Owen Joyner ~ The Beat of My Heart

Chapter twenty nine

Anna's POV

I opened up my menu revealing another letter.

"Madi really can't leave us alone." I mumble playfully as I open up the envelope.

I read the letter out loud to Owen as I feel his eyes on me.

Isn't this romantic! Okay I'll shut up now but first for this particular place you must order the other persons food. You can pick anything but I would suggest picking something good.

(Ps make out already)
~ Madi

I awkwardly laugh as I scan the menu.

"Don't worry I won't order you anything gross." Owen reassures me.

"I'm not sure if I trust you." I reply playfully as I raise my eyebrow at him.

Our eyes lock as time seems to freeze. I wondered how someone's eyes could be so beautiful. I feel butterflies erupt in my stomach causing me to quickly look away from him. We both order each other's favorite drinks and Owen ordered me so Mac and cheese and I ordered him a burger and fries.

"We are at a fancy restaurant and we both ordered each other the most basic things on the menu." Owen says in disbelief as we both start laughing.

"I still eat off the kids menu at normal restaurants." I reply playfully.

Owen gives me a look of concern.

"It's cheaper and the options are always amazing." I reply defensively.

Owen sighs as he takes a sip of his drink. I go to pick up my drink but my hand seemed to slip causing the cup to spill all over the table.

"And the most clumsy person in the world award goes to.... Anna!" Owen yells sarcastically as he quickly stands up.

I roll my eyes causing Owen to laugh.

"Would it really truly be a date if one of us didn't spill anything?" Owen asks me playfully.

"Who said this was a date?" I ask him sarcastically as our waiter quickly cleans our table.

"Uh... I didn't say that.... who said that.... no one said that." Owen replies nervously.

Once our table was clean we sit back down and talk for what seems like hours. We both ordered desert and I couldn't stop laughing at every funny story Owen told me.

"You fell down the stairs because you saw your grandma...." I ask him in disbelief as I laugh loudly.

"Naked." Owen finishes my sentence.

"Why would you tell me that while I was eating?" I ask him in disbelief as I motion to my cake.

"Because it's funny." Owen says playfully.

He reaches his arm across the table causing me to stop moving. He wiped something off my lip with his finger.

"You had some chocolate on your lip." He mumbles softly.

His eyes hadn't moved from my lips as his body stayed stretched across the table. His face was inches from mine as I looked up at him.

"Are there any plates I can take for you?" The waiter asks us causing Owen to awkwardly sit back down.

We hand the waiter our plates as I refuse to make eye contact with Owen. Perfect by Ed Sheeran started playing over the speakers. Owen quickly got out of his seat as he extended his hand down to me.

"Come dance with me." Owen says softly.

I give him an unsure look.

"Come on... no one is watching... it's just you and me." He reassures me as he grabs my hand.

He leads me to an empty space that was lit up by many glowing lights. I couldn't help but smile as Owen placed his hands on my waist and I placed my hands around his neck. I felt extremely nervous at the feeling of Owens hands on my waist and the fact that he was directly in front of me. We sway to the music as I feel Owens eyes on me. I slowly look up causing our eyes to lock on one another. Owen started playfully mouthing the words to the song causing me to laugh at him. He spins me away from him as our eyes still remained on one another. He spun me back into his arms causing me to laugh. I felt frozen as I realized our faces were even closer to one another now. I could feel his breath on mine as his lips were inches away from mine. His eyes flickered from my eyes to my lips as he started to lean in. His lips met mine as he placed one of his hands on my cheek while the other remained on my face. The kiss started out slow but quickly got heated. We moved our lips against each other in synch causing my heart to feel like it could have exploded. We both pulled away slowly in order to take deep breaths.

"I Uh.... I think this is the part when you tell me that the kiss meant nothing to you." I mumble in disappointment.

"Anna..... every time I have kissed you it meant the world to me but I couldn't let Charlie know that. If he knew that I was falling in love so deeply for his sister he would kill me." Owen whispers softly.

I feel my face get hot as I look up to meet Owens eyes. I couldn't believe he felt that way about me.

"Every time you said the kisses meant nothing to you it hurt me because every time I kiss you it makes me feel alive and the thought of you not feeling the same way made my heart hurt." I confess to him.

Owens eyes looked sad as he placed both his hands on my cheeks.

"I like you Anna and not just as a friend and it's killed me to pretend like you don't mean everything to me." Owen tells me softly.

I feel a smile form on my face as I stare into his eyes.

"I've liked you since the day we met." I reply softly.

Owen laughs as he gently places his lips on mine again. I loved the way his lips felt on mine and I wished I could kiss him forever. I hear my phone vibrate in my pocket causing Owen to groan. I sigh as I pull away from Owen and look down at my phone. I noticed it was a text from Charlie asking me where I was.

"How are we going to tell Charlie?" I ask Owen as panic entered my mind.

"Who says we have to tell Charlie?" Owen replies playfully.

The waiter comes up to us and hands us another letter.

If you are reading this.... this means you kissed! Hahah called it! You better have confessed your love already or else I'm going to have to come there and kill you both. I'm glad my letters worked and don't worry my lips are sealed. Nobody else (cough cough Charlie) needs to know about this. Love you lovebirds and see you on set.

- Mads

"How am I supposed to keep a secret as big as this from my own brother?" I ask Owen softly.

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Yay they finally confessed their love for one another but it's still a little complicated 👀