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Prompt: Person B dancing around their home, headphones in, eyes closed, singing as loudly as they please to their favourite song while Person A stands in the doorway watching their oblivious partner with a loving smile on their face
It’s a mild day in Salt Lake as EJ pulls up to Ash and Gina’s house. It’s a Saturday and he and Gina had arranged to hang out. As he approaches the door, keys sliding in to unlock it, he hears the faint sound of someone singing. He pauses for a second, a smile pulling at his lips, then steps inside. Immediately he’s developed in the warmth and smell of fresh baking, accompanied by the singing, which is getting clearer and louder, as he makes his way through the house.
When he reaches the kitchen, he finds the source. There Gina is, headphones on, singing her heart out to You Belong with Me, completely unaware of his entry. EJ can’t help but stop as a large smile creeps across his face and leans against the kitchen doorway. He quickly glances around, taking in the scene, before his eyes fall on Gina again. The remnants of her baking session are strewn across the kitchen, with dirty dishes in the sink, flour dusting the benches and baking trays in the oven. She’s clearly gotten carried away during clean up, as she now belts out the bridge, eyes shut and a dirty wooden spoon dubbing as a microphone. EJ couldn’t help but be in complete awe of this girl. Even though their romantic relationship was still relatively new, they’d already endured so much together and standing here watching her, singing and dancing around to the final chorus of the song, he really couldn’t ask for anything more. Finally, Gina reaches the end of the song.
“Gee whiz!” Gina jumps out of her skin when she turns around, seeing EJ for the first time, hands flying to her mouth and chest. She still has her headphones on and EJ lets out a soft laugh, a look of embarrassment crossing Gina’s face. He notes there’s a smile in her eyes though, so he won’t be completely in trouble for scaring her. After a couple of seconds, she drops the headphones to around her neck.
“Hey.” EJ says, as he pushes himself off the wall and makes his way towards his girlfriend.
“How long have you been here?” Gina asks softly. She’s now blushing, and her hands move to cover her cheeks. Just stopping short of her, EJ grips her wrists, bringing both their hands down in between them.
“Not long.” he pauses before adding, “Just before that epic bridge.” while smiling at her.
“Oh my goodness…” Gina says shaking her head, a full smile now on her face. EJ pulls her into a hug, wrapping his arms around her, and brings her head to rest on his shoulder.
“I’m never going to live that down, am I?” Gina adds after a second. “Hmm… probably not, no.” EJ lets out a small laugh.
The kitchen does eventually get cleaned through the singing, dancing and stolen kisses between versus, and EJ can’t think of anywhere or anyone he’d rather spend is Saturday afternoon with.