The Thought Of Her

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Her POV

Abel just held me for a while . Then I got myself together and kept talking about other things . We were now laughing each other's pain off. Talking about our old flings .

Then he stopped and looked at me as if he got the most incredible idea any human has ever gotten .

"You know how you said you just wanted to hey over him and forget all the bad memories of him . Well I just got the perfect idea ." His smile was big and lighting up the room .

"Keep going ." I said then proceeded to chuckle .

"I know you have that box of memorabilia. You can visit each place you spent a memorable night with him and get rid of the item there . Just to revisit the good memories and let go of him slowly. How does that idea sound ." He raised his eyebrow with an evil cartoon smirk.

"I swear you're just a genius ." I kissed his cheek and hugged him tight .

It was now morning the sun was barely rising . You could see the hues of the sunrise from the window .

Me and Abel got up and went our separate ways.

I kicked off my heels and changed into my pajamas . I quickly ran to the living room and went straight over to the book shelf . I opened one of the drawers and pulled out a medium sized box full of memories I had stored from Some of the best moments of my relationship.

In a rush to open my box I ran to my room and plopped it on the bed . I took a deep breath before opening it . It unveiled a beautiful antique gold ring with a ruby in the middle that caught your attention. It looked like it was made for a royal princess . It was the promise ring he gave me . He said "Never take it off it will protect you from any evil men who will try to take you from me and you know I cannot lose my princess. This is a promise of my love for all eternity if you allow it ." I wore the ring daily . I would freak every time it got lost or dirty . It meant so much to me .

Then next to it I saw the gold necklace with a single pearl that he apologized to me with. I held it and just looked at it for a minute .

Then I saw a small stack of pictures . I flipped through them . As I flipped through them one of them caught my eye and I took it out of the stack and just stared at it . It was him and I on our first date smiling wide sitting outside on the snow in front of his door step . We had just came back from a day in the city . He had taken me to his favorite spot which was a small diner . He had rented it out for us that night . He was so excited that day . I swear every time he took a hold of my hand I had to run or else I would've just ate the sidewalk .

Flight less bird - iron & wine suggested for This part.

Flash back

"Come on Marcey !" He yelled as he ran to the diner .

It was a cold snowy Toronto night . The streets were calm .

We finally arrived to the diner he had been talking about all day.  He waited for me at the entrance with a  huge smile on his face .  He put his hand out for me to grab. He opened the door and we walked into a warm and cozy place . He walked me over to a table that had plates set up .

I took a seat and just took it all in .

"So what do you think ? Do you like it?" He smiled nervously waiting for my response.

I took a hold of his now warm hand  .

"I love it ." I gave him a soft smile .

"Yessss." He said to himself with closed eyes pumping a fist in the air as if he had achieved a small victory.

I giggled at the sight of him .

The waitress came over and set down a cup of hot coco with a swirl of whipping cream on top.   We both thanked her .

"I promise they have the best hot coco in all of Toronto it has been my favorite since I was 5." He said as I took a small sip of it .

He did not lie .  It was a good cup of hot chocolate . 

He took a sip right after leaving a mustache of whipping cream on his upper lip. I giggled at the sight .

"What ?" He said  as if he didn't know .

"Your lip Aubrey ." I giggled some more .

I grabbed a napkin and wiped his face .

"Thank you , but I think I would've preferred my foamy mustache." We both burst into a small fit of laughter .

We stopped laughing looked down out of pure nervousness. I could feel as if his eyes were starting at me . And to my surprise they were.
He was staring at me with a soft smile as if nothing in the world could take away this moment.

"Why are you staring ?" I asked nervously.

"You just look gorgeous Marcey ." He took a hold of my hand .

" I'm so glad you said yes to a date with me . It means more than you'll ever know ."

Present time

I snapped out of my thoughts and kept looking through the box .

That's when I found a Polaroid of us two . I was sitting on his lap as he was holding me . He was doing his usual duck face as I stared at him laughing at his facial expression . 2010 was a special time . He had such a baby face . He had no beard just his stubble he grew when he hadn't shaved for 2 days .

We were in New York for his big performance at the VMA's . He had performed with Mary J. Blige . He didn't want to go to the after party so he decided that us and the crew went back to the hotel and had a chill celebration with just us .  When he took the picture the boys had just left the room .    I remember he was so happy that night .  What made that moment special was the smile on his face all day . He was just an upcoming star enjoying life .  The way he would just smile at life would melt my heart every time .   His enthusiasm that whole day made that moment unforgettable.

All of these memories in this box were incredible. Something you can only experience once in a life time .

It was as if  it was happiness in a box .