Be my light in the dark

twelve

- C'mon baby! – he stops, right at the top of the climb. Why did I insist on us running this morning? Dom must have infinity stamina; I am almost out of breath and he is like he just gets out of the bed.

- Look, this was a bad idea – I slow down my pace as he starts to laugh at me.

- It was your idea, remember? – I just keep going, to get closer to him – come here – he hands me his hand, and I hold it. He pulls me to him, and I put, immediately, my hands on my knees to catch a breath – you really need to start working out with me.

- Are you saying I'm fat?

- Not at all – I take a sit on the dirt, to notice that we now have to climb down what we just climb up – your body is perfect the way it is – he is on my back and that allows me to smile at what he just said.

- Come here – I grab my phone, to take a selfie. I feel him behind me and when I turn my camera on, I see that he is shirtless. I take the photo and, as soon as I put my phone down, he kisses me on the cheek.

- Let's go – he gets in front of me, helping me getting up – now we can just walk.

- Thank you! – we are in the middle of nowhere, with the sound of the birds giving us the most perfect soundtrack to this morning. I keep holding his hand as we climb down and continue our path.

- This is nice – I look at him as I speak, noticing his big smile - you're nice – he looks at me and I smile too.

- You're nice too – he starts to walk faster – enough walking – he lets my hand go and starts to run.

- Dominic no!

- Yes, you'll thank me later.

- No, I'm not!

- Yes, you will. Your body will thank me.

He is right. It has been a while since I work out, that I forgot how good this makes me feel. He is just staring at me, as I start to run.

- Let's go lazy.

- Now I'm the lazy one? – I hear him laughing and starting to run – come here – he grabs me with his arms, taking my feet off the ground and spinning us around. And I start to laugh really hard, looking at him. I hold his face with my hands, and he slows down the spinning.

- You're one of a kind, Dominic.

- I try to do my best – he stops – for you.

I kiss him on his forehead, and he puts me on the floor, kissing me on my forehead too.

- Let's go home, I need to eat! – he laughs, and we start to walk back to my place.

***

- So, you guys spent the entire weekend together?

- No, he left after lunch – Emeraude smiles and we get out of her car. I drove with her today, since I left my car at the inspection center.

- You look so much better with him – she joins me as we walk to the studios.

- I'm not with him. At least not in the romantic way you just make it sound.

- Good morning beautiful ladies – as he speaks, he's standing next to Emeraude.

- Now we are both beautiful – Emeraude stops and turns to me – see, you two are getting along.