You Ran Away, You're All The Same

Part 13

Waking up this morning was difficult. I threw my arm to the other side of the bed, hoping to feel Corey beside me. Instead I felt nothing. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a note on the pilllow.

"S,

Went to the store. Be back soon.
I love you.

-C"

This wasn't a dream. Corey was here and I couldn't help but feel happy. I got out of bed and took a long, hot shower; thinking about everything has happened in the past few weeks. Once finished, I picked out an old Slipknot shirt and my ripped black jeans to wear for the day. I dried my hair, put it in a pony tail, and went downstairs.

"Good morning sleepy head." I heard Paul yelling from the kitchen.

"Morning Pauly." I said while pouring a cup of coffee.

"These came for you while you were in the shower." Paul handed me a bouquet of black and red tiger lillies, like the ones Corey gave me when we went on our first date.

"Holy shit! Who sent these?" I asked surprised.

"Why dont you open the card and find out." Paul said while drinking his coffee.

"To my beautiful girl. Always, Corey" I read the card outloud, unable to erase the smile off of my face.

"Pauly, he sent me flowers. On a normal day!" I've never been so surprised or happy. No one has ever sent me flowers just because before.

"Maybe he's trying to show that he's sorry and that you mean a lot to him." Paul said while smiling at me.

"Do you think I'm stupid for trying to forgive him?" I asked while sitting the flowers down on the counter.

"Steph, I don't think that at all. If you love him, give him the chance. But just this one. He is use to having women hang all over him. You know that better than the rest of us." Paul started.

"Besides, I can tell that he does love you. He always has, but now he can finally express his feelings without the fear of you telling him off. So tell me, how was the fucking that I heard last night?" Paul continued with a smirk.

I punched him in the arm, and started to walk to the living room.

"Wouldn't you like to know." I laughed

"Not really. Just like giving you hell." Paul replied.

I sat down on the couch and started looking at a magazine when the front door flew open.

"Hey babe." Corey said when he walked through the door and saw me.

"Hey Corey" I got up and gave him a hug.
"Thank you for my flowers, I love them" In between kisses, Corey looked at me.

"Anything for my girl." He said while kissing my forehead and making me giggle.

"Get a room!" Paul yelled from the kitchen.

"We already have buddy boy." Corey yelled back.

Paul make a fake gagging noise, causing me and Corey to laugh.

"I got you something babe." Corey said while handing me a WalMart bag.

"What is it" I said while finding about ten disposable cameras in the bag. I looked at Corey confused.

"They are for you to take pictures while we are out here. I thought you could capture the memories and maybe make a book or something."

I wrapped my arms around Corey's neck, giving him the biggest hug.

"Thank you baby." I said while kissing him again.

"Well, start taking pictures woman!" Corey encouraged.

The first few pictures I took were of us. Some we are smiling, the rest we made funny faces. I ran into the kitchen and started taking some pictures of Paul. He would smile, then flip me off. I could already tell the first camera would be filled before the end of the day.