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Bishop texted me after class and asked me to come by his place first for a surprise.
Considering how awesome his surprise was last night he didn’t have to ask me twice.
As I arrive at his front door I knock, knowing at some point in the future I may not have to.
“One second,” he says and literally a second later the door come flying open and his arms fly open too.
I melt into him in a big hug.
“How was your morning?”
“Good so far,” I say. When I’m in his arms all the troubles just fade away. I may have been thinking about things on the walk over from my last class for the week, but all those thoughts are gone now.
“Good and only getting better,” he says.
“What did you do?” I say as I give him a wink, knowing he’s been up to something good.
“Come on in and see for yourself,” he says.
And the minute I step inside the first thing I notice is the three framed pictures I had in my apartment are now sitting on the mantle above the fireplace.
And that’s not all.
All my things that were on display in my apartment are now on display over here. I’m not sure how, but somehow he made them fit. And they don’t look out of place or anything.
“You…”
“Moved you in. Yep.”
“Wow. Okay,” I say taking everything in. I’m not sure if I should ask him if he was planning on asking me or just be happy that he literally did everything, and did it all in a single morning.
“How did you find the energy to do all this?” I ask.
“It was the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”
“Really? You’re not tired after last night?”
“Nope, because every time I carried something over all I thought about was how much closer I was to having you completely moved in and living with me and with my mind focused on that I could have moved mountains.”
“I see.”
“But you didn’t have much anyways, so it was quick and easy.”
“Don’t you think this is too fast?” I ask, but I’m not sure why.
“Not at all. And more importantly I gave your apartment a good look over, including the structure. I think there’s been some water damage in there. It might have come from Hurricane Katrina and then they just painted over it and tried their best to get out the smell.”
“Is that legal?”
“No idea. Not sure what they’re covering up. And I’m not one hundred percent sure that’s the case so I’m not going to go pointing any fingers. But I do know that place wasn’t fit for a queen. My queen.”
“Thank you,” I say and I move in closer and give him a hug.
“Does that mean your place has water damage too?”
“The previous structure here was demolished after the hurricane. This place is brand new.”
“Really? How old is it?”
“Ten years exactly. Katrina was at the end of August back in 2005.”
“Two thousand five?”
“Exactly. Time flies. Another reason why I want you in here right away. It’s easy to look up one day and wonder where all the days went. And I know with complete certainty that I want to spend them all with you.”
“How could I ever be angry at you?”
“You were angry?”
“No, but I’ll have to admit I was shocked at first.”
“We’re engaged. It’s way better for you to live in a house than an apartment, not to mention have more room and I made you a room where you can study. A place you can be alone to focus, read books, or even just think.”
“Really?”
“Yep. Let me show you,” he says as he takes my hand and excitedly shows me the room, which is absolutely perfect.
“So this is my room, huh?”
“Yes and no.”
“No?”
“I’ll never bother you when you need time to yourself. I’ll always respect that even though I really do want to spend all the time I have together. But there’s no mine and yours here. Everything is ours. That means I want you to feel at home right away. You never need to ask to use anything or do anything. And you never need to knock on the door again.”
He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a set of keys, which he hands to me.
“I don’t know what to say?” I say.
“Say you want a cup of coffee.”
“A cup of coffee?” I say. “That sure sounds nice right about now, but why would I say that?”
“Because I have plans for us today.”
“Plans?”
“Like I said. I want you by my side and I don’t want to miss one minute of enjoying our life together.”
“Okay. Better make my coffee a double. I want to keep up with what you’ve got going on,” I say, teasing him about his energy level.
I give him a big hug and I can literally feel his heart beating against my chest.
