Forever After All

by Catharina Maura

The way his expression falls tells me everything I need to know. He thinks I went out with someone else, and despite his past, despite his trust issues, he wants me back. I pull on his hand, and he takes a step closer to me. “For this first date.”

Yeah I figured. I hate that you’re just playing games at this point.

“Baby, the date you were talking about…” I laugh, I can’t help it. “I’m sorry, Alec. It wasn’t a lie. This is the first real date you’ve ever taken me on. It wasn’t staged for the press, it was just you and me.

Let’s date, Alec. Let’s spend some time together. Let’s see if in a year we still want to be together, when all that we’ve got is love.”

“Very well, wife. Let’s date. We’ll date for as long as you want us to, but in the end, I still want to see you walk down the aisle toward me. I want to marry you for the world to see.”

Fifty-six dates. Elena and I have gone on fifty-six dates

RUE WHEN WAS THIS. WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SKIP THE IMPORTANT PARTS OVER

Every single day, he makes it so that I don’t even want to fall asleep, because my dreams are no longer as good as my life with him is.

“Tell me you’ll always love me.” I nod, grinning. “Always.”