How Not To Fall In Love

Chapter 8: Good Friends

I wonder in your silence. I learn when you speak. I dance in your laughter. I love when you breathe.

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"Okay. Move closer. A bit more closer. Ma'am please slightly lean your head on the left. Okay, that's lovely." Ashton instructed the couple as he looked through the frame of the camera and clicked the shutter.

The blue sky on a fine day, and a beautiful scenery of a beach on the background at the top of the mountain, is perfect. Well, that's where Ashton's clients would want their pre-wedding pictorial to be taken.

It may sound weird for some but as the couple were in their hiking gears and pose with great achievement in the adventure, they found love.

Ashton looked closely on the photo taken. It's amazing the way they smile to each other, there's something different. How the man held her hand, strong yet gentle. How the woman's eyes glitter accepting his love in full. The way he looked at her speaks a thousand words of endearment. He smiled in astonishment.

"Love is like a flower. It blooms as you nurture it. It stands out as it flourishes."

He continued taking photos on different angles with Eric assisting him with the mirrors and setting up the camera lenses. He let the couple check a few photos taken.

"Hon, we look good in here." The woman smiled and nudged her partner.

"Every photo is beautiful." She beamed. They both look lovely sitting on a cut big trunk. The man encircling the woman in an embrace while holding the camera and she leans on his side, both of them laughing in their own little world. He called Eric quietly for his back up camera and positioned for a good angle of them.

"Shall we go to the falls? It's still bright. We might want to use it." He asked the couple.

"Yeah, sure. We'll lead the way. There's a shortcut we just found out the last time we were here." The man replied. They had a long trek to take going to the falls though. Ashton nodded in agreement. They fixed their things and headed down to the falls.

Along the way Ashton took photos of the nature and stolen shots of the couple holding hands and constantly smiling at each other.

Just looking at them he felt a bit sad yet happy at the same time. It has been a while that he was out of the city having an adventure even if it is for work. He missed the environment and the beautiful sceneries the mother earth upholds.

In the middle of their trek they took a break because Eric was hyperventilating. "You okay man?" Ashton asked.

"Yeah man. I'm cool. Just need to catch my breathing." He replied in between inhaling. Ashton patted his back.

The woman turned to Ashton's direction. "I was just wondering. If you wouldn't mind me asking. Are you married or still single? You seem to be very diligent in your work." She asked.