Lie to Me

Chapter Twenty Five.

Tonight is date night. As of this moment, I am sitting in Scott Reeds car. If you asked me 6 months ago what I would be doing on this night, I would not think this. He is my boyfriend. He loves me and cares for me. 

Truthfully, I have no idea where we are going. We have been driving out of Crestmont for a good 30 minutes, and Mr. Reed will not tell me any information about this. His right  hand has been place on my left thigh, as his left hand slowly taps the steering wheel to the beat of the music playing on the radio. 

Today he let me play Fine Line, a masterpiece of an album written by no one other than Harry Styles. An amazing artist if I do say so myself, but I am vert biased being a fan for 10 years. I was actually thinking of filming my cover once I got back home from our adventure. I was deciding between two of my favorite songs off this album, Falling and To Be So Lonely. Both were very depressing and vulnerable and did not connect to my feelings right now at all, but I loved them so much that they needed to be shared further with the world.

" What are you thinking about lovebug?" I was asked with a slight squeeze on my thigh. 

"You. Us. What song I'm going to cover next. Where we are going. So many things are going through my head Reed." 

"Woah, since when were we on last name basis Marie." 

"Marie isn't my last name, idiot." I replied to him with a chuckle. 

"I know its not, I just love that name. Marie... Marie... Ugh I could never get tired of it. As for song to cover, why not this one playing? " 

In the background of our conversation, Golden was playing. It was now blasting to cover up the comfortable silence that had flown in the air. This song was the opposite of what I wanted to do, but it described perfectly how I felt. Golden. New. Happy to be alive. I started to hum the words as I looked out the window at the lights of the city. 

"Gorgeous, I can't hear you, maybe you should sing louder.:" The smile after he said this soon traveled onto my face as well as I started to sing the lyrics louder. 

"Browns my skin just right. You're so golden...." 

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After an additional twenty minutes of driving Scott finally announced we were almost there and I needed to cover my eyes. He said he wanted this to be perfect and have my reaction on video. I heard the car door shut from the other side and I was then helped out of the passenger side. He held onto my waist and his other hand was holding onto the camera. 

"Don't move liv. Wait here. " 

I stopped walking and held my breath as I literally could not even imagine what this man was surprising me with. It was nighttime, and I'm sure theres truly nothing almost an hour away from town.

"Open your eyes lovebug." 

I slowly opened my eyes and my hands immediately covered my mouth. This was the most beautiful thing anyone has ever done for me. All of my music equipment was set up on a mountain, over a small picnic. It was truly romantic, and I could not wait to film my cover to the song my love chose. Golden. 

I was now starting to always feel golden.