When Dreams Become Reality

Part 10

After the weekend in Nebraska visiting my family Patrick and I are closer than we ever have been. I have been opening up more about my past and what I went through in school as a kid.

When I was younger I wasn't the skinny person I am today. I was overweight weighing just under 200 pounds. I never broke 200 but during my junior year I came very close to it. During the summer between my junior and senior year was the start of turning my life around for the better. Now I may only lost 15 pounds but I couldn't remember the last time I weighed under 190.

I never had a boyfriend in high school. Now it wasn't like I was awkward around them or didn't talk to them. My class for the most part was close especially during our senior year. We were a small class and over the years we lost the people who were the trouble makers and who weren't the nicest to me.

I have never opened up about that kind of stuff to anyone ever. I mean my friends from high school all knew about it because they went through it but my friends and boyfriends after high school didn't know anything about it. They all thought I was that popular skinny person in high school.

When I told Patrick it was very hard. Of course he started asking questions after seeing pictures of me from high school at my parents house but I didn't tell him the whole story until we got back to LA.

Now a month has gone by and Patrick and I are going to France for his race at LeMans. We were going to be there for three weeks. Normally it would only be a two week trip but we decided to stay an extra week to see Paris and London.

I'm in my bathroom packing my toiletries when Patrick comes walking in.

"Ok we are officially checked in so that's one less thing we have to do when we get there."

"Good. I'm almost done here I just need to grab my stuff for my carryon then I will be ready."

"I actually wanted to give you some things since you have never been to one of my races and you need some Dempsey Racing gear." He then hands me a bunch of tshirts and two jackets with Dempsey Racing on it.

"One of the jackets has my name and number on the back."

"Now I will be able to blend in with the team."

"Well you are a part of the team and you will look sexy wearing it." He says giving me a wink and a smirk.

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We have now been on the plane for 8 hours including our stop in Washington DC to change flights. I'm watching a movie on my iPad while Patrick is watching video on his competitors who will be racing against him.

All of the sudden he leans over and grabs on of my ear buds and puts it in his ear and grabs the iPad so he can see it too. He puts his arm around me and I cuddle up to him. We continue to watch the movie as I drift off to sleep.

A few hours later I wake up still in Patricks arms but now he is also asleep and we now have a blanket draped over us. I look up at him and watch him sleep. With us not living together and hardly ever sleeping in the same bed unless we go out of town I don't ever get to do this. He is so cute when he sleeps. The way his nose twitches and how he has his mouth wide open deeply breathing with some drool running out of the corner of his mouth.

After watching him for a good 15 minutes I decide that I need to go to the bathroom unfortunately I would have to wake my cute sleeping boyfriend so that I can get out.

"Hey babe sorry to wake you but I need to go to the bathroom." I say waking him up. It takes a few minutes for him to comprehend what I said.

"It's ok." He says unbuckling his seatbelt and letting me out.