Carpe Diem (An Emblem3 Fanfic)

Chapter 10

"Oh my god Wes." I breathe. I look around at the setting in front of me. It's absolutely perfect. We're right at the end of the boardwalk and there's a little table with candles and roses dotted about us. It's the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me.

"Do you like?" Wes ask tentatively.

"I absolutely love it." I reply honestly. Wes smiles and takes my hand. He pulls my chair out like a gentleman and helps me sit, pressing a light kiss on my cheek then sitting down across from me.

"I thought we needed some time to talk. I know we're back together, but I know you're probably still pissed at me for not being there for you. And I want you to know that I feel absolutely awful with myself for not being there when you needed me."

"Wes, just shut up." I laugh. "Please, this whole thing has been over-chewed, can we please just swallow it! I don't want to talk about any of that stuff tonight!"

"O-o-okay." Wes stutters. I chuckle at his nervousness. "You hungry?"

"Yes! Hospital food for the past two weeks, ew!" Wes laughs and grabs a picnic basket that was under the table and begins pulling out food. Sandwiches, fruit, salad and lastly a bottle of wine.

"Wes, we're only eighteen!" I frown.

"Come on babe, live a little." Wes replies cheekily. I chuckle and nod as he pours me a glass.

"Fine, but I'm drawing the line at two glasses."

"Deal." I take a sip of the red colored liquid. Once I get past the bitterness, it actually tastes quite good and I take another sip and before I know it, I've downed the whole glass. Wes raises an eyebrow and I shrug. He refills my glass and hands me a plastic bag with a sandwich in it.

"Corned beef and Swiss cheese with mustard, my favorite! Aw, Wes, you remembered." Wes blushed and takes a timid bite out of his sandwich. We eat in silence but it's a comfortable silence.

When we've finished, Wes takes my hand and leads me to a blanket he set up in the sand a few feet away from the water. He sits down and pulls me into his lap so I'm sitting in between his legs. I lean back against his chest and his head rests on top of mine.

"I'm so happy right now, I wish we could stay here forever." I say.

"Me too. And again, I'm sorry. For everything."

"I thought we agreed not to talk about it Wes. Can we just pretend that it never happened?"

"Sure, fine. That means I can do this." Wes flips us over so he's hovering above me and crashes his lips against mine. His hands trail my sides and rest on my hips. I wrap my arms around his neck and tangle my hands in his hair, pulling him closer to me. I've hungered for this since I was admitted into the hospital.

We pull away breathless minutes later and Wes smiles. We stare into each others eyes for awhile un until Wes pulls me up off the sand and dusts himself off.

"I love you so much, but come on, we should go home." I nod and return the 'I love you' and follow him to the car. We drive home, our fingers intertwined and the minute we walk in the door, Wes pushes me up against the wall and kisses me long and hard.

“What was that for?” I giggle.

“Because I love you so much!” he replies and kisses my nose.

“I love you so much too.”

“I have something to tell you.”

“Hmm?” I hum, staring into his beautiful chocolate brown eyes.