Once Every Never

“His hand upon your hand, his eyes upon on your face, his lips caress your skin. It’s more than I can take.” Moulin Rouge

     His eyes were Caribbean blue with specks of gold around the orbit. His face was perfect with no flaws at all. His lips were soft and warm just like the rest of him. We swayed to the rhythm of slow song, the one that lead the music and words right in our hearts. My arms were around him, his arms were around me and everything was perfect. Dazzling lights of the Miami Club dimmed, letting the lovers have their privacy. This evening, our last date, was perfect as I imagined.

     Warmth of his body warmed me, through and through, making me feel lightheaded and also happy, which was a rare feeling for me. My past was long forgotten while I was held, gently and lovingly. Two guys among the crowd of women and men, shutting away every noise but still holding each other. Few people turned to look at us in question but averted their gazes when they saw that they were intruding just with their looks. The slow song had come to the end, making us part and grin at each other. "Well, Thomas Edison," I joked, stuffing my hands into pockets of my new jeans. "Would you like to rest or go some place else?" Tom chuckled lowly, the sound making me feel on top of the world as he put his arm around my slim waist and pulled me closer to him. "We will rest, dear. I'll get us some drinks."

   His wink made me almost fall down on my face, however I gathered myself in time and smiled back at the gorgeous boy. "Of course. I'll just sit over there." I pointed towards the table with no people, quickly realizing that it was only the free table in the whole club so I needed to hurry if I wanted to get seats for us. Just then, warm hand wrapped around my wrist, turning me around and warm lips met mine, drowning all of the previous thoughts of losing him in some sort of way. 

   Although, before I could respond, Tom pulled away and grinned teasingly at my blushing boy face. "Thank you. I needed that." He spoke soft enough for me not to hear and yet I could hear him, inside my head saying how much he loved me. My blush turned a deep shade of red as I watched his retreating back a bit in a daze before realizing my task and I turned around, racing towards the free table. And just in time I sat down, when few people walked over and scowled, seeing me sitting at that table.

  Smirk formed on my face as I relaxed against the comfortable chair and searched around for Tom, smile turning form the smirk when I found his messy white hair. Watching him from afar, memories begun to play inside my head at the first time we met...

   I stumbled on the beach, falling straight on my failing arms and hitting the hard sand pretty hard. Scratches were on my arms as I sat up, rubbing my knee which was  hit hard as well. My family was inside the hotel, looking at the places where we could go together and I could finally take a run outside of the Miami beach, away from all the fuss. Now I painfully regret this decision. I was known in my family as the clumsy one so basically even if it was straight ground, I could trip on it. Wasn't it just fantastic?

   Suddenly shadow covered me from the young but glaring sun, a gentle voice coming from the figure in front of me. "Are you okay?" In fear, I looked up to the person, instantly being surprised by how could such beautiful person exist on the planet. He had the most amazing blue eyes that matched the bluest colors of the sea, white teeth were peeking from the slightly open lips and his hair was a shocking color of white, practically like snow. 

   I smiled back, the best I could and took his hand that was reaching out to help me up. "As far as I know." My voice came out a bit with a squeak so I cleared my throat and tried again. "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for asking. My name is Michael, by the way." I shook his hand, the one that I had not yet released and soft laugh left the angel in front of me. "I'm Tom. Pleasure to meet you. Would you like some ice cream? My treat." I hesitated on whether or not I should go with the beautiful person but the dazzling smile made those thoughts disappear and I nodded quickly. "Of course."

   After our meeting, we begun to talk about our lives and became a really good friends. After awhile, I realized that I was beginning to like him more than a friend and started to distance myself away from him. Soon enough, he came to my house, with my parents being witnesses, he confessed to me, saying that he loved me from that moment on the beach. My parents begun to ask him a lot of questions, to find out whether or not he was worthy their son, but soon enough they were reassured and let us go out.

   It was almost like a fairy tale came true. Everything was perfect in our relationship. However, few weeks ago, my parents announced that we were moving and today was the last day for us to be together. Sad smile spread on my face before I blinked back into the reality and looked around, searching for him. When I found him, my mouth opened in shock. He stood, pressing some guy against the wall and they were making out. Tom done no move to protest but only to encourage the guy for more.

  For a moment, I was just sitting there and the next second, the world crumbled around me, covering my mind with its chunks. Anger, frustration, madness, fear and most of all, despair filled my vulnerable mind, covering the side that functioned clearly. Nothing made sense for few seconds, then loud music, people's voices, and all of the noise came rushing in, almost suffocating me. I tried to stand up, but ended up falling back down into my seat next the one that would never be filled. 

 At last, the reality caught up with me, sending me up to my feet, staggering like a drunk person around and bumping into the other people who grumbled and cursed him. Who could really blame them? I was just another person, swaying to the tune of the music instead of the heartbreak of the summer romance. Drops of tears rolled down my face as I stood carefully and walked out of the club, heading towards the hotel where me and my family had stayed. The hot rivers of anger that I've believed the perfect stranger, rolled down from my eyes. I would simply stop so every now and then to wipe them off and sobbed, continuing on.

So it was true. This kind of summer romance came only at once every never.

Author's Note

Ha! Another new story!~~

Reviews

[Haeshin]

Truthfully I thought it was a typical, unexciting love story, but then it made sense once I read the whole thing. It really is 'once every never'.

[Leigh]

Nice read, very much enjoyed it