The Ghostly Love Story

Lubec In All Its Glory

ZAKS POV

I wake up at about 9:30am. I make me and her some coffee and head to the bathroom to shower. I hop in and after a couple minutes I feel a cold breeze and hear the door close.

"Mmmm good morning my love." She says while yawning. I peek outside the curtain and see she brought in clothes. "Do you need to shower?" I ask.

"Yeah. If you don't care I can shower with you. We can waste less water that way. She says laughing.

"If you want to. I won't complain. Its not like I haven't seen you naked before anyways." I hear her laugh and see her walk toward the shower curtain. She opens it up and climbs in with me. She still looked pretty tired from all the flying but man, she was beautiful. I let her get her hair wet and wash it some while I washed my body. We change spots again and she quickly washes her body while I rinse mine off. We switch spots again and she rinses out her conditioner and her body. I give her a few kisses and let the hot water run over us for a minute before she shuts it off. We grab towels and dry off. We both get dressed and brush our teeth. She puts her hair products in and throws on some makeup really fast. She looks so beautiful. I can't help but watch her.

"See something you like?"she asks smiling.

"Yeah. You could say that."

"You see something you love?" She says as her eyes widen.

"Maybe. Maybe not. You'll never know." I say walking up behind her rubbing her shoulders. I let my hands drift away and caress her arms and rib area down to her hips. I saw the goosebumps on her body as she took a deep breath in. It was getting hard to control myself. She turns around and gives me a kiss and walks out of the bathroom. She grabs her phone, camera, and keys.

"You ready to go babe?"

"Yeah. Where are we going first?" I ask.

"Grandpa's to get some breakfast. Then the nursing home to see my grandma. Figured we could spend the first day with them."

"Sounds like a plan bootyful" I say laughing and grabbing at her butt. She grands mine back as I grab the room key and we head to the car. I open her car door and get in on my side. She starts driving around Pointing at places and a couple schools she went to. She seemed to have memories everywhere. More bad than good from what I could tell. She's had a rough past. Two deadbeat parents and very little family to turn to must've been pretty hard on her. She talks about her friends as if they had raised her themselves. I can tell she can get attached to people easily. Sadly it almost always ended up with her being broken hearted and hurt.

She pulls down a side road and into the driveway of a beige house. She grabs all the pictures we had printed off and her camera and gets out of the car. I follow behind her as she knocks on the door. Her grandfather answers and has the biggest smile on his face. His face lit up when he saw it was her. We walk inside and shut the door behind us. I walk over to him and introduce myself. We all talk and get along pretty well. We eat breakfast and she asks if he's ready to go see her grandmother. He shakes his head yes and we all get ready. I take the backseat as she helps him get into the passenger seat of the car. We head down the road about 5 minutes and she pulls into the nursing home. I could tell she was tensing up. I could see the worry and fear on her face.

We get out of the car and I help her grandfather out. We all walk in and go to look for her grandmother. I see her grandpas face light up as he sees his wife. She's asleep on a couch in the living area. We all walk up to her and Dahlia gently wakes her up. Her face lights up when she sees her. We introduce ourselves and sit down. Dahlia catches up with her and hands her a few photos of us. Her grandma smiles really big and gives her a kiss on the cheek.

"Have you had her cooking yet? I taught her how at a young age and by the time she was 13 she could make a full meal from scratch. Her cooking is my favorite." Her grandma says to me.

"Yeah she's an amazing cook. you taught her very well. She keeps me well fed. I've put on a few pounds since we started dating" I say laughing. Her grandma is sitting there laughing when all of a sudden she looks at Dahlia.

"Hunny who is this young girl? Shes pretty? Is she my niece?" she says, talking about Dahlia. I saw the pain on her face when she heard her grandma say that. She's suffering from dementia and kidney issues. Dahlia laughs it off saying shes her granddaughter as her grandpa pats her back. We sit there and talk more until they bring her lunch. Dahlia helps her eat some of her food until her grandma refuses. Her grandmother starts yawning.

"I think we better let her rest for awhile. We can come back again either tomorrow or the next day grandpa. Lets say goodbye and head out the the car. She leans down and gives her grandmother a hug and kiss saying goodbye. I give her a hug and follow behind Dahlia.

"I will be out there in 10 minutes. I want to talk to staff about something really quick." her grandpa says to me. I shake my head and catch up to Dahlia who is in tears. We walk out the front door and she completely breaks down.

"I hate this. I left her too soon. She couldn't remember who I was or even my name." she says hysterically crying. I hold her in my arms letting her cry for a couple minutes before she calms down. She walks over to the car and leans against the drivers side door.

"Hey. She's sick. It's not your fault and it's not hers either. Deep down she does but her mind isn't allowing her too. I know its really really hard right now but you made a good decision. You're grandpa is still getting plenty of help from his kids grandkids and sister. You might not be here all the time anymore but you call every couple of days. Its okay to feel upset about this. But don't let it break your heart." I say trying to lift her spirits up. She wipes a few more tears away and lunges herself into my arms. I rub her head for a moment and let her take a few deep breaths. She dries up her eyes and tries to cover up the fact that she cried.

"Grandpa can't know I cried. I don't want him to see me upset. I don't want his heart to hurt for me. He has enough on his plate right now." she says. I nod my head letting her know I won't say a word. He walks out and I open the door for him. We head back to his house and she cooks us dinner.

"Gosh I've missed your cooking. I'm glad Zak gets to enjoy it though. You seem like a fine young man to take care of my baby. She's been through a lot but she seems a lot happier with you and where she's at. Make sure to take care of her for me. I'm not afraid to get a g*n if you don't." he says with a kind smile. I almost feel confused in if hes joking or if i should be a bit scared of him.

"I will sir. She's a wonderful woman. You did well raising her. She's kind, caring, selfless. I couldn't ask for a better girlfriend. I just hope one day I can make her my wife." I say patting his back. He smiles meanwhile I hear her cough. I think I threw her off guard with that. We finish dinner and sit around talking for a few more hours before Dahlia starts yawning.

"Well grandpa I'm getting tired so I think we are going to head back to the hotel for the night. I might spend tomorrow relaxing some after the flights but I will be back the next day okay?" she say leaning down to give him a hug n kiss on the cheek.

"Okay you guys be safe" he says shaking my hand.

We walk out the door and just barely get into the car when she looks over to me with a shocked look on her face.

"Wife?!"

"Yeah. One day I will hopefully make you my wife." I say. She looks over at me as if she never expected that to come out of my mouth. "I date because I want to have a future with someone. I want to settle down. I want to have a wife, kids, the whole thing. It might be hard with a show but that won't stop me from trying. And if i'm honest out of everyone i've dated you're the only one I've thought about marrying." I could tell her heart almost jumped out of her chest. She looks over to me and grabs my hand. She takes a deep breath in and out and begins driving back to the hotel.

"Zak?"

"Yeah?"

"Every moment I spend with you makes me feel alive and free. You are the only guy i have genuinely debated marrying and having kids with. My mindset is finally okay. I'm the happiest I could be. All because of you. You have given me amazing opportunities. Not just in love but with a career. With friends and living somewhere amazing. And I get to experience so many new and exciting things with you including emotions I never thought I could feel. But not once have I ever been told 'I'm going to make her my wife'. Ever. And when you said that I internally panicked in all honesty. But as we sat there talking I felt such a wonderful feeling. Something I never thought I could have was a boyfriend who cares about me so much. Someone who would do so much for me and expect absolutely nothing in return. You've made my life better in so many ways and I could never repay you for it. But I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it and how much you mean to me." she says as we pull into the hotel.

"Lets finish this conversation inside the room and get some snacks sent over" she says.

We get out of the car and go to our room. We quickly order some snacks and she changes into one of my tshirts.

"It's comforting to me." She laughs

"Oh and my actual body isn't?" I say laughing at her.

"Zak. I need to tell you something" she says walking over to me.

"Are you dumping me?" I say smiling.

"No of course not. Why would I dump you?"

"Its just a joke." I say kissing her forehead. She gets up and lights a couple candles and walks out to the balcony motioning for me to come outside. I walk out there and see her looking at the ocean.

"I want to be honest with you. And if you aren't ready for this that's okay. Just please let me know." she says taking in a deep breath. Its sunset and the glow of the sun looked beautiful on her. I run back inside grabbing her camera turning it on. I take a couple photos of her and smile at her. "Zak I'm trying to talk to you" she says smiling

"I know but you looks so beautiful in the sun I just had to get a couple pictures of you babe." I say pulling her in toward my chest. She lays her head on me and looks up at me. I lean down and give her a kiss. She puts her hand on the back of my head pulling me in for a few more. As she opens her eyes and looks up at me I hear her take a deep breath.

"Zak.." She says batting her eyes at me. I swear she is staring right at my soul.

"I love you" I whisper. She looks taken back for a moment and starts laughing.

"You just stole my thunder!!! I was literally going to say I love you." She says while laughing some more. We sit there a moment cracking up before I pull her close to me. "I really mean it with all of my heart. I love you. And only you. You're the one I want to spend the rest of my life with.". She looks up at me with her big eyes and beautiful smile.

"I love you too"