This is the best Christmas yet.
My Aunt's boyfriend Allen has proposed to her on Christmas day and I myself felt shocked, I don't think any of us were expecting it. She said 'yes' of course and afterwards we celebrated.
I was able to get some time in my day to spend with Caden, he texted me the addressed of his new place. I walked along the narrow path way until I reached his front door. It was a one story, small pale green modern house, I walked up the off white narrow walk way and he was their waiting for me.
Our eye's stayed locked together and it felt like no one else was on this world but just the two of us. I was expecting a hello and then he would allow me into his home and maybe talk things through and I would apologized, but nothing ever comes according to plan when someone is dying to have you and to spend the rest of their days with you.
He grabs my hand and our fingers lock in with each other for a moment I think he will kiss me and then it happened ...
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It all felt like a dream.
One moment everything was going perfect and it all came crashing down. I start to think that everything that I touch parishes, I just want to be happy.
I am at the hospital with Caden after I called the ambulance to come and get him after he started having a seizure. I have been waiting in the waiting room for 3 hours and I get anxious every time I see a nurse pass by. As soon as he was rushed into the ER I called his mother for assistance. I think she's more worried than I am, a nurse finally came to tell us that he will be alright, that this will usually will happen with people with HIV.
They proscribed him with more meds that he will have to take, and I was relieved. I and his mother came in to his room to see how he was doing, and we saw that he was hooked up to a machine with a tube connected to it going to his nose.
His eyes are open and he looks at both of us as we come in. His mother tells him how she is so relieved that he is okay, I give them time to talk, and she leaves the room to give us some space.
He motions his hand so that I can come sit next to him on his bed. I slip off my shoes just exposing my striped socks and lay next to him with my hand holding up my head.
"Are you feeling, alright? You scared me earlier." I say in a loud whisper.
"I'll be alright." He says.
"I'm sorry about ... How I treated you last week when you came over to my house. It wasn't entirely your fault; I was upset about the break up." I explain
"I could never be upset with you." He says grinning.
He holds my hand against his heart and its racing, it startled me.
"Are you okay? Should I call the nurse?" I say beginning to get up.
He pulls me before I go running off, and he shakes his head.
"No." He says laughing.
"I want you to know this is how I feel every time I'm around you, every time I hear your name, my heart beats for you." He says with his eyes filled with love.
He leans in closer and our lips meet.
"Well! Well! Well! What do we have here?" I immediately pull my lips away when I see Allen and my mother standing at the door way with flowers and 'Get Well!' balloons.
I hop off of the bed, as casually as I can, but I don't manage to do so when I stubble. I felt as though I was having hot flashes. I was embarrassed that I was ambushed by my future uncle and my mother.
My mother gives me 'the look' before handing Caden a get well card and all the other things they came in with.
"Thank you." Caden says genuinely.
"No problem, we hope for you to get better. How do you feel?" My mother asks, concerned.
"In loooovvvve." Allen teases.
Caden chuckles. "I'm doing alright." He says.
"I would hope ... That was a pretty passionate kiss."
I dramatically sigh. I'm just thinking about how long they will tease us about this before dropping it.
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Caden was able to go home that evening and my parents made sure he got home safely. Throughout the whole car ride there, I couldn't help myself but to hold his hand and lay my head on his shoulders. It was freezing as we drove in the cool night, with stars shining and the full moon bright as the sun.
"When are you heading back school?" Caden ask in a low whisper.
"Monday, January 6th, but I will be leaving a day before." I say.
He paused for a while like he was thinking of what to say.
"I'll come and visit on weekends." I suggest.
We reach his stop and it's time for him to go. I help carry his things until we get to the front door, and it feels like déjà vu.
I can't believe that in the 4 years that I have known Caden that he did change; I just never thought it would end up like this ...
3 Year's later ...
I feel as though I am walking on clouds as I walk down the aisle to be with the man of my dreams. I could say that I have lived an unexpected fairy tale. I have learned many lessons on my journey that no matter what I plan to happen in my life that it will never come true. My life is not my own and I have offered it to the living God and although my paths weren't smooth at the end I wanted to be happy and that is exactly what I got.
As my father gave me away, we exchanged vowels and that is when the tears came and everything and the people around, the atmosphere felt so surreal at this moment.
He lifted my veil revealing my face, I took him as my husband and he took me as my wife, and when we kissed, it was the start of an everlasting love.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
The End
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