Ace of hearts and clubs.

"How do you want to live Emerald?" His Green eyes held want an worry.

I pondered what he meant, what he truly meant. I knew what I wanted in my future, I want to go to uni and become a lawyer, I want to eventually settle down and start a family, I want the white picket fence.

"I want to go to uni, get a fantastic job that I love, start a family with the man I love, that's what I want my life to be" the plan I had written down in my head for years sounds foreign on my tongue.

"is that what you really want?" he paused taking in a deep breath "I don't think that's what you really want" he stepped forward.

His words made me question myself. Is that really how I wanted my future?

He took this opportunity to step forward, he ran his hands down from my shoulders to be elbows.

I knew what I wanted right now, I knew what I wanted this year but it feels as though he has come into this game of cards and flipped the table.

"tell me what you want right now, right at this moment" he whispered his eyes darting around my face.

I took in a deep breath my heart pounding at the confession sitting on my lips.

"you"