Forever is not Enough - "We're in Heaven" (Chapter 1)
-Ricky and Amy's apartment-
Amy's POV
Yeah, Ricky thinks I can't cook but in order to prove him wrong I'll make him taste this new recipe I found on the internet…as Ricky says: "if you can read you can cook!". Maybe he's right about it because it smells really good. I'm sure he'll love it. He's always too nice and polite to tell me that he hates my spaghetti but I know that, so I wanna make it up to him for being such a moody bitch lately and thank him for being so patient with me. Tonight is the night I'm apologizing and treating him the way he deserves. By the way, the recipe is only a small contribution to my apologies because I've got far bigger plans for the two of us tonight. I also asked Ricky to drop John over my dad's after work because, I said, "my dad wants to spend more time with him". Okay, it was a lie but I'm pretty sure he's gonna forgive me once he sees the surprise. I bought a bottle of his favorite wine, I made spaghetti with goat cheese and peppers and I placed lily of the valley scented candles all over the apartment floor. Also, I'm wearing that short beige dress he adores and I don't have any make up on because I know he likes it that way. Everything's perfect, or rather, it will be once he gets home.
After a handful of seconds Amy hears Ricky putting the keys into the lock and suddenly her heart starts racing. She doesn't even know why she's so nervous, she just knows that's an amazing feeling, another feeling she owes to Ricky.
Ricky's POV
Wow. The only word my brain is able to think right now. Wow. It looks like she has been working on this for days and I'm so impressed that I can't help but feel a quick chill run down my spine. A beautiful scent of lily of the valley mixes up with an amazing smell of food. Then I turn around and set my eye on Amy. I'm looking at her spellbound when I realize I must look like a total idiot, but it's not my fault if she's so unbelievably gorgeous. Oh my God, that girl is mine. That girl arranged this wonderful surprise for me. That girl said she's gonna be with me forever. That girl gave me a son. That girl loves me. I notice she doesn't have any make up on and I'm so glad of it. Now our looks are locked and I see a glowing spark of fear and excitement in her eyes. Another chill runs down my spine. I don't know what to say so while making my way to her I give her a big smile, and then I softly kiss her as I caress her rosy cheek. She just gave me a taste of paradise.
Amy's POV
This is one of the moments I wish it never ended. The man I love is right here in front of me and even if there's silence in the room we can see right through each other, catch every unspoken word, feel every breath. We are holding one another so tight and I can feel his strong, warm body pressing against mine and his hands around my back. My love for him is so deep that makes me kind of overwhelmed at times, so I allow myself some tears of joy while burying my head in his chest.
«I heard that.» he whispers.
«Heard what?» I say pretending not to have understood.
«You can't fool me, Amy. I figured out you're crying, I always do, you know.»he says playing with my hair.
I'm still trying to hide my tears when he says:
«Babe, is something wrong?» he sounds a little anxious now.
«No, really. Nothing is wrong. It's just..- I pull my head away and look deep into his eyes - I'm so sorry about being so cranky and nasty lately and I knew it wasn't fair to treat you the way I did so I was also angry with myself and I became insecure and I blamed on me for not being able to let you out of my paranoias and worries and…» I'm out of breath when he interrupts my river of apologies.
«No, Amy. You don't have to apologize about anything at all. I know you like the back of my hand and I know that when something's wrong you can't control your emotions and you start being crazy all of the time, no matter who you are with or how much you're happy about anything else. When something is wrong you become all defensive and immediately think the weight of the world is on your shoulders and you are not gonna be strong enough to handle it. But you know what? I love even this dark side of you, Amy. I love you. And I love how we just turned the tension off by simply holding each other in the middle of our living room, without saying anything. But please don't cry, because you know your pain is my pain too and seeing even just a single tear streaming down your face kills me Amy. It really does.»
Ricky's POV
I can see she is dying to cry but she's keeping herself from doing it not to hurt me. She just gives me a smile and says:
«I love you too, Ricky».
Well, that's honestly all that I need.
Then I take a look at the table and I see my favorite red wine, other candles, and…spaghetti. Suddenly a spark of disappointment appears on my face.
Amy's POV
«I saw that!» I say sarcastically.
«I just got busted, didn't I?» he says giving me a big smile
«Yep. But you should wait to jump to conclusions this time. This is not my usual spaghetti, I found this new recipe on the net and simply followed your advice :" if you can read, you can cook!". So if you don't like it you're free to blame on yourself and your sayings!» I give him a quick kiss and then he smiles to me.
Ricky's POV
After the delicious dinner, when we're still at the table, she gently takes me by the hand and stands up. She gasps her iPod and guides me through the candles and finally stops right in the center of the room. While she's choosing the song I try to peep at the screen but she finds me doing that and says:
«Don't peek!» then puts her right hand on my eyes. What a wonderful sensation, the touch of her hand on my face. Once she finds the song she was looking for, she takes her hand off of my face and puts the head phones in our ears.
Before pressing the play button she looks me in the eyes and then whispers:
«These are words I think were written for the two of us. They stole these words out of my heart and put them in music. So listen carefully.» Then she takes a deep breath and adds: «I love you and I always will.»
Oh, thinking about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me coming back for more
I can't say a single word, I can hardly breathe. She took me by surprise, she took my hopes and made them reality, she lighted up my world, she drove my soul. She actually saved my life. I pull her closer to me, so close that our bodies are matching, she's part of me and I am part of her. My hands are shivering a bit but I try to hide it as I press her head against my chest hoping she can hear what my heart's saying : "I love you and I always will, too Amy".
Baby, you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven
Amy's right: this song tells the story of us.