Hello :P It is Wednesday and I am back with a new update. I'm pretty sure I wrote this one a week today actually and I was up until about 3am creating it and I still had work the next day - oops! I thought that it was a little long at the time but reading over it now, I think it flows rather well. It's funny how I struggled getting started with this one then as soon as James and Lynne together came into it, I started writing so quickly. They've always been so clear in my brain. So I hope you enjoy this. I feels like I haven't uploaded a pure James and Lynne story in a while!
Ages:
James: 39
Lynne: 30
Disclaimer: I own the stories and all the OCs mentioned :3
As the lavender haired male fell asleep on the sofa beside me and we shared dream like visions together, I understood why he was so peaceful as he slumbered. It didn't take long for me to realise that what was happening in my brain as I slept was a retelling of events that had happened. It didn't take me long to accept them. It didn't take me long to welcome. Even though what I was about to see would open my eyes tremendously, I welcomed them with open arms.
James sat peacefully by a mirage-like but very real lake and let out a content sigh, his legs pulled to his chest and his head resting on his arms as they folded over his knees. He shook his head slightly and continued staring ahead, his mouth quirking into more and more of a happy smile as each second passed. He couldn't believe it. He simply couldn't believe that things had turned out the way they did. He couldn't believe that that was his life. But he enjoyed every second of it. Like how I welcomed seeing the same dream as him, he embraced every moment of his joy filled life.
His legs moved from being pulled to his chest and he lightly put his feet into the shallow parts of the water while Lynne waded on ahead, the sun dancing on the surface of the water as she went deeper and deeper in. James squinted as he watched her, the smile on his face becoming even more prominent. Then he shook his head once again.
He picked up a piece of grass that was on the riverbank and started playing with it with his fingers. But still, he didn't take his eyes off Lynne. He couldn't believe that he got to love her. He couldn't believe that she had fallen in love with him. He couldn't believe that they had started their own little life together. No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't believe it.
He listened to his orange haired girlfriend splashing in the water and went further and further out and when she was finally satisfied with her surroundings, she stopped. She turned around in the middle of the lake and looked back at her boyfriend on the shore. She gave him an innocent smile. She swam a bit further towards him but kept her distance, her fingers running through the water as if it was silky while she moved. James couldn't stop himself from continuing to shake his head. She really drove him crazy. And in the best way.
Lynne felt his loving gaze on her and couldn't stop herself from letting out a few shy giggles before she tried to compose herself. She tilted her head back at James when he sloped his head himself and she pretended to nonchalantly move her fingers from the water to play with her own hair. She couldn't stop herself from smiling as she spoke to him.
"Are you coming in the water?" she asked him, her voice light and gentle and she finished her sentence with a nose wrinkle. James was still casually dipping his foot in the shallow part of the water but he stopped and swallowed upon hearing her tones. He tried to playfully play it cool and not give her what she wanted. He just shook his head at her and smiled and this caused her to grin determinedly back and swim a little towards him. She tilted her head even more so. "What's wrong? Are you scared to come in the water?"
James shook his head once again and continued innocently smiling at his girlfriend and dipping one foot in the water while he played with the long stem of grass in his fingers. After he didn't answer her with words, Lynne didn't give up and continued in that soft voice of hers. She asked him once again if she wanted to join him. He tried to decline but she was coming closer to him. He was definitely losing his cool. When she teased him once again about being scared to get in the water – trying to get what she wanted – he couldn't help but give her his full attention.
He stood up, tossing the blade of grass to one side. He looked down at her, towering above her as he stood up on the riverbank. She giggled at him. He answered her.
"No, no, I'm sure." He told her and as both of his hands went into his pockets, he showed off that innocent smile down at her. It was her turn to swallow. He really drove her crazy. In the best way also. As the lakeside breeze ran through James' lavender locks and pushed them out of place, he was forced to flip his hair to make it neater again. And after he did this and Lynne made her ocean blue eyes even wider, he pretended to let out a sigh. His hands came out of his pockets and he was able to smooth his hair with his hands. He couldn't stop himself giving her a little of what she wanted. "Oh, I get it. You want to see me do a little bit of this, do you?"
And as James continued the second part of his sentence, he showed Lynne what he meant by taking a few steps forward into the water and going in the lake up to his knees. After she nodded her head happily and her eyes went wider, hoping for more, the lavender haired male couldn't stop himself from giving it to her. He adored seeing her so happy. He adored seeing her so content, like she was when she was by an ocean or a lake.
James adored seeing her content with both of those things. But he also enjoyed seeing her at the receiving end of his teasing. So even though he started to give her what she wanted, he did it slowly so she would flutter her big ocean coloured eyes at him and make his heart melt. He tried to hold back his own laughter as he moved further into the water, eventually going up to just below the belt.
"You want to see me do a little bit of this, do you?" he repeated his words and after Lynne enthusiastically nodded her head and swum a little bit towards him while he took steps towards her, he suddenly didn't hesitate to give her all of what she wanted. James suddenly did a proper dive into the water, getting all of his clothes wet and his hair flipping in the air before he hit the lake with a massive splash. He drenched her massively. "You want to see me all wet, huh? Well okay then!"
James chuckled in his sleep and I did too and both of them most definitely did in the past, in the vision that I was witnessing. The orange haired female burst into joyous laughter as soon as she was hit from the splashes of water from her boyfriend and she didn't hesitate to hold onto him, trying to get dragged down with him as he pretended to swim down.
The lavender haired male smirked in the water and continued pretending to swim to the bottom before he soon stopped when he felt her arms wrapped around his chest and he went back to the surface with her. As soon as he was back out in the open air, he flipped his long locks once again and droplets flew everywhere, splashing down on the surface of the lake. This made Lynne smile more. And of course, that made James smile even more.
He didn't hesitate to lean in to kiss her, brushing her hair from her eyes before his fingers moved to the back of her hair, holding her tightly but tenderly as he pressed his lips to hers. After they shared a sweet but quite a long kiss, they both pulled away and nuzzled their noses against each other's. They both smiled near to each other's mouths but James broke into one even more so, shaking his head once again. He touched his nose against hers a second time before speaking to her. He didn't stop shaking his head with love.
"Why do you always end up getting exactly what you want?" he asked her playfully and innocently, his eyes meeting hers as both of his hands slid down to her lower back and rested there. Between his touch and his eye contact, Lynne couldn't stop herself from letting out shy laughter before she shook her own head, moving to cuddle into his chest. Before she did so, she planted a light but loving kiss to his forehead, making them both smile as much as each other.
"Because you're always exactly what I want and you're not mean enough to keep us away from each other." She told him playfully but truthfully, pressing another light kiss to his face – that time to his nose – before both of them together moved deeper into the water for a more passionate and even longer kiss.
And even though I was dreaming those events and heavily seeing them, somehow my brain as I slept seemed to zone out a little to give them some privacy. I was allowed to think instead and I enjoyed my thoughts almost as much as I enjoyed watching those two together.
They really were a very sweet couple. James had said many times himself; there were a lot of reasons not to give their relationship a go – other people, distance, timing and circumstance – a lot of the usual reasons that a couple might not take a chance. But James wasn't a usual person. James wasn't an ordinary person. Lynne wasn't either. They were both extraordinary. And they were even more extraordinary together too. And they were even more perfect together as well.
As I focused back into my dream like vision and stopped zoning out, James and Lynne continued kissing for a few more minutes before they eventually swam back to shore and sat on the edge of the bank like the lavender haired male had been doing alone at the start. They both got out of the water separately but soon enough, they were together once again. As they sat down, they didn't stop their bodies from becoming entwined.
James sat down on the grass and Lynne sat down next to him, draping her legs over his. The lavender haired male most certainly didn't object and he didn't hesitate to rest his hands on her legs. And soon enough, they made their way to her belly. And as if the ex-rocketeer hadn't been smiling deeply or genuinely before, he most definitely was at that moment.
His face brightened more than I had ever seen in anybody before it felt like, as both his hands went to Lynne's stomach and he cupped it lovingly. Lynne didn't stop herself from melting on the spot and gazing adoringly at the lavender haired male she loved so much, reaching out to stroke his chest softly while he stroked her belly with the same tenderness.
And yes, you've probably guessed it. The orange haired female was pregnant. She was six months pregnant. She was having a baby. They were having a baby. Together. And that fact alone made James the happiest person on the planet.
James' face grew even more serene as each second passed by and like he had been doing at the start of our dream, he went back to thinking peacefully to himself. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe that life had turned out that way.
After his youngest son Jaxon was born and he and his wife discussed how it was ideally their last pregnancy, the lavender haired male had accepted this. Of course he had. He had been blessed with six children with the magenta haired female and didn't want any of them to miss out or her to have to go through extra stress with yet another child. He accepted it. He accepted that they'd have no more together. He accepted that six was their number.
But on some level, he knew that six wasn't his number. And his gut feeling - or his gut hope – was proven to be meant to be when after being with Lynne as well for less than a year; she had fallen pregnant at the beginning of the year. And they were going to have a baby. Together. A little girl. And it was set to be one of the most wonderful things ever.
The orange haired female knew exactly what her lavender haired boyfriend was thinking about during that moment in time. Of course she did. They had only been dating a few days over a year but she had known him many years off and on before that. She knew him very well. She knew him almost more than anyone. She knew what his expression resembled when he was thinking of their little 'cherub' and that's exactly what he looked like then. She knew exactly what he was thinking about. But that didn't stop her from asking.
"What are you thinking about, Jim Dear?" she asked him gently and lovingly, her hand reaching back out to tuck his long lavender locks behind his ear before the back of her fingers grazed his cheek while his did the same to her belly. And she smiled to herself even more before she got an answer.
You would've thought that nothing could tear James away from making a fuss of the baby inside the bump and nothing could pull him away from his thoughts either. But something could. Lynne's voice. He reacted almost immediately after he heard her straight away. He didn't hesitate to speak to her. He looked at her with all the love in the world and told her the truth. One of his hands stopped tracing her bump and touched her nose once before it soon went back when he imagined his unborn daughter pouting.
"Just… Just how crazy everything is." He told Lynne and his hands moved away from both of his girls to briefly gesture what exactly he meant – and it was everything that Lynne was assuming – before of course his fingers went back to both of them. He didn't want to be away from them for a second single while he clarified with more words and a shake of the head. He even breathed out with wonder but somehow, I knew it was more than that. It was more than just that. "I'm thinking about how crazy all of this is. One minute I'm being teased for being nearly forty and seasons away from being at the end of my 'prime' and then all of a sudden, I have a little baby girl arriving in the fall. It's… Yeah."
I smiled to myself in my sleep as James couldn't think of a word profound enough to sum up how truly incredible he thought the turn of events was and Lynne didn't stop herself from smiling too. She nodded her head in agreement and shut her eyes blissfully, her nose making its way to nuzzle into the side of his neck while her fingers moved down to stroke his chest softly as she spoke to him. She didn't look at him. She didn't need to. Their closeness was enough. Her words were enough. He felt loved. She made him feel so loved. She had made him feel that way for as long as he could remember.
"I know, it's unbelievable how things change." She nodded her head in agreement and spoke softly to him and when he wasn't looking at her and was too busy looking adoringly down at her growing bump, she didn't feel the need to look at him. She didn't feel the desire. But when he stopped looking at her belly and looked at her face - that was a different story. She didn't stop herself from opening her eyes back to meet his kind and meadow coloured ones. She looked into the eyes that she fell in love with so long ago and continued speaking. "The first time I came down onto earth, I had no idea you and I would end up entwined the way we have. It's amazing. It's so special. One minute – or it felt like it was – my life was ending. And all of a sudden, I have my Jordan. I have my James. And I have our little half angel on the way. It's indescribable. The gratitude I feel. There are no words."
The lavender haired male was quick to nod his head at his girlfriend's words and he didn't stop himself from pressing a loving kiss to her forehead as well. She didn't hesitate to smile adoringly and shut her eyes once again, nuzzling against his touch. But my eyes remained open. Even though they were shut as I dreamed, they were open as I saw the vision.
I saw James' expression change. I was the only one. I had seen the thoughtfulness coming on slowly before but then at that moment, it was flickering. He answered Lynne quickly and that was rare when they were having a heart to heart. He was beginning to have things on his mind.
"Yeah…" he mumbled to her to give himself time to think about what he actually wanted to say and express and for once, she didn't catch on. She was too busy enjoying feeling their unborn baby tossing in her stomach and feeling her boyfriend's neck against her nose. James was feeling other things. He was feeling a lump in his throat. He spoke through it. "Yeah, but not just that. I don't know, it's just surreal how one minute I was in the middle of trying to get Jaxon to care about his school work and wondering why Jazzy can't stick to curfew and Justin is in yet another mood, and all of a sudden I'm up here. It's weird. It's surreal. It's… It's a lot."
I knew that this was certain to make Lynne react and I was proved right. She was beginning to sense and predict his overthinking mind at the beginning of his sentences but by the end, she could feel his emotions coming through his body. She didn't hesitate to open her eyes. She didn't hesitate to look right at her. James' fingers were still on her belly but his mind was – rarely when with her – most definitely elsewhere.
But as soon as he felt his orange haired girlfriend looking at him and he felt his little cherub kicking beneath his fingers, he flashed her a smile. And it wasn't a fake one. It wasn't like he was pretending. He felt the need to smile, of course he did; he was in the presence of two of the people he adored more than anything. But on some level, he also didn't really know why he had done that.
And lucky for him, Lynne cared about him so much and caught onto his words right away. She went about it subtly and gently but with all the heart in the world. She thought about his words. She then reached her hand back out to tangle in his hair. She stroked his locks to soothe them both while she answered him.
"It… It is a lot." She told him and she agreed with him but that wasn't the point that she wanted to make. She forced back a swallow and tried to continue looking at him with casual blue orbs but she couldn't stop herself from feeling a tiny bit emotional. She was pregnant, after all, but first and foremost, she cared about him deeply. "You are happy here aren't you, Jim Dear?"
"Oh, absolutely." The lavender haired male didn't hesitate to answer his girlfriend and this surprised us both. It wasn't like we weren't expecting his answer but more like we didn't expect him to answer so fast. He was seemingly rather thoughtful. He was seemingly rather wistful. We thought it'd be a hesitant answer. But it wasn't. It was prompt. That was James. He was full of surprises. He didn't hesitate to reach out and cup Lynne's face with his hand as he frowned to back up the truthfulness of his words. "I am so happy here. Are you kidding me? This time alone with you has been some of the best moments of my life. It's been wonderful. Of course I've missed the others but this time with you and our Cherub is irreplaceable. I have loved every moment."
And with that, James leaned in to press a firm but loving kiss to her forehead and gave his own words a seal of approval. He really was telling the truth. Lynne knew he was, of course she did, but she also knew that he wasn't telling her the whole truth. He was holding something back. That was okay, maybe he hadn't even realised it himself at that moment. Or maybe he had. It didn't matter. He would tell her when he was ready and she knew that. She accepted that.
But what she didn't anticipate was that James was going to be ready to continue telling her his thoughts as they continued popping into his brain. She didn't mind. She completely didn't. She adored that he was so open with her, especially after he had also told her that he hadn't always felt like he could be that way with certain people.
"I have loved every moment." He told his girlfriend and didn't stop his hand from cupping underneath her chin as he got ready to continue. He soon enough did exactly that. He continued. "It's just…"
And that was that. James suddenly paused. James suddenly hesitated. He thought he knew exactly what he wanted to say to his girlfriend when all of a sudden, he couldn't find the right words. He knew what was in his head. He knew what was in his heart. But there was something stopping him. And he really didn't know what.
The orange haired female didn't know what either. But she was so patient. She was so incredibly patient. She had had years of practice of Jordan not knowing what to say and not knowing how to express how he felt and shutting off instead. She knew what to do. She knew how to be. And that was a wonderful trait. Her patience was a beautiful thing. It was appreciated by all. It most certainly was by James.
He found himself breathing out with peace and also love as, even though he was struggling to find the right words, he knew it was okay for him to think for as long as he wanted to. And because he was given the freedom to do exactly this, his answers soon came rolling out.
"It's just that this place is so beautiful and the memories I've had of the time I've spent with you and the Cherub here are once in a life time but at the same time, I know I'll be sad when all of this is all over. And on top of that, this is such a stunning destination but at the same time. It's so sad. I mean, this is where people end up when they're not on the planet anymore. People are here because their time is up. I don't know. It's a lot to think about. It's kind of an oxymoron."
Straight away upon hearing this, Lynne let out a quiet breath and couldn't stop herself from looking down. James blinked and looked worried momentarily but her reaction wasn't a negative one. It was just what it was. A reaction. And to tell you the truth, she hadn't thought about it like that before. She simply viewed as 'up there' as where she was meant to be. Of course, she much preferred down on earth with everyone else. But 'up there' was her home when her real home wasn't available to her. And she loved it for that reason. She simply hadn't thought about it in the way that James had discussed it with her. And he wasn't done there. He had more to say. And it came out slightly hurried and more stammer-y because he was worried that he had upset her.
"I don't know…" he began once again to give himself more time and it also gave Lynne time to calm her own thoughtful ocean blue orbs as they looked at her boyfriend's face. She didn't want to appear too bewildered in case it put him off of expressing himself. She just cared. She cared so much. She wanted him to be happy. That's all she wanted. That's all she ever would want. "You ever see something or someone or just something, and it's both happy and sad in one?"
Upon hearing this, I expected Lynne to go quiet while she had to have a think. Surely she wouldn't have an answer right away? Right? Wrong. I underestimated her. I underestimated Lynne. She was definitely far more thoughtful and intellectual and smart than some people realised.
Even though on the whole she didn't understand where James was getting at, she related to some parts of his words. And she wholly related to those words. She nodded her head automatically upon hearing this and even though she didn't smile, her eyes flickered with a slight one. This surprised even her lavender haired boyfriend.
"That sounds like Jordan. And that sounds like life. That's just life, James. There's-"
"Yes. Alright. I guess you're right." James interrupted Lynne on a very rare occasion but it wasn't in a rude way. He really hadn't meant to. He hadn't even realised he had done it. His answers just popped into his brain and soon enough, they were on his tongue. And on top of that, their little baby had grown restless in her belly and the feeling of his Cherub twirling as his hand remained on his stomach distracted him.
He really hadn't realised. And thankfully, Lynne really didn't mind. She still just wanted him to be okay. "It's hard to explain. These times are so happy. I adore these moments with just you and our baby. I miss everyone else but I know I'm meant to be here right now with just you two. And I'm making the most of it, I really am. But at the same time, I'm worried about what will come next. I now know exactly what it's like up here and I'll be able to imagine it really clearly when you and Jordan come back up. That makes me think… That makes me think I might be really… Sad."
Lynne breathed out and the little baby inside her belly seemed to do that as well. She stopped twirling inside her little baby bag. The orange haired female really hadn't thought of it like that. Those thoughts and those scenarios hadn't crossed her mind at all. Part of her wondered why. Part of her didn't care why. She not only didn't see why someone would think that, but she also didn't understand how James managed to come up with it. She was confused. She was slightly impressed. She was almost lovingly intrigued. But first and foremost, she was confused.
The lavender haired male had mentioned being potentially sad and this made her eyes flicker with slight sadness and worry momentarily. And James caught hold of this. He suddenly inwardly worried that he had upset her with his words and quickly tried his best to make up for it. That was one of the rare occasions that he didn't read her correctly. He knew her very well. He knew her almost more than anyone. But at that moment, he had mistaken her thoughtfulness for upset. He didn't want to do that to her. He tried to make it right.
"It's just going to be a lot to process, that's all." He told her truthfully and he tried to give her a smile and the kiss on the nose too. She smiled slightly back but she knew it was for her benefit. She enjoyed it a fraction because it was affection from him but she wanted it to be genuine. It still was. But it was also out of reassurance. James continued, running a hand through his long locks and thinking about his words carefully as well as his own thoughts. "I was raised in a house with not much faith at all. My parents were all about material stuff. When I went to my grandparents, I was raised on love. But there was still not a lot of faith there. Then all of a sudden I'm up here and I'm seeing for myself that there's more to life after death. That changes everything. How I think. How I feel. How I'll guide my kids. Don't you ever feel that way? Like something is so massive that in a certain moment, you can't fit it all inside your head? It's like when a baby tries to put a square shaped block in the star shaped hole of their puzzle box."
For yet another time that day, Lynne paused. Lynne paused to herself and she really thought about how she was going to proceed next. Lynne paused. James waited. The orange haired female wanted to nod her head and tell her boyfriend that yes, sometimes she felt like she couldn't fit everything inside her head. She had had to accept the fact she lost her life and her husband did too in such a short space of time, after all. She wanted to tell him this. She did. By only a nod. Then she thought about the other things.
James thought about things that nobody else thought of. James thought about things that she most definitely never thought of. This was one of the reasons that she had fallen in love with him. He was a beautiful face with a wonderful mind. She thought he was perfect. She knew that she wasn't but even with his flaws, she still somehow viewed him as perfect. But he wasn't. She wasn't either. She wasn't perfect. And she didn't always react in ideal ways. And in that moment, her emotions got the better of her. She couldn't stop herself. She acted on her feelings right away.
Instead of focusing on all of her boyfriend's words, she focused on some of them. She reached out and cupped his face in both hands as she focused on some of his words. She wanted him to be happy. More than anything, she wanted him to be happy. And it was secretly a great fear of hers that he secretly was not. It was almost a betrayal to her if she believed that he was happy about something and then realised that he was not.
"James…" she began and she got his attention as soon as she cupped his face. Of course she did. He could feel the electricity through her fingertips. He could feel her passion. He could feel her love. And that made him stop in his tracks. It had done as long as he could remember. She swallowed, trying not to get too emotional. She simply asked him a question instead. "Do you regret coming here?"
Even though the lavender haired male had an answer in his mind straight away, it took him a while to express it to Lynne. I really wish he hadn't done that. She was left on the edge of her seat and experiencing time in almost slow motion as she feared what his answer would be. He knew what his answer would be right away but for some reason, he hesitated answering her.
I didn't know why. He did. He wanted his answer to be perfect. He wanted his words to be as worthy as her. He wanted to give her the perfect answer. And he wanted to reassure her. All in one. What he didn't realise was that his answer was going to be perfect because he was being honest.
Soon enough (not in Lynne's opinion though), James moved his hands to cup his girlfriend's face like hers had been doing to his prior. They had since moved to his chest. He looked at her and he told her the truth. He met her eyes and he told her the truth. He shook his head. And right away, this took a whole weight off her shoulders. But the rest of his answer was yet to come.
"I could not for a second regret coming here, Lynne. I will gladly say it over and over again. I treasure this time with you up here. I treasure this time with our baby up here. I treasure this time with you both up here. Never think otherwise." James told Lynne truthfully and as each second passed, she let out a deeper and longer sigh of relief. The lavender haired male did the same thing upon seeing his answer was going down well as he couldn't stop himself pressing a kiss to her forehead while he continued more. His eyes didn't leave hers. They couldn't. They were one of his favourite places to be.
"But like how it was for you when you first went back to earth, sometimes it feels like a gift and a curse. It won't always feel that way. It might. But it might not. It was difficult for you. Finally being with your daughter again but seeing how much you missed out on. Meeting your grand-children but also worrying that they'll never truly be able to get to know you. Being back on earth and feeling like its home but at the same time, it's not anymore. That was sad sometimes. But it was also happy. And you don't regret doing that. Do you?"
James' words were not looking for validation. They were just seeking for what Lynne always looked for in him and that was making sure that he was truly happy. He felt the same way as her. He just wanted her to be happy. He just wanted her to be peaceful. He just wanted to be content. And she felt that way when she was with him.
Even though he made her think way more than she ever did, she was almost happier than she had ever been when she was with him. And because of this and because of feeling the understanding flowing between each other, she didn't hesitate to shake her head.
Her hand moved to stroke his cheek once again and she continued shaking her head. She did this for a few more minutes before answering him. She just wanted to look at him and feel his skin underneath her fingers for a few seconds longer before she spoke. This made James smile. And this made Lynne's eyes smile as she answered him.
"I don't regret doing that. I will never regret doing that. Are you kidding me? The first time I met you…? The first time I laid eyes on you…? I would never regret that for a single second. Look how it ended up. For us. You for and I. For us all. That is one thing I can never regret."
Even though James was still thinking to himself, he couldn't stop his face from softening into a look of adoration as he looked into the eyes of the woman he loved so much. He thought about chuckling to himself and nuzzling his nose against her and reminding her how young he was when they first met. How unsure he was. How most unlike himself he felt. But he didn't.
For once, he swept straight past that and focused on her sweet words. And like how he knew that she was doing also, he thought about their first meeting.
Though he didn't do it the first time it crossed his mind, he did it the second. He leaned his head in and nudged his nose against hers. She smiled right away, moving even closer to him and hugging onto him when she felt his overthinking side fading away and his gentle side becoming even more apparent. He didn't hesitate to smile close to her mouth either as they both thought of the same things.
"Do you remember that…?" he asked her innocently and right away, she knew exactly what he was talking about. She nodded. But he wasn't done there. He continued smiling with even more love and also a tad of amusement. He shook his head, causing his nose to brush against hers from side to side. "Do you remember that? How could I regret being up here with you? How could you regret coming down for the first time? You hugged me so tight. As if you knew me. You kissed me on the cheek. As if you understood me. I never forgot that. Clearly."
James was so in love with Lynne. Lynne was so in love with James. Truly. They were both so in love. And this made the orange haired female answer her boyfriend without hesitation as their little baby began dancing inside her belly all over again. She was dancing with love for her parents and the love that they shared.
"And that was without a proper reason. Without even truly seeing your face, I did know you. And I did understand you. And it wouldn't stop there. Look where we ended up. I don't want you to regret coming up here. Because I don't regret going down there. How could I? You say that I turned your life upside down but believe me, James; you did exactly the same for me. I am no way the same person. I am all yours. And I'm about to be a Mommy all over again. It's amazing. It's magical. And it's all because of you. And it's all because of the life we get to live together, no matter how sad or confusing or how hard it is to fit inside our heads. It's ours. It's all ours."
I breathed out with love myself and stretched my legs out as I dreamt. James of course did too. And during the vision that I was having, he let out a quiet breath of love and could do not much else in response to Lynne other than wrap his arms around her and hold her tight. That's all he could do.
That's all he felt like he could do in response to Lynne's tender and heartfelt words. The orange haired female was glad of the response. She had told him the truth and got a whole lot of love and affection from him and their unborn baby in response. It was perfect. James didn't think he could do anything else. James didn't think he could say anything better. But he could. Because he didn't try. And he just spoke from the heart.
The couple's legs and arms and hearts remained entwined for a good few minutes while they remained silent, just enjoying each other's company and enjoying the words that they had exchanged. Soon enough, Lynne's face had become buried in her boyfriend's neck and her hand had sought refuge on his chest and was stroking it. And soon enough also, James couldn't stop himself from pulling away to look at his girlfriend, his nose scrunching up as he did so.
Lynne pulled away right away. She was sensing something. She had felt his beating heart from beneath her hand and knew he was about to say something sweet. She was right. She had always been right about him. He was so sweet. He was so loving. He was so gentle. He was so unique. And his heart belonged to her. And she was so lucky to be able to say that.
James often had lots of things on his mind and sometimes he said them. Sometimes he did not. In that moment, however, he didn't hesitate saying them to Lynne. He leaned forward and nuzzled his nose against her cheek before kissing it and mumbling loving words into her ear. Even though they were said so close to the orange haired female, they were for both her and their unborn little baby girl. They were for Jorgie too. James smiled. He shook his head.
"You know, for the longest time after meeting you, I didn't know how to explain who you were to my children? They knew you were Misty's mom of course, but who were you? Justin used to ask the most." The lavender haired male began and this greatly intrigued Lynne. She bit her lip. She knew she was in for something very sweet. She knew she was in for something very special. James continued. "I used to tell him, you're a ghost. He liked that. But still, he had more questions. They had more questions. Were you really a ghost? Were you a witch? Were you an enchantress? Were you a princess? Were you an angel? I liked the last one most."
Lynne couldn't stop herself from interrupting. She bit her lip lovingly and buried her head in her boyfriend's neck before she pulled away to look at him once more. She couldn't stop herself.
"I like the last one most too. That's what you call me. That's what you called me. As long as I can remember."
James didn't hesitate to nod but still, he had more to say. So he continued. He didn't hesitate to continue. He brushed more hair from Lynne's eyes and spoke to her, his voice getting more filled with love as each moment passed.
"I have called you angel for a very long time. You'll always be my angel. You're not simply a ghost. You're definitely not a witch." The lavender haired male paused very briefly, his eyes locked on hers as he spoke. They were unmoving. "But maybe there is a little bit of an enchantress in you after all."
The lavender haired male told Lynne this and after she blinked slightly and pulled away, her head tilting on one side, asking him with her eyes what made him say that, James didn't hesitate to answer her. He continued looking at her, his face unmoving. His eyes were completely still but at the same time, filled with love, desire and passion. And all of these emotions were for her. And they were all for their future together. Of course he didn't hesitate to continue. For the last time that little dream.
James wrapped his arms around Lynne and pulled her close. Automatically, her hand tangled in the back of his hair as she hugged him back. She held onto him and breathed in and out. She waited for an answer. Her eyes waited for an answer as her head tilted curiously. She soon got one. She soon got an answer.
The lavender haired male smiled as his cheek pressed against hers. He shut his eyes and smiled as he whispered just for her. And his words filled Lynne with love and affirmation that he really was the only other man that she would want to share her life and a baby with.
"Because you have enchanted me."
The End.
There you go! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed :3 This whole thing was written to purposely get to write the little scene at the end which was inspired by the 1999 movie "Sleepy Hollow". It's based off the scene when Ichabod says to Katrina that he thinks there's a little bit of witch in her after all because she was bewitched him. But I changed it to suit our two characters! It took a few days to finally sit down and write this one. I knew I wanted to as soon as I watched the movie but I needed time to know how I wanted to approach it. This is one of the rare stories where the story is a lot different from the original plan. But I'm glad it ended up this way! It was also quite cathartic because, like James feels here, I've recently been processing a lot and sometimes feel like it's too much to deal with at once. So this was helpful for me too. Thanks again for reading and I will be back next Wednesday so see you then!
AmyBieberKetchum signing out :3