"Honey, would you come in here for a minute, I need to ask you something." Wes heard his wife call from their upstairs bedroom.
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Wes and Mia had met almost 4 years ago. Wes had been studying abroad in Germany when they had met. They met through friends, as many couples do. Wes immediately recognized her radiating beauty, she was the most beautiful woman he had met. She was quite tall, standing just a bit taller than Wes. She had long dark, wavy hair that fell past her shoulders. It was so smooth it looked like a waterfall. She had big blue eyes that seemed to stare into his soul. Whenever she looked at him, his heart skipped a beat. Her skin was slightly paler than most of her friends, but to Wes, that just made her stand out even more.
They first met at a bar among many other friends. It was winter, which meant it was cold, dark and miserable. Wes found solace in the cozy establishment, with it's old wooden architecture and its warmth. As he walked in, and the warmth hit him, he felt a sense of euphoria, then he saw her. they ended up talking almost exclusively to each other. Both of them interested in what the other had to say. Being a native German speaker, she spoke with a light accent and occasionally made some small mistakes. Wes thought it was cute, and he appreciated that she spoke English with him to make him feel more comfortable. One by one, their friends left until it was only them sitting at a table in the bar. They decided they would stay in touch and exchanged phone numbers. Slowly they would spend more and more time together.
At first it was once or twice a week to catch up and hang out at the local student bar. Then they started spending more and more time together, visiting each other in their dorms and drinking. Wes's friends teased him and said that they were pretty much a couple at this point. Wes disregarded these comments, there was no doubt in his mind that Mia was very attractive, but he was almost sure they were just friends.
One night they decided to watch a movie together at Mia's dorm. They grabbed some snack from the store and headed to her place. Once they got to her place they looked through Mia's impressive collection of digital media. They browsed some movies for a bit and ended up watching some cheesy b-movie they were both half-interested in. They popped it in and got comfy on Mia's couch. Her couch felt very out of place in her dorm. It was a black leather couch that seemed a bit too fancy for the low-rent student dorm she was living in. Once, Wes asked about it and she said she just saw it laying on the curb one day and decided to take it up to her apartment.
"Alone?" Wes asked.
"Yeah, why?" Mia responded.
"I mean, that's gotta be pretty heavy right, how'd you manage that?" Wes pressed.
"I'm not that weak Wes, cmon." She said, punching his shoulder playfully.
Honestly, Wes couldn't remember the name of the movie, he was too busy thinking about what his friends had teased him about. As he was pondering, Mia grabbed a blanket from behind the couch and threw it over the both of them. As she sat back down under the blanket, she snuggled closer to Wes. She was leaning on his shoulder with her legs up on the couch. His heart was beating fast. Mia seemed to notice he was a bit on edge.
"What's wrong Wes?" She asked, he looked a bit pale and was sweating slightly.
"Oh, nothing just thinking about...school stuff." He responded, not even convinced with himself.
"You look stressed, do you wanna talk? I can pause the movie." She said, genuinely a bit concerned for him.
"No, no, don't worry, I'm fine...really." He said, again with the confidence of a peanut.
"Wes?" Mia said looking up at him.
"Yeah, what's-" Wes was cut off as Mia planted a kiss on his lips. It was a short one, but it felt like it lasted hours. As she pulled back from the kiss, he felt quite dazed and a bit confused. He stared at her blankly.
"Feel better?" She asked, a small grin forming on her face.
Wes leaned in and kissed her. As if they weren't paying attention to the movie before, now it was a lost cause. The spent the remainder of the film locking lips. Wes had never felt such relief before in his life. It seemed Mia was equally surprised and excited. Wes was in bliss until he looked at his phone. It was late, and he had class the next morning.
"Ah fuck, I gotta go. I have class tomorrow." He said, genuinely upset. He couldn't risk being late to class again, he was already behind.
"Wes, do you have to go?" Mia asked, she wanted him to stay, she made that clear. "Why don't you, spend the night?"
"...Yeah, OK." Wes responded.
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That was four years ago. Since then, a lot had changed. They were married, they both had jobs, they were both successful. Things really fell into place.
Wes and Mia were open with each other from the start, they told each other almost anything. Almost. Mia had a secret that she had kept from Wes throughout the first three years of their relationship. It wasn't anything relationship breaking or sinister, it was more so embarrassing for her to admit, so she kept it from him. Wes didn't come to know about it until a good ways into their relationship. In fact, he found out on Mia's birthday.