A/N: Hey guys! So I just wanted to say that I don't live in New York, nor have I ever been there so I might have...improvised a little with writing this chapter.
I did have fun writing this though, so I hope you enjoy reading it! :)
"I've never been to the park during the night and during this time of year." Brittany says.
"It's beautiful, you'll love it. Lets go!" I start pulling on Brittany, but then she stops me when we get to the elevator. "Won't I need a jacket?"
"You can have mine if you need it." I say while taking off my NYU sweater.
"But then what if you get cold?"
"Well, then you can keep me warm." I say with a smile. Smooth Lopez. I give myself a mental high five for that.
"That was pretty smooth." Brittany says with a smirk.
"I try." I respond. "Shall we?" I ask, extending my hand out for her to take and thankfully she does.
We reach the outside of her building and I hail for a cab.
Opening the door, I let Brittany in first but before she enters, she kisses me on the cheek "Chivalry is definitely not dead."
I feel heat rushing towards my cheek and I feel like a teenager again. I'm blushing because she gave me a kiss on the cheek? Kind of pathetic, but I'm not complaining.
I enter the cab and once we're in and I tell the driver where to go, the ride is pretty silent. Not silent as in awkward silence, but comfortable silence.
I'm gazing at Brittany again, which isn't really something new. Brittany has my left hand her lap and she's playing with my fingers while looking outside the window.
I don't think I'll ever get tired looking at her. I slowly bring my camera up with my right hand, bring it close to my face, and snap a picture.
Brittany hears the snap go off and turns her attention towards me. She has a confused look on her face. "What are you doing?"
"You know how they say, "Take a picture, it'll last longer"? Looking at the picture though, it doesn't compare to the real thing, so I'll just continue looking at you."
Brittany giggles. "Sure know how to make a girl swoon, don't you?"
"I try."
We stop all thoughts though when the cab comes to a halt. I pay the driver first then get out letting Brittany out after.
We just stand there and Brittany looks confused. "Aren't we going go?"
"Yeah, but can you do me a favor first?" I ask.
She looks hesitant at first then then she slowly nods her head.
"Okay, I need you to close your eyes." I say.
"Why?" she asks.
"Just trust me, okay?"
"Fine." She huffs.
I hold my hand out for her to take and she looks at me. "What? You won't see where you're going with your eyes closed and whatnot." I retort.
She laughs and then smirks. "This was a way to get me to hold your hand wasn't it?"
"Noooo," I draw out, "but it was one of the many perks with the plan."
"Plan?" Brittany asks, raising her eyebrows.
"Yeah, a plan that I came up with in the short twenty minute cab ride."
"Oh, that definitely takes skills." She says teasingly.
"Yes, now would you please just close your eyes?"
Brittany takes my hand and closes her eyes. "Okay, I'll tell you when you can open them."
"Okay!" Brittany says.
I start heading towards the direction of our destination.
After a few minutes of walking in comfortable silence, Brittany speaks up, "So, why'd your ex show up?"
I shrug but then I realize Brittany has her eyes closed. "Honestly, I don't know. I mean, she said she wanted another chance but I don't know why."
"Why's it so weird that she wants another chance?" Brittany asks quickly.
"Because it's been over a year now and she hasn't tried to make contact with me since she left so I don't understand why the sudden change in heart, and why now."
It's silent for a while but we're still moving and I know Brittany wants to ask me something because I look at her face and her eyebrows are furrowed and that's definitely confusion.
"Stop it. You'll get wrinkles." I say bringing my free hand to brush the wrinkles away. "You can ask, you know? I won't get mad."
Brittany relaxes after I say that. "Why'd she leave you?"
There it is.
"Well, that's another question I really don't know the answer to."
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"I found out she was cheating on me. Not physically but emotionally and she admitted that she did have feelings for this guy when I asked her. But it doesn't explain why she left, you know?"
Brittany stops in her tracks and turns to me. She's about to open her eyes but I stop her. "Keep your eyes closed Britt." I tell her. She nods and waits for me to continue.
"I confronted her but I wasn't going to leave her. Hell, I thought I was going to marry the girl. But then come the next day, and all of her things are out of our—my apartment. She didn't even have the decency to tell me. I would've even been content with a little sticky note." I finish.
"I'm sorr—"
Brittany doesn't get to finish though because I cut her off. "You shouldn't apologize on her behalf Britt."
She nods.
"So…yeah." I shrug. "That should've been the reason why I would leave her, but she beat me to it. Actually she didn't even beat me because I wasn't going to leave her. She made me feel like such an idiot but still I wanted to work it out. When she left, that shit hurt. A lot. You'd think after a few people have walked out on you, it'd hurt less. That's bullshit. I kept on waiting for it to feel numb but it still felt it."
I feel Brittany turn towards me and I know she really wants to see my face but can't. Instead she leans in presses a gentle kiss on my lips. She leans back and hugs me and she brings her lips near my ear and whispers, "She's missing out."
I laugh. "This subject is such a downer."
Brittany giggles and nods. "It was getting way too serious and sad, and when I'm with you I don't like feeling sad because you make me happy, so…yeah." Brittany says still hugging me.
"And you say I'm a smooth talker?" I chuckle.
"Shut up." She mumbles with her head on my shoulder. "Can we just dance here?" Brittany asks. "I wanna open my eyes."
"No, please. We're almost there. It'll be worth it when we get there. Promise."
"Finee. Lead the way!"
I grab her hand pull her close to me as we walk. I intertwine our fingers and it seriously felt perfect.
We walk hand in hand for not even a minute before Brittany speaks up again. "Tell me something."
"Like what?" I ask.
"Anything. Something about you, a joke, a random fact, anything."
"How about a pick up line?" I say smiling.
Brittany eyes are still closed but laughs and nods.
"Roses are red, violets are blue, many things are beautiful, but nothing compares to you."
Brittany laughs but I can see her cheeks turning pink. "Didn't work, but it was cute."
I chuckle, "Didn't work?" I ask.
Brittany giggles and still proceeds to nod her head.
I fake sigh. "The shade of pink on your cheeks tells me otherwise, but fine. Now you tell me something." I say nudging her with my elbow.
"Okay…Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?"
I stop dead in my tracks and look at her and I can't handle it anymore. I burst out in a fit of laughter while clutching my stomach. Brittany still has her hand on me so she knows where I am. She moves her hands up until they land on my shoulder and she shoves them. I straighten up and look at her with a smile.
I intertwine our fingers again and start walking again. She has a confused look on her face. I think part of it because her eyes are still closed. I continue laughing though because this girl will be the death of me.
"What?" Brittany says burying her face on my shoulder.
"You're a genius, Britt."
Brittany blushes and ducks down. I bring my other hand down and poke her cheeks. "And your unbelievably cute."
"Stop it." Brittany says mumbling.
"Why?"
"Cause you'll run out of cute things to say."
I laugh, "Don't worry, when that time comes I'll figure something out." I say squeezing her hand.
She chuckles, "Still a dork."
"Still beautiful." I say in a sing song voice.
We both laugh and continue walking hand in hand. "We're almost there by the way." I whisper to her.
"Good."
We arrive at the specific place that I wanted around seven and it's pretty dark out.
I'm tired. Like dead. Running around the whole god damn city trying to find Brittany was tiring, but definitely worth it because she's leaning on me with her eyes closed and has her arm looped through mine as we walk through Central Park.
The lights are on because it's that time of the year and the word "Pretty" doesn't even do justice to what it really looks like around us now.
I stop walking and that causes Brittany to do the same.
"Are we here? Can I open my eyes now?" She asks.
"We are, and you can." I chuckle.
Opening her eyes, she just gazes for a few seconds then turns to look at me again. "This is seriously the most…beautiful thing ever." She says breathlessly
"Eh, that's debatable." I say laughing.
She looks at me straight in the eyes and smiles, "and why is that?"
I step back from her and bring my camera up to my face to snap a picture of her. I return back to where she's standing and I show her the picture on the screen.
"Because of you." I tell her sincerely.
The camera has its focus on Brittany. Her cheeks are rosy from the somewhat cold weather, and her eyes are as blue as ever. Behind her you could easily make out the trees and the Christmas lights wrapped around the trees
She laughs, looks down and shakes her head. I can see a hint of pink on her cheeks. Either from the cold or from blushing. I'm just going to assume she's blushing though.
"What? Was that too cheesy?" I tease.
"Yes, but I like cheesy." Brittany says.
"Good, me too." I say. I laugh because Brittany blushes again. I bring my hand up for her to take and she does, then I lead her to the middle of the pathway.
Once I reach the middle, I hold both of her hands and we're facing each other. Our eyes are trained on one another and slowly but surely a smile finds its way across both our face. Lacing our fingers together, I look up knowing what I'll see. I feel Brittany doing the same. I look at her face and she has a huge smile on her face.
"Gorgeous, right?" I ask
Brittany still has her head looking up in the sky. "I didn't think you could see stars from here." She says in awe.
I laugh and take my hands back "Stay right here." I whisper to her and I start moving to the benches. I reach the bench and I pull my iPhone out. Going through my songs, I find the one that I want and select it. I turn the volume of my phone all the way up and I turn back to her.
"Lets dance." I say to her taking both of her hands.
"To what son—" she gets cut off from the music coming from my phone.
Dust off your heart and take it for a spin
I know it's been a while since love has been
Brittany smiles and looks at me, "cutest thing ever."
I smile and she twirls me and then she lets go of my hands.
Why don't you come outside
My arms are open wide
And I'll be here until you realize
Realize
Brittany starts moving backwards swaying her hips a little but I grab her hand again and hold her closer than before.
Cause I'll be standing on your doorstep
Lie hotter than the sunset
Just take your sweet time babe
I'll let you sleep
We start moving together because I've got a good grip on her and she smiles.
Cause the love that I'm holdin'
Will still be here in the morning
I'm just sittin' here hoping
You'll come down to me
We rest our foreheads together and our gazing at each other, not even thinking about looking away. Moving together, it's not too slow, and not too fast, but just…perfect. I'm smiling like an idiot right now, but I honestly don't care anymore.
We could be amazing
We could be amazing
I lean back to I could get a look at her whole face and I can tell she's kind of cold because the tip of her nose is red and her ears are the same color. I bring my hand up to cover her ears and she looks at me confusion. I lean in to press my lips to the tip of her nose.
You know you're gonna have to trust again
So throw on your shades and stop your worryin'
I got your heart, your back
So don't stress out on that
Us being here is not an accident
Accident
Cause I'll be standing on your doorstep
Lie hotter than the sunset
Just take your sweet time babe
I'll let you sleep
I can feel the smile forming on her face and when I lean back, she has her eyes closed.
Cause the love that I'm holdin'
Will still be here in the morning
I'm just sittin' here hoping
You'll come down to me
We could be amazing
We could be amazing
I move closer to her again so that our noses are touching and I nudge her nose with mine. Brittany giggles and shoves me but it doesn't do much because I still have a vice grip on her.
You've done something right
To keep me up all night
I could wait forever in your smile
I will not give in
You will love again
Open up your heart and say you'll try
Say you'll try
We start swaying to the music again, and Brittany has her head rested on my shoulders while we do. I lean down to kiss her cheek and that causes her to bring her head back up. She's looking at me with that smile. She leans in with just millimeters separating us apart. I see her eyes, roaming around my face and then they land on my lips.
Cause I'll be standing on your doorstep
Lie hotter than the sunset
Just take your sweet time babe...
Cause I'll be standing on your doorstep
Lie hotter than the sunset
Just take your sweet time babe
I'll let you sleep
She moves her hand that is currently wrapped around me to the nape of my neck and she pulls me in eliminating the space. It's sweet and soft, not frantic and it's like we have all the time in the world to do this. I pull her even closer and alternate between taking her bottom lips and her top ones between mine. I smile into the kiss and she does the same.
Cause the love that I'm holdin'
Will still be here in the morning
I'm just sittin' here hoping
You'll come down to me
I break the kiss and look back at her. She's smiling and looking back at me.
We could be amazing
We could be amazing
We could be amazing
We could be amazing
Brittany pulls me back close to her and our noses brush against each other. I lean even closer to her so that I know she can hear me when I whisper the last line of the song.
"We could be amazing."
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Oh, and the song is "We Could Be Amazing" by Andy Grammer.
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