The perfect imperfect

Dan's pov

After the premiere was over we headed back to the dressing rooms. She looked perfect. She did stutter to answer some of the questions but she did a great job. After having dinner with the cast, we headed back to the university. I walked till Jessica's dorm and wished her goodbye. She smiled and took my hands in hers. They were soft. I wanted to hold her hand and stay like that for an eternity. After staring at each other for some time, I asked her to go inside. She shook her head and pouted. I chuckled and gently turned her around to face her dormitory. After asking for some time, she finally headed inside after giving me a kiss on my cheek. I sighed and headed back to mine. The next morning, I got up to the sound of one of my friends shouting that I am late. I got up immediately and rushed to the washroom. After some minutes I rushed out of the dorm. The campus was bustling with parents of the somophores, third years and seniors. They were going home soon so they were here to pick up the luggage. Freshmen were going a little late from the others as we had an examination. I saw parents running around with big boxes and suitcases. I smiled at the sight of it. After walking around for some time, I finally decided to go see Jessica. There was still sleep in my eyes as we had returned late at night and were very tired from the last day. I headed to Jessica's dorm and waited for somebody to come out. Finally one of the seniors came out and I asked her if she could check if Jessica was in the dorm. She smiled and went up to check. She came down with Jessica. Jessica walked up to me and hugged me. It was a sunny day but not too hot. I asked her if she wanted to head out after the lectures. She smiled and said yes. After all the lectures were over, Jessica and I walked out of the academic building to see Ryan heading out with his suitcases. Jessica spotted him and stopped to say hi. He smiled and came to us. He was leaving soon as his parents were coming to talk to the teachers. Ryan and I had grown closer together as he had shifted to my dorm. We talked for some time, before heading out for lunch. We were walking on the street of the famous restaurants, when a group of guys and girls came running towards us. The guys started asking for Jessica's autograph. She smiled and agreed. I felt a hint of jealousy run through my head. After she was done, we started walking down the street. She turned to me and asked me what I wanted to have. I didn't answer. I was too angry. She always wanted me to stop talking to the other girls and being so good to them but then she did the same thing all the time. I didn't mind her talking to Ryan but she talked to every guy she saw with a smile plastered on. She must have understood that I was jealous so she caught hold of my hand. I saw her pouting from the corner of my eye. I smiled and put an arm around her shoulder. As we were having a burger in one of the restaurants, I asked her about her birthday. She answered and asked me about mine. My birthday was a few days after.

Jessica's pov

Dan answered that his birthday was coming soon. I nodded my head and kept on eating. That night when I was lying in my bed, I thought about throwing Dan a birthday party. That was enough for me. The next day, I took my car and headed to Dan's house. As I was about to enter the mansion, a guard stopped us at the gate. I rolled down the window and smiled at the guard. He recognised me and stood a little straighter. He let us enter. Dan's mom was sitting in the garden reading a book. I smiled and sat beside her on the cold stone bench. She was shocked to see me but soon adjusted. I wished her and started telling her about Dan's birthday party. I asked her if we could do it at their house. She hesitated for a bit and then finally asked me to ask Dan's father. I smiled and headed inside. I asked one of the people who worked there to tell me where Dan's father was. She guided me to a big room with thousands of books surrounding the walls. Dan's father was sitting on his desk doing some work. I thanked her and headed in. He raised his head slowly and saw me. A smile spread across his face as he saw me. He gestured to me to sit in front of me. I sat down and told him about the birthday I was thinking about planning. He was happy and he said that it was my house from now on and I could do anything there. Tears started filling my eyes at his kindness. I had thought they were joking when they had asked me to call them father and mother in law. I smiled and headed down to the servant quarters. As they saw me they stood up and stopped laughing all of a sudden. I asked them to sit down. They hesitated a bit but then obeyed. I asked them where we should celebrate the birthday. They thought for a minute and then stood up. They led me to a big hall. I had never seen that part of their house. I spent the entire day talking about the flowers and decorations. Dan's dad had called a florist and a baker. Finally we decided to fill the hall with white and golden balloons as they were Dan���s favourite colours. We decided to have begonia and ranunculus flowers for the decoration. There were a lot of flavors for the cake to choose from. After testing all of the cake flavors with Dan's mother.