Until i met you.

VI

Im gonna fucking cry. This man did not just get me a meet and greet with chimpanzees. A young looking chimpanzee approaches Stephanie who then picks it up and holds' em like a baby, propping it on her hip. "This is Luca, you wanna say hi Luca? How do we say hi?" Luca smiles showing off his teeth and waves his hand. Yeah, I can go peacefully now. "You wanna give knuckles Luca?" Luca puts out his knuckles and we fist bump. Stephanie shows us some ASL they teach the chimps so they can communicate with them. I watch the other chimps play with each other or with the ropes and nets. 

Before we leave Stephanie puts Luca down and he walks over to us. I crouch down and Luca signs 'hug', I look over at Stephanie who gives me the okay so I open my arms and give Luca a hug. He gives us one last fist bump and goes back towards the rest of the chimps. "Aww isn't he the cutest little guy, alright I'll show you guys out." On our way out she reminds us to wash our clothes and avoid touching other surfaces, "Have a great rest of your day!" "Thank you!" We both thank her and head to the bathrooms to wash our hands before walking back to the car. 

"JJ how long have you had this planned?" He smiles, "So you liked it?" "I refuse to comment." Really I couldn't talk about it without crying and didn't want to start crying until we got in the car, shit his car seats "Hey you don't happen to have an extra shirt in your car do you?" I ask. "I refuse to comment." Touché asshole. We get to the car and I take the hat off then my shirt before sitting down. I was wearing a basic black cotton bralette so basically a crop top nothing scandalous. 

I hugged a chimpanzee. It didn't take long for me to start crying. JJ finally gets in the car after looking through some stuff in the trunk. "I found this one that would match your jeans and shoes-" he glances over at me, "or that works too! Hey hey hey? Why are- what hap-…oh come here." He takes his shirt off then reaches over to give me a hug, "See now we're matching" I chuckle. 

After a few minutes I'm finally able to talk without instantly crying. "You know I've always wanted to do that." "Yeah I know," he exhales. I lift my head from his shoulder to look him in the eye, "Thank you." He grabs my face wiping the leftover tears on my cheeks away before planting a gentle yet firm kiss on my lips. He starts to pull away but I bring him back, "I wasn't done yet." We pull away in sync, both of us smiling. "Let's go home?" "Let's." I respond.