Saturday, June 19, 2010

"Airplanes Like Shooting Stars" Chapter 5: "I Know You Well"

Virginia's Point of view:
What a gentleman, he slept in the guest room while I slept in his room. That might've been the sweetest thing he's ever done! I was really touched at that. I wake up later than I would've liked to, but whatever...my parents were already mad at me and it's not like they knew where I went anyway so forget that. I get out of bed and go downstairs. Thankfully, I was always prepared with an extra set of clothes, a toothbrush, and other things here. Wow, I just realized...that sounded like I've moved in with him, but that's not reality. It's just like I always come prepared and knowing my parents hate David, I know I'm going to need him at times and he will always be there for me so this is kind of like my second home while I still live at my parents' house. He was perfectly okay with that. I was still really upset though. I didn't want to move so far away from David because he's the only person I know I can run to in the middle of the night and he'll always be there to help me and to protect me. That is just one of the endless number of reasons that I love him so much. Plus, I knew that he always would love me and he told me very often and I know it's not because he was afraid I'd leave him like my parents were so convinced, but it was because he was telling me the truth and he said he wanted to have a very open and honest relationship with me.
But despite all of these feelings right now, I had to get up and face my parents sometime or another. So I got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower. I brought all my clothes along so I could just get out and get dressed. I placed all my clothes on the bathroom counter and got the shower to a perfect temperature. I hopped right in a settled for a nice shower.
About 20 minutes later:
I thought I spent enough time in the shower so I felt like I should get out now. I step out of the shower and get all my clothes on before I leave the bathroom. I didn't feel like walking around in a robe today because I wanted to be as comfortable as possible. I'm very conservative and don't like that stuff. After I finished getting dressed, I head out of the bathroom with a pink towel under my hair to keep from my clothes getting wet. I need to see David now so I go into his the guest room and look for him. He's not there so my mind knows that he's downstairs. I walk quietly down the stairs so as to make me presence unknown. I sneaked into the kitchen and around the corner of the island and poked him on the shoulder.
David: "Good morning."
Me: "To you too, and I really have to thank you for putting up with me. I know I am kind of high-maintenance."
David: "Oh, no. Not at all."
I playfully swat him on the shoulder, "Yeah right!"
David: "I mean it. I've had other girlfriends who were far worse. You are actually very independent compared to some of them."
Me: "Wow, really? What kind of girls did you hang out with?!" We both laugh.
David: "I've made a lot of mistakes, I'm not perfect."
Me: "Neither am I."
David: "Then we can be imperfect together."
And we both laugh again. One thing for sure that made our relationship unbreakable beside that we understood each other inside out and backwards is that we always knew how to make each other laugh. We had the same sense of humor. That seemed to be important to many people. For one split second, my eyes flow up to his face. Another great triumph for knowing your partner inside and out is knowing when they are upset or in his case at that moment, needing to say something.
Me: "What's wrong?"
David: "Nothing."
Me: "You know I know you better than that."
David: "Dang...sometimes that can get annoying."
Me: "HEY! Anyway, just tell me what's on your mind..."
David: "Fine, well..."
* To Be Continued*

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