Epilogue: Just You and I

"Piper? Love, come on can’t we go out for today?" The first day of classes ended quickly and here I am with Carl. We were deciding on where to eat when he suddenly blurted out that I wasn’t having much time for him. "Love, I really wanted to date but Rye is submitting the report to me this afternoon." "Can’t he send it via email? Things works that way now." "Love, I miss you too but we’re just busy right now. The freshmen welcome party is starting in a few and we need to prepare for this one" "Mom wants to see you. She said she misses you and wants me to drag you for a meal in our house." he said an this eyebrows went up and down "Aunt Carlisle texted me. She said I’m invited for dinner, its hours away from now, love." "Ugh, fine. I’ll drive you back to school. Text me when the meeting with Rye finished so I can pick you up." "Okay, noted love." I said and we drove off to a nearby restaurant We ordered food and ate quickly because the meeting will start by 1:30 in the afternoon and it was already twelve o’clock. After finishing our lunch, Carl drove me to the university I was attending and he bid goodbye. Carl is meeting up with his brother Clarence today. "Hey, Rye. How’s it going?" "All is well, Piper. It’s good that you came here before Johnson. He gives me headache." I laughed at what he just said and sat next to him to help him fix the papers on the table. The university student council will be holding a meeting this one thirty in the afternoon to finalize the plans for the freshmen: welcome party. "Shouldn’t Johnson be here right now? Why is he running a bit later than usual?" "He got himself a girlfriend, Piper. I heard he’s in a relationship with some architecture student. I’m not surprised, he’s flirty." "Yeah, I guess he’ll qualify as one. I want to know who his girlfriend is." "I’m more curious of you being in a relationship with Carl. It’s just weird and strange." "What? Carl’s nice." I said and Rye snorted in disbelief We sat there in silence and I put the mess inside the office on the drawers to make the place clean. When we finished cleaning the place, the council then started going in one by one. By three in the afternoon, we finished the meeting and went home. Carl picked me up and we went to some beach where all sorts of food trucks were located. "What are we doing here?" "I’m sure you’re hungry, love. Let’s eat a few snacks and walk around the beach before going to our house." "What? But I want to shower before going to your house. I smell awful." "What? You smell nice. But to satisfy you, we’ll go back earlier to give you more time to shower. How’s that love?" "Okay, fine." We really did eat foods from the food trucks scattered all over the place. After we made our tummies full, we head to the beach to stroll and watch the sunset. Many people were on the beach feeling the breeze that was embracing our skins. "This feels nice." I said and looked at Carl while smiling "Everything’s nice when I’m with you, love." "Why are you so cheesy all of a sudden? I’m still not used to it." "Then you should be used to this cheesy Carl, love. I’ll be like this to you always." "Yeah, yeah." I replied and walked in silence After walking farther from the crowd, we decided to stop and sit on the sand. We did sit on the sand while Carl’s arm was draped over my shoulders. We should do this more often. This relaxes me so much and is a good way to distress. "I love you, Piper Lauren Villegas." he said and that made me smile "What the? I love you too love but why are you suddenly blurting out my name?"" I said and chuckled "Nothing. I just wanted to say I love you. I love you my student council president." Was all I heard before his lips touched mine. And that is where I knew, I was with the guy whom I would like to wait for me in the altar and to receive my ’I do’.