We eat dinner before I point towards the dance floor. Audrey stands up excitedly, and when we step onto it,Dancing in the Moonlightstarts playing and she gives me an amused smile. “Did you pay the DJ extra to make thishappen?”
“Sure did.”
I twirl her around the dance floor, the two of us laughing and smiling from ear to ear the entire time. Hours seem to fade away as the sky turns dark.
“You have two options for the evening,” I tell her as I open the passenger door for her.
“Why can’t I have both?”
“I guess that’s an option. But it will mean you’re not going back to Connor’s tonight.”
Audrey licks her lips, giving me a playful grin. “Wasn't planning on it.”
Okay then.
“I have temporary tattoos, and I may have brought a telescope … I also have a collection of movies for us to watch.”
She cuts me off with a long kiss, followed by a giddy laugh, before she taps her chin. “Tattoo first, stars second, then movies?”
“Deal.”
“So which one do you choose?” Audrey teases.
“The butterfly on the shoulder, obviously. Have you not seen my favorite movie enough times to know that?” I reply playfully.
“I just wasn’t sure how cliché we wanted to be?” Audrey retorts with a sheepish grin.
“Full cliché,Auddie. Always full cliché.”
“I like this one.” She points to a blue butterfly, like I assumed she would.
“That’s my girl. I would’ve chosen that one too,” I tell her as my fingers run along her shoulder, tapping a spot. “Right here will work.”
I kiss her skin before I place the tattoo face down on her skin, patting it with a damp napkin.
“I get to give you one too, right?” she jokes.
“Yeah, I told you my choice already,” I tell her matter-of-factly.
“I thought it was a joke.”
“Full cliché, baby. We both gotta get one,” I say with a nod, pulling the tattoo wrapper off when it’s set, blowing on her shoulder for good measure.
“Okay, butterfly on your shoulder too, then!”
I shift my shirt so she can have access.
She sets it in place, dabbing at my shoulder. “You know what’s funny?”
“What?”
“The night Connor went to the hospital, when we watched this movie together, I always hoped we’d end up here … Not necessarily with me tattooing a butterfly on you, but reliving my favorite dates from my favorite movie.”
“Movies, you mean. Well, the good news is we have a lifetime to make it happen and a list to build off of.”
“What are you talking about?”
I reach into the glove box and pull out a wrinkled piece of paper.
