Moonlight... || AARON TVEIT

Chapter 17.

IRL

It had been four months and the tour was over. Today a big announcement was coming. Whilst Ari was on tour she auditioned for her first broadway show and now she was going to make her debut as Roxie in Chicago and rehearsals start next week.

She had arrived back in New York the night before and Aaron picked her up from the airport. He drove her home and she spent a two days recovering from jet lag.

The following week, rehearsals started for Chicago. But right now, she was enjoying her third day back in Central Park with Aaron and Tolouse.

Ari and Aaron were so happy together. They had everything because they had each other. That's all they needed.

They continued to walk hand in hand through the well known park before they decided to stop for coffee. They sat on the chairs that were placed outside the small horse box coffee shop as they waited for their drinks.

Tolousse was perched on Ari's lap as her and Aaron chatted away. "We should go back to London soon. My mum's been dying to see us again."

Aaron nods at the suggestion. "We should go stay for Christmas." He adds.

Ari smiles at the offer. She wanted to go stay with her family for Christmas but she didn't want to take Aaron away from his, so now he suggested it, she felt relieved.

"You should invite your parents and your brother to come with us. That way we're all together." She offers.

Aaron nods as the drinks were called out. He stands up to get them before returning to the chairs. Ari studied his profile. No matter how long they'd been together, every time she looks at him, she notices something different about him.

She has his face memorised by now.

After they finish their drinks, they decide to head back to their apartment. Ari was cleaning the kitchen as she 'Roxie' to herself. When she was done, her plan was to write some more music for her next album. Whilst she was doing this, Aaron came and sat with her.

"Can I walk you to your read through tomorrow?" Arron asked his girlfriend.

She placed her guitar down. "Yeah, we can take the dog and you can take him on a walk from there." She suggested.

Aaron nods in agreement. He studies her features for a bit. "Do you know how beautiful you actually are?"

She's a bit taken aback by his statement. "Thank you." The girl looks down, growing shy.

"No, seriously, I've never met someone so beautiful." He doesn't take his eyes off her.

Ari just doesn't say anything. She doesn't know what to say. No one has ever called her beautiful and it been that sincere. Every time someone did call her beautiful, it was usually on a date but never that sincere.

"It's your eyes." He continues. "Your eyes are my favourite feature."

"I love you." Ari tells him. "Thank you." He gives her a kiss before leaving her to write more songs.

The butterflies she gets when he's around. It never gets old, it's like they're in their own world whenever they're together. That's love.