10 July 2012
Upon arriving to the bank of the pond, I saw Luke. He was leaning against a tree sketching the view of the pond and it's surroundings. I slowly walked to his position. He sensed a presence and looked up immediately. When he saw that it was only me, he smiled that familiar smile that I have seen all my life.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you." I said apologetically. Luke shook his head saying," Oh no darling, I was hoping you would come here. I... I wanted to see you." He seemed a bit fidgety, but I overlooked it. "You did? Why?" I asked innocently. I could tell he was uncomfortable about saying what he wanted to say, but he had determination written across his face. "I need to tell you something Effy. It might catch you off guard and completely confuse you, or question our relationship as childhood friends. But you must know. Effy darling, do you understand?" Luke said instantly grabbing my full attention.
"Yes Luke I do, but.." I was in the middle of a sentence when he interrupted me by grasping my hands in saying, "Effy Grey." he rarely uses my last name. Only if he is mad or serious and wants my full attention. "I have had the incredible honor of knowing you all my life. We have shared many happy and sad moments in our past lives, and I think it's about time we share our biggest moment yet. I love you Effy! I love you like a man loves a woman, like a husband loves a wife. I'm telling you from deep inside that your all the encompasses my heart. You've captured my love, and I can't ever imagine living my life without you. Your the only woman that could ever fulfill the wife position in my life. Your her, your the one. " I thought Luke said these incredible words, but I couldn't distinguish if it was imaginary or real. My eyes were blurring from the tears that filled my hopeful eyes. My body was trembling, and I felt as if my knees were about to give way and fall over.
As I caught my breath I replied,"Good heavens Luke. You caught me off guard. Why did you choose to tell me this now, not that I'm mad or anything. Why didn't you tell me this back in the drawing room earlier?"
"Because in the drawing room, it wasn't the right moment. And as I saw you walk up to me a few moments ago, I realized I don't want to hold this feeling in any longer. I was gonna explode with such powerful love for you. I wanted you to know that I would fight til the ends of the desperate earth, just for your love." Luke said gazing upon me.
My heart skipped a beat, and my eyes sang of glorious praises. I gazed back into his intense grey eyes and said,"I love you too Luke. My heart has never felt more certain than it does now, and it never will. Your the only man I could ever love, I could ever share my life with."
Suddenly my cheeks were overwhelmed with hot streams of fresh happy tears. They sailed downward to the ends of my jaw and jumped off the edge onto my pale blue day dress, creating puddles of tears. Luke mimicked my feelings and stood up pulling me along with him. My hands that were once shaking, were then calmed by the brush of Luke's warm tender hands. He gave me the most sincere smile and tugged my body into his. Our bodies fit into another like two missing puzzle pieces connecting to one another at last. We stood there hold each other as we took turns kissing the others lips.
"You have no idea how incredibly happy I am Effy darling." Luke said staring deeply into my fierce emerald green eyes.
"And you sir, have no idea how incredibly happy I am!" I said teasingly back.
He gave me a wink and a grin and pulled me in closer to his embrace. Lost in breath, I closed my eyes and kissed him back, never wanting to leave his inhabitance.
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