Falling For You - The Sequel

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The elevator doors of the 9 story building open, leading me out. "Have a great afternoon Miss Williams." I smile, "you too, Desiree." I replied walking out of the building. I get into my car before driving off to my beloved home. I kick my high heels off, a sigh of relief escaping my lips.

Finally arriving at the house, I park the car before grabbing my purse and laptop bag and getting out of the car, my bare feet feeling the cold pavement. I unlock the front door before getting attacked by Tessa. "hi baby," I say smiling before dropping my bags by the front door.

I walk upstairs into Tom and I's bedroom, Tessa following after me. Slipping out of my black bodycon skirt off, pulling my white blouse off my body. I change into some sweats with a lavender crop top.

I walk back downstairs and into the kitchen, planning to make some spaghetti with a Greek salad. I walk over to the pantry, seeing a framed picture of Haz, Ari, Tom, and me at that cafe in New York City on the shelf. I smile to myself.

It's been 2 years since then, not much has happened. Tom and I purchased a new house, we both got jobs, life has been perfect since then. Haz and Ari have also moved in with each other, but they've been having their ups and downs lately. Sometimes one of them comes over to our house to sleep over for the night, just to calm themselves down, it's getting worse and worse every day, but of course, it's not changing anything in our friendship.

Ari started doing Travel Journalism, which means she is not home most of the time. Haz has such little trust in her that he thinks she's cheating overseas. I know it's absolute bullshit, but things have calmed down the past few weeks.

I quickly flicker out of my thoughts and continue to look for the spaghetti. "Ah.." I mumble, finding the spaghetti at the back of the pantry, everything stacked onto it. I hear the front door open, Tessa immediately runs to the door. "hi gorgeous," I hear Tom say from the front door. He walks into the kitchen and I smile.

I drop the spaghetti onto the marble counter, walking over to my boyfriend and hugging him. "hello love," he says into my neck, pulling away from the hug. "hi." I mumble and he kisses my lips, his arms wrapped around my waist. "how was your day?" I ask, "the usual," he answers, placing his suit jacket onto the coat rack. I nod, Tom and I both got our master's degrees last year, he went on to own his father's company, Dom Builds. I'm a project manager at Empowered Spaces, Architecture Company.

Life is going good, we've been having weekly date nights, trying a new restaurant every week. From fancy to rodeo restaurants, it's actually very fun. I didn't even know that there were rodeo restaurants in London. We've been trying to do a fun activity every second weekend, if work isn't in the way. Last week we went to a planetarium. This weekend we have dinner with Toms family, I absolutely adore them.

"spaghetti for dinner?" he asks, I nod in reply. He opens the fridge, getting out the parsley and cheese. "Mum's secret recipe," I say making Tom smile lightly. I'm not the type to cook but these past few months Nikki has been giving me some cooking lessons. I really love her, she's like my second mum since mine is in New York, I've even started to call Dom and Nikki mum and dad. Being with the Holland family makes me feel like I haven't lost everyone, like I'm a part of a happy family again.

Anyway, I've gotten way better and I've been cooking way more, rather than Tom and I getting takeaway each day. Which wasn't technically good for us. I throw the spaghetti into boiling water on the white marble stove. Tom delicately grates the cheese, slowly but surely. "I think you're supposed to grate a bit faster otherwise we're going to be standing here till midnight," I joke. "right," he chuckles before grating the cheese faster.

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I lay aside Tom on our white leather couch, Tessa sitting on the edge as we re-watch our favorite movie, "the fault in our stars". My head nuzzled into his chest and his arms wrapped around me. The movie just started, where Hazel meets Gus for the first time, it's my favorite scene.

When Hazel thinks Gus is an absolute twat because he pulls out a cigarette, and what he says gets me every single time. 'You put the killing thing right between your teeth but don't give it the power to do its killing', I live for that dude's intelligence.

I remember watching this movie for the first time with Tom, it's what brought our relationship together. It's something that means a lot to both of us, like the books we bought the first few weeks we were together.

We have one whole bookshelf to dedicate all the stuff that resembles our relationship. It helps me keep our memories, they mean the most to me in life. It helps me remember the sparks we had when we first met, or the laughs and cries. The love we have for each other is inseparable, I'll never stop loving this man. We've been together for 2, almost 3, years now and he's made all my days full of joy. My love for Tom grows each day, it will never stop.

We do have our moments but at the end of the day we work things out like every other worthy couple would do. Our relationship feels like those too-good-to-be-true Rom-Com movies, that seem absolutely cheesy but adorable at the same time. You won't find a day where Tom and I aren't getting along with one another.

I'm living in the present, forgetting all the shit I've gone through in my life. My life is perfect right now and I don't ever want that to change.