Curious

34

"They really hooked up?" Juan asks in disbelief as I lay a large towel onto the sandy beach.

I grin, nodding, "Yep. Crazy, huh?" we both settle comfortably into the soft towel.

He wraps an arm around me while I rest my head on his shoulder, "And you're fine with it?" he asks.

I shrug, "It's whatever. Can we talk about something else now?" I ask looking up into eyes.

"Sure. What's on your mind?" he looks down at me before gently placing one of my brown locks of hair behind my ear with his free hand.

"I've missed you. It feels like forever since we've been together." sighing I kiss his cheek softly. Thirty minutes earlier I had picked Juan up from the airport. It was about five in the afternoon so we decided to just head straight to the beach so that we could catch the sun setting.

"I know. Hey, so i've been thinking, you say you pretty much have nothing to do after your next photo shoot thingy right?" I laugh at his way of describing what I do for a living but nod anyway. "This may sound crazy but just stick with me here okay?" more hesitantly this time I nod.  He turns his body so that he's facing me fully, taking both of my hands in his large ones, "Come spend at least a month with me. Wherever I go, you come with me. I have a few concerts here and their but you could come with me. And when I'm just at home, you can be their too. Or if I go on a quick vacation, we could both go." he bites his bottom lip anxiously waiting for an answer from me.

When I don't immediately give him one I can feel him panic, "It's just— when i'm with you, I never want to see you go. I miss you too much." his hand finds the crook of my neck before he pulls me in for soft, gentle kiss. "Can you just not leave for a month? Please?"

I nod quickly, "Yes. Yes, i'll work something out." I smile at the look of happiness in his eyes.

"You have no idea how happy that makes me, hermosa." he wraps an arm around me again before letting out a big sigh, "I love you so much."

Laughing, I climb on top of him so that i'm straddling him, "I love you too." I wrap my arms around his neck.

"You see," he rests his hands on my lower back, giving me a gentle squeeze, "can't you picture a month of this? Just us together. Nobody interrupting us—"

A girl who must have been at least sixteen comes up to us nervously, "C-can I have a picture with you?" she asks Juan, both hands shaking slightly.

Juan chuckles as I slowly slide off of him and sit to the side, my lips forming a tight smile. "Of course you can, Princesa."

He stands, dusts off his hands, and pulls her into a big hug. I smile while standing up, "I can take the picture for you, if you'd like." I say after they've pulled apart.

The phone is quickly shoved into my hand before the girl excitedly wraps her arms around Juan. "Smile." I say while snapping several pictures.

After the pictures are taken the girl turns her attention to me, "I think you guys are the cutest couple." she smiles, her eyes going from Juan, to me, to how we're holding hands.

I smile, "Thank you! You're so sweet."

After a few more words are exchanged between us she leaves us to have our privacy again. I sigh, turning to face Juan, "So you were just talking about how we would be uninterrupted?" laughing I sit back down.