Heaven

13. The ups and downs of love

WARNING: It gets a little intense in this chapter, just saying. All children should learn about the birds and the bees before reading this chapter. Once you are ready for it, you may read it. Just telling you in advance. :)

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I look at myself. I measure. It's a decent size. I think I know which ones to get. I pull my underwear back up and walk into my bedroom and write down my size. Ok. I just need to hide this from my family. I check that off my list of things to do. I need to go buy condoms later today. It's all going to be perfect. I booked a nice quiet and secluded room, I got a reservation at a nice restaurant, I bought a nice tuxedo to wear, and Jasmine's uncle runs a limo service and is renting me a limo for a cheap amount. We're doing it tomorrow on the eleventh, only a few days before Valentine's Day. Today is February tenth, Tess' birthday. I got her a necklace, bracelet, and a ring. They all have her birthstone on it. I also got her some money. She'll like it. It probably only cost one third of what she spent on my gift. I swear she's going to make me broke one of these days.

I get to school early with tons of paper and markers and make her a birthday message. I tell her to meet me in homeroom for her present. She's going to be so happy, I can just tell. I see her get to her locker looking sad. I see her see my message though and she smiles so big. I see her smiling on her way to see me, with her head down. She walks up to me and i notice a bruise on the right side of her face. I ignore it for now, even though it looks bad. I have a smile on my face looking at her. Even with a bruise that ugly she still makes it look beautiful. "Happy birthday beautiful." I said to her and then gave her a kiss. I handed her her present and she opened it. "I love it! It's perfect. Thank you so much." She said. I give her a kiss on the check and she said "Ow." "I'm sorry. I didn't even notice the bruise. What happened?" I asked, partially lying. I forgot it was there. I don't know how I didn't remember a bruise that huge but I did. "My dad opened up a kitchen cabinet and when he opened it the cabinet slammed in my face." She said. "You ok? Does it hurt?" I asked sympathetically. "Yeah i'm fine. Yeah it hurts. Just look at it, It looks hideous." She said smiling. "You make it look good. It's not hideous when it's your bruise." I said. We talked for a little bit. I couldn't help but notice more scars and bruises on her arms. What the hell happened to her? It really started to bug meand scare me.

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I get dressed in a shirt and pants. I walk down the street to the limo. I told Tess to tell her parents she was going to a sleepover, and I did the same. They can't know what we're doing. I get in the limo and start getting changed. I have to look nice for this date, wearing a t-shirt and jeans isn't good enough for her. I pull out my duffel bag with the tuxedo in it and start getting into it. I put some condoms in my pocket and one in my wallet. We get to the end of Tess' street and I get out and see her in her normal clothes with a duffel bag. She looks so beautiful. I open the door for her to get dressed. I have to be a gentleman about this. She opens the door and I see her in a shortish black dress with some pink stripes going down on the left side of the dress. She also has black high heels on. She's so gorgeous. I get in the limo to see her in shock at how nice it is. I smile at her but she doesn't see me. I stare at her. I'm glad i'm doing this with her and for her. She deserves the best. I hold her hand and she turns to me quickly, and I kiss her before she says anything. It's going to be great. I can't wait.

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We get to the restaurant and she's still in awe at all of this. We quickly eat and I open the limo door for her. I see her get in and I grin. The little things she does are what I adore. I'm going to marry this girl one day. That's all i'm thinking of right now. We pull up to the hotel and enter the room. I smile when I walk in. I see her look at the candles, the round bed, the rose petals everywhere, and the fireplace. It's perfect. I hug her as she still looks around the room. I kiss her forehead. "This is all too nice. Are you recording this for some porno?!" She asked. I laughed. "No! Shut up. You're ruining the moment." I said as I stopped hugging her. She grabbed my hand and lead me to the bed. Oh yeah. Now this was becoming real.