Stay With Me (Roman Reigns)

6.

I landed in Oklahoma and walked out of the airport after grabbing my stuff. Emmie and Taryn were waiting outside for me with smiles on their faces which only made me smile. Taryn pulled me in for a hug and I held her tight. "I missed you." she said.

"I missed you too." I said. "It's good to be home." I pulled away then hugged Emmie. "I have so much to tell you guys."

"We can't wait to hear." Emmie said. She pulled away and smiled at me. "I'm guessing it's about a boy."

I smiled and nodded. "Is it that Roman guy?" Taryn asked. I nodded once more.

"Oh my god." Emmie said. "If you're dating him, I give you mad props. He's hot."

"You have no idea." I said. We climbed in the car and Taryn drove away from the airport.

"So, what's the juicy stuff?"Emmie asked from the backseat.

I smiled again. "Well, it turns out you guys were right. I really didn't have anything to fear." I said.

"Wait." Taryn said. "Start at the beginning."

"Okay. Well, the first date went pretty great. I mean, we'd spent a week just getting to know each other. I mean, not too much. We talked a bit. But then we went on our date and I got to know him more and I don't know, I just really grew to like him so he asked me Monday night if I would be his girlfriend." I said.

"And you said?" Emmie asked.

"I said yes." I told them with a smile.

"Damn." Taryn said. "You've grown a lot over the past two weeks. I don't even know who you are anymore."

"I know. But there are still things that terrify me." I said. "I've only kissed him and he's hugged me a couple times but that's it. It's still a little uncomfortable to be touched in certain places."

"So, no sex." Taryn smirked.

"Absolutely not." I said. I looked out the window. "But I almost did."

"What was that?" Emmie asked. She poked her head up between me and Taryn as she looked at me with her eyebrows raised. Taryn had her mouth dropped.

"What stopped you?" Taryn asked.

"You know what stopped me." I said. "I wanted him so bad. I wanted to be with him and feel him in that way but I kept thinking about if he touched me and I didn't like it or I wasn't ready and I just freaked myself out. And I really don't think I'm ready for that."

"Well, you take it at your own pace." Taryn said. "Was he, at least, respectful when you told him you wanted to wait?"

"Oh yeah." I said. "He's been so graceful and patient with me." I looked at her. "You know, I told him everything."

"Everything?" Emmie asked.

"Maybe not the details but he got the gist of it." I said. "And he didn't even wanna walk away after I told him. And he just keeps telling me that we'll take it slow and that when I'm ready, he will be too."

"That's a keeper right there." Taryn said.

"Are you happy with him?" Emmie asked.

"Right now I'm incredibly happy. But I don't really know if it's just because he keeps saying all these nice things to me. Maybe I'm just happy with all the things he's saying because I haven't heard it from a guy before." I told them.

"I don't think that's it." Taryn said "Do you think about him? Do you wanna be around him?"

"Of course I do." I said. "But I have to figure out why. Right now, I love the things he says. He builds me up and he's constantly telling me that I'm beautiful. I don't know if I think about it and wanna be with him because of that. But I also don't know how to find the difference."