Nick looked at Sara incredulously as she lay there in his arms smiling.
The emotion he felt was unparalleled.
Sara reached over and traced his lips with her fingers. "What are you thinking?"
Nick grinned. "I am still completely amazed that we're here like this." He trailed his fingers up and down her arm.
Sara smiled at him. "It is pretty strange isn't it?"
Nick raised his eyebrows curiously. "'Strange' wouldn't have been my first choice of a word to describe it."
Sara leaned in and kissed him softly, smiling as she pulled away. "That's not quite how I meant it. I've just never quite had this sort of transition with someone before."
"You mean friends becoming lovers?" Nick queried her gently.
Sara looked content. "I think it's more than that. I think we're more than that." She looked into Nick's eyes. "I've never felt this way about anyone before."
"Neither have I, Sara." He leaned in and kissed her tenderly. As he pulled back he just looked at her, completely amazed that she was in love with him. They just lay there facing each other for a while not saying anything. A myriad of expressions crossed Nick's face as he watched Sara watch him.
Sara loved watching Nick. There were so many things about him that she loved. The fact that they didn't feel the need to fill up the silence amazed her. She'd never felt more comfortable with someone in her entire life. In fact, if she was put under oath, she'd swear that she'd never really been in love before until now. An expression crossed Nick's face that she couldn't place. She reached over and cupped his cheek with the palm of her hand. "What?"
"I am so in love with you, Sara." Nick grinned at her as he reached over and stroked her hair. "I just had the craziest thought."
Sara snuggled closer to him. "What?"
Nick was quiet for a moment and let out a deep breath. He seemed almost apprehensive. "You're going to think I'm crazy."
"Tell me." She grinned at him as she pushed him onto his back and propped herself up on his chest.
He chuckled at her insistence. "I'm not sure if I should. You really are going to think I'm crazy."
"I already think you're crazy." She leaned down and kissed him, smirking as she pulled away. "You're crazy about me."
"I wish I could stay here like this with you forever." He cupped the back of her head and pulled her in for another kiss.
Sara let herself get lost in his kiss, relishing in the feeling of his body pressing hers into the mattress as he rolled them over. They broke apart several long minutes later breathing heavily. Sara studied Nick's face as she looked up at him. The same expression crossed it again. She whispered as she brushed his lower lip with her thumb. "Tell me, Nick. I want to know what you're thinking."
Nick furrowed his brow for a moment. "You really are going to think I'm crazy." He looked uncertain as he studied her.
"I love you, I want to know." Her expression was earnest as she encouraged him to tell her what was on his mind.
"I love you." He grinned at her.
She smirked. "I think we've established that, but you're evading the question."
Nick leaned down and kissed her softly, looking into her eyes as he pulled away. "I don't ever want to go back to just being friends, Sara." His voice was a whisper.
"Who says we have to?" Sara's voice was slightly husky.
Nick looked at her for a long time before he spoke again. "Sara, I am crazy. I'm crazy about you, I've never felt about anyone the way I feel about you."
Sara just watched him as he spoke. There was just something about the way he was looking at her that told her that he had more to say.
"When I was trying to figure out what was holding me back from admitting that I was in love with you, I kept thinking about how I didn't want to lose you, about how I never wanted you to not be part of my life." He brushed her hair back from her forehead and placed as soft kiss on it before he continued. "Something kept coming to my mind over and over again and I think that's why I had to be sure how I felt before I could admit it to myself; before I could tell you that I loved you."
Sara's eyes were fixed on his face; she could feel her heartbeat quickening.
"I knew that if I admitted that I was in love with you, that if I was fortunate enough for you to feel the same way, that there really was only one direction things could go between us." Nick studied Sara's face, hoping that what he was saying wasn't freaking her out.
She reached up and cupped the side of his face imploring him to continue. She knew what his words would be before he even spoke them.
He smiled at her, confident that he could trust her with his heart. "I want to spend forever with you, Sara. I want to wake up with you beside me every day. I want to dream with you and grow old with you." He paused for a moment and leaned down and kissed her. When he pulled away he had a smile on his face. "I love you, Sara. I want to spend the rest of my life showing you how much. Will you marry me?" His heart felt like it had stopped as he waited for her to answer him.
A smile spread across her face and she felt tears stinging her eyes. Her voice caught in her throat as she leaned upward and kissed him, finding her words as she pulled away. "I love you, Nick. I want to spend forever with you too."
He searched her face for a moment wanting to be sure he was hearing her correctly. "Was that a yes? Did you just say that you want to marry me?"
She nodded and started to giggle. "Yes, I want to marry you."
Nick let out a 'whoop' before his lips descended on hers, and they both gave themselves up to the moment.
Sara reached over and traced his lips with her fingers. "What are you thinking?"
Nick grinned. "I am still completely amazed that we're here like this." He trailed his fingers up and down her arm.
Sara smiled at him. "It is pretty strange isn't it?"
Nick raised his eyebrows curiously. "'Strange' wouldn't have been my first choice of a word to describe it."
Sara leaned in and kissed him softly, smiling as she pulled away. "That's not quite how I meant it. I've just never quite had this sort of transition with someone before."
"You mean friends becoming lovers?" Nick queried her gently.
Sara looked content. "I think it's more than that. I think we're more than that." She looked into Nick's eyes. "I've never felt this way about anyone before."
"Neither have I, Sara." He leaned in and kissed her tenderly. As he pulled back he just looked at her, completely amazed that she was in love with him. They just lay there facing each other for a while not saying anything. A myriad of expressions crossed Nick's face as he watched Sara watch him.
Sara loved watching Nick. There were so many things about him that she loved. The fact that they didn't feel the need to fill up the silence amazed her. She'd never felt more comfortable with someone in her entire life. In fact, if she was put under oath, she'd swear that she'd never really been in love before until now. An expression crossed Nick's face that she couldn't place. She reached over and cupped his cheek with the palm of her hand. "What?"
"I am so in love with you, Sara." Nick grinned at her as he reached over and stroked her hair. "I just had the craziest thought."
Sara snuggled closer to him. "What?"
Nick was quiet for a moment and let out a deep breath. He seemed almost apprehensive. "You're going to think I'm crazy."
"Tell me." She grinned at him as she pushed him onto his back and propped herself up on his chest.
He chuckled at her insistence. "I'm not sure if I should. You really are going to think I'm crazy."
"I already think you're crazy." She leaned down and kissed him, smirking as she pulled away. "You're crazy about me."
"I wish I could stay here like this with you forever." He cupped the back of her head and pulled her in for another kiss.
Sara let herself get lost in his kiss, relishing in the feeling of his body pressing hers into the mattress as he rolled them over. They broke apart several long minutes later breathing heavily. Sara studied Nick's face as she looked up at him. The same expression crossed it again. She whispered as she brushed his lower lip with her thumb. "Tell me, Nick. I want to know what you're thinking."
Nick furrowed his brow for a moment. "You really are going to think I'm crazy." He looked uncertain as he studied her.
"I love you, I want to know." Her expression was earnest as she encouraged him to tell her what was on his mind.
"I love you." He grinned at her.
She smirked. "I think we've established that, but you're evading the question."
Nick leaned down and kissed her softly, looking into her eyes as he pulled away. "I don't ever want to go back to just being friends, Sara." His voice was a whisper.
"Who says we have to?" Sara's voice was slightly husky.
Nick looked at her for a long time before he spoke again. "Sara, I am crazy. I'm crazy about you, I've never felt about anyone the way I feel about you."
Sara just watched him as he spoke. There was just something about the way he was looking at her that told her that he had more to say.
"When I was trying to figure out what was holding me back from admitting that I was in love with you, I kept thinking about how I didn't want to lose you, about how I never wanted you to not be part of my life." He brushed her hair back from her forehead and placed as soft kiss on it before he continued. "Something kept coming to my mind over and over again and I think that's why I had to be sure how I felt before I could admit it to myself; before I could tell you that I loved you."
Sara's eyes were fixed on his face; she could feel her heartbeat quickening.
"I knew that if I admitted that I was in love with you, that if I was fortunate enough for you to feel the same way, that there really was only one direction things could go between us." Nick studied Sara's face, hoping that what he was saying wasn't freaking her out.
She reached up and cupped the side of his face imploring him to continue. She knew what his words would be before he even spoke them.
He smiled at her, confident that he could trust her with his heart. "I want to spend forever with you, Sara. I want to wake up with you beside me every day. I want to dream with you and grow old with you." He paused for a moment and leaned down and kissed her. When he pulled away he had a smile on his face. "I love you, Sara. I want to spend the rest of my life showing you how much. Will you marry me?" His heart felt like it had stopped as he waited for her to answer him.
A smile spread across her face and she felt tears stinging her eyes. Her voice caught in her throat as she leaned upward and kissed him, finding her words as she pulled away. "I love you, Nick. I want to spend forever with you too."
He searched her face for a moment wanting to be sure he was hearing her correctly. "Was that a yes? Did you just say that you want to marry me?"
She nodded and started to giggle. "Yes, I want to marry you."
Nick let out a 'whoop' before his lips descended on hers, and they both gave themselves up to the moment.