Stay

a story by aridafyasmin

It was late and I was lying under millions of stars with Edward beside me staring at the sky. I turned my face to Edward and said ‘’Hey, Ed”

He turned his face from the sky right to my face ‘’yeah?”

I held his eyes for a second and smiling, “Why do you love me?” I asked.

He raised his eyebrow but was smiling at the same time. He looked back to the sky and then said, “I love you because you make me stay up all night watching you sleep when you were sick, you make me stay in a hot sunny day playing in the beach when you were craving for holiday” He stopped for a while and grinned. ”and you make me stay dancing in your favorite songs under the pouring rain. I could struggle all day and still be happy about it.”

He stopped again. This time he looked back at me and said, “Because you’re worth it.”

I can’t help myself to give him my best smile. Then I laughed while I took my memories back to weeks ago when I had my worst day after I got rejected from my dream job. The fact that I had prepared for this test the whole year make me feel worst. So I walked home when it started raining. Not long after that, Edward came to my home. He played my favorite songs and took me out dancing under the pouring rain just trying to make me feel better. We didn’t realize how stupid it was as we both got cold the next day. However, it always remains me how he is always able to make the hard time easier for me.

So, here I spent the last 10 seconds staring at his face. He caught my eyes and smiling, “What about you? Why do you love me?” He asked.

I smiled then said, “Because over a million choices that you had, you choose to stay.”