Poems For Daniel

Fifteen

Saturday rolled around rather quickly. Jeremiah picked me up in his Jeep, which had just came out of the shop, and brought me to the mall. We walked the pathways holding hands and talking. "Let's go in here," he pointed to a jewelry store. "I don't know, J--." He was already pulling me into the store. "Hi, how may I help you?" the cashier, who looked about Jeremy and I's age, spoke with a smile. I felt my self esteem shrink into a bite sized height. She was gorgeous... Much prettier than I was... She was the type of girl that I would assume Jeremy would be into... Perfect smile, nice figure, chest and ass. She had everything I didn't. And, if I had it, she had more... "Yeah, I'm looking for a couple of things actually," Jeremy answered, looking down at me with a slight smile. "Well, I'll be happy to help," she smiled. "Okay... We're going to look around first," Jeremy replied. "Alright," she spoke. "Pick what you like," he winked at me before walking toward a few things that we saw before walking in. I slowly walked toward a glass box that had a diamond necklace in it. It was beautiful, but something else was catching my eye. Out the corner of my eye, I could see the cashier bent over something to take something else out of a box. "Damn," I heard Jeremy's voice all the way from the other side of the store. I began to think he was talking about the cashier, but when I turned to look at him, he was looking at something through the glass. "Safaree, come here," he motioned me over. I walked over. "Look at that one... That'd look beautiful on you, Baby," he spoke. I smiled slightly more at the fact that he was talking about a necklace rather than how I thought the necklace looked. "Hey, excuse me," he spoke, catching the girl's attention. "Yes," she smiled flirtatiously at him. "Can you take this out of the box?" he asked. "Sure," she answered, whipping out a key and unlocking the glass. She took the necklace in her hand delicately before handing it to Jeremy. He smiled at me before circling around me and placing it onto my neck... It reminded me of when Daniel put the "key chain" around my neck. Before I could have time to silently reminisce, he made me face him. He smiled, his hands resting on my hips. He stared at the necklace... And, he began to stare for so long that I began to think that he was staring at my boobs. I folded my arms before he looked up into my eyes with a smirk on his face. "I wasn't looking at those. You know that, right?" he inquired. I blushed as he took me by the waist. "We'll take it," he smiled at the cashier.

"Jeremy, this probably costs a lot of money," I warned him. "It doesn't matter," he shook his head with a slight smile... Just like that, the necklace was mine... "Where'd you get the money for this?" I asked, holding the bag that contained the necklace in one hand while the other held Jeremy's hand. He looked down at me, giving me a knowing look. "Oh, yeah... Stupid question," I blushed. "It's okay," he replied, kissing the back of my hand. He held my hand into his as we walked toward a clothing store. "There's Victoria's Secret. Maybe you could go pick out some lingerie for our honeymoon," he winked at me. I laughed at him. "Come on. I'm not playing," he smiled beginning to pull me in. "Nope," I forced him to keep walking. "But, Safaree.." he whined. "No buts about it, Jeremiah," I told him as we walked into a clothing store. I began looking at random outfits, Jeremy standing mighty close behind me. I picked up a dress and faced Jeremy. "What about this?" I inquired. "That looks great," he smiled at me. "I don't know. It looks like it'll be too tight," I skeptically spoke. "Just try it on," he told me. "Fine," I replied. I made my way toward a dressing room, and put on the dress. "Jeremy!" I called. A few moments later, Jeremy walked into the secluded room. "Zip me up," I spoke softly. He snaked his arm halfway around my waist as his other hand slowly zipped up the dress. He held me for several more moments before stepping back, leaning against the door. I smoothed down the dress before turning around and seeing how the dress looked all around. "What do you think?" I asked, looking at him through the mirror. He stared at me for several seconds before replying. "You look beautiful," he answered. I smiled slightly at him before adjusting the dress a bit more. It wasn't as tight as I thought it'd be. I mean, it hugged my body in only the way Jeremy did... I then felt a pair of lips on my neck. My eyes fluttered closed before he began to whisper in my ear.