"Okay I'll get dressed and stuff." I hopped into the shower, picked out a beautiful, flowy skater dress, and put a bit of natural makeup on. When I walked downstairs Asher was sitting on the couch. He looked absolutely adorable. His muscular arms were showing a bit and I could see his six pack through his shirt when he moved. He was laughing at a video on his phone.
I loved to see him smile, it made me so happy. He was wearing loose straight legged jeans and I wondered why he wore such loose pants. His shoes were some turtleshell adidas. As he stood up I realized, as if for the first time, how tall he was. I had to tilt my head halfway back just to look at him.
"Aspen you look gorgeous ." Asher was beaming at me. I was so happy and I wanted to hold his hand so badly.
"Can you drive?" I had never thought about if he could drive or not.
"Yeah we learn to drive and get our license in Angels Academy." That must have been the school he went to in heaven. When we walked out of the house there was a new Camaro Z28 sitting in the front. It was matte, the windows were darkly tinted and the body was purple with dark blue stripes down the middle. The inside of the wheels were pastel lavender and the inside of the car was a smooth grey suede. Everything about the car was perfect and was exactly what I wanted.
He pulled out a regular looking car key but it was blue and purple swirled. I scrunched my brows in confusion as he looked over at me and laughed.
"Your mom got me this for my birthday and to share with you. You didn't know because you never came downstairs." I wanted to be upset and jealous but the fact that he was willing to share with me was crazy sweet. It was my dream car for a few years and now it was his. He got in and dropped the top before getting back out. I couldn't believe it was a drop top. I stood with my mouth wide open as he opened the door for me and led me to sit down.
"Okay baby girl, are you ready? Please put your seatbelt on." I stopped freaking out and listened to his firm, caring tone.
As he started driving I felt so safe, he was a great driver. He always made me feel safe and especially when he held me. We got to Daniella's and sat in a booth before ordering brunch food. I looked across the table at him when he slowly reached out his hands. When he took my hands into his and started rubbing his thumbs on my skin I tilted my head in question.
"Aspen, can I ask you something?" He was looking into my eyes and smirking at me sexily. My hands were tingling lightly. I looked back into his eyes and lost myself.
"Aspen?" I had forgotten how to talk and what we were talking about. I shook my head to focus and looked down at our hands instead of in his eyes. I couldn't remember what he asked me. Then I recalled him asking if he could ask me something.
"Yeah of course Asher." I felt nervous for some unknown reason. I couldn't figure out what he wanted to ask me and it caused me anxiety.
"Aspen Isabelle Taylor, will you be my girlfriend? I asked your mother's permission but I need to ask you. I don't want you to feel like you need to say yes. I want you to be ready."
I wanted to cry with happiness until I realized I already was. Tears were streaming down my face and Asher reached out to wipe them away with his thumb.
"Why are you crying baby girl?" I wanted to tell him that I was so happy and that I cry when I'm happy. The words wouldn't come out because I was crying so hard. The more I thought about it, the more I cried. I didn't want him to think I was upset.
"I'm just so happy Papi I've waited for you all my life and not only are you here now, but you're mine and that makes me so happy. When I get overly emotional; happy, sad, frustrated, excited, angry, I cry because that's how I show the emotion I'm feeling. Crying is like sneezing for my body. I can feel it but I can't make it go away I have to let it happen or it will happen later." He was smiling at me and his eyes were thoughtful.
"Thank you for telling me that so now I can know. I always want to know how you are feeling and how I can make life easier for you. I never want to see you feeling the way that you were when I came down. It hurts me so much to see you upset. Anyways, do you want to go somewhere after this?" I was trying to focus on what he was saying but I wanted to kiss him. I didn't know if I wanted to go anywhere. I was kind of tired and I usually liked to stay in.
"Where would somewhere be?" I wanted to figure out if it require a lot of energy and if there would be a lot of people.
"I was thinking the movies maybe. Is that alright with you?" Perfect. Somewhere dark so he couldn't look at my nasty face without enough makeup and it didn't require tons of energy. When we got to the movies he opened my car door for me and helped me out. I didn't need help, I was perfectly capable but it was a very caring gesture. It felt weird to have someone besides my mom care about me so much. I didn't want to mess it up and make him leave me.
As he was paying for the ticket Athena texted me; 'how's your date with Asher that you finally went on? ^_^ I'm so happy for you!' I smiled at her sympathetic and joking personality. She honestly was more than what a girl could ask for in a best friend and her excitement and happiness never failed to excite me as well. 'It's amazing he asked me to be his girlfriend actually. I forgot to text you because we were in Daniella's. I honestly thought he didn't even like me. I was so in love with him and he didn't even know. He also got a Camaro and is driving me around in it! Thank you Athena honestly you're so amazing. <3' I shook my head sighing at my terrible memory. I had totally forgotten to text Athena and Imogen. Imogen usually liked to facetime late at night so I knew I would tell her then. Athena texted back and I laughed at her sarcasm, it was always one of my favorite things about her. 'Oh really? Well thanks for telling me it isn't like I would want to know or anything. I never told you that he liked you. Ever. Yeah your mom told me she was buying that for you guys. I just couldn't tell you so don't be upset. Don't thank me that's what I'm here for Aspen. I love you and I'm excited for you! <3 I looked up when I felt a hand on my waist and I relaxed into his touch.
"What are you smiling about gorgeous?" I looked up into his eyes and smiled more.
"I was texting Athena and she was being funny Papi." He looked down at me and smiled.
"That's nice baby girl. You brought your snacks right?" With all the food allergies and digestive issues I had I made sure to bring something I could eat. I also needed to eat every three hours.
When we walked into the dark movie theatre I picked middle seats that were close to the front. I didn't like sitting far away from the screen because I couldn't see very well. I felt Ashers arm brush against mine as he sat down next to me.
