You Make Me Feel Home Again

Drive-In

"I still can't believe that these places still exist," Caitlin commented as they drove along the motorway towards their destination.

The couple had heard from their friends that there was a drive-in theatre nearby and so they and their friends, specifically the couples,  had decided to go there for the evening to watch Crazy, Stupid, Love. 

Caitlin was surprised that these kinds of theatres still existed. This particular one was from the 1950s but had recently been refurbished so it could still be used. The back of the car was full of snacks like popcorn and chocolate. Their plan was to sit in the boot of the car and watch the movie from there whilst cuddled up together with a blanket and some food.

"Me neither..." Barry paused. "We are here. Where do you want me to park?" he announced. There were already rows of cars that were already lined up to watch the movie. 

"There's Eddie and Iris' car and there is a space next to them big enough for us so just park there," she replied, gesturing to the space about ten metres away. He nodded and progressed to the space and quickly parked up so the boot of the car was facing the screen.

"Hey, you two!" Iris greeted, kissing Eddie's cheek before running to greet their friends. "We have snacks too so if you run out you know where to find us,"

"Okay, the same applies for you guys. We have loads. When does the movie start?" Caitlin asked, Barry's arm around her waist protectively keeping her close.

"In twenty minutes. Oliver and Laurel should be here any second now and then we will all be here, we reserved a space for both of you," Iris replied.

"Okay, well we will go get comfortable and then wait for the movie to start," Caitlin stated before parting from Iris and taking Barry to get their snacks from the back. It didn't take long for them to be cuddled up in the boot with a blanket over them and their food at the ready. "You know, we have been together for eight months now. It feels like so much longer. But I feel like it is still a good reason to celebrate," 

"Yeah, it is a good reason. We have much more eight months to come. It only seems like yesterday when I told you that I loved you for the first time," Barry replied with a smile.

"I wish we told each other how we felt about each other sooner. Then we would be together for ten months. It is something I definitely regret but at least we are together now," 

"Me too. I should have told you that I was falling for you sooner then we could have had more time together as a couple. But as you say, at least we are together now. I wouldn't want to lose what we have now. And there is no point in us fantasizing about what could have happened between us. It might not have even ended well. I am happy that we got together when we were sure. And I am so happy with what we have now together so why change anything. I am living the dream life with you, Cait, things between us can only get better now. I wouldn't change a thing about our past. We were just friends then and now we are a couple now. What we had then was good even if we wanted more and what we have now is even better. What better life could we possibly be living? I love you and what we are living now is a dream and I wouldn't change anything we have right now or what we had just so we could end up here in this moment and other moments we have shared together. Why change something that is so great and perfect and amazing? Just like you. I would not change one thing about you, you are perfect to me and even though you might not be perfect I still love you anyway. Why would anyone want to change you? You are too flawless and beautiful and pure and I am so glad that you are my girl,"

"I am your girl, Bar, and I love you too, you know I do. And you are mine, all mine and no one else's. No other girl could possibly ever claim you as theirs because I will tell them that you are mine. All rights reserved and I don't share with anyone. I want you and I want you to want me too. And I want you to be reserved for me, I want to have you alone. I want to be able to wake up in the middle of the night and pull you closer and know that you are mine forever. And I am yours, I always will be, forever and always. That will never change. And I don't plan on living without you ever again because whenever you aren't near me I feel empty inside. Never leave me, please, because I will never leave you. You are part of me now and I do not think that I can possibly ever let you go. The last eight months have become the best of my life and I would not trade them in for the world. Even when we were just friends it was still amazing even though I wanted more and I just really love you just so, so much. It really is crazy. And you are right, I don't want to change anything because the time we have spent together even when we were just friends, these ten months that we have known each other, have been so perfect and I would not change one single thing. Why would we want to change something so amazing? I don't know. But I know now that I wouldn't. Not one part of my life, even the awful parts because it brought me to this moment in time with you," she replied.