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"Omg, you have to stop I'll get off at the next exit I promise "
I looked at her, but her eyes were focused on the road, only glancing in my direction every once in a while. She laughed at my pout. Damn, her laugh is so cute. I can't help but smile.
A few minutes later she parks the car at a diner by the highway and we both get out. We enter the diner that looks like it came out of the 50s with a blue and white checkered floor and blue leather booths. I grab two menus from a stack, give one to Soph and sit down at the nearest booth.
"So, what are you in the mood for?" Soph looked up at me and then back at the menu and then she says:
"Hmm, I was gonna go for the pancakes but I think I'll just get a coffee and steal one of your pancakes "
"You dont know I'll get pancakes!" I half yell in the nearly empty diner. She raises her eyebrow because she knows I always get pancakes if they have them and if they don't I ask if I can get them anyway. I know that she knows, it's just an excuse to act annoyed so she'll look at me the way she does, shaking her head while smiling.
I slathered maple syrup all over my pancakes. It was an enormous stack. I dig in shoving pieces in my mouth while syrup is running down my chin. I look up and Steph is done with her coffee and is currently staring at my pancakes.
Maple syrup, coffee, pancakes for two
I push the plate toward her and we share the rest. She is just as much of a messy eater as me and I don't mind any syrup missing her mouth. I think about liking it of her skin. I reach over and kiss her lightly on her lips.
"Your hair is getting syrup in it" she says with a giggle.
Shit. Eh, worth it.
Once we're done with our meal and back in the car I turn on the radio. The song playing is one I don't recognize. Just keep driving. We had been on the road for over two days total by how and I can't stop thinking about how if I had been crambed in a car for this long with anyone else I'd be about ready to never see them ever again. Not Steph though. I wouldn't mind seeing her every day of my life. I still feel like me with Steph. Maybe because we grew up in the same small town. Maybe because we have been friends forever before we ever became anything else.
People on the radio talk about something, I haven't really been paying attention. Something about some viral clip about how to get a boyfriend. I change the channel.
Should we just keep driving.
The last stop before we'll be there is by the ocean. It's night time and the sky is clear and full of stars. Steph is cuddled into my side with her head on my chest. We lie there on the beach for a minute or maybe hours just being with each other.
"Sometimes I think that I should just get it over with and do what everyone wants me to do and find a guy and marry him just so everyone will be happy"
I look down at Steph with a confused look. She's still looking up at the sky, but her hand has a tight grip on mine.
"But then I think how could that work cause I wouldn't be happy and I guess I matter too"
"You guess?" she looks at me then. I think she's about to say something but she lays down again and breathes out a heavy sigh.
"I think you make me happy. '' I feel a flutter in my chest. I can't help it. I know how she feels and she knows how I feel, I think, but everytime she says something like that I get that feeling.
"You make me happy too." I tell her and wrap my arms around her. "You're my home."
We stay there till dawn and watch the sunrise. Just a few more hours and we'll be officially married. Steph will be my wife and I'll be hers. I'm so happy I could burst.
"You are the love of my life"