Oscar

Seeing her in her dress, I cannot help but think back to the first time I saw her in the church. She was gorgeous, but it wasn't just her beauty that captivated me; there was something about her aura that was irresistible. I couldn't help but think in that moment that we were meant to have more than just that one encounter. Well, I guess I was right.

As we speed down the road, her arms around my waist, I feel right. My life hasn't been easy, but with her, I seem to forget everything. I am me here and now, and my past is my past. She makes me feel whole. We arrive at the restaurant as the sun dips behind the water, casting orange reflections across the surface of the ocean. I pull out her seat for her as the hostess leaves us to our dinner.

"Wow," she says, "when I first met you, I have to say that I was…" She looks around with an indescribable but wonderful look on her face.

"You were what?" I reply, smirking a little bit at her.

"I was just stunned… I mean you are obviously very attractive and mysterious, but I felt something more than I probably should have, running into a stranger in a church…"

"This is why I love you," I respond.

"Oh goodness, this is too cheesy," she says laughing, and I reach across the table and grab her hand.

We order our dinner and continue to talk about our past and our future and everything in between.

"Remember that time that we took a trip to the beach to surf, and you tried to act like you could actually surf?" She asks me.

"Oh my God, Jude, can we not?"

Both of us burst into laughter, and Jude's face turns red when she realizes that the whole restaurant is staring at us. She tells me that we should probably be more quiet as to not demand the attention of the whole restaurant, and I tell her that we should give them something to really look at. Before she has time to question what I mean, I gently place my hand beneath her chin, guiding it closer to mine, and kiss her.

"Best anniversary date ever." She says.

"You mean better than last year's?" I inquire, as she giggles.

Last year I tried to be stereotypically romantic, and I brought her into the woods for a candle lit picnic. Let's just say that it didn't turn out so well, and I may or may not have almost set the entire forest on fire. Needless to say, it was a memory, one that we both cherish and laugh about.

When we finished dinner, I told her that the night was young and that I still had a lot planned for her. I told her we were only beginning our anniversary adventure. Zooming into the night, we traveled to Pike's Point, the highest point within 50 miles of us. It looks over the water, and there are paths in which one can walk along the cliffs and gaze over the ocean, sparkling in the moonlight. It was a lesser known spot, and even Jude didn't know about it. With no civilization for a few miles, the sky was beautifully clear and there were thousands of visible stars in the sky.

"This is brilliant," Jude tells me in her best British accent.

Looking over the water, it's easy to feel as if we are the only two people in the world. She takes my hand and together we walk along the coastline, not thinking about anything but each other.

First of all, I know the book was written in the perspectives of Jude and Noah, but I took some poetic license and put a chapter from the perspective of Oscar… Secondly, I'm so sorry it took so long for me to write another chapter! So many things have been going on! I also want to open up my direct message if any of you have ideas regarding where the story should go from here :) Thank you all for all of the support; it's brilliant and means so much to me! I'll keep you posted :)

Also I'm still trying to figure out how to use this website so I have many technical difficulties that get in the way of my posting, ugh... :/