You Are My Life

Chapter 26- Keep your head up

Saria’s p.o.v.

October, days of cool winds and autumn sunsets that Michael and I used to cuddle and take in the changing seasons. November filled us with the warmth of thankfulness for one another, for without Michael I don’t know where or how happy I’d be. The month of December crept up on us pretty quickly and its almost been a year that Michael and I have know each other and we’ve done nothing more than get to know everything about one another and fall more deeply in love. Since that day that Michael brought me to the studio and sang to me the song he had prepared, everything has fallen into an ease so delicate and warm. Everyday feels like its not real and that I’m mistakenly in a fairytale with the handsome and most charismatic prince ever. Christmas was in a few weeks and I really wanted to do something special for Michael. In one of our long middle-of-the-night talks, we talked about how he’s never actually celebrated Christmas because of how he was raised. It made me sad to find out such a caring and loving person has never experienced the true reason for Christmas and all the joy that surrounds it. I planned to decorate the house for Christmas and maybe the entire ranch, who knows. I also decided to get him something really special for Christmas, but I wasn’t sure just yet what it would be. “Hey babygirl,” his smooth-velvet voice filled the room as he walked in disturbing my thought-filled concentration. “Hey babe,” I said snapping my head up from the book I was ‘reading’ to see him make his way in and walk towards me. He picked me up from the chair I was in and sat down pulling me on his lap. I adjusted cuddling against his chest as he wrapped his arms around me, “What you up to?” “Oh nothing….just thinking.” “About?” I hesitated for a minute; I couldn’t let the Christmas thing slip. An idea popped into mind, “You realize it’s almost been a year since we met?” He kissed the top of my head and nuzzled his nose into my neck, “Best year of my life. You know they say time flies when you’re having fun.” I smiled and rested my hand on his cheek caressing it lightly. His eyes locked into mine putting every thought and emotion running through this wondrous man on display; love, passion, wonderment, adventure, etc. you could see it all and pick them out one-by-one through his highly animated eyes, they reflected the most magical cocoa tint. I smiled as I thought of everything we had went through together; all the good and bad times. He never left me once, and always picked me up when I was down. I reached down and kissed him letting my lips do all the talking; every little thing I wanted to him to know how I felt, but could never find the words to fully explain. He held me delicately as he kissed back with the same amount of force; we we’re two souls caught in the un-escapable trap of love.  After the kiss had reached its peak and we were both out of breath, I reluctantly let go of his lips panting as my forehead rested against his, “I love you, Michael. To the ends of the ever-expanding universe. To the heavens and back infinity times over.” His solid cocoa colored eyes mixed like a watercolor as he held back what I presumed were happy tears, and like I had earlier, he said what was needed with a heart fluttering, passion filled, breath-taking kiss. We held each other in that chair for who knows how long and just talked and cuddled, “If you could have anything in the world, material or not, what would it be?” I asked as nonchalantly as I could. He hummed for a while thinking, “I think I’m pretty happy with everything right now, I really don’t think there’s anything more I could wish for.” “Oh come on, there has to be at least one thing!” I pushed. His face scrunched in thought in the cutest way possible then quickly turned to a crimson blush. “What? What is it?” “Nothing, really.” “No tell me Michael, please.” He sighed, “There is one thing I would like to have at some point in my life.” “What, what is it?” “…..I would like to um to get married and have a family of my own…” I smiled at his shyness, “So you wanna get married and have some kids? Why are you so embarrassed, it’s a wonderful thing to strive for.” I kissed his cheek and hugged him tightly as he tried to calm his blushing. At that point I knew what I would give to Michael for Christmas, what’s better to give in the season of love and joy?