Chapter 96 CHAPTER 96:WHERE MY FOREVER BEGAN
~Elara~
Looking up at his dark grey eyes that watched me closely, somewhat shocked at the sudden action.
I knew my face was red, and my heart was racing, but I didn't care.
"Fuck, your making this more difficult." He utters under his breath, and I tilt my head to the side slightly.
I can't even question it, because soon after his hand is moving into my hair, and I'm being pulled in closer until our lips are moving against each other. I gasp into his mouth, not expecting the sudden kiss.
His other hand moves under my shirt, leaving trails of goosebumps under the soft skin his rough hand trailed over. The feeling of his warm lips against mine, and his hands touching my body cause my heart to go insane as the kiss deepens, and I'm nearly left out of breath when we're suddenly on the bottom of the Ferris wheel.
He pulls away, my cheeks burning red as he gets up as if nothing just happened, taking my hand in his own as we walk out of the cart. I breathe out, fixing my hair as I walk close beside him, our bodies nearly touching.
I smile as I look down at our matching shoes before looking towards Calvin in confusion since he was going back towards the beach instead of the parking lot.
" Are we going back to the water?" I ask, looking up at him in question. Calvin looks down at me, trying to hide his small smile as he shrugs his shoulders.
It was dark out by now, and getting later. I watch him curiously, before we suddenly stop on the sand, several feet away from the water. The beach had some lights lining the sand, little lantern balls sitting beside beach chairs so it wasn't as dark.
I hesitantly follow Calvin’s movements as he sits on one of the chairs, going on the same one he'd sat on and sit beside him as I look around the empty beach with only the sound of the harsh waves around us. I was hoping he didn't mind, I wasn't exactly fond of being on a dark beach late at night and felt better sitting close to him.
"Calvin, what are we doing here so late?" I ask, looking around as I cross my arms over the goosebumps forming from the cool air.
"You'll see in a minute, Lara." He says, taking off his black hoodie and pulling it over my head.
The hood covers my head, and I giggle as my head finally pulls through so I'm looking into Calvin’s eyes.
"Are you not going to get cold?" I ask, looking at him now only in the school uniforms white long sleeve dress shirt.
"Not if you stay this close." He says, and I look at him not sure he'd be warm. I look down before moving his hand into mine, shocked at how cold they'd been.
"Calvin, your hands are freezing." I say, furrowing my eyebrows at him before letting go of his hand and getting up. He watches me curiously as I move to sit between his legs, leaning back against his chest. His hands move to wrap around my waist but I quickly grab them, moving his hands so both of our hands were in the hoodies large pocket he'd given me to wear.
"Even better." He mutters, my body comfortable wrapped around him, even if the cool air had been biting at any exposed skin on me.
"So, are you going to tell me why we're here?" I ask, turning my head slightly towards him. Calvin shakes his head no, looking down at me with a small smile.
"You have terrible patience, angel." He laughs, and I jokingly glare at him.
" Do not. You're the one who took me to a dark empty beach." I shrug, turning back towards the waves.
" Are you scared?" He asks me, and I purse my lips before shaking my head no.
Liar
" You know, anything can come out of that water-" I don't let him finish as I nudge him hard with my elbow.
" Let's talk about something else." I say, moving closer into his chest now that he's only gotten me more terrified.
"What do you want to do in the future?" I ask, trying to distract myself from the now growing fear of something coming out of the ocean.
I was expecting a normal answer, like school, or get a job, or anything else. The words that leave his mouth leave me tense in his arms though.
"Marry you."
"Marry m-" I don't finish my sentence when he suddenly gently grabs my chin, moving my head to the left towards something and pointing.
"Look." He says, my heart still racing from the words he'd just said as I try to focus on what he was looking towards. I squint my eyes to see better until I freeze beside him, looking towards him with wide eyes when I realize they were baby turtles hatching.
"Calvin how did you..." I barely utter out, watching in amazement as the baby turtles slowly crack out of their shells.
This was on my instagram, just like the Ferris wheel had been, and the picture of the yellow tulip field, the same flower he'd gotten me.
By then I knew for sure he'd seen my instagram. I couldn't even say anything though as I watched in amazement, as my head raced with thoughts.
Thoughts of how he'd told me he wanted to marry me in the future, thoughts of how he cared enough to make my dream destination posts come true.
I turn towards Calvin , my eyes searching his own as I quickly realized one thing.
I wanted to be with him forever. I didn't see him as a crush, or a boyfriend, all I saw was a future with him, our future.
And I only felt happiness flood my head at that thought, as I looked at him before throwing my arms around him into a hug that nearly threw us both onto the sand.
The sound of his low laugh, and his hands wrapped around my body cause me to nearly forget about the fact there were baby turtles about to walk towards a new life, a new future.
We stayed on the beach for a while, maybe longer then we should've, long after the baby turtles had already delved into the water, but long enough to see the sun rising in the morning as I woke up in Calvin’s arms.
I knew, after all those confusing months.
I fell in love with Calvin Conner.