g o r g e o u s • connor bedard

7

i am woken up by a familiar pair of lips- connors.

"good morning" he says in his raspy morning voice

"hey" i reply not wanting to wake up

"your mom says breakfast is soon" he explains

"why do we need to eat like i just wanna lay here with you all day"

"how can i say no to that"

"so do you want to go on a real date tonight?" connor asks

"no not really" i reply

connors face drops at my response, he gets all nervous and looks stressed immediately

"baby im kidding obviously i do!" i say feeling bad for making him sad. "what do you have in mind?"

"that's a surprise" he says with a smirk

we spend the day hanging out, not doing much. we played some mario kart together, i won obviously, i'm superior at it. when 5 came around connor told me to get dressed up for our dinner, so i did. i put on a tight fitting black dress with some silver necklaces, and some strappy black shoes. he also told me to bring along comfy clothes, so i brought along light grey sweats, with a matching cropped sweater.

he got ready and then told me to get into his truck, so i walked around the vehicle to the passenger side when i was greeted by connor opening my door for me. i hopped in and got comfy. he gave me aux again, so obviously i played taylor, that's the only option. dear john came on and i started belting the lyrics "dear john, i see it all now that your gone"

"damn who hurt you" connor says laughing at my emotional outburst

"john mayer" i say giggling. "he hurt mother, so i must hurt him"

we get to the restaurant, the keg. he takes me in and the hostess immediately seats us. "so what else did you plan?" i ask connor.

"yeah no i'm not telling" he says in a snarky tone

"fine"

after we finish our meal the bill comes and i pull out my wallet to pay for it, but connor shoots me a look and tells me i need put my card away so he can pay. we argue about it for a little while until i give up.

"the girl should never pay" he says smiling at me giving me a suspicious look.

he opens my door again to get into the vehicle, and he starts taking me somewhere. i had no idea where he was taking me and i don't know how he knew where to go, he didn't even live here. eventually we pull up right outside winnipeg, by a field on a little hill. he gets out of the vehicle and signals for me to come too. i get out of the car and he's holding a bag, he unzips the bag and stars pulling blankets and pillows out of it, he sets them up in the box of his truck. i start smiling but try to hold back because i think i know what's about to happen. i think we are going to star gaze together. it was a perfect night, no clouds. he tells me i should change into my comfy clothes now, so that's what i do. i suddenly regret packing a cropped sweater, the breeze of the night was a bit chilly.

we get set up on his truck and he immediately cuddles into me. we stare at the stars in silence when i get a bit cold. in hopes for connors sweater i say "it's getting chilly out here" and before i can even think another thought connor pulled off his sweater and gave it to me. then he just pulled the blankets higher on his body and cuddled more into me. his sweater smelled so good, hopefully he would let me keep it.

we stargaze for a while, content in each others presence when connor tells me how beautiful i am. i've never had anyone call me pretty, before connor at least. i thought maybe this would be the moment he would ask to make things official, but he didn't. he looked at me for a couple seconds, staring into my eyes. i don't think i know what love is but i think what we have is love. he leans in for a passionate kiss, his hands moving onto my body, one on my stomach and the another cupped to my face.