I sat at our small dinner table, holding hands with Elijah under said table.
"So... Boyfriend huh?" My dad asks, being almost intimidating.
"Uh- Yessir." Elijah answers nervously, thumping his leg up and down under the table.
"Oh so, How'd you two meet?" My mom asks.
"He's actually my roommate-"
"That's not allowed, Is it?" My dad interrupts.
"Wha- Yeah. I mean considering I live with him and my best friend Braden I'm pretty sure it's allowed."
"Well... Eli..." My dad started.
"Please don't call me Eli." Elijah mumbles.
"Speak up."
"I would prefer if you didn't call me Eli... I-I would prefer Lije or J-Jut Elijah..." Elijah stutters.
"Well okay... Where are you from?" My dad asks.
"I'm From Rochester Massachusetts. Lived there my whole life till I moved to Cali for college." Elijah answers, his leg thumping increased in speed. I put my hand on his thigh and he looked at me and back at my dad.
"Any Siblings?"
"I've got a twin brother, Ethan and an Older brother, Ron." Elijah gulped.
"Any girlfriends before YN?"
"No sir."
"Opinions on Literature?"
"I uh- I'm actually no huge on reading and writing because I have Dyslexia." Elijah's grip on my hand tightened.
"Oh. Did you know that YN here is actually getting a degree in English?" My dad asked.
"Yeah I did know tha-"
"What are you going there for?"
"Computer science and video game design." Elijah gulped. My dads eyes narrowed and he slowly nodded.
"Last time I checked this was a Dinner not an integration." I butt in. Elijah squeezed my hand as if saying thank you. "Are you done?" I ask. Elijah nodded. "Anyways, Lije and I are gonna go now." I say, standing up and pulling Elijah after me.
"Wait! Honey, What's your last name?" My mom asked.
"Best. Elijah Best." He answers before I pulled him into my room. He look around as I closed the door. My queen sized bed was on the left wall, My dresser across for that and a window that over looked Queens on the other side of the room. "We really are opposites." Elijah laughed.
"Yeah no sh*t Sherlock." I laugh.
"Even where we live are opposites. My house in Mass in the the middle of the woods in a field and you live here in Queens." He smiled as he looked out the window.
"Well, Opposites attract." I joke. I craned my neck and gave him an unexpected peck on the lips. We mainly kept it to quick Kisses and Holding hands. A. We're both kinda shy even though we've dated for nearly 4 months , and well... The most heated- "Heated" moment we had was... Well, I'll tell you.
It was a nice November day. We had the house to ourselves cause Braden and Emma were hanging out. I remember Elijah sat next to me on the couch silently as Iron Man played in the TV.
"So we've got the house to ourselves." Elijah comments, turning to face me. I looked at him. "So what do you wanna do?" He asked.
"I don't really care."
"Mmkay..." Elijah nodded. We sat in silence again as we looked into each other's eyes. "Screw it." He mumbles before he slammed his lips into mine. I kissed back as if it was a automatic response. I remember him leaning forwards with so much force I had to prop myself up on my hands behind me. I started to fall backwards and I remember grasping desperately at Elijah's shirt, trying not to fall, but this just brought us both down into the couch. There was a sound of the door unlocking and Elijah simply went limp on top of me so in about 0.5 seconds we went from heated kiss to cute cuddles and I didn't mind. He nuzzled his face into my neck and I wrapped my arms around him like a he was a big teddy bear. But yeah. That's the memory.
I took Elijah's hand. "It's getting late, You wanna head up to the roof or stay down here till like 11:50?" I ask.
"Let's stay here." Elijah laughed.
Soon it was 10 till midnight. Elijah and I wore thick and warm coats and sat on the roof of my apartment building. We could faintly hear the voice of Ryan Seacrest announcing that Maria Carey was performing next. Elijah and I just simply laid in our backs watching the stars. I turned on my side to face him. We were both bundles in coats and scarves to keep us warm. We talked for a while, and it was like all I could hear was his voice, dispite the honking cars, despite the sound of people yelling on the streets, Despite sirens and all the chaos of Queens around us, I only heard him. He pulled out his phone.
"30 seconds till midnight." He tells me. We both stood up and listened as we could faintly hear people counting down.
"5, 3, 2, 1." We count down, smiling and laughing.
"Happy new year!" Elijah exclaims before pressing his lips to mine. I smiled as he kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and his were wrapped tightly around my waist. He pulled back. I looked into his eyes and pouted at him with the biggest puppy dog eyes. "Your adorable." He laughs, pulling me close. We hugged each other tightly and I buried my face into the crook of his neck. "I love you." He mumbled. I smiled sheepishly. That was the first time he said it. The first time Either of us said it. Yeah, We've dated for over 4 months as of the 15th but We were too shy to say those 3 words.
"I love you too." I mutter into his shoulder.
"I wonder if We'll be in the same position a year from now at My house." Elijah throws out the idea.
"Great plan. If we can stand each other for that long." I joke.
"Well, It looks like we've got a smarta** is the building." Elijah laughs.
"On top of the building." I correct, smiling at him.
"Why I'm I dating you?" He laughs.
"Because you love me." I smile in a cheeky manner.
"Well, I can't deny facts can I?"
"No you cannot." I rock back and fourth in my heels before our lips met again.