Crush

Part 7

Nikki's p.o.v. -
He had just told me he wanted to explore Cleveland with me as a date but for some reason I could not speak any words.

The only thing I could do was kiss him as we started walking into the city hand in hand.

My fingers were locked with his for every step seeing all the buildings the trees the bushes etc.

He found this path leading me into this patch of trees to get some photos.

My eyes caught the sight of a tree stump that was shaped like a heart so I pointed at it.

Perched on top of the stump were two adorable bunnies pointing their noses at each other. I wondered if they were a mom and dad bunny or what.

Ryan instantly photographed this sight posting it as the following "Exploring Cleveland and found this adorable sight. #LoveTree #getoutside #neverbored #wanderlust #cleveland Two bunnies on a heart shaped tree stump."

I noticed how quickly comments flooded his Instagram and his Twitter feed.

Some read "Aww. That's so cute." "Are you by yourself?" "I noticed a small hand pointing to the tree."

Ryan replied "No I'm not by myself. I'm getting to know someone."

One fan tweeted "Is this person you're getting to know a woman? Are you exploring together?"

Ryan replied "Yes to both."

I didn't tweet at all because I didn't want a flood of tweets to ask me the same question "Are you dating? Are you falling for him? Is he a good kisser?"

After exploring Cleveland we separated as he headed to the airport and I headed back to that car service to go home.

I hated having to leave Ryan when we were getting to know each other and getting closer.

I arrived at home to hear a voicemail "I really enjoyed every minute with you. It sucks that we live so far away. I promise to see you soon. This isn't over. I miss you. I miss kissing you."

I called him but couldn't get a hold of him.

I left my own voicemail "I'm home. I miss you too. I miss your kiss. I miss laughing with you. I can't wait to see you again."

I got so tired that night I fell asleep quickly to wake up to another voicemail "Sorry I missed you last night. I'm working on figuring out what day I can see you next. I hope it's soon. I just wish we could see each other on Halloween."

I called him back right away and a woman answered his phone "Hello?"

I said "This is Ryan's phone right?"

The woman said "Yea. Who is this?"

I said "Nikki. We met in Chicago and we spent time in Cleveland."

The woman said "Oh. He told me about you."

I asked "Who is this?"

The woman said "I'm Kaitlin. My brother left his phone here last night. I heard him leave that message last night for you."

I said "Hi Kaitlin. Is he at work? I was hoping to talk to him."

Kaitlin said "Yes he is. He should be getting his phone from me in about four hours."