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Ari always made me feel good.
Except when he hurt me.
I frowned.
“Please don’t hurt me,” I told him, a small part of me knowing I sounded pathetic.
“I’m going to take care of everything, baby. Make us both feel better,” he assured me. “You trust me, right?”
I nodded. “I can’t stop.”
“Good girl. Now come with me…”
I took his hand, because Drunk Blake, she would follow him anywhere.
The party was winding down though, but I didn't want it to end. Because I didn't wantusto end.
Ari could sense it. So when we stepped outside into the cool night air, he held me close. "What do you want to do, sunshine?"
"I want to keep having fun. With you. Forever."
And I did wantforever.
The alternative was goodbyes and grief.
He smiled. Triumphant. "I want that too."
I had champagne in a limo. Ari just watched me, still not partaking, though his eyes kept drinking me in. I was blissfully drunk. While he was just drunk on me.
Then, the fun and freedom went to an all-time high. Really, really high. As in airplanes and clouds.
"It's so pretty." I sighed as I looked out the window at the glittering lights below.
"You're prettier."
I turned and smiled dreamily at him. This seat was comfortable. His hand on my thigh was bliss.
We stumbled through neon-lit streets, my heels clicking on a sidewalk that felt alive, alive with the pulsating beat of the bright light city. Ari’s arm was wrapped around me, not letting me fall. Because he was always protecting me.
The rush of adrenaline and alcohol in my veins as we stumbled into a building that seemed to appear out of thin air. There were couples everywhere. A lot of white. So much white. Which was weird, ‘cause I was in white too.
A small chapel adorned with glittering lights, and Elvis was there serenading us with a voice that could melt steel.
Ari said “I do,” and he was so happy.
A ring slipped on my finger, and he was even happier.
“Forever, sunshine.”
We kissed, lips meeting in a collision of passion and pure happiness. The cheers and applause of strangers mingled with our laughter, as if the universe itself had joined in our celebration.
My memories were nothing but fragmented flashes, like a puzzle missing most of its pieces. But I was with Ari.
So I was safe.
So safe.
Forever safe.
