Her lips form into a dazzling smile. Then she presses herself closer to me, so close that we practically fuse into one. “Of course I’ll go to the dance with you, Kylen Barrett!”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“My beautiful Juliet.” Dipping my head, I brush my lips against hers. She glances up at me, frowns, then places her hand on the back of my head and pushes our mouths together. We kiss like there is no tomorrow, even though there obviously is. And we’ll probably do this tomorrow and the day after and the day after.
Because now that I have this awesome girl again, I’m no way in heck losing her again.
We take a break to breathe before our lips are glued together again. There is so much I want to show her, like how much she means to me and how my life wouldn’t be the same withouther. Just a few months ago, we were both so miserable. I never imagined we’d get together like this, even though I dreamed and wished for it.
“What are you thinking?” Raven whispers as her lips graze mine.
“Just how I’m the luckiest guy in the world. Because I have you for a girlfriend.”
She giggles. “And I’m the luckiest girl because I have you for a boyfriend.”
We make out for a bit longer before I ask her if it’s okay that we call my grandparents to tell them the good news.
“Of course it’s okay,” she says. “I’d love to see your grandparents again.”
I start a video call with them and thankfully they don’t have any problems answering the call. As soon as they see our faces on the screen, they smile and wave.
“Hey, kids,” Grandpa says.
Grandma seems especially excited about the girl sitting next to me. “Raven, it’s so nice to see you again. How are you?”
“I’m great. How are you?”
“Very happy to see the two of you together.”
Raven and I exchange a look and smile. They don’t even know that we’re officially boyfriend and girlfriend and they’re already happy for us.
“How was the ski trip?” Grandpa asks.
We spend a few minutes telling them every detail, including the part where we carved our initials into the same tree Gran and Pops did.
“I felt them, like they were standing right next to me,” I tell them.
“I know that they were,” Grandma says. “As were your mother and father.”
Tears fill my eyes. “You think?”
“Of course. As we told you since you were a little kid—your parents are with you every second of every day. Except maybe not in the bathroom.”
Raven and I chuckle.
Taking hold of her hand, I smile to my grandparents. “I asked Raven to be my girlfriend and she said yes.”
Grandma claps while Grandpa cheers.
“Not that you were surprised, huh?” Raven asks.
“No, we were not surprised at all. When people are meant to be together, they have this aura around them.”
Raven and I exchange another glance.
“If you say so,” I say. “I also asked her to go to the dance with me.”
