Taylor’s POV
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Jay's arms around me swaying to the music is the perfect way to spend a date. We found another bar, lit up with candles and playing modern music. It’s closer to the beach and the more I drink and sway in his arms, the more I wish to run into the ocean with him. Carefree like two young lovers on holiday. I’m sipping another cocktail through a straw as he scoops my hair off of my neck and plants kisses all over my bare skin. I plan on never leaving his strong capable arms swaying to the rhythm of the music.
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"I think it would be nice for us to take a dip in the sea" I say in his ear over the roar of the music. He giggles and I fall in love with the sound of his laugh.
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"Are you trying to get me to take my clothes off" he smiles.
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"Oh baby do I need to try" I ask him smiling. That sound again, the rumble in his chest and the sultry laugh. I rub my hands on his bare chest. His hands rub my lower back and I yearn for his lips on my skin again.
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"Where did you learn to move your hips like that?" He says in my ear just moments later, a sultry southern twang to his voice and his thumbs pulling my hips closer.
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"Just found out that I could" I smile back watching his eyes.
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"Jeez" he sighs pushing his ashy blonde hair back briefly.
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"Is it not enough that you were made completely and utterly perfect, honestly Taylor.” He begins slowly.
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“Now I'm not superficial. But you are perfection." He explains holding me close as the bass pumps through the speakers and straight into my heart.
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"And you have, hands down, the most caring beautiful heart that I have ever..." he adds loosing himself in my eyes and kissing me impulsively.
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“I am holding the most beautiful special woman in my arms” he whispers, lips inches from mine.
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“This is a wonderful holiday so thank you, Jay" I say slightly tipsy.
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“Well we haven't properly celebrated you being principal and your new dance job that's a big deal" he says rubbing my back. I recently interviewed for a dance company aiming for a starter role but instead receiving principal alongside Jacob. Jacob has tanned skin and brown hair with caramel blonde strands that make him look like he's permanently on holiday doing water sports. I noticed when we met for the first time that he had a coordinating bass clef tattoo, it was an eerie coincidence.
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“I'll bet you can't wait to get started" he smiles holding onto my hips.
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“Yes but at the same time I dont ever want to leave here" I say holding onto him.
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We spend a few more hours dancing with one another, and then we head down the street for a stroll. Around us are lots of bars all playing music, not chart music. The kind of stuff that makes you want to dance and be happy but that's doesn't sound all the same. The roads are lined with palm trees and you can smell the sea in the air. The breeze is welcome, even at half eleven the temperature is still high.
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Eventually hand in hand we reach the beach and begin walking through the velvety soft sand. I feel his arm linked around my waist and my body leans into him.
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"Jay" I say slowly he ditched his shirt in the car and my eyes boggle at his chest in the moonlight.
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"Tay" he replies a grin on his lips.
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I smile and look up at him briefly.
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"It's just I can't believe we are this you know. After everything..." I begin and he just listens. Jay doesn’t interrupt, he takes his time listening to me. Everything I say is valuable to him.
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"I'm happy being with you. More than happy" I say and then I chuckle.
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"I'm happy being with you too Taylor" he says and rubs my hand.
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"I love you" I tell him turning to face him and watching his features soften gazing into my eyes.
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"Do you remember when I told you about Ross in psychology that time being with Jen?" He says to me and it throws me.
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"It was when you just started university. I could hardly believe I suddenly had all of this time with you after nothing. After always just thinking about you being with Matty" he says softly and I search his features. The waves crash to the shore and the water laps at my feet before rolling away again.
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I dated Matthew James Henderson before Jay and before I ever started university. We conceived a child together which I sadly lost through miscarriage. We grieved that child and it ended our relationship. Jay, as a friend, had been there for me throughout the whole thing even though he hadn't known any of it.
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Sometime after the tragedy of loosing the first baby blessed to my body, I briefly moved in with my best friend Ross. Unintentionally we dabbled in the idea of being with one another but my ties ending up aligning with Jay.
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"I always regret that moment, you know. It's just I could see how much Ross wanted you and how you looked at him-it drove me insane Tay. When Ross injured himself and was in hospital after the motorbike accident and you were there dotting on him" he says and he meets my eyes.
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"I was so jealous. So so jealous okay. I wanted you. I wanted you to be with me like that. So I had to somehow bring him down. And by letting you know that he was sleeping with Jen I felt that would work" he says softly.
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Jen. Jen has hated me from the word go. We got off on the wrong foot and we've been walking that way ever since.
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"I was so wrong. When I saw you later on that day crying by your car. I just... it's the first time in a long time that I registered the pain I had caused another person and it made me realise that I didn't want to hurt you ever again. I'm sorry for that day. I'm sorry for the fact that you met me and you had to see the dickhead that I was. But I am happy that you managed to come into my life and pull out all of my badness and throw it into the wind. I love you Taylor. Okay, I will love you for the rest of my life. I can only hope and pray that is enough to keep you with me" he says watching me carefully, a look of anticipation falls over him and my heart begins thudding. The water ebbs and flows and I feel the trickle of it draining back down the beach.
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Jay’s hands trace down the sides of my waist slowly as he bends his knee. My brain frantically attempts to catch up with what's going on as my heart thuds in my chest and the waves crash into the shore. I am transfixed on him he's watching my eyes not looking away for a minute as he kneels before me in the damp sand. Possessed by love and adoration as he pulls a small box out of his pocket.
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"Taylor Elena Harris, only once in our lifetimes does a person come along and reinvigorate everything we thought we knew about life. I would be the biggest fool to see the opportunity and not seize the future I want and need with you. So.." he says, blue eyes looking into mine.
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I do not say a word, couldn’t even if I desperately wanted too. The water laps around us and I smile looking down at him and needing to hear what he is about to say. A few onlookers have been watching us, but really at this time the beach is sparse of people. I can feel the apprehension in my tummy and I smile encouragingly at him.
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"So... Taylor Elena Harris will you do me the honour of being my wife. My forever and always?" He asks presenting me with a ring that I will be inspecting in just a minute when I can catch my breath and process the words he has just said.
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His wife? His forever and always. Without a doubt, without a hint of hesitation. My mind screams say yes, my heart bursts open and the waves surround us as the tide comes in. Both of us far too in love to realise that we are getting wet.
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"Yes." I say and I get down onto my knees with him. The water instantly drenches my jeans and I smile unfazed.
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"Yes Jay. I will be your wife. Your forever and always" I whisper in his ear and he pulls me in kissing me. A kiss that encompasses all of the love of forever and always.
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"I promise you I will love you forever" he says pulling the ring delicately out of the red ring box. I glance up at his eyes and they are glistening with tears.
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"I will care for you always and you will be the centre of all of my dreams" he says placing the ring on my finger.
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The gold band glistens. I am momentarily distracted by the sparkle that emanates from the diamond. It's a round brilliant cut diamond and the clarity is supreme. Completely clear and beautiful. It's breathtaking. On either side of the diamond sit proudly two sapphires, deep blue and enchanting I could look into them forever and not feel bored. I glance at the ring sitting on my hand, fitting perfectly. It looks elegant, it's me entirely.
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I look back into his eyes and he smiles, the water subsides and rolls back down the beach.
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"Jay this ring is..." I say softly glancing at it again tears falling down my cheeks.
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"It is the most magnificent ring I've ever seen" I say.
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"When I spoke to Ella, it was to get her dad, my uncle, to make it. He's a fine jeweller and this piece was made for you" he says smiling. I had been questioning him about Ella at university whilst he had clearly been planning our engagement. I cry again, happy tears as he takes my hand and we stand together.
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"You've known that long" I say smiling, it had been months before that I suspected he was up to something. I just couldn’t have comprehended that it was this, engagement. Promises of forever. I briefly think about him putting babies inside of me before I pull myself back into the here and now.
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"Yes" he smiles.
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"Of course I knew" he says watching my eyes and holding onto me.
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"Taylor Elena Gilbert Scott" I say trying out my name.
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"Perfection just like you" he smiles.
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“A million times yes Jay” I say elated before gazing out at the sea, the depth of the water which is the same colour as the blue sapphires in my ring. Hearing the gentle sounds of the ocean we walk with our shoes off through the water along the beach. Neither of us wanting this moment to end. Both of us wanting to exist in this feeling of ecstasy forever. Like the never ending sea.
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