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“First,” he lowered his voice. “I’m going to make you play… a… word tile game.”
“No!” she gasped.
“Then you’ll have to answer thousands of fan letters.”
“You wouldn’t dare.”
“After that, I have some dry cleaning to drop off. I’ve added another six locations–”
She stopped him the best way she knew how.
And boy was the kissdelicious.
When they finished the kiss (and the two subsequent ones he initiated), they grasped hands and walked through golden-edged glass doors onto the grand balcony. They emerged to a private wonderland, under a star-studded sky that extended to the heavens above. The air was cool and fresh, surrounding a cityscape with soaring skyscrapers and bridges illuminated with rainbow lights. They stepped across pearly tiles and grasped the intricately carved balustrade. “Isn’t it beautiful?” She smiled.
“Yes, it is,” he replied softly, gazing at her with a thousand shades of love. His smile widened at her blush. “I’m the luckiest man in the world,” he murmured, ending the last of the distance between them. He caressed her cheek, lifting the mask ever-so-slightly. Leaned closer… closer… closer.
“Oh my gosh, it’s Julian and Cheyenne!” A young woman screamed. Then another and another, like a set of dominoes. Suddenly they were surrounded by cheering fans. They jerked back, yet a new cheer arose, “Kiss, kiss, kiss!”
Cheyenne laughed. What had her life become? In the distance, security was on its way, but for now, she allowed Julian to grasp her, holding her against a wall of pure muscle. She pushed even closer. “We can’t disappoint them.”
“No, we can’t,” he agreed.
So they started where they had stopped, kissing under the shimmering sky and cool night breeze, before fans and friends and the world. The night disappeared, as they traveled to their own world, just for the two of them. One home, one path, one destiny.
And their love?
That lasted forever.