A YEAR OF BLISS (Charlotte)

[TAKERU KENTO MATSUZAKA]

Takeru finished fixing himself in front of the bathroom mirror. When he thought he was done he opened the door into the main room to look for Charlotte. "Bathroom's open." he said with a smile and let her finish getting. The month of June marked the summer break for all at the Academy. It almost marked the anniversary of when Takeru and Charlotte started dating so T.K. wanted to do something special to celebrate it. He chose to take his girlfriend on another New York trip since the first one had been such a success. So now here they were in a five star hotel in New York City getting ready for their anniversary date. They agreed to sharing the same room with Takeru getting a two bed room for them to share.

Takeru had a simply evening planned. First they would head to dinner followed by another of Charlotte's favorites shows. Since it was Beauty and the Beast he thought why not another disney show and thus decided on The Lion King this time around. Takeru really wanted to make this day special for the two of them. Shouldn't that be what any boyfriend would want, especially for the girl who stole his heart. Everything had to be perfect and nothing was too good for her. At the rate he was going he'd probably buy here the moon and stars if he could.

When he had finished putting the finishing touches on his outfit he just had to wait for Charlotte. He took the time to go out to the balcony and take a look at the evening sky over New York. It was quite a view, breath-taking. He had been to New York City various times in his life with his family and he loved those trips. He had to admit though that his two favorite times would probably be these two with Charlotte. He could only pray at this point that everything goes according to plan.

[CHARLOTTE CORRINE LUYT]

This had been a very fast and very exciting couple of weeks for Charlotte. The most important thing in her mind at this point had been the fact that it was her first year anniversary with her boyfriend and that was just something amazing. He had surprised her with another trip to New York and her guess was because the last one that they had gone on was such a good one. Though there was something different about this trip, the fact that they where staying in the same room. It was something that hadn't happened before and was a new experience for the two on them. More the fact that Charlotte just wanted to jump into bed with TK all of the time of cuddles but that would just be weird for the two them.

At this point in the morning Charlotte was still encased in her blanket, just because she hated how jet-lagged she felt after getting of the plane. The girl was going to stay in there for as long as she can. As soon as she had heard her boy say that the bathroom was free all she could do was peek her head outside of her large blanket to see where he was. As soon as she saw him with a smile on her face she knew that she would have to get up sooner or later or he was going to get her up himself. She slowly got up, grabbing the clothes that she had set out as well as her make-up/toiletries bag and plotted her way to the bathroom and god was it a fancy bathroom. It was like two times what she had back at home in her apartment.

As soon as she had looked at herself she knew that she was going to have to change a lot because she looked like a drowned harassed rat at this point in time. Getting out her hair straighter and various other things to clam her hair down just a little it was time to make her look pretty. Of course that was a large feat for the girl and she was completely done a good 20 minutes after she had entered the bathroom. After getting dressed and leaving the room, she went to her suitcase and place the last bit of jewelry that included her necklace and charm bracelet that had been given to her by her lovely man. She looked around to try and find where he was and as soon as she had seen him she knew that this was the perfect chance to give him a little surprise! Slowly opening the door to the balcony she counted to her three in her head. "SURPRISE!" She yelled as she jumped on the boy, wrapping her arms around his waist and laughing. That was something that she really need considering she had no idea what was going to happen tonight!

[TAKERU KENTO MATSUZAKA]

The plane ride over had been a long one but at least they had been comfortable but at the same time it had been tiring. They had basically arrived at the hotel and went to sleep. The whole sleeping in the same room had been something to get used to. Even if it was only a few days. Takeru had wanted to get a hotel near the theatre. Although they had agreed to it it was still a bit awkward. The last time they had had separate rooms, now it was only separate beds. He'd be a good boyfriend though and act completely normal.

To think it had already been a year. A year since he had first bulked up the courage to ask Charlotte out and she said yes. A year since their first date. A year of Takeru falling in love with Charlotte over and over again. And he fell hard every day. He had been so lost in thought that he didn't even hear the door of the balcony opening. So he was a little surprised when suddenly a pair of arms were in encircling him, but his surprised was quickly changed to a warm smile as he turned around to look at his girlfriend and wrapped his own arms around his waist. "Why hello there. You look beautiful." he said with a loving smile before planting a soft kiss on her lips. "You ready to go?" he asked before taking her hand in his and leading them back into the room.

The entire evening was planned and he hoped she'd enjoy it. First off was dinner. He had a private room prepared for them in one of the restaurants downstairs and it was almost time for them to be there. After dinner they'd head straight to the theatre to catch the show but that was then. First things first and they were off to eat. "You excited?"

[CHARLOTTE CORRINE LUYT]

This was something that Charlotte could really get used to. It wasn’t the trips and it wasn’t the amount of money, it was always the amount of planning that they boy had gone through when thinking about these things. Of course the bed arrangements was something new to the two of them but in the back of the girls mind she really did think that this was the next step in their relationship and of course she would be happy with that. Why shouldn’t she be? Though, at the same time she was a little worried that she though the he might find this just a little weird and of course that was something that she had to think about as well.

Charlotte sat on her bed for just a moment, well, that was not even long enough for her to just think about things. The first thing that popped into her mind was of course the fact that the two of them had been going out for a whole year now. That might not be much too some people but to her, that was the best thing in the world and she really couldn’t think of a better person to have done this with. It had been a year since the two of them had meet in one of her dance classes and he had caught her eye straight away. Since the day he asked her out and the first date that they had gone on together and as soon as she had surprised him on the balcony she knew that she had just fallen for him again. His reaction was the most amazing thing that she could have ever thought of and of course she was excited about that, well only a little of course. “And don’t you look handsome.” Charlotte said as a reply to his comment while playing with the collar to his shirt. After a short kiss she smiled and replied, “Defiantly, let’s go!”

She knew that the evening was a complete surprise for her, considering no matter how much she tried, Charlotte really couldn’t get anything out of the boy. “Of course I am excited! Why wouldn’t I be?” She said as they had reached their first destination, a beautiful restaurant that was just downstairs. As soon he had confirmed their reservation they were taken to one of the more private room in the place and Charlotte really couldn’t get her jaw off the floor. The tiny room the they had stepped into was so beautiful and she turned to TK and just gave him a kiss while saying, “I can’t believe you did this!”

[TAKERU KENTO MATSUZAKA]

The room arrangement had been a bit of a mistake. He had reserved two rooms but somewhere between the day he put in the reservation and when they arrived a mistake had been made. Perhaps it had been because they had been tired from their traveling from Maple Hallow that they agreed to take the room as is. At the time being tired he didn't think of it much but it was after they had gotten some rest that the idea of sleeping in the same room even if in different beds was still a bit unnerving to say the least. He could just imagine how it would be that night.

He didn't realize how possible it was to fall deeper and deeper in love with the same person. To fall in love with her again and again everyday. When she smiled, laughed, hugged him, and kissed him. Just when he thought he couldn't love this girl anymore he was proven wrong. In these few moments on the balcony together his head was instantly filled with the memories of the past year or so. From the first time he saw her in his dance class to the first time they were partnered up. After that it was things just fell into place. They had hung out a few times as friends and eventually he had struck up the nerve to ask Charlotte out. It had led to amazing first date and kiss which has led them to this day. Their one year anniversary. A mile stone. Some couples don't last the first few months so that was exactly why he was more than eager to celebrate.

They traveled down the elevator to the floor of the restaurant. When they were led to their room the door opened to reveal a beautifully decorated room and breath taking view of the city outside of the large glass windows. The lights were dimmed with the room mostly being filled with the light of a few candles scattered around. Perfect for the young couple he thought and by Charlotte's glee she agreed. He smiled in the kiss before it broke. "Well, I'm glad you like it." he said with a soft smile. He gave them both a bit longer to take everything in before leading them to the center table. He pulled out the chair for Charlotte to sit in like a true gentleman before taking his own seat. A moment later two waiters came in, one to pour them their drinks and the other pushing in a tray of food. The drink was sparkling cider and the dish was one of Charlotte's favorites. "I hope you like it." he said as they were left alone again.