Down the road of memories

She makes me feel so good

Noah POV

I was in the middle of a dream! Shelly above me looking at me with her beautiful blue eyes. My hands caressing her back before moving up her spine to her neck before plunging my hand into her hairs. I pulled her face towards me so I could kiss her passionately before flipping her onto her back and letting go of my desire to lose myself in her.

I had this dream for years in high school before I started dating Elle. Then this dream came back after the breakup, only making me realize that my conscious as well as my subconscious did not accept the breakup. For 6 years, I fought against awakenings inevitably bringing me back to a world without her!

This morning when I emerged from my sleep, I struggled again, preferring to stay asleep to continue dreaming of her.
- Noah !" said a voice that I knew was her.

I wanted to put my hands around the object of my dreams to hold it until I realized that I was able to hold it, weird?
- Noah, wake up!" The voice told me before I felt a kiss on my lips.

I slowly opened my eyes to see her like in my dream.
- Happy birthday, Flynn!" She said to me, rolling on top of me before kissing me.
- What, are you there? I'm not dreaming?

She started laughing before telling me :
- You seemed so disappointed that we couldn't celebrate your birthday together so I thought it would be even better on the day itself. So, surprise!

I was still stunned trying to realize that she was really there.
- It's sure that being woken up by you is truly the best birthday present!" I said to her, caressing her face when I properly emerged from my sleep.
- No kidding?
- Totally, this is the first birthday I've spent with you in the flesh. The only other birthday I spent as a couple with you, we were at a distance and we had just had an argument because of Chloe! What a sad day!
- That's true, but today I traveled from LA to Boston to be at your service all day!
- This is the best birthday present you could have given me." I said to her, hugging her like in my dream before giving her a passionate kiss.
- What do you want to do today?" she asked me, rolling onto her side while resting her head on her hand.
- I want to make the most of you. First, I want to enjoy you being in my bed this morning .
- Serious! And after that?" She said to me, putting a hand over her eyes.
- I plan to show you off all over Boston. I want everyone I know to see us together! I'm sorry " I said to her, laying her on her back then peppering kisses on her stomach as slowly went back up "I'm completely addicted to you!
- It's a good plan! So, do you want this birthday kiss?
- And how!" I said to her, letting, as in my dream, my desire to lose myself in her take over...

Several minutes later, we were seated at breakfast. I had just placed her coffee in front of her. I know to my cost that this woman absolutely needs coffee to be human in the morning. I looked at her with possessive eyes and how could it be otherwise when all she was wearing was my T-shirt.
- On another note, what do you want to do today? You were talking about showing me off all over Boston!" she said to me, bringing the cup to her lips.
- What would you say about going back in time?

She looked at me suspiciously.

Elle POV

Noah and I treated ourselves to a day in Boston like we did 7 years ago when I came to see him in the fall during his first year at Harvard. Every simple thing can be a celebration when we are together. Our bond had not changed so much! I felt like I was finding my boyfriend exactly as he was 7 years ago. We went for a walk along the Charles River hand in hand. The sun was shining but it was cold for the start of October in Boston according to Noah. I was in awe of the trees laden with red, orange and yellow leaves. It's a spectacle that I have rarely had the opportunity to see. It was special to tell me that Noah's birthday has been in this context for the last 7 years. When we were teenagers, his birthday was always celebrated with a pool party. It made me realize that Noah's life has been very different in the years we've been apart than it was when we were little.

We stopped at a bar downtown for lunch. I also believe, the same bar we had once been to. This time, the bartender didn't ask me for my ID when I ordered a beer. When it was time to receive our main meal, Noah ventured to say to me, taking my hand :
- Finally it's really nice that you're with me in Boston for my birthday. It seems like it allows me to make a transition from what my life has been like for the last 7 years to what it will be like in a few weeks.
- That's exactly what I was telling myself a few minutes ago. It's weird to tell me that your birthday was in an autumn context when I've always had it around the pool.
- Yes, life was really different! I remembered last week that on my first anniversary after we broke up, you bought me tickets to the Linkin Park show at TD garden. I never had the chance to thank you anyway.
- Chloe wasn't supposed to tell you it came from me!" I told him, looking at my hands.
- She didn't tell me! I guessed it! It was easy to guess who knows me well enough to know exactly what I needed at that precise moment! You were the only one who made me feel this good." He said to me, taking my hand in his.
- For my part, I thought you had forgotten me the moment you set foot again at Harvard as a bachelor.
- So not! " he said to me, sighing. "I was really grieving and it lasted several months. I remember that on the evening of my birthday after I found out that it was you who had bought me the tickets, I called my mother to tell her that I found it too hard. I wasn't interested in anything and I was afraid you'd forget me.

I also sighed before telling him :
- I think a part of me wanted to forget you. It hurt less that way! But when I broke up with Skylar before leaving for Johns Hopkins and realized I felt absolutely nothing, I realized I hadn't forgotten you. I couldn't, on the other hand, long for things over which I had no control, so I still tried it with Mark until we saw each other again at my father's wedding.
- For me, it was beneficial when we saw each other again at your father's wedding. I told myself that despite all the mistakes I had made, there was still a chance that my biggest dream would come true.
- And what was this dream?" I asked him curiously.
- Since adolescence when I thought about the end of my studies, I only saw one thing, getting married to you! No more lonely evenings waiting for my phone to ring! No more lonely days! Your presence alone makes everything perfect!" he said to me, placing a kiss on my hand once again.

It took my breath away...