When love is not enough

Ch. 1

Picture: Jake

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars."  Khalil Gibran

Chapter 1

His sweet smile, those memorizing eyes, that enchanting laugh was all I could think about when I was moving from place to place. The 'whatif's always lingered. Never far off; and the memories of us together were always just beneath the surface.

"Jake, I told you I didnt want any presents."

" Mi amor, let me spoil you please. Nunca me dejas regalarte nada, por favor solo accepta esta pequena regalo. Sera el ultimo te lo juro"

"Mentiras"

" Amor, I just want to show you how much I lo-"

"Dont say it, please"

" love you. I will always love you. All of you" he whipsered, lightly kissing the scar on my neck.

" I love you too. Te amo tanto, con todo el corazon. Por favor no me dejas, nunca jamas"

" Te lo prometo, nunca jamas" 

The locket he gave me that day was only the tip of the iceberg but I could never deny him. It made him so happy to see me wearing his presents that I never had to the heart to say no. After all the time we spent together he never forgot his promise to me and spent everyday loving me like it was our last and showing me off like it was our first date. He always wanted people to know just how blessed he was and lucky to have me.

"We're going out tonight, amor. Preparate"

"Yo no quiero."

"Por que no, amor"

"They'll see my scars. I don't want their pity"

"Eso no importa!! I want to show off my sexy girlfriend and I want the whole world to be jealous of me for being so lucky. Ya veras, todos estaran celosos"

" Jake no me esta esuchando"

"Si lo estoy Jace, I just want you to see yourself the way I do. Hermosa, desirable, sexy, todo lo que un hombre puede esperar a tener tu lo eres."

"I'm just me Jake, nothing more nothing less."

"And thats what makes you everything I could ever want"

I remember turning red on the spot and falling deeper in love with him in that second. He always reminded me that I was all he could ever want and more, and my love for him would always grow deeper. I was finally starting to accept that we could be together, stay together forever and ever. Nothing could ever come between us and I was so ready to start a new life with him: our life together.

"Come on, come on , apurate." ,Jake begged from downstairs, urging me to move faster.

" Ya voy. Whats got you so riled up?"

"I don't want to miss our reservations mami.". Yeah right was what I thought and then glanced at mirror making sure my make-up was ok. Satisfied I began walking out the door and then down the satirs calling out at the same time," Ok estoy lista. vamos"

I continued my descend until I reached the bottom where Jake gasped out," Wow. Estas preciosa mi amor."

I couldn't help but smirk at him, "I try."

"He was still staring with his mouth open and just contiued to smirk while walking into the kitchen. " You simply shine for the inside out. I don't think I've told you how much I love you today mi vida"