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“ahhh” Devi let out a big sigh as the night was coming to an end.
She couldn’t be happier at this very moment. Paxton was her boyfriend. As she rests her head under his chin, he's rubbing his hands up and down her back. They're both slowly swaying back and forth in each other’s embrace. They were still on the middle of the dance floor and they were so tired.
“You ready to get out of here Vishuakumar?” He says softly.
Devi moves her head from under his chin to look up at him, she’s taking in this moment. She feels like it’s just her and him. nobody else. She liked this feeling. She took in every single detail about the boy standing in front of her. The smell of his cologne, but also his eyes. His alluring honey brown eyes reflecting back at her. How his eye lashes laid perfectly curled. His hair is soft enough to run her fingers through. His suit. His tie. Everything. Everything about him made her feel a sense of comfort she couldn't explain it. For a second it felt like the world and everything around them stopped. She just wanted to stay like this forever.
She finally smiled at him and gazed into his eyes “yeah” she sighed. “Let's get out of here.”
As they made their way back into the parking lot, Devi had reached to open her door, except Paxton had slid so quickly in front of her to get the door for her.
“Oh yeah” she thought to herself. She was still in awe after the grand gesture Paxton had pulled tonight. Sure maybe he hit her with his car, but in the end everything was fine, and they were happy.
“Why thank you boyfriend” she says to him.
“You’re very welcome girlfriend” He plants a soft kiss on her forehead before shutting her door and heading over to his side of the car.
On the ride home Devi had realized her nerves had calmed down a bit. She replayed tonight's events over and over in her head. She couldn’t stop smiling. She wondered if Paxton noticed, because she was pretty sure it was written all over her face.
Suddenly, she feels him reach for her hand, with either on the steering wheel she feels their fingers intertwine and can’t help but notice how perfect her hand fits in his.
Paxton looks over at Devi
“I could get used to this,” she tells him.
“yeah?” he smirks and lets out a small chuckle.
“Yeah.” she nods, as she continues to take in the scenery outside her window the rest of the drive home.
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“Alright, we’re here” Paxton tells her.
“I had fun tonight” she gently lets out.
“Me too. See you later?”
“See you later.” They both lean in for one last kiss of the night.
“I’ll call you” he says in an almost whisper and reassuring comforting tone.
“Okay goodnight” she whispers back.
As Devi makes her way up to her room blushing and smiling to herself, she can’t believe tonight is real. She wanted tonight to last forever.
She immediately changed into her pajamas. Tonight it was her red plaid ones and Paxton’s (oversized) gray swim hoodie he had let her borrow from the night she fell into Ben’s pool and he had rescued her.
She makes her way to her bed and lays on her back, she's so giddy and can't stop thinking about Paxton. She realized that now she got to kiss him whenever she wanted. She could call and text him whenever she wanted. She already missed him, but that didn’t last long because well-
[knocks on window]
She looks over, and sees her beautiful boyfriend waiting outside, still in his suit and tie.
“Paxton? I thought you were going home?” she said as she let him in.
“Yeah, but I can’t stop thinking about tonight and I just want to be with you a little longer. Is that okay?” as if he could read her mind.
“Wow” Devi thought to herself. As a soft smile grew on her face, she nodded, and planted a small kiss on his cheek as her answer.
She reached for his hand and they both made it back to her bed. Both now cuddle in the middle of her bed. She could hear his heartbeat as her head rested on his chest.
“I'm glad you changed your mind” she said, as she felt his fingers run through her hair.
“Me too,” Paxton sighed. “Me too.”
Paxton looked down at the girl resting on his chest. First, he thought about how cute and adorable she looked in his sweater. Then, he could see her already sleeping. He wasn’t sure at what point in the past five minutes she had closed her eyes, but he liked it. He scanned her up and down. He admired her beauty. Her hair. The hand that she had wrapped around his middle. HE was content. He was happy. He never felt this way for anyone before. He was sure he was falling in love. He didn’t know how to express himself very well, but he was glad tonight he had taken the first step. All he knew was that the perfect girl in front of him was someone he never wanted to see cry or be upset. He made a promise to himself that night, that he’d always be by her side and he’d never leave her no matter how hard things got. He just knew he wanted to keep her safe and protect her. He didn’t want to mess this beautiful thing up because after everything they had been through together, the cheating, and him wanting to keep their relationship private. All he knew was that this was their chance to start over and do things right. There was nothing standing in their way.
He noticed the stillness as the silence grew loud, and all he wanted was to stay like this forever.
Before closing his eyes, Paxton set an alarm for 4 am so that he could have enough time to go home and pretend he slept in his own bed.
As his phone went dark and faded into a black screen, he gently ran his thumb on Devi’s cheek and whispered goodnight. He had brought her in closer and he could feel her grip on him tighten.
“Goodnight” Devi mumbled.
And just like that the perfect night neither of them had wanted to let go of just yet had come to an end.