This weekend I watched a movie with my crush. The ending scene of the movie was that stereotypical rom-com ending with the leading man making some grand gesture and telling the girl this big, mushy speech before kissing her. 

I snorted when the credits came in and my crush asked me what I found so funny. I told him, "I find the whole grand gesture thing stupid. I don't know, if it were me, I'd rather he just say, 'hey Alexandra, I fucking love you' and then kiss me."

He was silent after that, and then he stood to leave because it was late. For a moment I thought I'd said something weird and turned him off, but when we'd said our goodbyes and I'd turned to go back into the house, he grabbed my arm to pull me to him and he said, "Hey Alexandra, I fucking love you."

And then he kissed me. 

I still can't get the smile off my face.