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October 12 - October 14, 2022
Dreams. I couldn’t remember the last time I had felt like I had any. What was I searching for? What did I want in life? I didn’t know.
Don’t laugh—college students loved to color.
And I knew one thing—that I was absolutely, definitely, no way in hell going to fall in love. Not again.
I knew, that once I found the right person, I was going to be in it for the long haul. Once I met her, I was going to do whatever it took to keep her in my life, and make sure she knew that I was hers, forever. And she would be mine. Absolutely, unequivocally, mine.
I was just waiting for her to walk into my life.
And for some reason, her small smile just did something to me. Because the pure and utter bliss on her face… It stuck with me.
She just seemed like… warmth. It felt like it oozed from her like she could be the light in any dark, bringing a place to life with just a smile.
Because at the other end of the room stood the most beautiful man I had ever seen. Not even exaggerating, he was gorgeous. I think my heart skipped a beat.
And for the first time in my life, I thought to myself, is this what it means for fate to exist?
“I’d much prefer to meet the love of my life in more of a… Unique way.”
“This was... honestly the best conversation I’ve had at one of these things in a while.”
And when she had asked me how I wanted to meet someone, I almost said it. Just like this.
She carried herself as if the very world depended on her light, the warmth of her smile. Maybe it did.
“You’re so warm,” she murmured into my shirt. “Can I stay here forever? Feels like heaven.”
“I’ll always make time for you.” And damn if that statement didn’t make me feel all warm inside.
His hand slipped into mine, and I pulled him towards the next exhibit. Even as we looked at the penguins and I guided him around the zoo, our hands didn’t drop again.
“I’m thinking that I really want to kiss you right now,”
I closed the distance between us as my lips found hers. It was our first kiss—just a soft, chaste thing—but somehow it felt like I had been waiting my entire life for this.
“This… attraction. Sometimes I think it’s going to drown me, Noelle, the pull I feel to you. I know you know what I’m talking about. I know you feel it.”
Because if I let Matthew Harper have my heart, there was no getting it back.
