We got to the restaurant and were seated. The place was really nice. It was in a tall fancy building with a view of the whole city. "I can't remember the last time, I got to eat somewhere this fancy." "We could eat here everyday if you want." "Of course not." "Don't worry about the price." "It's not about the price, everyday normal food is already the best." "If you say so Princess." Whenever he called me Princess he made me feel shy and I would look away trying to hide my smile. "What? You're my Princess you know." "Sure." The wait then came in with a menu and appetisers. James and I ordered some steak with fries on the side. While waiting for the food, I was watching the beautiful view. "Celine, are you coming to the class reunion?" "There's a reunion?" "Yeah, our class reunion." "Yeah I'll be there if you're going." "Of course I'm going, I haven't seen everyone in so long. It'll be nice anyways since it's at an amusement park." "Sounds fun."
"Here are your steaks and fries, I hope you enjoy them." I cut a piece of steak and tried it. The steak was so soft and it was melting in my mouth, the best steak I've ever tasted. "How is it?" "It's so delicious. I feel exquisite just eating this." "It's great, yeah, lobster here is also great. Should we try next time?" "Definitely." We didn't talk much after, I was just so focused on the food, the waiter also poured us wine. After dinner we just stayed a little bit longer to enjoy the view. I was suddenly a little sad, realising our time has to end again when he returns next month. "When you return next month, just don't forget about me?" "I'll never forget you, my Princess." His smile was so warm, it gave me the memory of the first day I met him, on his first day. It's crazy how long we lasted.
We got off the Uber early and decided to take a night walk home, it was a pretty night, the air was perfect like James. The breeze made all my worries disappear, I should enjoy every moment I got with James before it ends. Just a silent walk while holding hands.
Weeks passed, I tried my best to fit in my schedule to hang out with James, although work was getting busier each day. We're on our last week now.. our reunion was on Wednesday. James and I got ready and drove to the park together, when we arrived the first people we saw were Terry and Stella. I was so happy to see them, I ran up to Stella and hugged her. "I miss you so much!" "I miss you too girl!" "You guys know if Leon is attending?" I asked them. "Yeah, he's coming, over there!" I turned back and saw Leon, his hair was a little shorter. "Hey Celine, long time no see." "Hi Leon." Soon all our class arrived and we greeted each other and did some small talks before we went to explore the amusement park. At first we all went on rides together. The pirate ship and roller coaster.
James and I kept smiling at each other the whole way. Without realisation we started separating from the others and going on rides together. For our last ride, we hopped onto the Ferris wheel. As it started moving, we looked outside admiring the beautiful sunset.I peeked at him and at that moment I saw sparkles around him shining, with his crazy attractive smile… For some reason he started fading… he turned and looked at me. Our time is going to end soon, it was so sad. To prevent James from seeing me starting to tear up, I turned to look at the sky and ocean. "I know you're sad, I'm sad too. None of us want this to end, let's enjoy this moment with happiness and worry about that later, okay?" "Okay." Although we agreed to enjoy this moment, the sadness was just too much.
After the ride everyone went to eat dinner together. A guy from our class then stood up holding a glass of beer. "Cheers to our reunion!" Everyone shouted cheers and clink our glasses together, I was still not that used to alcohol so I only took a small sip. Everyone then turned to Leon, as he chugged the whole thing. "Woah, Leon seems to be really into it!" Leon really knows how to hold his alcohol. We were having a Korean BBQ. James kept giving me meat, although it was nice of him, I don't really feel like eating. "James, you can stop getting me meat, I'm not that hungry." "Are you feeling okay?" "Yeah, I'm alright."
I told James I was going outside for some fresh air, once outside I started feeling a little better. Just then Terry also came out. "Oh hey, what are you doing outside?" "Oh I just felt like drinking outside, it's very loud in there, what about you?" "Just needed some quiet and fresh air." Just as Terry took a sip from his cup, I noticed a scar on his hand near his thumb, "Where'd you get that scar from?" Terry looked at me and his hand and covered it with his sleeve. "Oh I got it just recently." "Oh okay." "I should get inside, it's getting a little chilly." Terry went back in and it struck me, the scar was similar to the one the stalker had. I turned back and went inside as well. I didn't want to cause a scene on our reunion day, so I kept quiet and looked at Terry the whole time.
After we all said our goodbyes, when we arrived home my stomach started hurting a little. "Celine you okay? You don't seem well." "No I'm okay, I just think it's cramp. That time of the month you know." James helped me on the bed and told me to wait as he went to grab something. He came back with a hot water bottle for me to hug so my stomach gets warm. "Do you need anything else?" "No, this is enough." "James." "Yeah?" "I saw a scar on Terry's hand." "Are you trying to say that Terry is the stalker?" "I think so, I mean it's basically in the same place." "Celine, even if he is the stalker, we can't do anything about it, but avoid him. He hasn't done anything for us to report. Just get some rest Celina." I also thought I just needed some rest and went to sleep.The next morning James woke me up with breakfast in bed. "You didn't have to." "I wanted to make you breakfast, practise my cooking you know." He also gave me a bar of chocolate for after. I took a week off of work to hang out with James. I was already on my fifth day of my period. But only until now the cramps were bad. I stayed in bed most of the day, even though I promised James I'll hang out with him.
The next day I was much better since it was over, now there's only 2 days left until he leaves on Sunday. "Hey let's go grocery shopping." James asked me unexpectedly. "All of a sudden?" "We should go grocery shopping like every other couple do, let's cook something nice together." "Okay, sure!" We went to the store and picked out some vegetables. We planned to make kimchi soup. Shopping with him was really fun, it felt like we were married couples. "This is really nice actually." "I know it is, that's why I want to experience it myself."