by Colette Rosenhof » Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:58 pm
Colette pushed her chair chair back and slowly walked around the table to Basil's side. And without asking for permission or warning him, she sat herself down on what she thought was his lap. Hard.
"Do not talk like that. I don't ever want to hear you talk about yourself that way. I don't even want you to think that about yourself."
She sought out his hair to stroke it gently, a one-sided token of public affection for the boy whose heart she just kept breaking.
"Don't take my hesitation as rejection, my tomcat. It hasn't been a year and we've gone from dating, to a couple, to the brink of living with each other, and now this. You've gifted me so much, swept me up into such a fairytale romance, it all just makes my head spin. Everything is happening so fast, I'm almost afraid to believe it could be real or else everything will come crashing down and I'll be forced to return to my old life. A life I thought was happy, but would now leave me listless and melancholy.
"Of course my answer is yes. I don't need to consider it or weigh my options. I want to stay here, with you. If I wake up in the morning and find you aren't sharing the bed with me, I want to be able to smile because I know I'll find you in your study with a book and a cup of coffee, or in the kitchen making breakfast, or in the shower because you've got a busy day and you want to get it done quickly so we can spend the afternoon together. I don't want it to be because I'm across the channel."