Photo Box
„Craig!" I'm laughing so hard I can hardly speak. "Craig. What are you doing?" I look at him with surprise but he seems to know exactly what he wants. After one last searching side glance he drags me in this little photo box and closes the curtain.
We are standing so close to each other. I can feel his breath on my skin. I can feel how his heart starts beating faster and how his chest is raising. We look deep into each others eyes and once again it takes my breath away. I've never seen eyes like his before. So dark, so gentle. My heart skips a beat as always when he looks at me like this.
"So. What now?" My voice is low and I can feel my knees getting in. He raises his hand and strokes my cheek gently. "What do you think?" His voice sounds so seductive. Sweet, like melted chocolate. "I don't know." My mouth is completely dry. I feel how my blood is reacting to all his words. Going hot, going to all the right places. I gulp hard.
"We take photos." He grins at me like an idiot and pretends that he didn't recognise that I have a lot of things on my mind but none of which are about taking pictures right now. "What?" I stare at him in disbelieve. "Oh come on. What else should we do in a photo box?" And he smiles so innocently at me that I just feel guilty for my thoughts. I can feel the blood rush now completely to my ears. I really hope that he won't notice it. Too late.
"No. We are just taking photos. Innocent photos. Not what you're thinking about, JP. You know sometimes I'm really worried about you. You just seem to have this one thing on your mind." He looks at me with a pretty serious face and if I wouldn't know that he thinks about the very same thing most of the time, I would feel pretty offended.
"Come on. I just want to have a few pictures." He looks at me with his big puppy dog eyes. "As a memory." The pain is sudden und cruel. I know that this is not for ever. It's just some borrowed time with him. That's all. But if this is everything I can get of Craig Dean than I take it without a second of hesitation.
"Now come on." Craig pulls me on his lap. "Let's show our sweetest sides." And with this words he pulls his tongue out and I join him with my best grimace. We can hear the quiet click and burst out into laughter.
And I look at the dark haired man next to me and as I see him laughing, my heart skips a beat. "You are so sexy when you laugh like this." I whisper through his laughing. "Sexy? Really? I'll give you sexy." He let his tongue wander seductively over his lips and the machine clicks again.
"Craig. Could we please take one picture just smiling? Just One?" Two of our pictures are blemished yet and I really want two good pictures out of this. "With a smile?" His eyes are sparkling threatening. "Yes, with a smile." The grin in his face becomes bigger and bigger. "You can have your smile now." And while the machine is counting for the next photo he shows the probably biggest smile in the world, showing all his teeth. I can just stare at him in disbelieve, but can't help myself but laughing. Sometimes he is such an idiot. But at least he is my idiot.
"Craig!" He looks at me with innocent eyes. "I wanted a simple smile." Yeah and you got your smile, right?" He giggles quietly and the butterflies in my stomach are starting all again. How does he bewitch me with just one smile? Why is the time with him always wonderful? We laugh, talk, and remain silent. And alyways it's just perfect. "I love you, Craig." Before I even realise it the words are out of my mouth. But Craig just smiles the sweetest smile on earth. "I love you too, JP."
He pulls me a little bit closer and I'm almost lying on his shoulder now. The photo box starts counting again and I can see our reflection on the monitor of the machine. I see his smile. His smile full of love and affection. And in this moment, in this tiny little moment I'm completely happy.