He sat there watching her sleep and knowing that everything in his life he had searched for was lying right next to him. He knew no one could come between them because for the first time in his life he had finally found a purpose and that was to love this woman. They had been through a lot but how he felt for her was something different than his other girlfriends. It was something deeper and more passionate and he felt like a man, not a boy, when he was with her.
That could all change. They were at that crossroads in their life when they decided their futures and although he couldn't imagine that this was it for loving her but he also couldn't hold her back. He wanted Annie to have everything that she had ever desired and he also had dreams of his own. They tried to not talk about the impending graduation and college choices and just finally just be with each other and take in every moment but he saw the college applications in her bedroom and he knew her dreams so well like they were his own.
She woke up reaching for him and focusing her eyes so she could see this beautiful man just staring at her.
"Are you watching me sleep?"
"Baby, I love watching you sleep. "
"Yeah I look just gorgeous with my hair a big mess, no makeup and my morning breathe"
Liam laughed a little because nothing seemed to matter to him.
Annie glanced at the alarm clock next to her and realized it was late.
"We are going to be late. No fun shower this morning."
"Annie, we don't have school today."
"Oh yeah. So what do you want to do?"
"Maybe the beach and I really wanted to talk about something"
"Sounds serious"
Annie pouted her bottom lip.
Liam ran his hand across her cheek to her chin and lifted it a little so he could give her a kiss.
"Nothing to worry about baby! How about that long fun shower?"
Annie tried to beat him to the shower but he ran behind her and lifted her up and carried her to the shower.