This is Strictly Business Right?
I've never been great at social graces. Mom always said I inherited that from the Millhams. So maybe telling him I wanted to date him wasn't the best way to get to know a guy? I've never had a boyfriend before. Lily my twin back home. She has had tons of boyfriends. She's the pretty twin anyways. So I actually think I scared off Justin.
He lived with his best friends. I think three single guys pitied a girl alone with no fridge of her own. So they invited me to dinner. I didn't mind at all. I was a gal on a mission. A mission that a certain someone was trying his hardest to make difficult!
Thankfully Justin allowed me to stay the night. My excuse that my house was being fumigated worked. Now if only he'd be still for a kiss...
For three days I abandoned my writings for this boy. I must be going crazy. He just made my heart flutter so much. It was about more than securing an heir. I wanted to be with this crazy little geek. Maybe just maybe he could learn to love me too?
He took off for the bathroom. The nerve hit me. It was ask now or never. Justin had skirted, stammered, stuttered, and flat out run away. I wanted him. I wanted him to be mine. Social graces or none at all I was asking.
To my amazement he said yes! I struck while the iron was hot and married him immediately in his bathroom. We haven't even kissed yet. The problem was how was I to tell my little geek that I was to live forever and he was to...meet the end?
Little did I know that as I slept Justin snuck off to the library with the diary. He read the entire thing cover to cover. Silently he crossed town and built four walls. With our limited funds he bought us a few amenities. There was no floor or wallpaper on the walls. It was dark because windows would have to wait for payday.
Quietly he walked me to our little abode and grinned showing his handiwork, " I know we just met. I also know you wanted me for extra cash and well an heir. If this immortality thing is what you want then I will help. I can learn to paint just as well as invent. I also got a job at the Science Lab. We can do this together. Just no nooboos yet. Let's get to know each other first. "
Justin is a bit older than me. He is almost a full adult. I didn't know where he had achieved such wisdom. All I know is that my heart melted that night. Exhausted I tried out our cheap bed. Justin stayed up learning to paint.