22. Mundane

MICHAEL

I had the best sleep yesterday with El in my arms. I woke up to the sight of her beautiful brunette hair, like the waves of an ocean. I was spooning her, with my hand in between her breasts and leg in between hers. I bent to take a look at her face and God she looks like an angel. I kissed her cheek and that stirred her. She grabbed my hand tighter and went back to sleep. My heart swelled at that. Is this what it feels like, to be consumed by love? Forget consume, I was drowning, in love and I absolutely do not want to float. As much as I wanted to stay in bed with her I have so many plans for both of us today. Starting with Avatar! Finally after almost three months I'm going to the movies, with El. I don't know which one was more exciting.

" Come-on baby, wake up" I whispered in her ear and shook her gently. She turned to look at me and pouted. I lightly kissed her lips and detangled myself, that was the only way we would get out of bed.

" Come-on come-on, we have a list of things to do" I said pulling the blanket.

"Ughhhh, no" she whined. Great to know she was not a morning person.

" Are you one of those people who get grumpy in the morning"

" Only if being woken up for no reason"

she curled herself into a ball

" We have to go the movies, i told you this before"

" 5 minutes" she whined again, just like a baby. God she's cute. But we have to go.

" Okay I'll go to the bathroom and be back" I need to pee and I have a tent situation going on downstairs. It's the morning! So I answered my nature's calls to find the room empty. Just when I thought she must be using the guest room she pounced on me from under the bed. That scared the shit out of me. El was on the floor laughing, clutching her stomach. This girl, she's going to be the death of me I'm telling you. Great! She was down on the floor laughing

" What are you , 3?" I asked folding my arms against my chest. She was still on the floor laughing. She looked like a tomato.

" Oh my god, my stomach hurts, even my face hurts" she said placing her hands on her cheeks.

" You screamed like one" she continued and stood up.

" I crouched under your bed for god knows how long that was so worth it" she said and wrapped her arms around my stomach, kissing my chest.

" I still don't get what's funny in this"

" Of course you don't because the jokes on you" she said and left the room laughing, again! We got ready, had omelettes and bread for breakfast and hit the movies. We had our 3D glasses and popcorn. Avatar was one of the most incredible cinematic experiences I had in my life. It blew my mind. Even El enjoyed the film. We held hands through out the film, retrieving only when our palms got sweaty because the run time was a little longer than usual. I rambled about how James Cameron actually developed his own camera system to

shoot the film, the VFX aspect of the film, the technological hindrance that halted the project's development and she listened to me very very patiently, giving her insights about the film.

" Would you have chosen to come to the film if I didn't drag you " I asked on our way to my favorite restaurant.

" Probably not, the only film I saw this year was a french one" I'm telling you she's french.

" It was released last year ,it's called Lol and I loved it, it's just a romcom but I loved the film and the soundtrack especially" I never thought she would be the one to like romcoms but she's a hardcore romantic. And she's very very musical. But she has watched several films with me from Dark Knight to Harry Potter and she loved all of them. I loved how she loved everything I loved. It was as if she was happy as long as I was. I could see that,it meant a lot to me. I took her hand and kissed my fingers. I never want to lose her, ever. On our way El blasted all of Lady Gaga's songs.

" I'm telling she's going to be huge" she said everytime she played her. I didn't like her music at first but it grew on me eventually and songs like those stick with you for a long time.

We had lunch at a fancy place and we shared food like a married couple. I ate all her greens and she ate my reds and oranges. We did some touristy things like having our pictures taken, visited the Met museum, I haven't been here since I was a kid. Apparently El hasn't been to. She paid keen attention to details being the artist that she is and got very fascinated looking at some pieces.

" I love Egyptian history, the spinx and the pharohs, do you know they were one of the earliest civilizations to use actual makeup" it was her turn to ramble. I never thought she was a history junkie , then again, everything about her is misleading, for the lack of a better word. You look at her, have a small talk and have a first impression but it does no justice to the person that she really is. She's like an onion, having so many layers to her, you peel one you get another. How lucky am I to have her as my lover? How lucky am I to have her in my life,period.

" Let's get something sweet" she said and I suggested the place David did, that reminded me of him. We went to the cafe and placed an order.

" I've been meaning to ask you this for a sometime now" I started

" Go on " she encouraged me

"Do you think David likes you?" I've had that question on my mind for a long time now

" I don't know, David is one of the oldest friends I have, considering I only have two" she laughed

" But I never understood if he actually liked me like in a romantic sort of way..." she trailed of.

" I get it, one never knows David"

" Exactly" she said and continued

" Why did you ask that though , do you think he likes me and what was the whole asking me out thing about"

" Um do you remember the day we met here , the day when you were looking like a model off duty" I said laughing

" Oh please," she said rolling her eyes. She does that so much, I sometimes wonder if they would get stuck. It only made me laugh harder.

" Don't laugh, " she said hitting my arm.

" You did not speak a single sentence to me that day and if I remember correctly you had a hard time looking at my face too" she continued placing her chin on her folded hands.

" Your entire stomach and half of your legs were on display, of course I had a hard time looking at your face and talking to you" I said as a matter of fact.

" And your sunglasses covered half of face, how was I supposed to know what you were thinking or where you were looking at"

" Fair point" she said

" Anyway that day, David asked me if we were seeing each other"

" He did?" She looked very surprised

" Yes he did , so when I said no,he said cool," I described the word with an air quote

" Seriously I mean, he never asked me anything personal" I continued.

" That's because he knows you don't like it"

" Yeah that's true but I still can't believe he asked you though, it's wierd"

" It is, it's so-

" Unlike him" she continued.

" Anyway I think the entire school has come to a conclusion now" I said eating my brownie.

" I think so too" she said eating her ice cream. Chocolate or vanilla, they're the only flavors she ate. Classics, just like her.

" Umm, this is soo good, you should try" she said and fed me.

" Goes really well with this brownie" I appreciated and placed some in her plate.

" This place really is good" she said enjoying her desserts. From blurting you are beautiful to strolling around the city like an old married couple, we sure have come a long way.