The Ghostly Love Story

In the Morning

DAHLIAS POV

I wake up late in the morning and turn over to see Zak watching TV.

"Good morning beautiful. How did you sleep?" He asks. I put my head on his stomach and just take a moment to wake up. "You okay beautiful?" he asks.

"Yeah. Just thinking about last night. I had a lot of fun babe. It was nice spending time with you. And that bath felt amazing. Although you never rubbed my back for me" I say laughing. I hear him take in a deep breath.

"So you remember last night then?"

"Yeah of course I do. I wasn't that far gone. Thank you for being so respectful. But also I do still want to. But I also don't have the energy to move. And I really need to pee."

"Go pee. And we don't have to. Not until you really are ready. And thanks for the compliment last night." he says smiling.

"What compliment?" I ask confused.

"You don't remember that part? You said I was huge." he says. I start blushing and just walk into the bathroom shutting the door behind me. Did I really tell him. He must think I'm an i***t I think ti myself. I finish up and walk back out to the room and go cuddle up to him. We sit around relaxing when my stomach growls.

"Lets go get food babe. Im hungry"

"lets order in. I don't even wanna leave the bed." i say.

"Deal. What delivers around here?"

"Nothing. Jess will brung us food." I call her and tell her to bring us some wendys. About 10 minutes later and she knocks on the door.

"Here! Have fun! Relax for me. I got an appointment to get to. Love yall!"

"Love you!! Thanks!" I holler. I give Zak his food and we start eating. I throw on a movie and finish up my food and lay down next to him.

"Lets go to Quoddy today! You will love it. Hurry up and get ready!" I say.

"Okay okay. Im going." he says smiling.

As he runs to his suitcase grabbing his clothes and goes to the bathroom I go grab an outfit for myself. Some flared jeans and a long sleeve skin tight black shirt with a deep V neck. I grab my belt and boots and follow into the bathroom behind him.

"Hope you don't mind. Figured you could use some more previews in your head" I say laughing as he stares.

"You are what we call an intense tease." he says grabbing my butt as I put my belt on. I throw the shirt on and slide my boots on. We both brush our teeth and I throw on a little makeup. He grabs our phones and the keys. I grab my camera and a couple waters.

"How far away is this place?" he asks

"10 minutes. If that. Its really super close." I say closing the door behind us. We get in the car and head that way. As I pull in to park i turn my camera on. "We absolutely have to get photos here." I say. We both get out of the car and I guide him to some cliff areas. "Lets take a few with the timer. I brought my tripod. We don't have to be close to the edge either!"

We quickly start taking photos changing our pose in between the timer. After we get enough I continue guiding us through the trails and everything. We see a few deer and I decide it would be best if we start heading back so we don't run into bears or moose. They can be rather aggressive. As we head toward the car I see a perfect stump. I sit Zak down on it and place my camera towards him and set another timer. I sit on his lap and we pose. We get a picture of us kissing too. We finish the walk and I realize we had been out there for almost 4 hours already just goofing off and taking it slow. We get into the car and drive back toward the hotel and I make a stop at our ocean view restaurant. We walk in and get seated with a beautiful view.

"One thing you have to try is the fresh Maine lobster. It is expensive but its completely worth it. All of the food here is worth it cus its caught fresh all the time. I used to love eating here. I actually worked here for a couple years til the old manager fired me for no reason. They've got all new workers here. I don't really know some of em."

"Yeah it looks really good. You as a server? I couldn't imagine that. Well. Actually. Yeah I can. You were probably their best one too. Get whatever you want babe. Don't worry about the price either. I got it for ya." Zak says

"Ooh fancy." I laugh. "Im honestly just gonna get some shrimp pasta and some dessert and also some wine because we are fancy today" I crack up. We both laugh for a second as the waiter gets our order and takes our menus.

"You look so pretty today. Every day honestly. I could look at you all day." Zak says with a smile on his face.

"Oh yeah? Am I really that pretty?" I ask jokingly.

"Of course you are babe! You're beautiful in every single way. The way you smile. The way you laugh. It brightens up my entire day. I wouldn't know what to do with myself without you babe. I mean it." He says reaching his hand toward my face and gently pressing it against my cheek. I begin to blush a little and smile at him. The waiter brings out our food and we dig in.

"So I heard Jannie saying you're parents are at the bar together I think?" Zak asks

"Yeah. Its either just a quick fling or they're just going to try to come back into my life but from what I've heard they're back on there s**t again. So I'm not having anything to do with them. I don't have the patience anymore. You either stay and step up or you leave and don't come back. They made their decision so that's on them. I'm not fighting for them anymore." I say.

"I'm sorry. I know it's a sensitive subject. It does suck how they've treated you. I hope one day they can get their act together and step up to the plate for you."

"Yeah good luck with that. They'll never do that. Not even on their death bed. And don't be sorry either. I'm better off without them honestly. I had a lot of people to help me growing up. I turned out okay I think." I say laughing a little. We finish up our meal and pay. We walk back out to the car and drive to the hotel. We finish off the night with a couple movies and end up falling asleep early that night.

ZAKS POV

We wake up early and head over to her grandfathers. Over the course of three days we visit with him and she helps tend to his garden and clean the house. I mow his lawn and weed eat around it. She asks for me to pressure wash the front and side for him as well. During these three days I've seen her at her most attentive in way. She's made sure he has eaten and takes him to the nursing home every day twice a day. Morning and evening. She also took him to a doctors appointment. She ran out and got him groceries and made sure all his bills were paid and he had enough money in his account to live off of for the next couple weeks. She makes a few types of soups he really likes in large batches and she cools them before putting them into zip lock bags and setting them in the freezer so he can eat on them for awhile. She makes us all a heart meal every evening and makes us sandwiches for lunch. As I finish pressure washing the house I see her sitting outside for a little bit. I put everything down and turn it off and go sit next to her.

"As you can tell this is the most motivated I have been to perform house wife duties. This is exhausting but it needs to be done. He's to old to be doing this all alone anyways. I'm glad I was able to help him get some work done." she says. I can tell shes extremely tired and ready to just go home at this point.

"It's great you're willing to do all of this for him. But you seem so tired. You need tot take a break for the rest of the day. Go spend some time with him. He doesn't ask you here to do work. He asks you to be here to hang out with him. So go do that for awhile."

"It's not that simple Zak. If I don't do all of this consistently it won't get done. He does have other help but I was the one who was here every day doing this stuff constantly. Taking him to doctors appointments and everything in between. It's the only way I can repay him. Also I am sorry I don't do a lot of this back home. It's just so demanding. If I don't have to then I never really want to. I hate it sometimes. It's so repetitive and draining. I'm literally so tired and sore right now."

"Go inside. I can do this. Go spend time with him please. We leave in two days. And technically we only really get tomorrow because we leave early so we can be home early in the evening. Go relax and enjoy yourself a little." I insist.

"Alright. I'll go. Finish this side of the house. I'm going to fix us up another dinner. Maybe pasta?"

"That sounds good. I mean it though. Relax a little bit. You're gonna exhaust yourself before we even fly home. And that will be exhausting on its own." I say. She nods her head before giving me a kiss and heading into the house. I finish the back of the house up and put everything away. I walk inside and smell what she was cooking. I walk into the kitchen and see everything on the table.

"Tada!!!! Pasta with homemade sauce, bread and garlic butter, a little wine, and some meatballs, sausage, and boiled eggs!" she says. She looks so proud of herself it makes me smile. I walk up to her giving her a kiss as her grandpa walks in.

"Wow hunny. You made a wonderful meal. Thank you so much. Smells just like your grandmas. I can't wait to taste it." he says.

"Thank you for dinner babe."

"No problem. Everyone dig in. Don't let it get all cold on ya."

We sit down and dig in. It tasted incredible. Some of the best she has ever made.

"Why this tastes just like your grandmas. I never thought I would miss her cooking so much. Thank you for doing all of this for me. Both of you. It really does mean a lot to me. Getting old ain't easy but it is nice to have who are willing to help. Thank you both" her grandpa says.

"Its absolutely no trouble at all. You've helped raise a wonderful woman. Its the least I could do to thank you for guiding her to me in life." I say smiling.

"Its not a problem grandpa. Its the least I can do after you stepped up and helped raise me." she says.

We all finish dinner and watch TV talking about her childhood and some of her favorite memories. We look at the clock and it's already 8pm.

"Grandpa we gotta head out. I will be here for a couple hours tomorrow but we will be leaving the next day. You give mw a call if you need anything and I will see you tomorrow. Love ya!" she says as we walk out the door. We drive out to the hotel and once in our room we both lay down on the bed. "I'm so sore. My back has been killing me since yesterday. I hate gardens." she says sighing.

"Lets run a bath and I will actually rub your back this time. Come on" I gently lift her up and carry her to the bathroom. I turn on the hot water and put some stuff in it to help her relax. I help her get undressed and she slowly gets into the tub.

"I can't believe how sore I am. I'm getting out of shape or something." she says sighing and sinking into the hot water.

"Nah. You just did a lot in a short amount of time. Sometimes our bodies will end up exhausted fast when doing that. Take a deep breath and come sit by me and I will rub your back for you okay?" I say.

I pull her over toward me and start rubbing her shoulders and back helping her relax some. She sits there with her head on her knees resting for a few minutes before she stands up and gets out. She throws on an old tshirt and shorts and goes out to the bedroom. I get out and grab a towel. I throw on some boxers and walk out to see her laying face down on the bed.

"Rub me. I wasn't comfy in the tub. I'm so achy. I feel dead to the world." She says muffled.

"I'm coming babe." I climb on the bed and put my leg over her gently sitting on her and start rubbing her back. She groans some and starts to finally relax a little. "You're tense. Relax your muscles some. I can't help you if you're not relaxed." As soon as I say that I felt her entire body loosen up. "Are you always tensing up like that?" I ask.

"Probably. I don't know how to relax my body. I'm always tense. Its just me." she says. I continue massaging her back and her body finally seems to be fully relaxed. I continue rubbing her back and work my way up to her neck down to her arms. I go back down to her lower back as I scoot down onto her legs. I continue rubbing down her body from her butt to her legs. I flip her over and grab her legs lifting them up. I sit down on the bed and start rubbing her feet. Its almost like she melted when I started doing that. She puts her hand on my leg and closes her eyes for a little bit. I eventually finish rubbing her feet and lay back next to her. She puts her leg over mine and cuddles up into my arms. We lay there for awhile until I start hearing her snore. I gently move myself from under her and pick her up placing her under the covers. I give her a kiss on the cheek and go lay on my side scrolling on my phone. I hear her tossing and turning and rest my hand on her hip. She starts groaning before turning toward me and laying herself on my chest. I put my hand in hers and she squeezes it. I put my phone down and lay my head on hers and fall asleep