"Mom, stop it…no I'm not…Mom! You don't even know him!"
England sat helplessly in Julianne's living room whilst his girlfriend continued to argue with her mother over the phone. He had a hunch that he was the subject of their conversation.
"Will you stop? God, you're not even listening to me! I'm not – "
With a frustrated growl, his girlfriend threw her cell phone into the couch before collapsing beside it.
"Anything I can do to help?"
England took a seat beside Julianne, softly brushing her locks with his fingers.
"No no, my mother's just being irrational as always," Julianne confessed, "She wants me to end my "immature" relationship with you and settle down with a doctor or a lawyer."
His breath got caught in his throat. Would she leave him?
"And I told her to leave me alone and that I wasn't leaving the love of my life just because she doesn't approve."
England stared in shock at the statement Julianne just made. Yes, he had heard her tell him countless of times that she would not leave him, would not betray him like others had done before. But there was something different about hearing her admit to another person that she was committed to him.
He reached for her hand and brushed his lips across her knuckles.
"I love you."