"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another." ~ Thomas Merton

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After school ends, I wait outside next to Abel's car.

A few minutes later, he comes strolling out with his confident walk that I love so much. His hands in his pockets, shoulders relaxed and leaned back and his hair ruffling in the wind. It's the most attractive thing but then again, everything about him is.

If I had to pick a favourite feature of his, I would probably say his long toned and muscular legs. There's just something about them that drives me crazy. And they're not like those skinny twigs a lot of guys have, but they actually have a lot of meat on them, just how I like it. I also love his curly dark hair, and his sapphire blue eyes. Oh and his big hands. His full plump lips.

Okay I can't pick a favourite feature since it turns out that I love them all. Everything about him is mesmerising. One glance at him and I'm drowning in Abel.

"Hey Brown Eyes. You good? You look a bit dazed."

Throughout my thoughts, I didn't realise that Abel has finally reached his car.

He opens my door for me and waits for me to get inside before heading to his side.

"Yeah I'm alright, just thinking." I reply with a nod.

"About?"

Everything I love about you.

"Nothing much." I say instead.

Rather than waiting for Abel to grab my hand or put his on my thigh, I decide to intertwine our hands together first.

Abel is naturally a more affectionate person than I am with his constant touches and little kisses here and there but I really want to change that. In fact, most of the time I'm trying not to attack him with my cuddles. But then again, I think he'd like that so I should probably let loose.

Abel smiles at me and lifts our hands to place a kiss on my knuckles before resting them down on my thigh.

I look out the window and realise that Abel isn't driving the route to my house, "Abel, I think you missed a turning."

"No I didn't." He says vaguely.

"What?" I ask in confusion, "Then where are we going?"

"You didn't honestly think I wasn't going to do anything for Valentine's Day did you?" He glances at me with a smirk.

"I told you I would be fine with just staying in with you and watching a movie."

"I know baby and I love that about you but we do that all the time. So instead of watching a movie indoors, how about we do it outside?"

"Wait, are you taking me to one of those drive in movies?" My voice gets increasingly higher with each word showing how excited I truly am.

"Yup." He says with a smile
.

I remove our hands and slap him on the shoulder, "How'd you know I've always wanted to go to one of those!" I exclaim.

"Ow." He laughs out. "And I didn't but I felt like it's something everyone wouldn't mind doing."

"Oh I'm excited! What movie are we watching?"

"Grease."

"I haven't seen that in years."

About half an hour later, Abel pulls into a field like area with a large cinema screen right at the front. Since we're relatively early, there are few cars here meaning we get to pick a good spot.

As it's February, it still gets dark pretty early so by the time the movie starts, hopefully the sun will have gone down mostly. I think it would look cooler at night.

"The movie starts in about half an hour Brown Eyes. I brought several pillows and blankets, they're in the trunk. I also brought chairs for if you wanted to sit outside at any point along with a picnic basket of food."

Abel heads to the back of the car as I follow closely behind and opens the boot for me to see everything that he was talking about.

"What do you think?" He asks while biting his lip.

Instead of answering, I hug him tightly which he quickly reciprocates.

"I'm guessing you like it then." He says with a laugh.

"I love it! Let's set everything up!"

I run back to the front of the car with pillows and blankets in hand. I throw one of the blankets over both of our seats and place a pillow over the handbrake to prevent any accidental movements. I scatter the rest of the pillows in various places and push the seats back to give us more room.

Abel catches onto to what I'm doing and brings the basket of food and puts it in between us.

By the time we've done all of this, a lot more cars have arrived and the sun has started to set since it's just after 5.

Abel and I start to get comfortable but before we can fully settle in, Abel speaks up, "Brown Eyes do you want some popcorn? I didn't bring any but I can go buy some from the stand over there?" Abel opens his door and prepares to step out but I grab his arm to stop him.

"No babe, it's fine."

Able closes the door and looks at me with raised brows, "You never really call me babe, did you know that?"

Feeling a little shy, I wring my hands together before responding, "Um yeah. I just think it sounds weird coming from me. I love it when you do it though."

I roll my lips in my mouth and look up at him through my lashes.

"You're too cute babe. And one day, you'll be perfectly fine with it. You'll probably say it even more than me to be honest."

"Really now? Why'd you think that?"

"Cause you like me more than I like you obviously." He says with a smirk.

"I'm not even gonna argue with that cause it's true."

Abel's face softens and he cups my cheek with his hand, "Not possible Brown Eyes. You're everything to me."

I think it's sort of weird that he says such deep things like that yet those three words haven't even left his mouth.

Everyday, my feelings for him grow even more and I'm struggling to keep it inside. I want him to know how he makes me feel.

As the movie starts, I watch a couple quickly walk towards the stand where they're selling popcorn. When they turn around to head back to their car, I notice that it's Marcel and Tenaya.

I gasp and hit Abel's arm again.

"Brown Eyes you've got to stop doing that."

I ignore his comment and point towards the two familiar figures, "Look, it's Marcel and Tenaya! I knew they were together! He's been hiding it from me!" I exclaim.

"I mean you already knew, so why do you sound so shocked?"

I grab Abel's shoulders and shake him, "Because they didn't tell me!"

"Calm down!" He yells back. Underneath his breathe, I hear him mutter 'crazy woman.'

I shoot him a glare, "I heard that."

"You were supposed to babe." He says smugly.

A few minutes later, Abel pulls me to him as close as possible and wraps his arms around me forcing me to lean my head on his shoulder.

"You just can't keep your hands off me can you?" I ask with a smirk.

"When it comes to you, never."

As the different songs come on, I can hear Abel singing the words to himself but since I'm so close to him, I can hear it as well. He has such a beautiful voice and I don't get to hear it nearly as much as I'd like too. So rather than commenting on it, I smile to myself and listen while thinking about how adorable it is.

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When the movies over, Abel drives us to the spot since neither of us feel like going home. Plus, it's also like our usual hangout place just for the two of us. The amount of times we've come here is unbelievable.

We're both sitting with our feet dangling over the edge when Abel leaves to get something from his car.

When he returns, he's holding his guitar while looking extremely nervous.

"Was that guitar in your car?" I ask.

"No, I just drove home to get it in under five minutes." He replies sarcastically.

"Ha ha. You're so funny." I respond dryly.

Abel takes a seat away from the edge of the cliff and places his guitar in his lap. I copy his actions and make sure that my focus is directly on him.

"I've been wanting to show you this for sometime now but I was never sure when the right time was." He nervously scratches the back of his head and clears his throat.

"You don't have to show me Abel. Not if you don't want to."

"No I do baby. I really do."

He runs his hands through his hair and places his fingers in position on the guitar and begins.

You shine out so bright, you're the light of my life

You're the cure to my pain and the one that I trust

Without you next to me, I'm just a shell of who i am

Cause you're my other half baby, the one that completes me

You make me go crazy, but i definitely wouldn't change it

Because,

The best feeling I've ever known,

Is loving you you you

The one that I can't get out of my mind

The one that i'd leave everything behind

For youuuuu

Cause there's nowhere else that I'd rather be

Then having your arms wrapped around me

You have the whole of my heart, my body and my soul

You don't even try but you make me feel whole

I need you to know how beautiful you are

And every time that I look at you, I almost fall apart

You shine like a star and you glow in the dark

And I trust in you with all of my heart

Because,

The best feeling I've ever known,

Is loving you you you

The one that I can't get out of my mind

The one that i'd eave everything behind

For youuuuu

As Abel sings to me, I swear I melt into a puddle at his feet. He clearly mentioned love in there and I don't know if he truly meant that or if that's part of the song.

Pools of water gather in my eyes and despite my tries, each one falls down my cheeks like raindrops.

Abel finishes singing and places his guitar next to him before wiping away my tears. He grabs my hand in his and starts speaking softly.

"Brown Eyes, you haven't been in my life for very long yet it feels like a lifetime to me. Before I even stepped foot in this place, you were the first person I met and instantly took a liking to you and your adorable personality. You're the constant reason for my joy and I've never felt anything more beautiful than being the one you decided to spend your days with. I love you so so much baby. You own my heart and you have for a very long time. I am completely and utterly consumed by you and only you."

He loves me.

Abel loves me.

I feel like I'm floating on cloud 9 right now. I don't know how to express how I'm feeling and it feels like I'm about to explode with happiness.

My hearts pounding rapidly against my chest while I'm feeling a mixture of both excitement and adoration.

"Y-you love me?" I ask with glistening eyes.

"Without a doubt Brown Eyes."

I throw my arms around Abel's neck and pull him close, "I love you too." I whisper.

He leans back from me slightly to stare into my eyes, "Say it again."

"I love you Abel."

"Those are officially my favourite words." He says with the biggest smile on his face.

"I can tell." I say with a giggle, "I wasn't sure how I was going to tell you you know. But you gave me the perfect opportunity today."

"I've loved you for a long time now Keziah. Since before the whole Eliza situation. I fell for you fast and hard but I don't regret it. I'm in awe of you and the way you make me feel."

What am I even supposed to say to things like that? Abel has such a way with words and it constantly leaves me speechless. I wouldn't change that though; it's so endearing.

"But that was ages ago. That was on New Years." I say feeling flabbergasted.

"I know it was but you made it so easy to fall in love with you."

"Then why did you wait so long to tell me?" I wonder.

Abel scratches his head, "I guess I was unsure about it. I've never felt so deeply about someone like I do for you so it shocked me. And besides, I wasn't sure you were ready for that."

He's probably right. I only realised I've fallen for him a few weeks ago. If he had told me so early on, I probably would have freaked.

"Either way, I'm happy."

"And I'm so incredibly lucky."

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