Page 42 of Once Upon a Holiday Vacation
“Thank you, ma’am,” he said, giving my hand a gentle squeeze. “We’ve known each other since kindergarten, but we’ve been a couple for two amazing years now.”
The woman’s eyes widened. “Childhood sweethearts! How wonderful. I can see the bond between you, it’s really something special.”
Weston’s eyes lit up, a familiar sparkle dancing in their sea-blue depths. “Oh, it’s quite a story,” he said, leaning forward conspiratorially. “Would you like to hear it?”
The woman nodded eagerly, settling back in her chair. I felt a mix of curiosity and affection wash over me as he launched into our tale.
“We’ve been best friends since we were kids, but it took us a while to figure out we were meant to be more,” he began, his voice warm with nostalgia. “East here, he’s always been the shy bookish type. Me? I was the jock who couldn’t sit still. But somehow, we just clicked.”
I listened, mesmerized, as he wove our story. He spoke of lazy summer days spent reading under our favorite oak tree, of me cheering him on at every game, of late-night study sessions that turned into deep conversations about life and dreams.
“And then, two years ago,” he continued, his eyes meeting mine, “I finally got the courage to tell him how I felt. Turns out, he’d been in love with me for years too.”
I smiled softly at him, my heart so full of love it felt like it might burst. The gold band on my finger caught the sunlight, and I absently twisted it, feeling its weight and warmth, remembering the day he’d put it on me, promising to love and cherish me forever.
“Life isn’t always easy,” he continued, “but every day with East is an adventure. He’s my rock, my soul mate, my home.”
I swallowed hard, overcome by the sincerity in his voice. This wasn’t just a story for our audience anymore. This was us—our friendship, our love, laid bare in the Caribbean sun.
As Weston finished, I realized with a start that none of it was pretend anymore, every word had been true. We’d found our happily ever after in each other and created our own epic love story. And I couldn’t wait to see what the next chapters had in store for us.
THE END
