Cole and Lili

Blast from the Past

Cole

So today I'm doing something that I've never done in my entire life and I am nervous as shit. I have never taken anyone out with me when I do my photography. It's usually a time where I just sort of get out of the rush of life and get in my zen mode. Photography really helps me relax and cope with things like my social anxiety. It's always been a very private thing, but for some reason that I can't even begin to fathom, I want to take Lili with me. So today we're going. When I told Lili that I wanted her to come with me her face lit up and I thought I saw something more in her eyes. Like maybe she liked me? Not like an amazing girl like her would ever like me though.

We've been hanging out almost all tge time lately. I really feel comfortable around her. She makes me feel like I'm just a normal guy. Most other people make me feel like I'm just an object. A famous one. Sometimes it gets under my skin and that's when I escape to my camera.

The only feeling that I could think of that's causing me to do this crazy thing of taking Lili out with me is love. I think I'm falling in love with her. I know. It's absolutely heartrenching. She will never like me back, but I'm a hopeless romantic.

I hear a knock at my door and run to get it as I'm buttoning my shirt. It's Lili. Wow. She looks gorgeous. All she's wearing is a simple tank top and shorts, but I guess she could probably make anything look good.

"Hi,"  smiles happily at me and gives me a hug. Her hair smells like honey.

"Hi to you too." I say after our embrace. "I just have to gather the rest of my equipment for my cameras and then I'll be ready."

"Ok. Do you need any help?"

"No I'm good. You can just sit on the couch and make yourself at home while  you wait."

After everything was in the jeep we hit the road.

"So where are we going?" Lili asks me.

"Deep into nature."

Soon we reach the spot that I wanted to go today. It's an open land with a lot of dirt, a few trees, and a big patch of yellow flowers.

"Wow." Lili says as she gets out of the car. She takes a deep breath. "Fresh air."

"A big change from the polluted city air."

"How did you even find this place?"

"I do a lot of adventuring."

I get all of  camera equipment out of the jeep and I when I'm about to do my thing I just sort of freeze up. I've never done this with someone watching me. It feels like she can see into my very soal.

Suddenly I feel a soft hand on my shoulder. I look over and Lilis looking at me with great compassion in her eyes.
"You don't do this much do you?"

"Take pictures? Yah all the time. You know that."

"No I mean take people out to these places with you."

"Oh." I look down at my feet. "No. Not ever. Your the first person."

"Why would you choose to bring me?"

"I feel really comfortable around you."

I look back up at Lili and she smiles at me. "Well I'm honored. You've told me about your social anxiety before and I know how that can be. As you know I have struggled with my mental health in the past too and being around the cast. Around you. It has really helped me get in a better place."

I put my camera on the hood of the jeep.  "Around me?"

"Yah. You really seem to understand me."

I smirk at her. "You really seem to understand me too."

She smiles back at me. "So do you feel okay to take pictures in front of me or should I get in the jeep."

"Actually," I say. "I was thinking maybe I could take pictures of you."

"Me?"

"Yah."

I end up taking tons of stunning  picture's of Lili by the trees, in the flowers. I couldn't stop. She is absolutely perfect.

After we're done I lay a blanket out on the ground and we watch the sunset.

"Today has been such a perfect day." Lili says to me.

"Lili?"

"Yah?"

"I've been thinking...and I know that it's probably totally not in your interest and you don't even have to say anything when I tell you. Especially since it wouldn't be the best situation considoring that we work together, but....I just think that your such an amazing person and you make me so happy and I feel so at ease with you and I just-"

"Cole. Calm down. I think I know what your trying to say."

"You do?"

Lili sits up then, leans over, and kisses me on the lips. I'm surprised at first and temporarily forgot how to kiss, but then when my brain actually registers that Lili is kissing  I start kissing her back.

I put my hand on her cheek and pull her closer to me. Her hands entangle into my hair and I smile into the kiss.

Lili slowly pulls her lips away from mine and lays her foreheadon mine.

A barely hear her whisper it, but she says it and it makes me the happiest I have ever been, "I love you too."

I thought since in my last chapter they got engaged it would be cool to do a chapter like this. I know it was kinda short...

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..wait That sort of sounded conceded...

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