A/N - This is the sequel to "The Dream" and it is chapter two in my book, Obsession. This is still in progress and will take more time to be all online. This is not as edited as "The Dream" it is not near completion, not even this chapter, please save gramatical comments to yourself, I know. But please do read and reply as I'd love to hear what people think of part two. Please don't forget to review, I'd really like to hear what you have to say about this so far. ENJOY!

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It began; it began like any other day would, awake at 7:30am, food by 7:45. He was having eggs this morning; the smell filled the small house like a light breeze, the aroma soothing. He throws down some bacon and the sizzling is instantaneous, satisfying, that smell in addition to the eggs smell great. He drinks coffee but the various smells around the house are doing a better job of waking him. He continued to pace around the kitchen cooking until she was awake too. She climbs down the narrow staircase to greet him and just like any other morning he’s smiling, excited about the prospects of the day. He was only 19 himself, almost 20 now, he moved away from his parents on his 18th birthday. Both are excited about what everyday brings, today is Saturday. For the first time in a while they have time alone, they can be together and just have fun today, school projects and assignments done early, ready for fun.

She enters the kitchen and looks at his morning profile, from toe to head, he wore small white socks, he never lets his feet out of the dark, a pair of boxer shorts he had no-doubt just slept in, and a small white t-shirt revealing his now sloppy chest. He wasn’t fat or anything, it’s just that in high school, he spent a good amount of time in the gym, just working out. Now with college and work, he never has time for the gym. He wore contacts; as long as she has known him he’s worn contacts. And his messy hair, dark brown hair, short now, just got it cut, but that annoying cowlick never does go away no matter how close he cuts it.

He turns toward her to get a full view of her this morning. She was tall and beautiful, flowing blonde hair to her upper chest, lucrative green eyes, they would draw any man’s attention, all she is wearing is a short shirt and short pants, always did say she preferred to less clothes than more, who could blame her, in the middle of summer. Today is special for her, he remembered this year, and normally a guy wouldn’t care and ignore it but not him, so he greets her with a big birthday kiss. She turns twenty today, the big two-oh, she feels like she’s turning double digits again, a new great checkpoint in her life.

He was more mature than her in almost everyway, they both go to school, they both help with the bills, but he handles the cooking, cleaning, washing, drying, everything. He loves it because everything he does around the house is to make her life better, he would do anything for her, which is why their relationship can be so unique. You normally would see with a college couple that they would be in love at first sight, but once the beginning moments are gone, so are they, but these two have been together for over a year now and still feel as in love as they did the day they met, neither can explain it but have both openly tried to each other. Its more than a physical love, how he acts, what she does, his cooking, her jokes, everything they do, they do for each other.

He gives her another kiss, right on the nose, it always makes her smile to feel a kiss on the nose, she never knew why, and he knows she likes it, so he does it, just for her. “Good morning hun,” ‘hun’ she loves that word and he knows that she loves to hear it, they seem to know just about everything about each others likes and dislikes, each knows how to romance the other. They stare at each other, sitting across the table looking, she was eating her eggs, he just drank coffee, food doesn’t agree with him in the morning. So she eats, while he drinks, and they watch, watch each others movements, they love to just see, he loves her hair, she loves his eyes, it was true bliss, everything about it. He is a business major, focused on business management, she knows that his dream is to own a small business one day, to be his own boss. All she wants out of life is to work as his manager, or co-partner, they haven’t decided yet. She is taking liberal arts, just focusing on more that she didn’t learn in basic high school.

Both have the same dream, but the key to it is that they have to be together, no matter where they end up working, where they end up, as long as they do it together, they know that they can manage.

They go upstairs together, get properly dressed for the unknown day ahead, and work their way downstairs. He’s wearing what he always wears, basic jeans, and white t undershirt, and a polo over it. He always wears this basic uniform except it’s always a different polo. She is wearing jeans as well, a basic, full color, t shirt, and she lets her hair down to flow where it may. It has been a long time since either has worried about impressing the opposite sex, ever since they’ve been together, they have only focused on getting dressed up on special occasions, today was her birthday but she only counts the night time. She was born at exactly 9pm as they both know so she plans to make that her fun hour.

They leave the house in his red 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier, it was his first car and it still serves him well. Neither of them has work today, or school, or anything that really needs to be done, it’s all about them today, mainly her, but just a day alone is what they need.

“So Sam, what do you want to do today? It’s your big day, pick anything, we can do it,” he asked her, he knew her reply but it was practically a game, he had to ask whether or not he knew the answer. And it came exactly as he had expected it to.

“You know it all starts at nine. Until then we can just do… whatever really, it’s been so long since we just saw a movie or did anything.” She replied, they both knew that this would not end for a bit, but it didn’t matter, as long as they were together they could spend the whole day like this, but they got on.

He drove off, not telling her where, it didn’t matter, she trusted him. For 45 minutes they drove together, until they reached a place they both knew, it was the old bowling ally, the place where he, Dave, had asked her out for the first time, keeping in mind she did turn him down, it was still the place where it began, he knew bowling here would be a good start to the day.

They walked into the large room to the similar smell of used shoes and ally cleaner. “Two strings of candlepin,” Dave said to the clerk.

“Twenty four dollars,” was his reply. Dave handed over the cash and they went to their assigned lane. Between them they bowled four strings with Dave getting the high score of 110, he doesn’t need to let her win anymore, she’s already in love with him, he doesn’t need to try, and they both understand this, that’s why their so calm together.

“Well, that was fun, what else do you have for me today?” Sam asks with an adorable smile flashing across her face.

“I’ve got a little surprise for you,” he told her with a grin. He led the way to the subway, it was not far from the bowling ally, they got onto the T and he tapped his Charlie Card twice against the detector so they could both get in. He led her onto the train and got off at Downtown Crossing. “Do you realize why this spot is so significant?”

“Is it… is this where you saw me that day? Before you knew me?” She asked him with an all-knowing grin, she knew she would be right, but she still had to ask, it was their game.

“You know it is, I stood right here and that’s the corner you turned by when I saw you,” he told her pointing ahead of them toward the Dunkin Donuts beyond.

They went through the rest of their day, walking all around Downtown Crossing, Harvard Square, Boston, all of it, it was just fun for them to re-live the experiences they had when they were young. They day passed in bliss, Dave had his big finale planned for the night, and Sam was ready to receive it, but neither of them was ready for what came next.