tortured tutor (edited)

chapter twenty-five

date

~skip to saturday~

ethans pov:
it's 10am and skyler is still sleeping in. around an hour ago i snuck out to make sure everything was in place. now crawling back into bed, i slightly squeezed her and kissed her cheek, trying to calmly wake her up.

~ "mm..saturday.... sleep in" she groaned
"mm.. no." i mimicked her until she flicked me and went back to sleep. sighing i picked up her light body and she immediately opened her eyes and grabbed onto me.
~ "i don't like you" she squinted at me trying to look mad. "need i remind you, you just woke up from my bed." in a matter of seconds her expression switched from embarrassed, confused, to offended.
"our bed now mister." she huffed.

hearing her say 'our bed' made me smile so i gave in and set her down on the bed in the guest room where all of cameron's clothes were, plus the clothes skyler had when i took care of her after getting "jumped".
just saying that one word, when truly knowing what happened made the anger start to rise back up. i knew i couldn't get mad in front of sky, she was just looking at me all cute and confused, still in her pajamas (which are my clothes) with her messy hair.

"put on something nice and comfortable" i gave her a little smile and walked out the door, closing it behind me.

*10 minutes later*

i was sitting on the couch downstairs when i hear the floor boards creak. sky descended the stairs wearing a long white sundress. though she brushed her hair and got dressed, she still looked sleepy as she yawned. i couldn't help but laugh as i got up from the couch.
"you ready?"
~ "yeah" she said finishing her yawn.
as she got to the last step she held out her hand for me to help her down. smiling i took her hand in mine and led us outside to my jeep.

~ "where are we goinggg" she asked for the fifth time during this 30 minute car ride.
" i told you it's a surpriseee" i said matching her tone

she groaned and threw her head back. laughing i said, "we're almost there princess" causing her to look over at me and smirk. smirking back i finally put the car in park as we arrived at our first destination.
~ "the beach?!" she smiled so big. i could barely say yes before she was out the door, coming to my side and opening mine, pulling me out.

"calm down princess we have all day" my response didn't seem to help because she just squealed and continued to pull me to the sand.

she ran straight to the water, not even caring about her dress getting soaked. making me join her, my entire outfit got wet but i didn't care because the smile on her face made it worth it. we slowly kept going further and the water went past our waist. when a wave came she dunked under the water and came up smiling and laughing as her wet hair covered most of her face. i laughed with her and cupped her face with one of my hands and moved her hair out of her face. once she could see again we made eye contact and i felt drawn to her. her eyes were so beautiful. small water beads laying on her long eyelashes, the sun making her eyes shine.

still cupping her face i took a step to fill the gap between us and pressed her wet lips to mine. sadly we were forced to separate as a wave crashed against our bodies both making us fall over. after recovering and getting back to our feet we both looked at each other and laughed, deciding to walk closer to shore.

we walked down the beach with our feet in the water as we made our way to our next destination. it took us 20 minutes just to walk to the end of the beach because she stopped almost every minute to pick up a shell. both of my pockets ended up being filled with shells.

near the end of the beach we walked up the sand where all the popular stores and restaurants were. we were about 30 minutes from my house so apparently she had never been to this small town and everything was new to her. the light never left her eyes as she stared at every building in amazement. i couldn't say no when she asked to go in multiple surf shops even though they basically all had the same things. she was in awe of everything, interested in all the art. excited, she moved quickly around all the stores trying to look at everything at once but when she got to the bracelets she stopped.

she slightly smiled and picked up a bracelet with a small sea turtle charm before her smile fell and she put it back. as she continued around the store i quickly picked up the bracelet and closed my fist around it so she wouldn't see it.

~ "okay i'm ready to move on to the next store" she turned around with a small smile on her face, still clearly sad.
"okay why don't you go outside i'll be right out, i'm just gonna ask if they have something in my size"
she just shrugged and went outside, looking around.
once i was sure she was distracted i bought the bracelet. "would you like a bag for that?" the cashier politely asked.
"um no thanks" i said
after paying i just put the bracelet in my pocket and continued outside.

~ "what'd you have to ask for?" she asked curious
"oh well there was a hoodie i liked but they didn't have it in my size" i lied.
before she could respond i took her hand and pulled her to the bowling alley on the corner.
"i've never bowled before" skyler looked at me nervously. opening the door, i continued to pull her in.

"you'll love it, i'll show you how to bowel and besides there's also a arcade and cafe" the door first led us to the little diner. there was white and red bar stools to sit at the bar that went around the building. turning the corner we were led to the bowling alley. on the side of that room there was a door that led to the arcade.
~ "there's so much to do" skyler said quietly
"why don't we start with getting you something to eat" i said redirecting her back to the diner bar.
~ "b-but bowling" she looked back
"you will have plenty of time to bowel sky"

the menu consisted of pizza, burgers, hot dogs, and chili fries. not much of a choice, we got a pizza to share. while eating we got to pick our lane and start a game.
"okay do you know how to bowel?" i asked, setting up the game
~ " i mean i've seen people roll the ball, hit the pins, and boom win" we both laughed
"yeah basically"

it took her a while, but sky got the hang of it. every time she missed she'd groan and it was funny. at the end she got a couple strikes but it was no match for me, i proudly thought. andddddd just as i thought i won. to cheer up the sore loser, we spent an hour playing in the arcade. once sky's spirits were lifted, we went back outside and looked at all the shops on the other side of the street.

after probably another hour of shopping, we made our way back towards the beach. we attempted to make a sand castle once we got to the wet sand but we didn't have a bucket or shovel so it didn't really turn out that good. our "sand castle" was basically just a little mound of dirt with a sea shell on top for "decoration" as sky put it.

~ "hey can you bury my whole body in the sand like i've seen people do??"
man i don't know how this girl isn't losing energy.
"sure but only if you help me dig the hole"

despite her small figure, it took a while to dig a whole to fit her whole body into because we just had to use our hands to scoop up the sand. in the end she had to curl up in a ball but she still fit so. after covering her whole body in the sand, i tried tracing a mermaid body in the sand, connecting to her head.

"smile" i said smiling myself as i took out my phone and took a picture of her making duck lips to the camera.
~ "hey it's actually comfy down here" she closed her eyes and just stayed there for 5 minutes. wow, it actually took convincing to get her to come out of the sand.
~ "welllll aren't you gonna help me up?" she questioned. i rolled my eyes as a little hand poked out of the sand. pulling her up, her body came back into view and it was entirely covered in sand.

"okay yeah you definitely need to go wash that off" laughing at her
~ "okay grandpa, are you gonna join me?" she started running off but looked back.
"not when you called me grandpa"

she pouted but continued running to the water. with her back turned i took this opportunity to write my question in the sand, right next to our lumpy sand castle. yeah i know it's corny, i guess you could call me a romantic. once i made sure everything i was spelled right i ran to join her.

out of breath from the short run i asked "are you tired yet?"
~ "no but it looks like you are" she laughed at me.
"we should start walking back anyways before dinner" i tried convince her
~ "okay grandpa, we have to get our stuff first though" we walked back to the sand castle to get our water bottles sweatshirts where she saw it.
~ "d-did you write this?" covering her mouth with her hands, she looked over at me.

finally taking the bracelet out of my back pocket i slowly clipped it around her wrist.
"i want to make it official skyler. will you be my girlfriend?"