Chapter 18 : Heaven

In all the years that I've loved Rose,

I never even got to be a close friend of hers. I was just that guy who she knew. I was always desperate for new ways to approach her, always struggling to come upto her even today.

So when Francis invited me for a hangout, A HANGOUT WITH ROSE,

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

I honestly didn't know WHAT to say.

I was so surprised, so happy, SO GIDDY WITH EXCITEMENT.

This was it, all this happened for me to get closer to her. The girl I loved, was now gonna be closer to me, than she ever could've, in the literal sense.

And who knows.

Maybe closer personally also someday.

26th of July 2016.

We hung out at a beautiful place called Waterfront.

I walked to that place all the way from my house just because I was super excited to see Rose there.

She looked so damn beautiful.

We had tons of fun, took loads of pictures,  made new friends, and then headed over to Pizza Hut. Everything about that day was super fun and Francis being there with me was even more cooler.

I was kinda hoping to get to drop Rose home myself, but it was too late for me to even ignore the fact that my mom would kill me reaching home any more late. But either way, I was so glad I got to spend the day with her...

.....and with 17 other people. Haha. Yeah.

She mostly just stuck around her female friends and couldn't really talk to me the whole day.....but I was more than happy to have gone on a hangout with her.

And right when I was about to think this was the end,

It wasn't.

I was added to a group on WhatsApp named

"Camp Peeps" on the same day,

Where everyone from the previous hangout were added in by Francis himself.

The very next day, Susan and Rose made a plan to hangout in a mall.

It was just so random, I was not expecting another hangout just the day after one.

OBVIOUSLY I went, Rose was coming!

We took our first picture there, posing like dumb people, but hey it was fun.

And just when I was about to think, "wow.....can it ever get better than this?"

The VERY NEXT DAY they made a movie plan at someones house!

Oooooh boooyyyyy I was SO HYPED UP!!

I still remember us sitting in the hall room, with the lights switched off, watching a horror movie, scaring the shit out of ourselves. The best part being ROSE SAT RIGHT NEXT TO ME. Everything seemed so much fun and beautiful around me. Seeing everyone so happy, smiles everywhere and Rose, as always was at the centre of it all.

And at the end of the day, I got to drop her home, we went walking and I didn't care if I reached home late, all I cared about, at that time was to make sure she reached home safe.

With days like these, I asked myself...

"Would heaven be any different?"