Never Forget [Katy Perry Fan Fiction]

Prologue

I looked out towards the beautiful ocean, the slight breeze biting at my skin. I shivered. My arms crossing and my hands rubbing up and down them in order to create a bit of heat from the friction. My eyes were too focused on the full moon that looked so prominent against the black sky, hanging over the now dark blue water and reflecting its bright light onto the calm sea, to notice the warmth of a jacket resting over my shoulders. My arms were no longer bare and the goosebumps began to slowly disappear from my skin.

I carefully rocked my feet back and forth, but making sure to hold tightly onto the wood of the balcony, seeing the grass beneath me being so far away. Everything was completely quiet as Santa Barbara slept away, only a small number of us still awake; one or two cars passing by on the roads. The silence was peaceful. Beautiful, almost.

"I love how mesmerized you get up here," he giggled.

The soft sounds of his giggles were enough to make my heart melt, even though I was so sure it was already molten by just being in his presence.

"It's just so..." I shook my head at the view from my balcony. "...I can't even put it into words."

His warm hand rested on top of mine. He shuffled himself along the wood until only inches separated our peaceful bodies. I smiled. A genuine smile. His skin touching mine was all I needed in that moment. It was all I craved.

His stares burned into the side of my face. "My view is a thousand times better."

My cheeks slowly turned a deep shade of red. I loved that effect that he had over me. It was like he knew just how to make me blush, even after three years of us dating.

I turned my head to the left, seeing his piercing blue eyes staring straight back into mine. In that moment, there were no worries, there was no fear. I felt like I could face anything that life threw at me because I wasn't on my own. I had him. He was all I ever wanted a boyfriend to be.

As I touched his lips with my own, ever so softly, I felt the guilt in my body hiding behind that kiss. I felt the pain writhing through my heart, being pumped all the way around my body until I could no longer numb myself from it anymore. We knew what was coming. We had known for a while, in fact.

Not once did his eyes leave mine. A sadness was evident in them, but he didn't mention it. I knew that he wouldn't bring up what hurt us both most in the world. The moment was too perfect for it to be ruined.

I figured that maybe we wouldn't get to share another moment like that one, so I had to make the most of it while I could. I had to be honest. He had to know what spell he had over me and how his name was engraved into my heart. It was permanently there. Like a tattoo. Eighteen might be young, but it's old enough to know the true feeling of love.

"I love you," I whispered, so quietly but clear. My voice was confident and honest. It was almost as if my heart had actually come out with the words.

Over the course of three seconds, a beautiful smile was plastered across his face. The moon lit up one side of him, making his eyes twinkle back at me as if they were two diamonds in a spotlight. No words could even come close to describing the way he looked at me.

"I love you," he finally said back.

I gripped tightly to his hand, feeling my own shaking as I did. I had never been so honest and serious about something in my whole life, but now, here, with him, it was as if there were no other people on the planet except us two. Though, I knew that in the space of time, we were going to be separated.

"Promise me you won't forget that? Promise me that if ever you feel like you have no one, you'll remember that I love you? I do. I swear, I do," a tear rolled down my cheek, but it was quickly wiped away by the gentle feel of his thumb running across my skin. "I love you. I always have and I always will."
"Right back at you," he sends me an assuring smile, "always."