The missing pieces

Love at the party

When I got home from college, the first thing I did was scavenge through my wardrobe searching for something to wear.

At first I think about wearing jeans and a top but I realise I'll just look plain lazy and if I wear a long dress It'll look like I'm on my way to a wedding and not just a house party. I find a pretty blue dress at the back of my wardrobe. I carefully slide it on and it fits just right accentuating my petite frame. The collar is decorated with little flowers and the bottom of the dress has a few ruffles. The sleeves are too short so I put on a black cardigan to conceal my skinny arms. I also put on a pair of black tights and black little boots. I look into the mirror and i'm surprised to find that I actually look decent for once. I feel nervous because I hardly know anypne but they all seem to have known eachother for a long time.

I walk into the kitchen. "You look gorgeous." Sarah say's scooping macaroni onto a plate and handing it to me. I start eating "thanks Sarah, I'll be back at 9pm, is that OK?"

"Yeah, that's fine I wish Dave was here to see you...." She say's, her eye's watering.

"Sarah." I whine suddenly losing my appetite. Dave- her husband, he was one of the closet person to me, why do I always lose the people I get close to? First mum, Aisha-my best friend from primary school and Dave. A memory pops into my head of Dave pushing me on the swings and telling me "You'll be alright." I wish he was here to tell me that now, I feel my eyes start to water.

Sarah notices and gives a sad smile. "Darling, he is looking down at you right now and I'm sure he doesn't want to see you cry and anyways you should be going to this party."

I bite my lip, composing myself and smile. "You're right." I say and quickly hug her before leaving the kitchen and walking out of the door.

I get to the park and see Jay sitting on the bench, I walk over to him and stand in front of him. "What do you think?" I say doing a little twirl. He stares at me, his mouth hanging open and stands up. He's wearing black skinny jeans, as always; a dark blue button up t-shirt and a black leather jacket. "You look beautiful, but.... something's missing." He say's, looking down at my neck.

"What?" I ask even though I think I already know. My neck looked so bare; I didn't have a necklace to put on because I've never been a big fan of jewelry.

He reaches in to his pocket. "This." He say's nervously, handing me a little navy blue box. I can see that his hands are shaking. Once I have the box in my hands, he clasps his hands tightly together.

"What is it?"

"Open it." He says looking eagerly at my face. I open it very slowly to his impatient face. As I open it, I see that it's a little silver necklace with a heart. The heart is engraved with a curly letter J and it feels like my heart is melting, I wish I could give him something with the letter L so he would know I belonged with him.

"It's beautiful." I say.

"Really? I haven't over done it will the letter J?"

"No... it looks beautiful and it will remind me of you...thank you." He smiles as I blush realizing what I had just said. I try to put it on but I just can't open the clasp to close it.

Accidentally, I give out a little whimper. He walks up to me and takes the necklace into his hand. "Turn around." I do as he says. He slides my hair to one side and I hold my breath as he ties the necklace on.

He wraps his arm around my waist. Jay rests his head on my shoulder and I can feel him breathing heavily into my ear and I hope he can't feel me shaking. "You're beautiful, Lynny." He whispers into my hair. Mum... no I can't think about her I need to have fun today. I can feel his heart beating on my back and  I feel my heart exploding as we look over at the river, his arms wrapped around me. Everything is just perfect and I wish it would stay like this.