Emerald Eyes

37 - Remember

It took Martijn and I almost two weeks for things to feel normal again. He was being super caring and stopped by on campus every day after his work in the studio, just interrupted by the weekend which he spent in Italy. Anna made sure I could get nowhere near Toby and did a great job at distracting me. To my surprise, nothing else happened, Toby didn't cause any more problems and was nowhere to be seen. It was a Friday afternoon, when Martijn made his next visit to us. I met him on campus and gave him a kiss. "Hello, love.", he smiled. "Hey there.", I answered, "So good to see you!" He gave me a hug, before we walked through the hallway up to our dorm room. Martijn and I sat down next to each other on my bed, when he handed me his phone with a pair of headphones: "Remember that track I played for you when we were in Leiden? When we were visiting your mother's grave?" "Sure. That was such a beautiful moment.", I answer, "Why are you asking though?" Martijn pointed on the headphones: "Take a listen. I have worked on it for you. It's not finished yet, but I thought you might like it. And I wanted to get your opinion on it." "That is so sweet. Thank you, Martijn.", I said and put on the headphones. When I pressed play, a calm, melodious tune started to evolve. It was different than most of Martijn's other songs, it had an incredibly beautiful flow. It immediately took me back to the moment when he first played me the acoustic version on his guitar. When it finished somewhere before the second build-up, I handed the phone back to Martijn. "It's so beautiful. Thank you so much!", I complimented his work. "The track is all yours, baby. One day, I plan on releasing it. But before that, I'll work on it a little more. Is there anything you would want me to change?", he asks. "Tijn, you know that I'm not good with music theory. I love the song as it is right now, and if there's anything you would want to change, then I completely trust you with it. You are the musician after all.", I answered with a smile and gave him a peck on the cheek. Before Martijn could say anything else, he was interrupted by his phone ringing. "Sorry, honey, it's my sister, I have to take this.", Martijn apologized and took the call. "Hey Laura, what's up?", he asked and then listened to her for a while. Suddenly he exclaimed: "Oh shoot! I totally forgot that! Damn it. I... I am with Line at the moment. I... I'll see what I can do." Then he listened to her again: "You think so? Well.. I mean, I can ask her. Give me a second, Laura." Then he put the phone down and looked at me: "Hey, baby. The thing is, dumb me actually forgot it was my parents wedding anniversary today. They invited me and Laura out for dinner in about... an hour. I have to get there quickly now. But Laura said that I could bring you with me. What do you say, wanna come with me?" "No, Martijn, I don't wanna disturb your family night. You really don't need to bring me.", I answered with a smile. "No, for real, it's fine baby. My parents love you almost as much as I do. You're family as well.", he said. That was incredibly cute of him to say. "Okay, so if you really think it would be appropriate, I'd be honored to come with you.", I answered. With a smile, Martijn picked up the phone again: "Laura? We're coming. I'll bring Line with me. Can you let mum and pops know? Thanks for calling! I'll see you soon!" "Okay, now let's go. We really need to hurry up.", he said, "Can you maybe grab a dress and heels and we'll both change at my place? Cause I really need to get something a little more fancy to wear to this occasion." "Oh, so you're not showing up in ripped jeans and a hoody?", I laughed. "Not this time.", Martijn grinned. I quickly checked my wardrobe for an outfit and decided for a rose colored dress and my favorite pair of heels. I also grabbed some make-up basics and some dry-shampoo for my hair. "Okay, I'm all set, we can go!", I let Martijn know. "Great.", Martijn smiled before he got up and grabbed my hand. "Should we maybe drive to your place with my car? We'd save some time.", I asked him. "That would be amazing.", Martijn answered and threw me my car keys. We quickly hopped into the car and drove over to Martijn's house. While I was getting ready in the bathroom, Martijn went through his wardrobe to find a clean button-down shirt and some suit pants. When I got back to him, he was all dressed up in a pair of light grey pants and a white button-down shirt. He couldn't resist wearing his beloved sneakers though. I had to admit, he always looked incredibly handsome when he was dressed up like this. Martijn turned around as he realized I had entered the room and said: "Wow, baby, that dress looks stunning on you. How come I have such a pretty girlfriend?" "Thank you so much, Tijn. I thought it would fit the occasion quite well.", I answered. "Absolutely. You look so beautiful in it.", Martijn said. "Thanks love.", I smiled and gave him a kiss, "But now let's go, or otherwise we'll be late:" "Absolutely. Let's goo!", Martijn chuckled and led the way to my car.