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The cheap and somewhat illegal heater kicked on again. Filling the freezing dorm with much needed heat, but the sound of it only distracted Evangeline more. She slammed her English book shut and ran her hands through her pink hair.
They were already behind on studying, mid terms were only a week away. Jacks was most certainly prepared as he stressed and over planned every detail of college. However she had been fairly distracted this past semester, a certain someone had been keeping her busy.
That certain someone sat cross legged on her lofted bed. His worn Doc Martens lying beneath her bed where he'd kicked them off. A large pile of overly expensive text books were dropped next to them.
He looked almost out of place with the pink decor, his black pants and red button up clashed with almost every aspect of her room. He didn't mind though, he even preferred her room to his.
He looked rather handsome so focused on his books (some law books, even though she told him Legally Blond could've taught him all that.) A golden curl fell across his face as he flipped the page and he didn't bother to move it.
She was bored beyond belief and the sight of her overly handsome boyfriend wasn't helping. She knew the material for all her exams, Jacks just wanted them to be prepared for anything.
She looked at him and he finally looked up from his book and gave her a soft simile, sharing a bit of those dimples she loved so much.
"Do you want something to eat?" She found herself asking simply to break the silence.
He raised a eyebrow, "Tired of studying already?"
Rolling her eyes," Always, now lets have a snack break."
He stood silently and made his way to the crowded corner with her small mini fridge. It was filled with her essentials, coffee creamer, a package of Christmas cookie dough, a singular beer hidden in the back, and a bag of pre-cut apple slices. On top of her fridge was a half eaten bag of Lala's pretzels, Jacks grabbed them anyways.
"I still don't understand how either or you manage to live off this, even Castor and I have more than one beer in the fridge." His voice carried a mock distaste.
He made his way back to the bed and began eating his humble feast of whatever variety of apples he stole from the cafeteria.
Evangeline simply rolled her eyes and stepped onto the ottoman to reach him on her bed. It was truly unfair how tall he was sometimes. He quickly wrapped his free arm around her and pulled her close to him. Wrapping her both in his loving brace and his welcoming scent; fresh apples and those crisp Northern winters she loved. He was perfect.
He looked around her room, taking in the sight of his girlfriends slightly disorganized room. Fabric scraps from Lala covered her bed, Evangeline shoes were kicked off in every direction. Her Taylor Swift poster half hung off the wall from the heat of the space heater next to it.
His arm suddenly tightened around her and his icy blue eyes filled with even more love.
"I cannot wait for the day we move in together and then our house will be in a constant state of disarray," his gaze didn't look like he was living in the present with her. But imagine the future he wanted them to have. Her heart warmed at the thought.
"With your ability to leave your clothes everywhere and my lack of organization I'd say our future home isn't looking very clean."
He leaned down and placed a kiss against her forehead.
His next words surprised her.
"I was walking to class the other day, and I heard this song and it made me think of you." "In fact I heard a lot of songs that day that made me think about you." A faint blush rested on his cheeks, he was nervous.
Her grey blue eyes met his icy ones, and she swore in that moment she'd never felt more alive.
"What song was it?"
She watched as he moved his fingers back in forth against his palm, a worried habit of his.
"It made me think of the first time I ever met you and truly got to talk with you, it was called Enchanted. It made me think about how wonderful and hopeful I felt after getting to talk with you."
Her heart set on fire even more, her boyfriend thought about her while listening to a love song. And not just a love song but a Taylor Swift love song.
It surprised her too.
"You listen to Taylor Swift?" Her words held a question, and a slight accusation.
Her and Lala had spent hours on ticket master trying to manage to get tickets, to say they were fans was a small statement.
But Jacks was the kind of person who would hear Love Story and still not be able to tell you who sings it. Upon him finding out about Folklore and Evermore he asked the brilliant question, "I thought she only did Pop?" Evangeline didn't have many words for him after that.
He blushed a bright red, "Well I figured since you like her so much I could listen to more of her songs." "I'm still not very big on some of them but Reputation I think is very well done."
Evangeline growing grin was so infectious the biology majors could've done their thesis on it. After all the failed relationships and the trouble with her ex's, she'd finally done something right with her love life.
Not only did she find a man who loved every inch of her body and soul, but he listened to music she liked simply so he could talk to her about it.
"Have you listened to Lover yet? Well the album and the song?"
Evangeline was now extremely excited, it wasn't every day she got to drag someone into her favorite things. Or even find someone willing to listen to her favorite songs.
"I haven't listen to the song of the entire album but I did listen to Cruel Summer on the walk over."
"That's good, maybe we can listen to the rest together later," she paused and back tracked a bit suddenly nervous. "Or we could do it another time and we could study more."
"No absolute not, I'm tired of studying and I would rather spend time doing things that make my lovely girlfriend happy."
She smiled and a pink blush to match her hair covered her face, carefully she tilted her head up to kiss him.
Her lips were quickly slammed with Jacks as he met her midway to steal the kiss. Something he'd always done, not that she found it in herself to be bothered by it.
At last they pulled away breathlessly and the words found Evangeline's tongue before she could even speak.
"You know Jacks, I was Enchanted to meet you too."