Chapter 45

A/N: Nothing much but a fluffy chapter:) I am getting lazy to check my writing so please bear with it lol

Jade's POV

"I wish we have all day to ourselves" Perrie whined.

"I know babe. But at least we went to the zoo and it was so much fun" I grinned.

"I am glad you like it baba" I squealed when the plane shook due to air turbulence, immediately wrapping my limbs tighter on Perrie's torso as I was sitting on her lap. I sighed in relief when the plane soon became steady once again.

"You alright princess?"

Perrie pulled away a bit to check on me with worry all over her face, tightened her grasp on my waist to erase all the fear inside me as I feel so safe in her arms. I could feel my heartbeat started to slow down in her warm embrace.

"Yeah. As long as you keep holding me like this" I smiled and hug her, resting my head on her shoulder

"I would do anything for you" She kissed my head, hands slowly rubbing my back.

"I know. I love you Perrie" I pressed a soft kiss on her shoulder

"I love you too Jadey"

I couldn't contain the huge smile from appearing on my face. Even if we say 'I love you' to each other million times a day, it doesn't make the three words less meaningful or genuine. My heart always melts and becomes so content and warm when she said those magical words to me.

"Hey. Where would you take me if we were still in Sydney now? Let's say we have tonight for ourselves"

"Um I haven't really thought of that as I knew we only have time for the zoo today. Well...oh I heard the seafood in Australia is pretty good so for dinner we would try that. And after that...um I would take you to the top of the mountain to watch the nightscape and might be lying down on the grass looking at the stars too. How's that sound baba?"

"It sounds remarkably romantic I must say, you charmer" I pecked her cheek, giggled at how proud she looked. I gasped when I noticed something outside the window.

"Hey baby look outside the window" She looked confused at first but turned her head as I said. I grinned when I saw her eyes sparkling.

"We might not be at the top of the mountain right now, but we are even closer to the stars now aren't we babe?" She nodded slightly while her eyes still gazing at the dazzling stars outside. Maybe if we could just stretch out our arms outside the window, we could reach for the stars. I smiled and lay my head on her chest, feeling her pulling my body closer to her if it was even possible.

"I guess our date haven't ended yet love" She kissed my head.

My smile widened and I looked up, her blue eyes now gazing down at me fondly, drowning me in the deep blue ocean. I could see those gorgeous eyes clearer every inches my face moved closer to her and soon they closed when my lips made contact with her heart-shaped one. I felt like on cloud nine, literally. Everytime we kiss, I wonder how lost and incomplete I would be if I never get the chance to taste those lips. They complete me. They make me feel like home. Actually no. SHE completes me. SHE is my home.

We pulled away when we needed air, beaming and panting with flushed faces after the sweet and passionate kiss. I couldn't help myself but leaned in to peck her lips again, again, and again, until she laughed and stopped me from pulling away and pressed her full lips on mine. I smiled into the kiss, knowing she can't get enough of the kiss as much as I do. I am sure if we didn't need air to survive, we would just keep kissing until the day we die. I giggled when I imagined how Jesy's face would be if it became reality, I don't think she would want to be around me and Perrie anymore.

"What are you laughing at?" Perrie pulled away with an amused look on her face

"Just how annoyed Jesy would be if she sees us kissing 24/7" I laughed

"Well she is sleeping now so there is no way she could interrupt us now" Perrie chuckled and her head nudged at where she is. I smiled when I saw Jesy and Leigh cuddling to each other, both sleeping peacefully with the screen still on, they must have felt asleep while watching movie.

"Are you tired Jadey? You can sleep if you want" Perrie asked sweetly and stroking my hair lovingly.

"No. I am still feeling the adrenaline after going to the zoo. And there is no way I would go to sleep when I could watch this beautiful view with you now" I lay my head back on her chest, gazing at the magnificent scene outside

"You are more beautiful though" She kissed my head and held me close. I could see her gaze locked on my face instead of the stars outside at the reflection of the window.

"I could say the same to you you know" I looked at her and raised my eyebrow

"Thanks to our parents' amazing genes I guess" She chuckled

"Shoutout to Alex and Debbie!" I exclaimed

"Norma and James I love you!"

We burst out into laughter and when it soon die down, we just looked at the stars in silence and occasionally let out some giggles when caught each other's gaze at the reflection of the window. I feel myself started to get a bit sleepy as I could constantly hear the sound of her harmonious heartbeat which is now the only sound that I used to hear to get me to sleep every night. So it was guaranteed I won't have a good night sleep if Perrie was not beside me. But unlike any other night, I refuse to go to sleep at this moment, I wanna extend our date as long as my consciousness lets me. That's why I decided to end the silence.

"I love listening to your heartbeat. So safe and calm" I mumbled

"Yeah? It is not always like that though" Her reply definitely caught my attention and my sleepiness was now disappear, replaced completely by my curiosity

"Why's that?" I lifted my head up to face her, welcoming by a pair of warm blue eyes

"You always make my heartbeat faster" She smiled.

"But every night when I rest my head on your chest, it always sounds so calm to me" I asked in bewilderment

"Because you also have the ability to calm me" She grinned. I frowned as her words just made me even more confuse. She chuckled and kissed my forehead

"Um how can I put it into words...Mm like when you do something cute or simply by looking so adorable such as pouting when there is no biscuit at home, it makes my heart flutters. Or even just laying my eyes on you, it takes my breath away cause you are just so alluring. And when I had planned something for you, my heartbeat would go all over the place not knowing what your reaction would be, whether you like my surprise or not...Seeing you or just thinking about you made my heart goes crazy. And there is time I am nervous of making you mad or upset when I said or did something stupid...but most of the time it is because I feel like having butterflies...no a whole damn zoo in my body when you are around me, and it feels so fucking good." She paused and looked into my eyes trying to figure out whether her words were understandable.

I let her words sink into my head. I am surprise but not really. I could definitely catch on what she said when I recalled her blush, her stutter, her scream...all these little things showed her nerve, or excitement, or enthusiasm, and they all indicate one thing, her heart must be beating so fast, and I was the reason to it. I always notice these small gestures but when she put that into her heart-felting speech, it blew me away. I wanted to let her know how every single one of her word touched my heart strings and told her I feel exactly the same. But I knew she hadn't finish her speech and by doing so I would interrupt her thinking, so I held my urge and gave her a smile indicating her to go on. She smiled back and continued

"At night when I go to bed holding you in my arms, the fact of having you as the last person I see for the day, and the thought of having you as the first person I will see in the morning calms me, because I know you are right beside me and even if something happen I could keep you safe, so I know I could go into the dreamland without any worries and that's why my heartbeat is so calm at night. I don't know if any of my words even make sense to you but all I could say is...Jade. You own my heart. You own all of my heart"

She flashed me a goofy smile once finished, and I couldn't control myself anymore. I cupped her face and smashed our lips together, wanting to channel all this giddy crazy feeling that was about to burst out of my chest now, into the kiss, to let her know how her speech touched me and how much I love her. I am so....in love.

Her lips responded to mine almost instantly despite my sudden action, and we devoured and explored each other's mouth like they were the only thing that could keep us alive right now, full of yearning and fervency. Breathing soon became an issue due to our eagerness, so we pulled away slightly panting for air, leaning our foreheads together. When I opened my eyes, everything was blurry, but somehow her beautiful blue eyes still stand out to my hazy eyes.

"I.understand.every.single.word.because.I.feel.the.same.and.I.freaking.love.you" I pecked her lips in every word, giving her the biggest smile even though there were tears running down on my face.

"I love you too baba. Even though I know these are happy tears, I still hate the fact I made you cry." She whispered and placed her hand on my face, my sight started to get clearer when she wiped off my tears.

"You can't expect me not to cry after that cute speech you dork" I giggled

"I never knew I am so good with words until I met you" She shrugged

"I never knew I could be this emotional until I met you" I copied her gesture making her laugh

"It's enough for the crying darling. Wanna hear something funny?" She beamed

"Sure. It better be funnier than the 'sealed salad box' one babe" I laughed

"It has been years and you still use this to mock me. Gosh I should have never asked that question. What can I do to make you forget it?" She groaned

"Never. I can always go to Youtube to renew my memory you know" I teased

"Yeah everyone does that anyway. You have enough fun now I don't think you need to hear my silly story anymore" She grumbled and pouted

"I am sorry baby I will stop now. Please tell me" I cooed and kissed her pout away. She grinned excitedly and cleared her throat before starting the story.

"I think it was like years ago, just after we won the X Factor, I was reading this book and it said-"

"OH MY GOD?! YOU READ?!"

"Why are you so surprised?" She frowned confusedly

"YOU ACTUALLY READ! The Perrie I-am-too-lazy-to-read Edwards read a damn book!"

"Hey I am not that lazy!" She rolled her eyes

"Yeah that's really convincing when you always ask me to read for you" I smirked

"I...I-I just...I wanna hear your beautiful voice...t-that's it...yeah right"

"Whatever you said baby. What did the book say anyway?"

"It said our hearts could beat two billions times in a lifetime. So if our hearts had beaten two billions times, we should be dead"

"I know everyone die but... the fact that you would never knew when the two millions times come is kinda scary" I frowned

"That's what I thought! So when I met you at the X Factor feeling my heart beating like crazy, I was scared to death, like literally"

"Oh my god hahaha...you are...so cute" My stomach was hurting so bad due to how hard I laughed

"I am serious! I was terrified!"

"I...I be...believe you Pez...it's just...hahaha" I could feel tears started to form in my eyes again but for a completely different reason this time. I could rarely breathe now

"It's silly I get it but I didn't expect to be THAT funny" She sighed. I chortled but trying to calm myself knowing she must be really embarrassed now

"W-What did you do then?" I asked when I could barely speak again, wiping some tears off my eyes

"I thought of distancing myself from you but even if I didn't see you in person, my heart still going crazy when I think of you, and I couldn't shut you out of my mind whatever how hard I tried so I gave up the idea eventually. When I am with you, I am so happy and I don't care about the stupid fact anymore. I would rather have my heart beating for you while I still could, than to live a longer life without having you by my side." My laugher was completely died down right now cause I feel so fuzzy and warm inside. Gosh she just has to keep giving me the cutest and most romantic speech, I don't know if my heart could take it anymore.

"But then I realized I was so silly I shouldn't be scared at all" She paused for a second to let out some chuckles and continued

"If the feeling of loving someone could accelerate death, does that mean we shouldn't love at all? Is it worth it to give up someone you love because of the scary thought? I don't think so. If we do have perpetual lifetime, I would still love you lifetime after lifetime." Okay. I think my heart will soon hit the two billion mark because it keeps racing exponentially and I would just die being the happiest person in this world.

"I am sure I will fall in love with you again and again in every lifetime if you keep speaking like that you romantic dork" I leaned in so our foreheads were touching, nudging the tip of my nose against her

"There is no stopping then. And who know? Maybe it's the hundredth or the thousandth time we are in love with each other" She flashed me a charming smile and brushed our noses together, giving me an eskimo kiss

"How could you make me love you more and more every single second when I already am so madly in love with you" I am in tears, again, feeling too overwhelmed by my own infinite crazy affection and infatuation towards the goofy blonde in front of me.

"I am so deeply and madly in love with you Jade" She whispered and pushed back a strand of my loose hair, leading to more tears falling down on my face. Never in my life had I been crying so much in hours because of excessive and unbearable gratification. What have I done to deserve her in my life?

"I am making you cry again when I intended to make you laugh. Well done" She sighed dramatically

"You have done an excellent job on making me the happiest girl in the entire world" I giggled and pinched her cheek

"Well I intend to do this forever. Just so you know" She shrugged

"Aw I love you so fucking much" I planted her whole face with kisses, not wanting to miss one spot.

"I can definitely feel that" She chuckled

"Oh can you tell me more about the book? I am intrigued" I beamed

"I...um...I-"

"Nevermind. It had been too long since you read it you probably forgot. Can I borrow it? Is it in our house?" I find it exciting when I learnt something new that interested me and are dying to know more. Yes I am a nerd and I like it.

"Um...w-what I said is a-all you can get from the book"

"It's okay. It doesn't have to be related to human heart. It can be about the whole body and-"

"It's not that! It's just...there is nothing to learn....I-It is a fiction" She mumbled the last word but I could still hear it due to our closeness

"What?!" I gasped in disbelief, maybe I heard it wrong.

"The protagonist studied human body and she mentioned it so I got curious and googled it to see if it's real or not and it turns out it is true and-" She kept rambling but stopped when I laughed

"Now that sounds like what you would do" I laughed

"I-I still read a book!" She protested

"Yeah. Oh I am going to look for a new book then. An NON-FICTIONAL and ACADEMIC one on human biology, you interested baby?"

"No thanks. That's too many words and already sounds so boring. I would rather have you reading to me when you found something interesting"

"Thought so. You lazy ass"

A/N: I did learn the heartbeat thing from a fiction:D