Through Chrissie's eyes

Brian's girlfriend

We spent some time in Hyde Park, watching the constellations, I knew the most famous ones, but Brian showed me some that I didn1t know. We didn't see the time pass, but the weather began to get cloudy, which reminded us that we'd better go.

This time, since it was now official, and I was so happy, without hesitation, I held his hand and we walked hand in hand for the first time, even the way Brian held my hand was protective and welcoming. I ended up resting my head on his shoulder and he wrapped an arm around my shoulders, and we walked that way close to each other.

What separated us were the drops of water we slowly felt.

"Is that rain?" I asked, afraid we'd be drenched.

"Oh yeah," Brian grimaced, "we'd better run."

We hurried our steps, but the rain caught us anyway. It was Brian's turn to have an ingenious idea with his coat. He took off his coat and lifted it over our head.

"Stay near me, Chrissie, to be covered," he advised me, and I tried to run with him.

Our makeshift umbrella didn't help us much as we got wet, less than if we were without cover. We arrived at the bus stop and waited for one that would take us back to my college.

"That was a disaster ..." Brian commented, somewhat disappointed, trying to dry his hair that had lost all volume.

"No, it wasn't," I approached him, "even if we get sick, it was all worth it today."

"Really?" I didn't think Brian still felt insecure, which I realized by his question.

"Of course it was," I emphasized each word.

I glanced around, seeing if there was no one around. At the moment, we were really alone. I stood on tiptoe to kiss him, he helped me lifting me slowly off the floor.

We hugged each other, trying to warm each other up when a bus arrived. We went up and went back to my college. It was still raining when we arrived, but much less. We stayed in the corridor of the dormitories and, once again, we stared at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Thank you," she said first, "I don't know how to thank you, it was really a special night, and thank you for seeing me the way you said it. I also ... I never thought I would find someone like you."

"Thank you " he smiled. "Well, I'll let you rest, and ... when we see each other again, I say, when you're not busy ..."

"You also have to be unoccupied," I pointed out, "but you know, Smile's upcoming show would be perfect."

"I think so," Brian nodded, "and now that we're dating, Roger's coming to get Jo here, we can come pick up the both of you. Hum ... can I tell Tim and Roger that we're dating?"

"Yeah, you can, anyway I'll have to tell Jo, because she'll want to know about our date, and she'll tell Roger," I said, getting used to the news.

"I guess I'll go then," he warned, but I felt he was reluctant to leave.

"Wait just a little Bri," I said, and went into my room quickly, Jo was awake, and seeing me, she brightened up and I saw that she was preparing to ask a lot of questions, but she didn't have time.

I just grabbed an umbrella and left.

"Here," I handed it to Brian, "give me back at our next date."

"I'll do it," he smiled gratefully, "then, good night."

We kissed quickly, saying goodbye.

"Good night." I saw him walk out of the building, and it made me anxious to see him again.

The door to my room opened before I could do this, Joanne shook her head.

"Come here now and tell me everything, Mrs. Chrissie!" she said, trying not to shout because it was already late "did I hear you say the next date? So tonight must have been awesome!"

"Look, first calm down because you're going to freak out with what I'm going to tell you" I was talking like that, because I knew how much Jo was hysterical.

"You ask me to calm down, then tell me I'm going to freak out, you can't do that," she complained, "just tell me."

"Okay," I breathed deeply, feeling a certain embarrassment. "We went to Hyde Park, stared at the stars, we talked, and- Brian kind of opened his heart, you were right, he likes me. And then he spoke, and I realized that I liked him. He asked to date me, and I said yes.!

Joanne struggled not to scream, she jumped on top of me, crushing me in a hug.

"I don't believe it! My little Chrissie has a boyfriend!" she said, "a quiet boy like you."

"Why does everyone say that?" I rolled my eyes.

"Because it's true, and that only makes you rwo more cute," she explained. "Despite my jokes, I'm happy for you, really."

"Thank you, now go to sleep," I said in that same bossy tone.

I changed before going to sleep, before closing my eyes, I could barely believe that Brian May was my boyfriend.

Our next date was at one of Smile's shows at Imperial College this time, where Brian was studying.

"So you're the unlucky one who agreed to date Bri?" Roger joked when he saw me, my boyfriend had been quick to tell his friends "good luck Chrissie."

"Oh, my dear Rog, I'm very lucky, your friend is a wonderful rarity," I praised.

"Roger, don't offend the cutest couple in our gang" Tim defended.

"Aren't they really?" Joanne added, and against his own girlfriend Roger had no argument.

We all came together to the college auditorium, which made some people watch me and Brian with some doubt and disbelief. Maybe he was like me there, no one believed he would ever get a girlfriend.

A little while before the show started, I thought about when I had kissed Bri before performing and he had called that a good luck kiss. Creating courage, I thought about doing something a little different. I was still embarrassed to kiss him in public, but I went up onstage and kissed his lips quickly.

"A good luck kiss" I explained, seeing that Brian had been confused. "Besides, I wanted the people in your college to know I was your girlfriend. Is there any problem?"

"No, not at all." He smiled in agreement

"See you later." I said and went downstairs, going to sit next to Jo.

"Then you complain that Roger and I are sticky," she commented.

"But Bri and I are not so sticky," I said.

The start of the show ended our discussion, and I just paid attention to the boys. When I focused more on Brian, I felt more enchanted and in love with him.