Hey again! I know it's been a while and I want to thank you all for being so patient with me! I have been very busy with school and I hope to write more stories. Unfortunately, I think this particular story has come to an end. So grateful and appreciative of all of you who have followed me on my journey through writing this! I hope you like how I ended things. Noralise forever! :)
Nora and Mary Louise: Forever
I woke up and turned my head to face the opposite side of the bed. The most gorgeous woman in the world was lying next to me, her soft curls draped over the pillow and her beautiful, bright eyes barely opened as she was just waking up.
"Good morning, my love," I whispered.
Nora opened her eyes wider and I became even more captivated by her beauty.
"Good morning," she replied, smiling.
"Are you hungry?" I asked.
"Starving,"
"Good, because I am, too. Would you join me for breakfast downstairs?"
She nodded, both of us smiling, and we quickly made our way downstairs. Everyone was in the kitchen already.
"Morning, love birds," Malcolm said.
"Are you two hungry?" Lily asked. "We have just made some pancakes,"
"I knew I liked you all for a reason," I joked.
We all sat around the table, Nora and I sitting next to one another.
"Watch out!" Oscar yelled as he tripped. Three pancakes flew up from his plate and landed on Nora's.
"Clumsy as always, Oscar,"
"At least I didn't burn the pancakes like you always do,"
Nora glared at Oscar before laughing.
"Nobody can refute that," Julian replied.
"Hey!" Nora shouted. All of us bursted out into laughter.
"You know I love you, but I think we all can agree that you are a horrible cook," I said.
"Always making me feel loved, darling," Nora replied, sarcastically.
I put my hand on her thigh, leaned towards her and kissed her, both of us partly laughing.
"Get a room!" Malcolm and Oscar yelled in unison.
"Oh, shut up," I said.
As we all ate our pancakes, I realized that I had never felt this happy before. I looked around the table at each person, seeing that they all were extremely content. Then, I looked at Nora. I felt so lucky to have her back and promised that I would never let her go again.
Once breakfast was over, Nora and I went back upstairs.
Out of nowhere, she quietly said, "And we will sit upon the rocks, seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,"
"What is that?"
She turned around, surprised I had heard her: "It's a poem. My favorite, actually,"
"How did I not know this?" I asked, shocked.
"Well, now you do," she laughed.
"Tell me some of the lines,"
"Alright. I'll tell you my favorite line,"
"Even better," I smiled.
"Come live with me and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove,"
"That's beautiful. What is the poem about?"
"A shepherd is talking to his beloved and promises her a romantic and ideal life in the countryside. But, actually, it's quite a sad poem,"
"How?"
"He is talking about an ideal life with his love, but none of what he promises is realistic. Life is hard and there is no such thing as a perfect love story,"
"I think we can both agree on that," we laughed.
I continued: "But there is something else that I think we can both agree on,"
"And what's that?"
I inched closer to her.
"Although love stories aren't perfect, if that love is big enough, it's worth fighting for. And the hardships that come with that kind of love don't seem as large a burden because those two people have each other,"
Nora inched even closer to me than I did to her and slowly lifted up her head to gaze into my eyes.
"I believe you are talking about us,"
"It just so happens I am,"
"And you are right. I completely agree with you,"
She took my hands and placed them in hers.
"We can get through anything. Because I love you. And our love is greater than every other love combined," she continued.
"I am never letting you go again. I love you so much," I responded.
"Good. Because I can't imagine a life without you in it. I'll love you—"
Before she finished her sentence, our lips were pressed up against each other's.
"Forever," she whispered as we exited the kiss.
"Forever," I whispered back. And I knew that that was the truth. That no matter what came next, we would always find our way back to each other in the end because our love was truly forever.