The Stranger I Met

My Girl

Jason's POV

The cold around me brings me slightly out of my sleep and I search for Aurora, my source of warmth, next to me in bed, but I don't find her, just like every single time before.

It was a habit I had picked since the first time I slept with someone. I woke up, searching for the girl who shared my bed with me, expecting her to be Aurora, but she never was. She was just another nameless face whom I had considered as someone who could get my mind off Aurora, but they never did.

The one night stands increased, but I always searched for the one girl I had seen dancing like no one else mattered other than the music and the floor beneath her. The suffering and disappointment of every day, waking up and searching for her in my room but never finding her was agonizing.

But today is different. Last night, I did hold her in my arms. Last night, I finally shared my bed with the first and only girl I ever fell in love with, and her confessing the same feeling for me was no short of a miracle and I'm really proud of myself that I didn't pass out when she said that.

My eyes open up when I don't find her next to me and I quickly sit up in my bed. I reach for my phone and flinch when I see the time. It's almost noon. I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth. When I'm done, I still don't find her anywhere around.

" Aurora?" I call her but get no answer. I go the the spare room but neither Aurora nor Moira and mom are there. I finally go towards the small television room on the other side of our suite and call her again. " Aurora?"

I turn the doorknob but I hear some shuffling from inside and push open the door.

" HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!" All the three women scream standing in the middle of the room, the TV behind them and a chocolate cake sitting on a small table in front of them. " What the hell!" I say to myself before cracking my lips in a grin as I see the decorations inside the room.

There are unruly glitter frills hanging from the ceiling, balloons are spread all over the floor and a large Happy Birthday with shiny alphabets hanging above the TV .

All the three make there way towards me and hug me together mumbling happy birthday to me. " Wow, this is crazy. You guys didn't have to do this." I say and hug each of them separately, taking a little extra when I hug Aurora. She starts bouncing in my arms. " Come on, come on, you have to taste the cake." Her blithe sends me on cloud nine and I follow her towards the cake. She is wrapped in a beautiful white bandage dress and it is causing sinful reactions in my body.

" Hold it, big guy." Mom says and throws a black shirt in my direction. " Cover it up, we're really not interested in whatever you're displaying." Mom taunts me but I hear a small scoff from my left and look down at Aurora who winks at me, pushing all the lungs out of my air....I mean all the air out of my lungs.

God! This girl is going to be the death of me.

I button up my shirt and reach the table where a mouthwatering chocolate cake smeared with nothing but a mixture of cocoa and cream, awaits me." This looks amazing." I comment before picking up the knife slicing into it. When I pull the piece out, the core that is filled with molten chocolate starts flowing out and I almost give a squeal like a nine year old, but I successfully contain it.

Mom brings a white china plate and asks me to place the piece on it which I do. She then scoops a large amount of molten chocolate from the cake and pours on the piece in my hand. Moira takes over and feeds me a portion with a spoon. The chocolate explodes throughout my mouth, sending all my taste buds on another level of high.

It is a reminder why I love dark chocolate so much.

" A choco lava cake, mom! Nice touch." I say once I've swallowed my bite and kiss her cheek. " As much as I'd love to accept the complement, this wasn't me, honey. This was all Aurora's idea, to the detail where she rejected any kind of decorations on the cake, just plain chocolate, every bit of it. I just told her that you love dark chocolate." She says and pats my cheek.

I turn towards Aurora and find her blushing. Her red cheeks are accentuated because of her white dress and dark hair lining her face.

God, I want to kiss her right here right now, not caring at all about our company. She is looking that beautiful.

She bashfully tucks her hair behind her ear and speaks," Wait, wait. That's not the only thing. We have something more." She takes me by my hand and makes me sit on the couch, facing the fifty two inch television screen. She picks up the remote and presses start as the other two females take the spots on my right. The TV comes to life with the theme song of ' F.R.I.E.N.D.S' playing.

So no one's told you life was gonna be this way.

All three women clap their hands according to the music and I laugh at their mismatched sync.

Aurora comes and sits on my left side.
" I picked all of your favourite episodes so we can binge together." She says with excitement." But how did you know which ones my favourite." I ask. I'm sure mom told her I love this series but even she doesn't know my favourites.

" Oh it was nothing. I just went through all of the video websites you've logged into to watch this specific series and I made tally marks of the episodes you repeated the most. Jenna helped me search through your laptop where you keep the downloaded episodes and I made more tally marks of the videos that were seen most." She answers casually.

My jaw drops down." H- how long did this all take." I ask in a downright spellbound tone. She waves her hand at me like it's no big deal. " A week, maybe, and four hours today. I've been at it since Jenna told me about it." She says and touches my nose, smiling brightly at me. " I just wanted to do something special for you." She finishes.

My dad always used to tell me how I was really bad at expressing myself, and that is exactly what is happening now. I don't know what to say even when I'm bursting with joy from inside. So I try to express myself physically. I pull her towards me and hug her tightly.

" I love you." I say and kiss her head " Thank you so much , love." That is when I decide, no more calling her 'baby' cause that term of endearment doesn't do justice to our relationship or what I feel for her.

She is my girl, my love.

This is one of two chapters in Jason's point of view. I hope you enjoyed a little peep into his head.

Now I'd like to ask you a question I did before and I'm gonna ask it again after the final twist. So who are you rooting for now-

Tristora ( Tristen + Aurora)

Auroson ( Jason + Aurora)

Do vote and tell me.

Love you all😘