Stay With Me || JOBE BELLINGHAM

༺ Wish upon a star༺

Josephine Pov

I decided that I wanted to get my tattoo today and ofcourse Jobe accompanied me.

"Are you sure about this" he asks as we stand in front of the tattoo parlor

"One hundred percent" I reply

"Okay"

We went inside and we found a scary looking man covered in tattoos and piercings

"Are you Chico?" I ask

"Yeah, I'm assuming that one of you is getting a tattoo since you're here, so whose getting the tattoo between you and and the big fella?" he questions

"Me"

"Take a seat, you are up next after the lad over there" he says pointing to a young man who looks as scared as I am

"I don't think I wanna do this anymore" I whisper to Jobe

"Is little "Miss I'm definitely getting a tattoo", getting cold feet now?" he smirks

"No, I can do this" I say trying to sound confident

We sit in silence as we watch the young man get his turn. As soon as the needle enters the young man's skin, he lets out an earpiercing scream which causes me to flinch.

"Now I know that I don't wanna do this" I say and grab Jobe's hand and bolt out of the tattoo parlor

Jobe laughs his head off once we were outside.

"You should have seen your face" he says inbetween laughs

"Maybe I was being a little dramatic with the whole tattoo thing. I don't think I really wanted it, I think just wanted to do bunch of crazy stuff which seemed cool"

"Well I hope that you learnt your lesson"

"Trust me, I did, no more tattoos"

"Since we basically have nothing to do since you bailed on your own idea, so I suggest we go to the Euphoric Melodies" he says.

Euphoric Melodies is a record store on Apple Avenue which sells these really pretty, vintage vinyl records.

"Good idea"

We get to Euphoric Melodies and the minute we enter, the picturesque  scene of the arranged records captivates us.

"Is this heaven?" Jobe says

"It sure is" I beam

We looked around for a while before we decided what we wanted, Jobe got an Elvis Presley record - I swear that he's got a secret obsession with Elvis and I settled on a Miki Matsubara record and a turntable that cost me a fortune, but it was worth every cent.

Later after we've had dinner at Serendipity, we decide to go to the astronomical observatory

As we are admiring the stars, a gust  of chilly wind passes through us and immediately Jobe takes off his hoodie and hands it to me

"No"

"Just take it" he commands

"I don't want you get sick, you are still recovering from the cold you caught "

"I'm fine,really, besides that cold is long gone"

"I'm not taking any chances"

"Okay" he says and in a swift motion he traps my body inbetween his chest and his left arm, I start squirming against him, trying to free myself from him but he starts putting the hoodie over my head, at that point I stop resisting and just let him do it. A triumphant smile graces his face after that.

"You'll never win against me, darling"

I just flick his forehead and continue watching the stars through the telescope. The hoodie is a bit too big for me but it is the most comfortable thing I've ever worn but I won't tell Jobe that because he'll be big-headed for the whole week if I do.

"There's just something about the stars , you know, they just instill a sense of calmness in chaos" I say

"Yeah, they make you forget about all your problems and let you dream without you asking them to"

Jobe Pov

Isie looks so beautiful while she's looking at the stars. I want this moment to last forever but it can't, so I quickly take out my phone and take a picture, a memory of this day and my new wallpaper. 

"Stop looking at me like you're a creep and look at how beautiful the sky looks today" she says and holds my hand

"Do you think that there are aliens out there?" I ask looking at the star filled sky

"Definitely, but I don't think that they look like these unique strange creatures that humans make them out to be"

"Oh yeah. Care to elaborate?"

"Think of it, we are also aliens to them but are we strange grotesque figures? Maybe to them we are, but on earth we are normal people" she explains

"I never thought of it that way" I say and pull her closer to me.

We stand there watching the stars in silence and I wonder what the other Jobe and Isie are doing in another universe - are they watching the stars and wondering the same thing? Do they think that we are the alien versions of them?

"The stars,
The moon,
The infinite galaxies
But there is still no-one who's quite
As magical
As
You"

Author's Note: Double update to celebrate 5000 reads!!! 🥳🎉🎉 Any suggestions on what Josephine should add to her bucket list since she has abandoned the tattoo idea?