Story time, tumblr. I live near the beach and so does Jayden, one of my favorite places in the world is the beach at night. Everything is so calm. On a good night it is warm, sand crabs are tucked away, the sky is clear, the moon is large and in charge, and the waves are calmly crashing against the shore. About 1 month into our relationship, Jayden came to visit me alone for the first time (before she had brought a friend which she says was for the drive but it was probably to make sure that I didnt kill her). We took a trip to the beach at night. It was really windy and cold, but we layed on our blanket in the sand anyways. It wasn't the clearest of nights and the moon wasn’t out at all but despite these flaws it was the perfect night to be on the beach. I started playing music on my phone and then about 30 minutes in to the snuggle fest she took my phone and played me the song she had shown me earlier, Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran. It was not being played on the radio every other song at this point and i had never heard it before. When she had told me to listen to it earlier that day my reaction was “wow there is a lot of the ‘L word’ in this song...” (we hadn’t exchanged “I love you’s” yet). ANYWAY. When she took my phone on the beach that night she played that song. My expressions had changed. I was quiet and just kept smiling when she asked me why I was quiet. You see I wanted to say it, I did, it just seemed too sudden. So she played it three times, while continually asking me “What” and “why are you quiet” and other things to try to get me to spit it out. But the cat had my tongue and wasn’t about to give it back any time soon. So I was laying here on the beach on this cold windy night squirming because of nerves, and a couple times I managed to say “I just...” or “I want to say...” but I couldn’t let it roll off my tongue. So at the end of the third time of playing the song, she looked into my eyes, moved my hair out of my face, and smirked accompanied by an “I love you”. Then and only then was I able to say what I had been thinking. After the weight of those heavy words had been lifted off of my chest we cuddled for a few more minutes until the sky lit up with an orange hue. We sat up wondering what the fuck was happening and the most magical lunar eclipse happened on the horizon over the ocean. I am still blown away by this night. It was the night that really solidified that we had something special. 

Lunar Eclipse.