Only Us (Justin Fields)

|62| Stopping Time

Jillian

It finally comes to the day of Justin and I's first date. I find myself feeling nervous. It wasn't an unusual feeling, especially when it comes to him. The only sense of safety and happiness comes from knowing he would be there. But even after all this time I still get butterflies. These butterflies were just on a whole different level and I don't know why.

I love him and he loves me, that should be it. There nothing to worry about pass that... right...

But getting into a relationship and staying in one are two completely different things. And love cannot be the only reason two people get together. You can't put in all the work to get to a point in your life then expect to stay there knowing you never did anything to keep it. I was not going to let this relationship fail, would do anything to stay by his side. And I know this romance would never fade, never subside. I was going to make sure of it.

I pull on a light yellow dress I thrifted the other day from a local store on campus. It has a bow in the back and stoped right above my knees. The sleeves were short and puffy, I thought it was cute. I decide to leave my hair down today and wear the white sandals I've had for forever but never had a good enough excuse to wear them. It was about 2 pm now so it was time to get this thing started. I stare at myself in the mirror hyping myself up. Assuring myself that everything will be just fine. It had to be.

I walk out of my room and into the living room. I see Justin standing there in dark grey shorts and a light blue top. He looked especially handsome, his hair styled and it looked like he shaved too. He was messing with something sitting on the kitchen counter.

Before I go over I smile to myself. I was one lucky girl. Although I might be shy I wasn't blind or stupid. I know a lot of girls would kill to be in the exact shoes I was wearing right now. I know I was one of the luckiest girls in the whole world. I wasn't going to take a second of this life with him for granted, I owed him that much. I owed myself that much too.

Finally my feet start to move as I walk over to him. He quickly noticed my presence and looks up. As soon as his eyes land on me they grow larger. I expected him to at least move a little but he was a statue.

"Lilly" he gasps sending chills down my spine. Something about the way he says my name, so tender, so passionately. It makes me crazy.

"Hey" I smile.

Before he even had time to answer he was making his way around the island. Lightning quick his hands were on my cheeks as he pulls me into a kiss. I take no time wrapping my fingers in his shirt. The smell of his cologne dance around my head to the sound of my rapidly beating heart.

Eventually we break apart but my grip on him holds strong. I can feel his hands pull me close and hold me tight.

"Hello beautiful" he says sending chills down my spine. This was going to be a long night for me, I can tell.

We spend almost two hours putt putting and I learned a lot. Turns out I am a natural for those kinds of things and my hand eye coordination was better than I thought. I also learned that Justin not only hates losing football games, but even nonsensical things like that. I thought he was going to throw the club in the water at one point. But even then his anger was playful and I know he had some reactions just to make me laugh. It was my first time putt putting and I really enjoyed it. I hope we can do it again.

After that was dinner which was really nice. It was a restaurant a lot fancier than what we usually eat at but the owner seemed like a good friend of his and got us someplace nice and quiet to be alone.

Once dinner was done we get in his car but we don't go back to his place. I look at him curiously as we pass our turn.

"Where are we going" I ask.

"I have one more surprise for the date" he claims.

"Oh" I say.

"Don't worry. I know you'll love it" he insists.

So I sit back and let him drive. I trust him with my life after all. After about 10 minutes we pull up to the planetarium. It was like 10 pm so I didn't think this place was even open.

"Why here" I question.

"I wanted to look at the moon just a little longer tonight. Show her my gratitude, my love. So I rented the telescope. Get a better look of the stars and the moon" he explains.

I wish I could say that I wasn't surprised that he remembers that story I wrote since he has always been diligent when it came to me, but still, the fact he not only remembered that story but would do this. He's got to be an anomaly in this world or something.

"That sounds wonderful" I smile.

He hurries up and gets out the car before opening the door for me. He helps me out and we walk into the planetarium. Once the worker gets his name he takes us straight to the viewing deck. There were lights strung around the railing and rose pedals on the ground. I quickly turn to Justin as he just smiles, watching my reaction.

"You" I whisper.

"I know I know, you don't like the effort I put into you. But to me it's worth it. To see you smile like that, for you to maybe feel how much I appreciate you. Cause there isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. I would make the whole world go dark just to see the moon shine the way you do" he claims.

I just shake my head, he just CAN'T be real. No way.

My arms open wider and he happily walks into them. I pull him into the tightest hug possible. His arms wrap around my waist as he nearly pulls me off the ground. I could barely hold in my tears, he just made me so happy. A kind of happiness I didn't even know was possible.

Once we break apart we head to the telescope. He gestures for me to go to it first and I do. Once I was able to look inside I couldn't believe it. There were colors I've never noticed before. You can see planets as well. And it was a 360 view so you could see just about everything.

"Amazing" I gasp.

"What do you see" he wonders.

"Everything. I mean time works differently in space. There are places in this universe where the meteor hasn't even hit this planet yet. Isn't that crazy" I ask.

"It is. I wish I was up there" he claims. I stop looking at the telescope so I can try and figure out what he means. "I guess what I really want is to stop time so I could spend forever with you" he says.

I just smile as I step off the platform. I bury my face in his chest as I wrap my arms around him.

I love this man with my whole heart.