At some point both marshall and I must have fallen asleep because we were both genuinely startled when both our alarms rang simultaneously at 05:00am ,marshall rolled of the couch and all of his research pages scattered across the room floor and as my eyes adjusted and I surveyed the scene I laughed so hard that I started crying and so did marshall
Even though we both had a slight delay we both finished shower ,I was busy drying my hair when marshall finished in the bathroom and came out
To my surprise marshall emerged wearing his jeans and t shirt ,I was dressed in black jeans that popped with a white formal shirt and stiletto boot heals since it was raining ,I then remembered that Marshall just like most of us here weren’t prepared for this day
I grabbed my car keys and stuffed my makeup bag and hair straightener into my handbag “are you coming or do you plan on giving me your address and apartment keys so I can get you a suit” I called when I was halfway out the door and marshall looked shocked but simply followed and didn’t say a word until we were in the car
“are you always so persuasive or what ?”he asked with a smile as I programmd the GPS while we were stuck in morning traffic and I looked over to him and smirked
When we got to his apartment I stood behind him and he apologised for the mess ,but to be frank there was nothing so much as a magazine out of place,I complemented his living space and he pulled my handbag away from me ,I tried to pull it back but he refused to give it to me instead he made me chase after him until we got to his bathroom
I was shocked when I saw it ,it was a victorian styled bathroom didvided into two section for him and for her and I stared at him as he placed my handbag on the sink which had the make lights around the mirror and I did nothing but stare at him he walked over to me and when he stood in front of me I looked into his eyes and saw a dark brooding feeling that seemed to mirror my soul ,he bent over and once again his lips brushed with his ,I didn’t want to open my eyes instead I kept them closed
“I knew you were probably wondering what this is and everything ,but let me explain it ,Natalie beautiful things like you don’t happen to people like me and I wanted to be sure of my feelings before I tried to figure out yours but this weekend I couldn’t help it my feelings grew and I saw my soul mirrored in your eyes ,and not just this weekend from the day that I met you you evoked something in me and ever since then you have been on my mind and well…”his words trailed off and I knew exactly where this was going and for once I didn’t feel like not giving myself this happiness
I opened my eyes and my gaze met his anxious ochre eyes , “you want to give this a chance to grow into something bigger” I said in an attempt to finish of his sentence and he looked at me with relief which I was grateful for “you are probably wandering why I didn’t say anything after the last time ,well the only reason for that was because I was afraid you would get sick again and I cannot face your parents if anything like that happened again” he said with an innocent look playing across his face “and what if I said to you that I feel the same and I think we should make the best of this ?”his eyes lit up again and he spun me around in the air out of joy asking if I were serious and I nodded and he went about his joy and I managed to glance at the clock and saw that it was almost hald past six and I highlighted this to Marshall who finally put me down and went to unpack my handbag for me while he went to go get dressed ,
I walked over to the mirror and I plugged I the straightener ,I was half way done with my hair when marshall came into the bathroom again and looked at me ,I didn’t notice him there until he spoke “do you by any chance knowhow to knot a tie ?” he asked me and I told him I did he handed me a dark blue tie and the stood in front of me I looked up at him and he laughed “just a second”and he walked out of the bathrrom again ,I placed the tie on the counter and fiished my hair
He came back in with crate which I had seen full of newspaper in the hallway ,he held out his hand and I accepted it and stood on the crate and I knotted his tie ,I was about to get down when I realised he was still holding my hands even though he was looking in the mirror at the tie “its been years since I last wore a tie ,since I don’t know how to knot one and I have tons of them but now I have you and ..” I hugged him in return and soon we were out of the house
We were in the car and marshall insisted on driving ,he looked like the daunting lawyer he was and that’s when it dawned to me ,what was I going to tell my parents about this morning trip of ours and I shared the thought with marshall who replied that we tell them the truth I laughed and he corrected himself “not the whole truth” he said as we pulled into the driveway and walked into the house
