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| monday february 14 7:32 pM |
"you look so pretty cindy" nia smiles warmly at me when i turn out to show her the full out fit. "it's not too much?"i ask, concerned that it'd be too much for the picnic jack and i had both agreed on. "its valentine's day. there's no such thing as over or under dressing" she says with a smirk causing me to laugh. "shut up" i laugh as i see the wide smile spread across her lips. "i'm so happy you guys are still together, you're perfect for each other" she tells me making me smile at her words. i really agree with her. we are perfect for each other. i feel like we both couldn't be happier with the place we are at right now.
"now we just need you and sam to date and then find someone for nate" i explain, meaning that everyone in the group would have a boyfriend or girlfriend. we wouldn't have to worry about third wheeling issues or having people feeling like they're being left out when we go on double dates. all of our problems would be solved. "me and sam? no." she says blatantly. "what do you mean no? you guys so like each other." i protest making her laugh. "we so do not like each other." she emphasizes very clearly. i smirk at her with one raised eyebrow and she laughs. "he's cute, i'll give him that. i'm just not into him like that." she admits. she's lying. she's definitely into him.
"whatever you say" i smile at her. she gives me a small "hmph" like she had proven a point before standing up and grabbing the hair tie from her wrist. "a simple half up half down would look perfect."
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"seriously cindy you look amazing..." jack gushes as we arrive to the park for our picnic date. "really?" i smile. "dead ass. beautiful." he nods making me smile again. "thank you, you look good too though. you're wearing jeans." i laugh making him join me. "we both deserve tonight. we're not wearing baggy clothes." he compromises. we start to lay out the blanket he brought, we make sure it's perfect before going back to the car to get the food.
"i brought us more than enough food. mom helped me make it." he laughs. "i wish you let me bring something." i sigh earning a shrug from him. "today is about you, i should do all of the work." he states making me shake my head.
"wrong," i start out matter of factly, seeing the look on his face was priceless. "today is actually about both of us. so we both should have brought something." i inform him. he gives me another shrug. "well your brought your cute ass now go take a seat." he instructs giving me a small guiding, push. i laugh at his words and stand still. "i have a surprise for you in here... you can't see it." he tells me with a shake of his head making me sigh and listen to him.
i wait a few minutes while he brings everything and sets it down. i help him set up and he smiles. "okay so it's not much but i really think you'll like it." he says wearily making me smile at how nervous he was. "i'm sure i'll love it." i laugh, trying to reassure him. it didn't look like it worked. he still looked as nervous as ever. he runs his fingers through his hair as he takes a seat in front of me, waiting for me to open it.
when i open it an immediate smile forms on my face. "jack it's perfect" i say as i smile down at the charm bracelet he got me. it only had one charm which was the world. "i figured you could wear it and add a charm from every place you travel to." he tells me making my heart warm up. it was so cute and thoughtful. i hold the tiny charm of the world in my hand and smile down at it. "i love it so much." i tell him. i let out a pathetic sigh and pull out his gift from my coats pocket.
"now i feel bad for what i got you." i whine, handing him it. he lets out a small cute laugh as he looks down at my gift. "why? i actually like this a lot" he tells me. he seemed genuine about it. it was just a fifty dollar gift card to his favorite place to eat at. panda express, he loves Chinese food. "really?"i ask, still seeming kind of worried. "yes. i could eat there every day for like the next two weeks" he says excitedly making me laugh.
"i just feel bad, mine was probably expensive and yours is just fifty dollars..." i wince. fifty dollars was actually a lot for me. compared to what he lost likely spent on me, fifty dollars is probably nothing. i feel so bad about it. "baby it's fine" he tells me making me smile at how he called me baby. i wish he'd forget my actual name and just call me baby all the time. i don't think it'd ever get old coming from him. it sounds so right when he says it. if anyone else ever called me it, it wouldn't feel right. this feels perfect.
"now lets move on from this and eat our food" he smiles, quickly moving his eyes down to the food we had set up in front of us.
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"umm my biggest fear is probably.... i don't know. maybe like a zombie apocalypse actually becoming reality.." i answer his question and laugh at how dumb i sound. i doubt it'd ever happen but it's just a thought. i've never really liked zombies, they've always scared me. call me a wimp. "that's some pretty scary shit. i wouldn't let anything happen to you though" he winks making me smile. "you'd probably trip me to distract them" i joke earning a shrug from him. i let my jaw hang open some and suck in some air making a gasping noise. "i'm kidding!" he laughs at my reaction. "you better be." i threaten.
he throws both hands up, shaking them sarcastically before letting out a muffled "ahhh" i laugh and roll my eyes at his response. i hold up my fist as if i were about to punch him and he does an over dramatic flinch so i know it's fake. "come on cindy, you know that scares me." he sighs, shaking his head. i try to be serious, i just can't help but to laugh at him. he's so weird. it's cute.
i sigh and lean in to kiss him, pushing his back down to the blanket we had laid out on the ground. the normal, warm feeling almost instantly reacts when we kiss that it makes me smile. i loved that feeling more than anything. he deepens the kiss like it was urgent, moving his hands down to my waist but pull apart before it gets heated.
"we can't do this in public, let's just go back to talking?" i suggest earning a nod from him. "yeah that's probably best" he laughs.
