Let Me Show You

35. Management

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"Luke" I say after a while of just watching the fountain.

"What?" Luke asks instantly.

"Have you ever thought about your future?"

"Yeah I think about it all the time" he casually responds. "My next concerts, interviews, the new people I'll meet tomorrow. The usual."

"But have you ever thought about your future after all that? Like settling down?"

"Settling down?" Luke takes a moment to study my face before turning back to the fountain.

"Yeah" I say slowly. "Settling down."

"Settling down" Luke repeats sounding out each letter.

"Yes" I reply laughing. "Have you?"

"Have I what? Settled down?"

"No! Have you ever thought about settling down?" I ask laughing harder knowing he's just messing with me.

"Not really" he responds with a shrug.

"Oh" I whisper disappointed in his answer.

"But I can image buying a little house near all the other guys and their girls, and marrying someone special, and having kids and all of that" he says not breaking his focus on the fountain.

"Kids?" I question keeping my gaze on his tense face.

"Ok actually no I don't want kids at all I was just saying what I thought you wanted to hear" Luke admits sinking into his chair.

"Then what do you really want?" I ask and he turns to look at me with a serious face. He sits up in the chair and asks "the truth?" I nod my head almost scared that I might not like what he has to say.

"Well for starters, I do not want to 'settle down'. I want to travel the world for the rest of my life with someone special." He takes a moment to gather his thoughts and I smile to myself at the idea of getting to travel the world forever. With him.

"And second of all," he continues, "I don't want any commitments. I do not like the idea of marriage, like honestly do we need someone else to tell us we are in love? No. And I most certainly do not want to take care of miniature versions of me. I can barely take care of myself" he laughs.

I take a moment to think about what Luke has just said to me. "I guess I don't want to get married either" I finally say considering the idea. "Besides if it didn't work out and a divorce was needed, which would most likely happen, I would definitely not want to fill out any of that dumb paperwork and shit!"

"Well the paperwork wouldn't be a problem" Luke says looking away from me.

"Why not?"

"Because if I ever got married, I would marry you and I know that our love would be forever." The fairy tale happy ever after music starts playing in my head as I feel my cheeks burn up against the cold air.

"Oh" is all I can manage to say. I look away from him and back to the fountain. "I'm glad we're on the same page then" I say fighting back a smile.

"I guess we are" he replies. "Wanna go for a walk? Get away from all these people?"

"I would love to" I reply looking down at the ground. We pay for the food and start walking down some lit street. "I think I can still hear the concert music" I say laughing.

"I was just going to say that" Luke chuckles shoving his hands into his pockets. "It's kind of cold now!"

"Yeah the heat just vanished" I shiver suddenly feeling the cold air on my skin. Luke grabs my hand to hold in his own and presses his side against my'n. "Better" I smile looking up at him.