Breathe (Anthony Trujillo)

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I just fixed her middle name, I forgot I had already made one up and used a different one, nothing else changed.

I roll over to cuddle into Anthony, only to roll into a vacant space of the bed. I let out a large groan opening my eyes, so much for sleeping in. I reach for my phone on the bedside table, only to realize it is not there. I sit up in bed looking around the room through squinted eyes. I wipe the crusties (the dried tears on the sides of your eyes in the morning) away from my eyes and open them all the way.

I stretch my arms over my head with a large yawn, catching a glimpse of my badly died red hair, I grimace, I pull it into a bun over my head so I can't see it and swing my legs over the side of the bed.

I stand up slowly letting my feet loosen up, I pull my shorts down from rising up my torso and look for Anthony.

"Anthony!?" I call walking around the room, I leave the room and look around the upper floors, not finding anyone.

"Well what the fuck?" I stand in the middle of the corridor on the bottom floor confused. "Hello!?" I call through the house, my voice bouncing off the walls of the silent house. Great, I don't know where my phone is, and everyone is gone. I walk into the kitchen getting a cup of water, I drink the large cup of water very quickly setting the cup in the sink.

I make my way to the living room, pretty dark,all the curtains are closed keeping out the bright sun, all the lights off. "Who the hell?" I step off the landing into the living room, someone jumps in front of me, all the lights come on and all the curtains open.

I reach my fist out hitting the person in the face, taken off guard. "I knew she was going to swing!" I blink looking around the room, my friends and family are all standing around with large smiles on their faces, Chad holds his nose, still smiling.

"That's why we made you do it." Chance pats Chad on the shoulder.

"What is going on?" I look around the room again, the floor was covered in balloons, the ceiling hand short swirled streamers hanging from it, Anthony stood in the middle of all of it. He had his hair fixed up, he wore a blue button up and a pair of khaki pants. I smiled softly at his appearance.

Behind Anthony stood a line of people with large blank pieces of paper in front of them. Someone slides a chair behind me, pushing on my shoulders to sit down. Now sitting in the chair, with a load of people staring at me, after I just woke up, I'm uncomfortable. I look at Anthony, who is now coming closer to me, he grabs my hand standing over me, everyone else in the room disappeared as my eyes closed in on only Anthony's brown eyes. He smiles at me making me smile up at him.

"Tish Alexander Brooks," He starts. "You are my sunshine on the worst of days, literally when I see you I see a gold light outline your beautiful figure. You are the most amazing woman I have ever met, you are one of the strongest and hottest also." I laugh at the extra comment. "I never thought I could ever in a million years love someone so much, especially as perfect as you. You are Gods best creation in my eyes, I cannot fathom how much you mean to me, it's ridiculous."

I feel my eyes tear up, my cheeks sore from smiling so much. Still so oblivious to everything around me I hold his eye contact.

"I love you so god damn much, I can't deal with it. The thought of ever losing you makes me tear up and almost break into actual sobs." His eyes tear up. "I've done you so wrong, and honestly just don't deserve to have you, but at the same time, I'm not letting you go anywhere." A tear slips from his eyes, I reach out with my free hand and wipe the tear from his cheek.

"You are the most important person in my life, I want to have a family with you, I want to be able to call you mine until I'm six feet under. I want to show you the entire world, I want to give you everything you want, I want to give you a life that has you happy for the rest of your life no matter my happiness." I frown reaching my hand up and cupping his cheek, tears have now left my floodgates.