Never Enough - By Ashley Johnson Page 0,41

kissed my cheek. I made a note to print them up and frame them. I had the perfect place in mind to put them. This was turning out to be the kind of day I never wanted to forget. On the way to the tiger exhibit I pulled him into a little nook hidden behind some trees and he grabbed my face and kissed me. When our mouths met, I felt the sparks fly. I loved this man.

"I love you Macy." His breathing was ragged and uneven, he felt the sparks too. He couldn’t deny it either. I quickly brought his lips back to mine.

"I love you too." We stood there just gazing into each other’s eyes acknowledging our passion for one another. I was always so nervous I would never find a good guy because of my baggage and issues. Trevor was the first guy I’d ever let in and he was everything I wanted and needed.

As much as I wanted to stay in this nook with him, I grabbed his hand and we went to the tigers. Seeing the tigers was my favorite part of the zoo. I remember being a kid and Mom bringing me to the zoo. I cried when it was time to leave because I didn’t want to leave the tigers there. I insisted one come home with me but Mom tried her best to explain that it just wasn’t something that could be done. After arguing for about fifteen minutes she somehow got me to leave. The two in this exhibit were playing around. I felt like a kid again watching them run around. They were so carefree. He practically had to drag me away to the next exhibit. I laughed at the brief memory.

“What’s so funny babe?" He asked with an amused look on his face.

Realizing I had laughed out loud I replied,”Oh, I was just thinking about this one time my Mom brought me here when I was younger. She had to drag me away from them.” I kept laughing. ”I begged her to let me take one home. She didn‘t listen though. I was so mad at her that day.” I was still smiling at the memory.

“You know I can definitely see you as an argumentative child.” I shot him a not so amused look and he laughed and kissed my lips. “I bet it was so adorable. I’d have let you take one home.”

I rolled my eyes and replied, “Yeah ok, keep trying to suck up.”

We walked hand in hand until we were by the parrots. The parrots were talkative and Trevor made a few new friends. They stood there talking back to each other for a few minutes while I tried not to laugh. But I began laughing so hard, I held my stomach and heard it growl. I was starving. Trevor heard it too because he began laughing.

"Let's go see if we can find Halley and Marcus and get something to eat here. Want me to carry you?

Good lord he was serious. "Yeah ok. Because my legs just don't work. I think they are broken." Sarcasm spilt out and I began laughing. He scooped me up into his arms and I let out a squeal and wrapped my arms around his neck. This moment was pure perfection and to top it off I sealed it with a kiss.

I heard Halley laughing and I glanced at her to see it was me she was laughing at. I smirked thinking laugh all you want. This is one of the best days of my life.

Chapter 9

I took the last bite of my burger when I noticed a few dark clouds in the sky. No one thought to check the weather today. Halley took out her phone and pulled up the radar and pouted. She could turn the simplest thing into a big ordeal and this was the perfect moment for her.

"Marcus," she whined. "It's about to pour and we didn't get to see the tigers yet." She batted her eyelashes at him as if he could magically make the clouds disappear. I smiled, happy at the fact that I had gotten to see them.

A crack of thunder came from the distance and Halley squealed. I laughed at her and her dramatics. The wind picked up a bit and we all grabbed our trash and threw it away. Under the awning we watched a few rain drops begin to fall. That turned into a downpour and it became a steady rain.

“I’ve