LANDON CHAMBERS-
I looked over at her, I can't believe what we just did. When she showed up I thought there would be some light teasing and then she would talk about the things I said last night. She probably can't stop thinking about it, I know I can't.
She looked down shyly as she wore her dress back on, I quickly dressed myself as well and motioned her towards the couch. Her face was red, flustered, she didn't plan on something like that happening either. I felt like taking her again on my table this time. How will I ever get enough of her?
As we sat down, she kept a good amount of distance between us, which made me laugh as it took me back to the first few times when we met. She would make sure that we had at least a three feet gap between us so that I wouldn't try something but her hard work was always futile.
She cleared her throat as she fixed her hair, no matter how much she fixed it, when she leaves people are going to know what I did to her. Also Siya would give it away, she is not a good actor, and she will be so shameful and red, that it would be obvious.
"Okay, so we need to talk about yesterday, I know you probably don't want to and you don't remember but-"
"I do remember." I state making her eyes go wide.
Damn, those eyes are going to ruin me.
"Oh I had like a monologue prepared because I thought you'd deny it." She said in a low tone, with disappointment evident on her face.
"You sound upset that I remember it." I feel like laughing as she nods her head.
"I had a pretty good monologue prepared with a quote of Martin Luther King in it. It was supposed to be very convincing." She said still disappointed.
"Well maybe you can recite it after we are done talking." I say with a big smile on my face.
This woman.
"I know you are joking but that sounds like a good idea. I may take you up on that offer." She says seriously and I nod with amusement, "Okay now, so you do remember?"
"Yes."
"I don't have much to say other than the fact that I am giving you an ultimatum." I look at her with furrowed eyebrows as she shifts uncomfortably in her place.
"Either stay with me forever or stay away from me, having you in between is exhausting, emotionally and physically." She mutters with a sad look on her face, "Because you were right from day one, we can't just be friends. You see what happened, we met each other out of the blue, we stayed in the same freaking room, we talk as if we are still together and finally we also had sex."
"Yes, I agree-"
"No, I am not done, unless you really want to, I can't change your mind but let me tell you one thing. If you are staying away from me for my sake then you are not doing anyone any favour. I have never been this happy in my life. You can't just come into someone's life, make them feel special and then leave. That's what's going to hurt me, Landon." She says as she takes a deep breath and looks at me with hope.
It breaks my heart how much I've put her through just because I am not sure.
I was nervous, whenever my grandpa tells us his love story, he always told us 'be careful how you play your cards when you have a queen in your hand.'
"You asked me yesterday why I like you. You are caring, you broke up with me and didn't play around because you didn't want to hurt me. You only have eyes for me, they never shift once, even when there are attractive women walking past us. You simply don't care and you respect me enough to not look, even with Analia, you didn't spare her one look. Such things just make it harder for me not to love you. You keep talking about 'someone needs to take care of me', I have been babied my entire life by my father. It's good that you don't treat me like a damsel in distress, but I know and you know that when I need you, you will be there for me." She tells me and I feel warmness fill my heart. I have never felt so safe and comfortable with anyone. I was always on alert no matter what but with Siya, I am vulnerable.
"Siya, I am going to be out with whatever problems I have and after hearing those if you still want to stay, then you can and I will let you in." I tell and she smiles out of relief. I could see that she was almost sure about the fact that she won't have a problem with me.
"I don't sleep at night, with you, yes sometimes I do because you take my mind off stuff. Also I don't want to have kids, I don't think I apt I am to raise another human being , so I don't want to bring a child into this equation ever. I am not even sure about marriage, I don't want you to sacrifice things for me in your life. I am just not worth it." I tell her softly as her eyes furrow and I could see her heart breaking. I hate to be the person who makes her unhappy.
"What makes you think that I want all of those things in my future? Because I am a girl next door type of a girl. It's okay Landon, I am not sacrificing anything and it's good that you are so thoughtful about children, you are right, they don't need to grow up in an environment where the parent can't love and support them unconditionally. Honestly, I thought I wanted that because that's how most of the happy love stories end, with a family and marriage but look at my parents. They are married and they have three children, yet so unhappy with each other. Marriage and kids don't guarantee happiness, yes, they might work for a lot of people, but it is no guarantee." She explains and I shake my head.
"Don't say things to make me happy-"
"I am not. I have been thinking about my future for a long time now, but I really don't see one without you. Consider this, even if I marry a man and have kids, I could never be happy, nobody would be happy. Because I love you and I don't think I can ever love someone else." My heart stopped beating, she said it, finally. I always knew it but hearing it is a completely different thing.
I took a deep breath in, I was too overwhelmed right now.
Siya loves me.
She was right.
She has been here for me since day one, she understands me, my past and my present. She has accepted my ways and my life. She has never failed to stay committed to me. No matter what she is still here after all we've been through.
"Fine, but I'll tell you one thing, you can't leave me ever now. You got yourself into this knowingly." I tell her and she laughs gleefully. My heart fills with delight when I see her so happy, finally.
"As long as we are loyal to each other, love each other without any conditions, I don't think I will ever be not happy."
"Are you sur-"
"Cut the crap, Chambers. I am in." She roars angrily taking me by surprise.
Yes, she is done with my nonsense.
"Siya Rains" She raised her eyebrows as I took her hands in mine, "I couldn't have imagined how good my life would get, since the moment that I met you, will you please be my girlfriend?" I ask her and she jumps on the couch before leaping into my arms.
"YEESSSSSS!" She screeches making me laugh at her excitement, I make her sit properly on my lap as she continues to hug me. She breaks the hug for a second and places a huge kiss on my lips.
"Can we not tell my family just yet?" I ask, knowing what they would do if they knew.
"Yes absolutely, we can't let them know their plan worked." She says and I agree. They'll get too smug, whenever I disagree with grandma, she'll just throw this incident right in my face to show me that she is always right.
"Also they will start planning our wedding as soon as they hear the news. You are my first official girlfriend." I tell her and she smiles.
"Aww I took Wandon's 'girlfwiend' virginity." She playfully mocks me as I pull her close to me and she immediately stops laughing.
"Well Elizabeth already gave me an idea about proposing on a hot air balloon." I tell her and she makes a face. She was scared of heights.
"I would rather have it done in front of my students to show them I am not some lonely cat lady." She jokes and I laugh.
Yes, Siya is so nerdy that she may come off as a cat lady to her students. She is around their age, so her students are very comfortable around her and freely make jokes about her, which makes her laugh. When I met her for the first time, I thought she is a hot, shy nerd too.
"Now that you are my girlfriend and we are here for 5 more days-"
"Yes, we can go to museums, there is one natural history museum which would be great. We can play games."
"In a museum?"
"Yes." She says as her eyes light up. I knew she didn't mean a dirty game which was something I would love to do. I remember back home, she said let's play a game, and we ended up playing 'atlas' for hours.
"I was thinking about staying in our hotel room."
"Wouldn't talking get boring after a point?" She asks me innocently.
I nod my head, I am not going to tell the things I am going to do to her once we get back to the hotel room, which would just end up making her nervous.
My cheeks were hurting from smiling so much, I couldn't believe that Siya was finally mine.
I know I don't deserve this woman, but instead of pushing her away I am going to make sure that I am worthy of her time, her trust and most importantly her love.
"Okay now listen to my monologue, Martin Luther King once said-"
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