Workin' for the weekend

**Author’s Note** Hi Guys!! I’m going to do a bonus post either BY the weekend or ON the weekend so stay tuned! I am trying to catch up to real time so I apologize if I jump a week or two ahead like in this post but I’ve had some requests to get up to real time so it is kind of necessary. Thank you all for reading and supporting the blog! If there’s anything you want to see more/less of, feel free to comment and let me know your opinions I understand this post may not be as exciting but, our lives can’t be full of drama all the time ;) Xoxo

After spending the day with Matt, I knew I needed to get back home to get some stuff done for school and study for midterms. He dropped me off after we had breakfast and I got to work right away.

I was pretty impressed with how much I was able to get done when I put my mind to it and didn’t allow myself to get distracted by the usual suspects (I.e Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest…)

My whole week basically went by like that, with me cocooning myself in either my room or in the library if any of my roomies were home. It wasn’t that I wanted to be anti-social or anything but I always had a hard time concentrating and getting things done when there were people around.

Brian had called me to ask if he would be able to switch weekends and have me take Bella November 14-16 since the place he was taking Catherine was full the first weekend he tried. I happily obliged since I knew I wasn’t going to be going anywhere until Thanksgiving.

My weekend and even the following week just flew by and I basically alternated between studying, going to class, and trying to see Matt and my friends. The week after Halloween we only hung out once, between both of our schedules it was so hectic. The weekend wasn’t much better and I was really starting to feel myself wear thin.

Before I knew it, it was Wednesday of the week I was taking Bella from Brian and I felt like I could sleep for a week.

I was just walking into the apartment when my phone buzzed with a text. It was Katelyn asking me to call her when I had a chance. The minute I read it I pulled up her contact and hit the dial button. After everything that happened with her, I treated every text and call as an emergency. I knew I was being paranoid but I couldn’t shake the memory of seeing her in the hospital.

“Hey!” She answered cheerfully when she picked up.

I internally sighed with relief hearing her sound so good. “Hey yourself! How’s it going? I tried Face timing you the other night but it wouldn’t go through” I said as I started putting my things down in my room and collapsing on the bed.

“Yeah, sorry about that, the Wi-Fi can be really sporadic here, I think everyone tends to use it at night so it doesn’t work as well with so many people on the network apparently.” She explained.

“Gotcha, no worries. So how is everything going up there?” I asked.

“Good, good. I feel a lot better already. My parents have been by a lot and have been really supportive. Same with Josh. I can’t believe how good he’s being to me after the way I treated him.” Her voice cracked at the end of her sentence and I knew it was a soft spot for her.

“I’m glad to hear! Of course Josh will be supportive; he only wants the best for you. He’s a smart guy, he knows that you weren’t yourself when you did those things.” I said in a motherly tone, trying to comfort her.

“I know it’s just I still feel so guilty about what I put all you guys through,” I could hear her take a big breath, “But, that’s why I’m here right? They actually say that it’s really common for people to have a hard time getting over the guilt they feel for the way they treated their families while under the influence” She explained.

“That makes sense, recovery doesn’t happen overnight.”

“Yah, exactly. I didn’t think this would be such a big part of it, you know? Making amends, forgiveness. I have it pretty good compared to some of the women here. A lady whose been here about a month and a half told me that her family refuses to come and see her or take her calls…”

“Wow, that’s pretty rough, you would think people would be a bit more forgiving at least she’s doing the right thing and going to treatment but I guess everyone has a different back story right?” I said.

“Mhmm, when she told me that I suddenly realized just how lucky I am to have my family and friends in my life. You guys have been so supportive and forgiving, I just wish I could make it up to everyone.”

“Hey, you’re getting help and back to your old self, that is making it up! Trust me Kate, don’t worry about us, right now you just need to focus on you, and getting better. We are all here and love you” I said, now feeling myself start to well up.

She sniffled. “Thanks Sar-Bear. Oh god, listen to us - so sappy! This was meant to be a happy phone call, I have good news!”

I was intrigued, “Oh yeah?

“Okay, I know it’s like 2 weeks away but my therapist is really happy with me and said I’m making great progress. He said that he thinks it will be good for me to come home for Thanksgiving weekend to spend some time with my family! Of course, I won’t be going to any party’s or anything, and my parents will be watching me like a hawk but if you’re home too we can definitely hang out. I think your like my only friend who they would actually be comfortable enough with me seeing right now.” She said excitedly.

“That’s great news!! I’m coming home for Thanksgiving so that will be perfect. And I am totally okay with sitting out on any parties or get togethers with the high school friends. I just want to lay low and have a relaxing time” I said, suddenly way more excited for Thanksgiving.

We chatted some more before saying goodbye. I was so happy to hear from Kate and she sounded really good. I must have fallen asleep on my bed after talking on the phone because I woke up to a dark room.

I looked at my phone and saw it was almost 8.

Holy crap a 3 hour nap? I thought., That should make it nearly impossible to fall asleep tonight.

Matt had sent me 2 texts while I was napping. I opened up our chat and immediately smiled at what he sent me.

It was a picture of the corner of his bedroom – he had put together a big dog bed made with 2 King sized comforters and bought some dog toys.

Below the picture he had written, Can’t wait till the weekend! Me you and Bella are gunna have a blast ;)

I beamed just thinking of our weekend together and how he seemed just as excited.

I replied, I can’t wait too! I’ve barely seen you the last 2 weeks, it’ll be nice spending some time just the two of us. Well the two of us and a four legged weekend visitor :)

Shortly after, I heard the door open and walked into the hallway to see who it was.

“Hey girlllll!” Maddie said as she came in and set her purse down.

“Hey!” I said trying to match her enthusiasm, but letting a yawn escape.

She looked at me and giggled, “Easy there grandma it’s like 8 o’clock, where you sleeping?” She asked.

I narrowed my eyes at her jokingly, “I may or may not have dozed off for a few hours” I replied, while walking into the kitchen.

I had forgotten all about dinner but my stomach was angrily reminding me that I needed food. I couldn’t be bothered to make anything real so I grabbed a Mr. Noodles out of the cupboard and turned the kettle on.

Maddi just laughed at my response and said, “Seriously Sar, you gotta take it easy. I know it’s midterm time and everything but it’s not going to help if you are draining yourself day in and day out.”

I nodded as I yawned again, I knew she was right. “Yeah I know, just 2 more days then the weekend. It’ll be relaxing to stay at Matt’s place all weekend with Bella.”

She squealed, “Oh ya! That’s right, you’re watching that guy’s dog. You have to bring her over at some point over the weekend. I’ll make sure Gavin isn’t with me he’s allergic” She said.

I laughed, “Okay I will try and get her over here at some point. Or you can always come and see her I don’t think we have too much planned.”

“Deal!” She said with a big smile on her face.

Maddie sat and watched TV with me while I ate quickly and then took off to her room for the night.

Once I was finished and had found myself feeling like I was going to fall asleep again, I dragged myself off the couch and into the shower.

I let the hot water pour over me for a good 20 minutes and then got dressed for bed.

I always found that a long hot shower or bath and pajamas was one of the best ways to unwind. I could literally feel my muscles loosen and my mind relax a little bit. I didn't have anything in particular to be stressed or worked up about but with school being so busy right now, I was always worried that I was forgetting something.

Once in bed, I quickly sent Matt a goodnight text letting him know I was going to sleep and would talk to him in the morning.

I plugged my charger into my phone and lay my head back, allowing my heavy eyes to close. I knew I needed a long sleep, and despite my long nap, I was able to nod off in a matter of minutes.  

The Big Bang

After my shift, I was counting down the seconds until that Friday for Halloween. Also, my weekend with Bella was the weekend after so I had 2 weekends in a row that I was really excited for.

Since we couldn’t coordinate a time for all 4 of us to go costume shopping together and wanted to do something as a foursome, we decided to go funny instead of skanky and we dressed up like the characters from the Big Bang Theory.

We figured it worked out well since I had blonde hair and Aleah had brown –I was dressing as Penny and she was dressing as Amy Farrah Fowler with Matt being Leonard and Chase being Sheldon.

Although none of us actually looked like the characters (even dressed up as a nerd, Aleah looked gorgeous) with the right outfits, people knew who we were. Matt even got a pair of thick rimmed fake glasses to wear. And the guys both dressed like their characters to a T.

The night was fairly low key – fun, but low key, which I was thankful for. I had had enough drama in my life the last few weeks to last me until 2015. We had just enough to drink to get a nice glowing buzz. Matt and I had plans to spend the entire Saturday together, starting with a long hike in the morning so we both wanted to be feeling good the next day and not hungover.

Aleah and Chase seemed to be having a really good time together as well, and they looked so cute together. I know they hadn’t made the move to exclusivity but I could see it in the near future.

We had hit up a few bars and ended up at a house party close to campus playing flip cup, when I realized it was almost 1 am and asked Matt if he was ready to head out. He agreed and we said our goodbyes to Aleah and Chase.

Once we were back at Matt’s we both collapsed on the bed and fell asleep immediately. I slept like a log and woke up in the morning and could see a glass of water on the nightstand that hadn’t been there when we went to bed. Matt must’ve gotten up to get it during the night – his thoughtfulness made me smile, along with the feeling of lazily waking up in his bed.

I sat up to drink some water and lay back down. Matt must’ve heard me still because he grabbed my waist and pulled me into him so he was spooning me.

He started kissing the back of my neck, working his way up to my ears while moving a hand up my shirt. I was immediately turned on and arched myself into him so he knew it. I turned over on my side so I was facing him and we started kissing and running our hands all over each other.

When he kissed me I tasted mint – great he got up to brush his teeth I thought and suddenly felt self-conscious but Matt’s hands soon pushed that though out of my head.

It started out as lazy relaxed morning sex but suddenly felt incredibly passionate and I straddled myself onto Matt and started rocking. We moved in such a good rhythm, I had never had that intense chemistry with a guy before.

Just as I came Matt flipped me on my back so he was on top and started thrusting hard until he came shortly after.

We lay together in a tangled mess for a few minutes before breaking apart. He moved a piece of hair behind me ear and smiled at me, “You are so beautiful. Last night was a blast by the way” he said.

I blushed and nodded, “Yeah it was! I’m excited for today though, a whole day to do whatever we want: I said with a smile.

“Yes! Speaking of which, we should get motoring if we wanna get that hike in, I would like to be back for lunch so we can go somewhere in town?” He said-asked.

“That sounds great!”

We got ready in a bout 45 minutes and were out the door. We hit up a coffee shop on the way to get breakfast and coffee and drove off to the hiking spot.

It was only about a 15 minute drive but once we got there it felt like we were way out in cottage country, it was beautiful.

It must have been a fairly popular spot because we came across a lot of other hikers along the way, many of them with dogs (which may have slowed us down because I felt it necessary to pet and greet every dog we came across).

It was a great morning and took us about 3 hours in total. We spent the time talking about our childhoods, I told him some stories about me and my roommates – I felt like he had opened up about his life and that I had been kind of closed off for some reason so I talked a lot during the hike.

Once we got back to Matt’s we changed and went to a wine bar downtown for lunch that I had been dying to try.

I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with a garden salad and Matt ordered a BLT and fries. The food sounded like your ordinary pub food but it was presented so nice, like 5 star restaurant presentation, just for sandwich’s!

And the taste was just as good as it looked. The food, paired with the amazing wine made for one of the best meals out I’ve had in a while.

“That was amazing!” I said as I set down my napkin when I was done.

“Oh my god I know” Matt said as he sat back in his chair.

After finishing up our wine we headed out and were walking out just when Kim walked right in to the restaurant.

“Matty! Hey!” She said as she embraced him in a hug. She was with a guy – a nice looking guy, but kind of clueless looking, like he would be an Abercrombie model.

She had also dyed her hair blonde which was a huge change from her previous jet black colour.

“Hey Kim” Matt said with a smile. “We were just heading out, have a great meal the food is awesome” Matt said and started to walk.

“Whatcha up to tonight?” She asked, not letting him leave.

“Well we didn’t make any big plans…” Matt started.

Oh god, I do not want to hang out with her tonight I thought.

“Well! This is Adam, and he happens to have an in with the new Italian restaurant, why don’t you guys join us for dinner?” She asked with a big fake smile on her face.

Before I could even begin to think of how miserable that sounded, Matt spoke up, “Thanks, but I think were just gunna lay low, spend the day together, it’s been crazy lately with midterms and stuff” Matt said.

I was so thankful for him at that moment and he put our “us” day ahead of accepting Kim’s invitation.

She rolled her eyes, “Suit yourself, see ya” and turned around to walk up to the hostess stand.

Once we got back to Matt’s house, we decided to have a steamy shower together (because of the hiking and everything). We didn’t actually have sex in the shower because that’s one thing I think is better in theory than reality but it was still hot.

The rest of the night we spent chatting and watching movies on Netflix. It was so relaxed and it made me so happy to just do nothing with Matt.

We ordered pizza for dinner and just lounged in the basement in our sweats. I know it is kind of early in our relationship to have that comfort around eachother (where you can just hang out, do nothing and wear your laziest clothes) but we both felt so comfortable and we of course spent a majority of the movie watching fooling around.

We headed to bed fairly early, around 11:30 but we were both pretty tired from the night before and being outside hiking.

I brushed my teeth, threw on an oversized shirt and climbed into bed with Matt. He pulled me in close when I turned around and kissed him deeply.

He smiled, “What was that for?”

“Today. Thank you, I had so much fun” I said.

“No thank you, it was so nice and relaxing” He replied and kissed me, this time more intensely than I had the first time.

I giggled, “I thought you were tired?”

“I think I can stay up for a bit longer…”

I obliged.

Working Girl

The next 2 weeks flew by and I couldn’t believe we were quickly approaching Halloween. The days felt so rushed, likely due to the heavier volume of school work at this time of year. Also, with working at the bar, seeing Matt, and keeping up with track, everything felt as if it was passing by at the speed of light.

One of our girls at work quit so we were short staffed and it was starting to take its toll on me. I went into work the Monday before Halloween and felt like I was a walking zombie.

Sam looked at me with sympathy when I walked by, “Rough night?” he asked (sincerely). Not like when people say it as code for “You’re obviously hung over and look like shit.”

I forced a weak smile, “Just been a busy few weeks, can’t wait for midterms to be over” I groaned.

Sam chuckled, “Yeah, been there I don’t blame you.”

I didn’t know Sam had ever gone to school, but I reminded myself that I didn’t really know all that much about him.

“You went to U of N?” I asked as I tied my bar apron.

“Nah I went to school in Texas, I didn’t finish though. I was in my last semester of my electrical engineering degree but had to move…” he trailed off.

I assumed that the move had something to do with his late wife that Brian had mentioned but I didn’t want to seem pushy (even though I was curious).

“Wow engineering, so you probably had double the stress that my program has” I said with a smile, “So are you from Texas then?”

I had moved onto the inside of the bar and Sam was sitting doing his cash out.

“Yeah, had to move back here when Aleesha, my wife got sick.” He said, while still concentrating on sorting his receipts.

“I’m so sorry, what happened?” I wasn’t just being nosy, but was getting caught up in Sam’s energy when he mentioned her name.

He sighed as if he’d told the story many times, “We met when we were both in university, first year. We were inseparable and spent all of our time together. She wanted to get out of Nebraska so she went to school in Texas, she was taking pre med, wanted to be a paediatrician.” He paused and looked like he was counting up some totals.

I was baffled that he could multi task when telling such a personal story, but he had obviously had to repeat it on a few occasions.

He continued, “She found out she had stage 3 cervical cancer. It was too progressed to explore treatment so she wanted to spend the rest of her time here, where she grew up, so she could be with her family.”

“When did she finally-“ I started.

“She died October 2, 2012. Just over 2 years ago.” He looked up with a sad smile, “She stayed the light in my life up until the day she died. You know the whole time she was sick, she was still such a fighter and always concerned about everyone else.”

I touched his hand, “Sam, I’m so sorry, no one should have to go through that when they’re so young”

“Thanks Sarah. Sorry I unloaded that all on you,” he let out a nervous half-laugh, “sometimes it just comes flowing out when I start talking about Leesh”

“Don’t apologize, I asked…and I really am sorry that you went through that. If you ever need to talk, I’m here” I said as I squeezed his hand and let go.

“Thanks again, Sarah. Better get going, have a good shift, hopefully you do better than I did today” He said with a light laugh and rolled his eyes. I felt bad, the shitty thing about working the day shifts is little to no tips. Thankfully, Tom knew this and increased the hourly wage whenever we worked a weekday day shift.

Just after Sam left, Brian walked through the door with a familiar jingle of a collar trailing behind him. I immediately felt my mood lift when they came in.

I walked around to where they were, “Hey Bri!” I said as I gave him a hug.

“Hi honey, where have you been? We’ve missed ya!” He said while petting Bella on the head.

I bent down to greet Bella and she gently nuzzled into me, it made me giggle.

“Just crazy busy lately, I’ve been here but just not my regular shifts so I haven’t been able to catch up with my favourites” I said as I started to scratch Bella on the tummy when she rolled on her side.

“Well, we sure are glad to see Miss Sarah, aren’t we Bell?” He asked with a bright smile.

The rest of the shift went by fairly quick, we were pretty steady due to the hockey being on and it happened to be wing night so that usually guaranteed a busy night.

Tom told me I was good to cash out at about 9 so I started making sure everything was closed out when I noticed I had forgotten to close Brian’s tab.

I looked over and saw him still sitting at the bar, nursing his drink. He never stayed this long, it wasn’t like him, but I told him I was cashing out.

“Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry. My mind must be elsewhere tonight” He said with a slight chuckle and grabbed his wallet.

“No worries, you can stay as long as ya like but I’m heading out, I can transfer you to someone else if you want to stay a bit longer, I don’t wanna rush you, I just know you usually don’t stay too late.”

“Nope, I’m ready to go, bring the tab please hon” He said.

After he paid up, I moved to the “customer” side of the bar and started doing my cash out.

Brian was still sitting at this stool, fumbling with his hands and looking anxious.

I looked over at this as I started counting out my change.

“Everything okay?” I asked.

He looked a little surprised when I asked.

“Oh yeah, all good…”

I wasn’t buying it. “Brian, what’s up?” I asked with a smile.

His cheeks turned a slight shade of red as he shook his head and looked down at his empty glass, “It’s just, I’ve kinda met a lady friend. We met at a seniors game night a few months back and…I have really enjoyed her time” He explained.

He looked like a giddy school girl when he talked about her, and it made me happy to think he found a love interest, knowing a lot of widows aren’t open to it.

I raised an eyebrow at him and he continued, “Anyways, jeez I don’t know how to ask this…but you’ve mentioned you would watch Bella if I needed?” He asked shyly.

I clapped my hands, “Yes! I can watch her anytime! But I’m not following, how do these 2 relate?” I asked with a laugh.

“Well, I would like to take Catherine for an overnight stay up in a bed and breakfast, and obviously can’t bring Bella along…”

I couldn’t help but internally squeal. I mean, how cute was this? He was courting her! Men didn’t do that anymore, it was so sweet to see his romantic side. Also, getting to have Bella for a few days?! That made me ecstatic.

“Brian, I would love to! You let me know when and I will gladly take her off your hands!” I beamed to him.

He laughed and looked relieved “Thanks so much Sarah, I really appreciate it. I didn’t know what else to do, I couldn’t imagine putting her in a kennel. I was hoping to go next weekend… you are more than welcome to stay at my house with her while I’m gone or take her to your place, whatever you’re comfortable with.” He said.

I didn’t know if we were allowed pets in the building since none of us had ever asked, so I would check that out first. “I’ll let you know if we can have pets, if not I’ll watch her at your place. Either way, I’m in! I want you to have a fantastic weekend and I am so excited to have Bella!”

Brian thanked me about 5 times before he left and I told him I would call him as soon as I found out about the following weekend.

I texted Matt, telling him about my shift and how Brian asked me to watch Bella. I hoped  he didn’t think I was a huge loser for being so excited to babysit a dog.

M: That’s awesome, I’m jealous I love dogs. Why don’t you bring her here for the weekend so your apartment isn’t too crowded?

I read his text and instantly smiled – that made me even more excited. The whole weekend of spending the weekend at Matt’s and having Bella there?! 

It sounded perfect.

Author's Note

Hey readers! Sorry for no post, had a really stressful week. I will try to get a post up by the end of the weekend and maybe/hopefully will have a bonus post up early week as well. Thanks for understanding!

- S  xoxo

The Perfect Night Part 2

*Bonus post as mentioned yesterday!! Have a fantastic weekend readers, and if you are in the States and celebrating Thanksgiving I hope you all have a lovely time with friends, family and food! :)

 

As soon as we made it up the stairs to Matt’s bedroom we couldn’t keep our hands off of each other. He guided me to the bed while still kissing me, and I lay on my back so he was on top of me.

He looked down at me and just smirked.

“What?” I asked playfully.

“Nothing…you are just so unbelievably sexy and you don’t even know it” He said while continuing to smile at me.

I started undoing the zipper on Matt’s jeans as he continued kissing my neck and rubbing me over my pants. I reached for his hardness and started stroking him as he pulled my pants down and continued touching me.

I was so turned on and the fact that we hadn’t really done much other than making out was like a huge build to the moment. Matt started moving his mouth down and continued a trail of kisses until his head made it down between my legs. Within a few minutes of him moving his tongue around and inserting a finger, I felt like I was going to explode. Just before I came he entered me with such intensity that I moaned.

He started pumping and I felt my orgasm build up again and I came quickly. I was mid-orgasm when Matt grabbed a pillow from his bed and put it under my hips to elevate me. He continued to thrust and his breathing sped up. After another push he came too and gripped me tightly.

Our bodies lay still for a moment with him still on top of me before I finally said, “Oh my god. That was worth the wait”.

He rolled over and grabbed my chin and kissed me sweetly on the lips.

“I’d say so” he replied.

We lay there wrapped in each other and I realized how comforting it was just lying with Matt. I had never been a big cuddler with other guys I’ve dated but something about Matt just made me crave his touch.

“So, Miss. Parker,” Matt said as he sat up and propped himself against the headboard.

I just raised my eyebrows for him to elaborate.

“Not to get all serious, and I know we haven’t really talked about this, but I want you to know I’m not seeing anyone else,” He looked kind of nervous but continued, “I don’t know if you are but I’m not really one to sleep with someone I’m not exclusive with…”

I started doing a mental happy dance as I clued in to what he was getting at.

“Are you asking me to be your girlfriend?” I said while grinning and looking up at him.

“I think I would like that” he replied.

“So would I” I said back.

He kissed my cheek and hugged me tightly and I realized my eyes were starting to weigh down and I needed some sleep.

“Alright if I stay up any longer I won’t be a functioning human tomorrow” I said with a giggle.

“Well, then let’s get some rest missy” Matt said while getting up to put a pair of boxers on and handed me an oversized t-shirt of his to sleep in.

Luckily, I always have a travel sized toothbrush and toothpaste in my purse (a little OCD but I brush my teeth a lot and it’s come in handy) so I got up to brush my teeth and face before bed.

When I was walking back in the room, Matt was lying back in bed and just looked at me from top to bottom.

“I could get used to that picture” He said with a big smile on his face.

“What, you mean me with no make up on?” I said jokingly as I climbed back into bed.

“NO I mean YOU wearing nothing but my shirt” he said as he positioned himself to spoon me, “but that too, your beautiful whether or not you have a speck of make up on.”

“You’re too sweet” I replied.

We kissed goodnight and I drifted off into one of the best sleeps I ever had.

When I woke up the next morning I rolled over to see the bed was empty next to me. Assuming he was downstairs making coffee, I threw on my clothes from the day before and made my way down.

I looked all around the main floor and didn’t hear or see anything so I called out “Matt?”

Nothing.

I looked out the front window and saw his truck was gone. Wtf? I thought.

I went back upstairs to get my phone and just as I was coming down the stairs and pulling up his name to call him, I heard the keys in the door start to unlock and in he walked.

“Sorry I ducked out,” he started as he set his keys on the table “I just know you have to get back for class and I didn’t want you going on an empty stomach.” He said as he kissed me on the lips and handed me a bright pink smoothie and something wrapped in parchment paper.

“You’re so sweet, I thought maybe I scared you away” I said coyly.

“Do you really think I’d high tail it out of my own house after asking you to be my girlfriend?” He asked with a mock-hurt look on his face.

I giggled, “I didn’t know! I just woke up and you were gone. But thank you, smoothies are my favourite breakfast” I said, sticking a straw into the thick, fruity concoction.

“Oh my gosh, where did you get this? It’s so good!” I exclaimed.

Matt laughed while putting a straw into his own, “This little bakery up the road, its run by an older Scottish couple. I’ve gone quite a few times since moving here, they make everything from scratch and are so hilarious to watch banter back and forth when you go in” He said, laughing at the thought.

“Well, they know how to make a good smoothie,” I said as I started unwrapping the parchment paper.

It was 2 croissants but they looked different than any one I had ever had.

“Hmm, what are these?” I asked.

“Those, my dear, are the best croissants you will ever taste.” He said, grabbing 2 plates out of the cabinet.

I sat down at the kitchen table, drinking my smoothie while he warmed up the croissants in the microwave.

When I tasted it, I knew instantly he was right. It was hands down the best croissant I had eaten, probably the best thing I had had from a bakery.

It was stuffed with some sort of ham and cheese mixture and then glazed on top; I inhaled mine in seconds.

After breakfast, Matt dropped me back at the apartment so I could shower and change before class.

We pulled up and after I took my seat belt off Matt put his hand over mine and said, “You have no idea how happy it makes me that I get to officially call you my girlfriend” and leaned in and kissed me.

I smiled, “It makes me pretty happy to call you my boyfriend.”

I kissed him once more before getting out of his truck. I walked into my apartment in one of the best moods I’d been in a long time.