeling this way? We had one night together and suddenly I feel like I want that every night. But just with him. And him only.

Jared walked over to me, leaving the bacon in the pan to cook a bit more. He came face to face with me and put his hands out for me to hold. I quickly took ahold of his hands and smile grew on my face without me realizing before it was too late. I looked down and shook my head a bit, being shy and timid.

"I uh, slept-I slept well," I stuttered. I quickly realized, he was still wearing his dress shirt and pants, though his jacket was off while his sleeves were rolled up.

"Did you spend the night?" I questioned, looking back up at him. The same smile stayed plastered on his face while an enchanting laugh came from his mouth.

"Gosh, you had a fun night, didn't you?" he said while he pulled my hands up to his mouth and placing a kiss on each hand, before letting go and turning back to the bacon frying up on the stove.