and they found their silver lining
July 13th, number twelve
Lily & OC [Jack] – fresh cut roses (first kiss, cliché, overprotective)
Jack blushed as their lips parted.
"What?" Lily asked, tilting her head. He leaned back in the grass; they had forgotten to spread the blanket out and the roses he had given her earlier lay next to their shoes which they had dropped as soon as they had seen the little stream.
"Well, it's quite embarrassing, really." Jack looked up at the trees, his cheeks reddening even more. "That was my first kiss," he finished quickly.
"Really?" Lily's eyes widened and she was so close to smirk. But, notice this, she stopped herself. She couldn't do it; she didn't want to hurt Jack in any way. He simply was too sweet, too wonderful and too fantastic. Any other guy she would have laughed right up his face, but when it came to Jack, everything was different.
"Well, how was it?" she asked and nudged him, smiling.
"Oh, cut it off. You must have noticed I liked it." His dark brown hair moved in the fresh breeze and the blush was almost gone.
It didn't matter how cliché their relationship was, Lily loved it to bits and pieces. When Jack had knocked at the door this morning, the awkward moment where he had to chat with her overprotective brothers since she wasn't finished, all of it made her heart swell. She couldn't believe it, how happy she was. It felt like a dream.
And hopefully she wouldn't have to wake up anytime soon. Or ever, if she had a word in this. She just wanted to stay here, listen to the stream's murmuring and the birds' chirping, next to Jack.
"Okay, then, I guess you did like it. And for the record, so did I." It was as if Jack let out a breath of relief when he heard Lily's answer, as though he had been nervous about what she thought of it. And that made Lily love him even more.
"You did?" Jack asked, linking his fingers with hers.
"Yes," Lily answered and leaned closer. "You want to try and see if your second kiss will be as good?"
