Romance By Your Laws (interactive)

B.2

"I'm surprised you invited me over and not Ross." She smiled.

I sidehugged Stacey and then invited her inside. My dad is here but my mom went out shopping. Of course she didn't invite her strangely introverted daughter.

"Well Ross and I are on hold for a bit. And who says I didn't want to spend the day with my BFF?" I judge her arm.

"Okay fill me in! Why are you two on hold?"

"We argued about burritos and tacos yesterday night..." I realize how silly that sounds and restrained myself from face palming.

"Ok girl... that's dumb. Gimme your phone."

I laugh thinking she's kidding. Judging by her proffered band I can tell she isn't. "Oh..." carefully escaped my mouth before handing over my phone.

A few seconds pass and she hands it back. "Here. Now go to the park. That's where you're meeting him.

"I told him that you guys need to talk. Now you better think up a reason quick."

And then I feel a bit awkward when she sniffs the air.

"Go take a shower. Ew, you smell like dog shit. Go! Bye..."

And she hugs me quickly then rushes out the door.

Wow. She's really rooting for us. Has been for years.

I finally arrive and see him sitting on the park bench. I would've been here earlier and before him if not for the long shower I took.

"Hey," I approached my boyfriend.

He quickly stood up and those square glasses resting on his face fell off his nose a bit.

"Hey, Emma. What- what did- um... did you have a good-?" I shut him up quickly with a tiny kiss.

"Hey babe. I just wanted to talk you know? It's just like any other time we have talked." I could tell he was a bit worried... but why would he be worried with no context about what was going on?

"Okay, I want to talk about whatever happened between us." His voice was rushed.

I took a seat at the bench and he followed suit. "It's just that we argue a lot. Like lately we've been disagreeing about a lot of things and I don't like it. I want to be like how we used to be."

He thought a bit. "Well, what do we do when we usually have disagreements?"

I grinned. "Are you talking about Chuck E Cheese's again?"

A smile spread across his adorable, yet chiseled face. He kissed me and took my hand. "Well come on."

Chuck E Cheese day was definitely much needed. I'm glad I found someone I could really connect with and do things I like with without judgement. And for him to be so caring and cute at the same time...