Just A Step Away

Chapter 27

Katherine's POV:

My knees were hurting but I was still full of enthusiasm. I wanted to say it all in one breath but I wanted to register his reaction first. He was shell shocked but he had that emotion which was saying that he was longing to hear those words from me for ages. That gave me a new sense of motivation. I smiled and took his hands making sure not to break our eye contact before continuing.

"Darwin, you are my childhood, my savior, my best friend, my protector, but most of all, my destiny. I want to hold your hand and see the world. I want my every night with you and want to spend every morning besides you. I want to live in these eyes of yours forever and in this smile of yours. I want to be your destination and your home forever because you are mine. All in all, I want us to be one now because Katherine is incomplete without her Darwin, because Darwin there is no word in the world which can describe my feelings for you but the most relatable word in this world is love."

As soon as I said those words in one breath, his eyes lost in mine without blinking once. Suddenly the air around us became enough for us to spend our whole lives together. The night became shinier and calmer. Stars were glowing more, as if happy to witness this moment with us. We stood up together, hand in hand. Wind was fanning our hair, making us count on each and every breath we were taking together. We have waited for this moment for years. Finally, finally those words were about to escape from my mouth.

Without losing one more second and making Darwin wait more. I tighten our hand's grip.

"I love you Darwin."

"I love you so much." With the tear rolliing down my cheeks, I whispered.

His eyes filled with tears too.

Both of us smiled at each other and without thinking much I smashed my lips on his'.

Our second kiss.

We first smiled when our lips touched each other but soon that small peck became intense as Darwin encircled my waist and brought me as close to him as possible, deepening our kiss. As our tongue started dancing together, our heartbeat rose in same sync. I felt something that I never felt before. I felt completed, happiest girl in the world. The world around us disappeared, the only person I remembered was him, and the only touch which I remembered was the touch of his body against mine. His presence, his scent, his kiss, claimed me his'. At that moment I felt that nothing is important than him, than us.

We parted, breathing heavily and smiling at each other.

"I love you Katherine. I love you." Darwin said while touching his forehead against mine, making my dream finally true, a dream of us being together.

"I love you, love you so much." He said repeatedly while picking me and whirling us round and round. Whole park was echoing from my laughter and from him saying "I love you" to me repeatedly.

Finally he calmed down and put me down, still panting heavily.

"Darwin." I said his name with full of love.

"Katherine." He copied.

"I have something for you." I said excitedly.

"One more?" His eyes were full of surprise.

I took out the box from my purse and opened in front of him.

"This is a bracelet made up of Sapphire." I took his hand and placed the bracelet around his wrist. He looked at it and then at me.

"It's beautiful, Sunshine." He looked at the bracelet with pure adoration and then kissed my forehead.

"Sapphire is the stone which is used as a pledge of love, and sometimes known as the gem of new love. It is believed to encourage trust and commitment and is often used for loved ones who are apart for long period of time, gifted as a sign of commitment. Darwin this stone remind me of us. We stayed apart for years but there was sense of commitment and trust between us always and I want this bracelet to remain with you forever as it will remind you of my commitment and loyalty." I said honestly.