Chapter three: twinkly lights in the trees
You're late. Bart is this how you want to start off our relationship again?
"I am not late, you're just incredibly early, and standing in the wrong place."
What, Bart I am in the park where you told me to meet you, how can I be in the wrong place, when you're here too?
"shhh, just follow me, now I have been hoping you would come back some day Jas. So I have been planning this for a while."
How long is a while?
"364 days, yes the day after you left and yes I counted and I think my idea is now perfect and even better since you're a girl"
I winced at another reference to me being a girl, I am a girl I get it does he have to keep going on about it?
"I mean it would have worked with Jason but probably not as well. Ok right firstly close your eyes, no peeking"
No peeking got it… Bart I promise I am not peeking, "how'd you." I know you Bart, I have known you for years.
"ok, alright shhh now, right open your eyes" oh Bart it's beautiful, it's so… "awesome, amazing or perfect which one Jas" all of them Bart, all of them, I never knew you were such a romantic. "yer well as much as you think you know me, there is a lot still left to learn Jas".
Ok now let explain what Bart had done in the park, right so first off he had found a nice secluded area with lots of trees and flowers and stuff, it was towards the area of the shack but not quite that far away, any way and he'd covered all the trees with coloured fairy light and had a picnic blanket laid out on the ground along with a few cushions and an iPod and its docking station (it was the most romantic thing i have ever seen) then to top it off he had strawberries and champagne for us.
"Jas are you alright" yer course Bart i fine, he'd noticed the small tear falling down my face which then escalated to a waterfall.
I am just so... happy I eventually settled on, this must have taken you forever and cost you so much how did you afford all this. "like i said i have been planning this for over a year, so i have had time to save up." Awww Bart thank you so much it wonder...ful i couldn't speak i was so choked up.
Bart grabbed hand twirled be round and sat me down on the blanket and poured me a glass of champagne, it was only around 7 o'clock in the afternoon so it wasn't too dark but dark enough and there were stars in the sky and the twinkly lights in the trees just made the night so magical.
After a lot of strawberries Bart remembered i like them to be washed so he brought bottled water, he really is thoughtful like that, god i love him so much. And a few glasses of Champagne (the expensive kind). Bart asked me to stand up as he told me he had made his very own Jasmine and Bart playlist or as he liked to call a JART playlist, so cute. And he asked me to dance. He'd never done that before he has gotten much more thoughtful over the past year. So we danced to Kiss Me which was kinda perfect really.
"Jas" Bart says while dancing. Yes Bart, he kind of ruined our lovely romantic moment. "Can i kiss you"? Just do it never ask it ruins the surprise Bart. "Ok so i won't now, but i now know for the future just go for it, got it".
About 5 songs later during this is how it's meant to be another good choice by Bart, he dips me and kisses me, it startled me and i went back to old Jasmine mode, pushing him off of me.
What are doing Bart? I ask "kissing you like you said what's wrong Jas?" sorry nothing it was just a surprise that's all "so you're ok" yer of course do you mind if we sit down for a bit. I sit on the ground with a large thump followed by Bart. "Lie down" excuse me "just lie down Jas please?" ok alright. Bart lies down next to me after taking his shoes off and tells me those stars their pointing at a cluster of stars? Look like a flower. Oh Bart i hate this game i am no good at it, i can barely do it with clouds let alone stars! "Jasmine Ellie Costello, shut the fuck and play the game it is not supposed to be serious just a bit of fun ok!" what the fuck Bartholomew that is not my middle name, i don't have one as my name is so perfect already! "well i like it i think you should change it add a middle name whatever you want i don't mind Ellie, Olivia, Bart, Ceara, Mill..." wow you think highly of yourself trying to get me to put your name into mine i say sitting up pretending to be shocked and angry at him. He realises it's a joke and decides not to play along with it.