“…now you’re beside me,
And look how far we’ve come.” – So Close, Jon McLaughlin

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Standing before me is the love of my life, indeed very beautiful in her long white dress.

“Dance with me?”
“Even for eternity.”

  “You’re in my arms, and all the world is calm.
   The music playing on for only two.
   So close, together.
   And when I’m with you
   So close, to feeling alive.”

“Are you happy?” I asked her as she locks me up in her embrace.
“Euphoric. You?”“I’m happy when you’re happy.”
“There aren’t enough words to explain how thankful I am right now.”
“Because of me?” I said with a huge grin on my face.
“No, because of the food. Of course because of you!”
“Okay, okay. Calm down, I was just kidding.”
“I mean, who would’ve thought that this time would come.”
“I know, we were just stupid kids back then.”
“Remember when we almost had to wash the dishes on that restaurant because we both forgot our wallets?”
“Yeah, but thankfully they allowed us to go and get the money instead.”
“You mean allowed you to go, I had to stay there because they thought we were gonna run away.”
“But I came back after 5 minutes, right?”
“Yeah you did, but you’re still not telling me where you got the money though. We live like a mile away from that place.”
“I told you I’m just a really good driver.” I chuckled.
“You have no one to fool here, Mister.” She said with a