I sat at the Dot, waiting for Clare. I missed her, so, so much. Maybe change was all we needed.
"Eli?"
A sweet voice pulled me abruptly out of my thoughts. I stared across the table at my ex, an old best friend, someone I looked at and instantly felt better. A girl who was somebody people looked at and instantly loved. She looked stunning. New clothes I presume.
"Clare! Sorry I was just thinking," I said.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, it's only the first date" Clare said, looking up at me.
I laughed.
"You look stunning Clare, you never fail to take my breathe away" I stated, suddenly serious.
"Thank you. You've never been hard to please, I guess it would be easy to satisfy your needs," Clare giggled.
"God I've missed you" I said, whole heartedly.
"I've missed you too Eli. You have no idea. It just seems like every time I try to be friendly with you, you go out of your way to scare me off. I know you're.. Bipolar, but I would have never expected it from you," Clare mumbled.
"I know! I'm so sorry. I promise you that won't ever happen again" I said, and I meant it.
"I trust you still, nothing really changed that. You were smothering me and I couldn't take it, its not that I didn't love you." Clare continued.
"Wow, this is a lot to take in. Clare I never I you. . .will you give me another chance?" I begged.
"Of course Eli," Clare said, smiling.
I let out a breath and smirked.
"Yes!" I shouted.
Clare giggled.
"Do you want to walk somewhere?" I asked.
"Okay" Clare concluded.
We walked outside the dot and a breeze made Clare shiver. I grabbed her hand and held it to my chest. I never wanted to let her leave me, ever again. I would die if something happened to her. I just know that I wouldn't be able to take it.
"Hey Eli, theirs the park, lets go on the swings." Clare said.
We ran over to the swings. One swing had a broken seat so I sat on the only swing left and Clare stood next to it, looking down at me. She pouted.
"Would you like to sit on my lap?" I questioned, smirking.
"Not really but since I really wanted to sit on the swings I guess I'm going to have to." Clare said irratatedly.
She sat on my lap and put her arms around my neck. The warmth I felt in this moment was something I haven't felt since we broke up and I finally felt whole. Not completely healed but as if I was better then I had been in a long time. I can't believe I'm sitting on a swing with my girl. The stars shined in the sky and it took me back to the night where we were laying in a hammock and I saw a shooting star. I told her to make a wish and when she was done I asked what it was. She said "if I tell you, it wouldn't come true." And I said "would it be cheesy to say, my dream has already come true.." that was one of my favorite moments spent with her because I felt like we were the only two people in the whole world. It was a moment where I felt like we had all the time we needed to spend with each other, like I could look at her and all of a sudden everybody and everything would freeze and it would just be us, forever. There was this spark. You could practically see it ricocheting off of us. As I came out of my thoughts I caught her staring at me, our eyes burning into each others. I leaned in close enough so that my lips brushed hers teasingly.
"I never stopped loving you, either." I whispered.
