I was woken up by a knock on my door. I looked down at my phone and saw that it was about 4, I also saw two missed calls from mom and three new texts from Derek. I would look at them later, I needed a night to sulk. I was thinking about what combination of chocolate and popcorn I could put together in order to create a meal while I was walking to the door. When I opened it there he was, my knight and shining armor. He didn't care how awful I must have looked, he just held out his hands to reveal what he had brought with him. I didn't have to worry about dinner anymore. In one hand was a bag of Tupperware containers and my favorite Smirnoff drinks and in his other hand were my favorite chocolate truffles and lilies. This man was going to be the end of me. He didn't say a thing, I stepped back and let him in.
"Der…"
"Shhhh, he cut me off."
He took my hand and led me to the bathroom. He took one of the washcloths out of the linen closet and dampened it. He started lightly using it on my face and around my eyes. The damp, cool water felt amazing on my dry stained cheeks. Then he took my brush from under the sink and lightly brushed out the tangles in my hair. He knew my favorite feeing in the world was someone playing with my hair, it amazed me how much he remembered. He then led me to my bedroom and went through my drawers. He pulled out my favorite pair of women's boxers and my comfortable oversized sweatshirt. He stripped me down to my underwear and dressed me. Then without a word led me back to the living room where he pulled Dirty Dancing and Dumb and Dumber out of the bag of food. He held them out in front of me and I pointed at Dumb and Dumber. He put the movie into the DVD player, put my blanket over me, went and heated up the food in the microwave, put the flowers in a vase, popped us some popcorn, and sat down. I put my head on his chest and we just laid like that for both movies eating his homemade burgers and fries with the popcorn and chocolate and just lying in each other's embrace.
At the end of Dirty Dancing, we spoke for the first time all night.
"How are you feeling Baby girl?"
I just looked up at him in awe.
"How, how do you do this? How do you make me feel like this? I came home today ready to be done with everything, ready to just give up on life. Then you show up and do this. Why do I deserve this? Why do you love me so much? You are amazing Derek, truly amazing. Thank you so much. "
"Never ask why you deserve me. Look at you. You have been crying all day and you still take my breath away with your beauty. Jus the mere thought of you makes my heart jump Pen. I am honored to be able to spoil you like this."
He kissed my forehead and I snuggled up against his chest even tighter. We fell asleep like this, nothing could disturb me. Not Trina, not school, not my parents, nothing could touch me.
Or at least that is what I thought.