Love's Butterfly

Valentine's day

I woke up to his kiss on my cheek. "Good morning baby", he whispered gently and petted my hair. I sighed a bit and answered, "Good morning Pom Pom". I rolled on my other side and laid on his chest, his hand wrapping around me.

"I have a surprise for you today", Dominic whispered. I opened my eyes quickly and asked, "What is it?". He chuckled and whispered, "Look". I lifted my body and saw a bouquet of probably like 200 red roses and my favourite chocolate. 

"I know this is late but...will you be my Valentine's?", he asked and looked deeply into my eyes. My heart started jumping and a smile formed on my lips.

"Oh my god, of course!", I screamed and jumped to hug him. He chuckled and hugged me tightly back.

He added, "It's 12:30 right now so you should be ready at 17...a long dress would be great, also you should pack for overnight". I started to smile from excitement and nodded.

"I appreciate that you're wearing that Tiffany bracelet so often", he said with his raspy voice as he was petting the bangle on my wrist. "Of course I do! You gave it to me", I stated like it was obvious. He pecked a kiss on my forehead.

"I remember that night so well", I whispered as my finger traced one of his tattoos. "You do?", Dominic asked. "Yes...you came to pick me up, you had Reese's in your car for me", I said and smiled at the memory. He chuckled before I whispered, "You called me baby for the first time that night". He petted my hair and said, "Yes I did, that night made us closer". I closed my eyes and smiled at the memory.

"I will have one meeting at 14 so I need to leave in a while", he said quietly. I looked into his eyes worriedly. "Don't worry, I'll be back before 16", he said and kept petting my hair.

"Shall we exchange gifts?", he asked as he scratched his neck. "Sure", I said and smiled sweetly. I got off the bed quickly and ran to my closet. First I almost hid it in my underwear door but he visits that door surprisingly much so I hid it behind a big black bag.

I handed him my gift which was wrapped in black paper with a red bow. He handed his gift to me which was wrapped into a pink wrapping paper and it had a golden bow. I couldn't help but smile from excitement.

This year we decided to do either a homemade gift or a low-budget gift.

"Open mine first", I said and gently placed his gift on silk sheets next to us. He gently took the wrapping paper off as I held my breath. "Oh baby...", he whispered as he touched that shirt gently. "You made this for me?", he asked and looked into my eyes softly. I nodded and bit down on my lip.

"These are your lip prints?", he asked and pointed to the lipstick stains. I nodded and smiled widely. "I love it", he whispered and took me into a big hug. "I'm so glad, I was a bit nervous", I said relieved.

"Now open mine...I'm nervous too", he said and looked closely at my movements. I slowly opened the gift, throwing the paper to the floor. I held my breath from excitement. "A letter...?", I asked a bit confused. He nodded excitedly which made my heart melt. "Read it now", he said and pointed at the letter. I opened the envelope and took a piece of paper gently out. I recognised his handwriting immediately.

"I'm not the best at expressing myself. Nevertheless, I'm trying. I first wanted to say this to you but it feels much easier to write it down. I'm trying to express my feelings to you. So this is a love letter if you haven't already figured that out. I know that you have always wanted one because you're such a romantic.

You are the sweetest. I don't know how to express it. You have such a big heart and it's shining so bright. You're such a beautiful and intelligent young woman and I'm impressed by you every day.