Half a World Away // Vinnie Hacker

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Last night after long, deep talks at dinner the four of us got home at around 9:30 from a meal that started at 6. Vinnie and I went straight to bed that night and this morning when I woke up he was lying on his side, playing with the ends of my hair. "Morning," I said, rubbing my eyes. "Happy one month," Vinnie said, placing a kiss on my lips. "Is it one month already?" I asked turning to face Vinnie. "I wish it was more," he replied, causing me to smile instantly.

"I'm taking you out tonight. Not out like our dinner last night but somewhere special," Vinnie said as he pulled me towards his chest. "I'm intrigued," I replied, tracing the tattoos on his hand. We went downstairs and had breakfast, getting ready to go out and skate around like Vinnie used to do.

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Vinnie told me to wear something comfortable for our date so naturally, I went with jeans and a t-shirt. Vinnie wouldn't tell me where we going all he had said was to meet him in the car at exactly 4:27 pm. I walked downstairs and outside, seeing Vinnie in the driver's seat of the car. I got in the passenger side and checked the time when I did my seatbelt. 4:27 exactly.

Vinnie pulled out of the driveway and started heading in the direction of... i don't know what actually. "Where are we going?" I asked. Vinnie looked at me from the corner of his eye for a second with a big grin plastered on his face, "It's a surprise." We drove for about twenty minutes with the sound of Chase Atlantic leaking lowly out of the speakers before Vinnie stopped and parked. He got out of the car and I copied his actions. He came around my side and grabbed my hand dragging me along behind him. I ran a little and caught up to him. "Where are we going?" I asked as we walked down an over grown walking track. He didn't answer and instead kept walking, dragging me along with him. "You're not gonna kill me, are you? You're not secretly a serial killer using your persona to lure your victims in, are you?" I asked mostly joking but slightly terrified. "What? No, no, I'm not going to kill you," Vinnie laughed back. Minutes later we emerged from the bushes and I was met with an amazing view of the sky as the sun started to set.

I puased and just took in the amazing view in front of me. You could see part of the city as well as part of the woods that covered the city. "Woah, the view is beautiful," I said, taking a step further out of the bush. "Not as beautiful as mine," Vinnie said, laughing slightly to himself. "That was cringey," I said, turning to face him with a grimace on my face. "I know but I've always wanted to say that," he laughed. I rolled my eyes and laughed at him. He grabbed my hand and pulled me over to a big rock which I hadn't noticed had a picnic blanket and food set up on it. "Did you do all this? Actually, when did you do all this?" I asked, almost shocked because we had been together pretty much the entire day. "You know when I went to go get food and it took a long time to be made?" he asked, earning a nod, "I did the blanket then but I got a few friends to bring the food over before we got here," Vinnie finished. "This is more than anyone's ever done for me," I smiled. In the short time Vinnie and I have been together he's done more thoughtful and special things then I could have imagined.

We sat and talked about everything and anything as we watched the sun go down. Sitting in the sun it was nice and warm but as the sun fully set it started getting cold so Vinnie gave me his hoodie to wear. "When do you want to tell everyone about us?" I asked Vinnie, looking up at him from his lap. "Whenever you're ready. I've had to stop myself from posting stuff about you multiple times already so i'd say I'm ready but its generally the girl in the relationship that gets all the hate so it's up to you," He said, playing with my hair. "Did you know Andy black and Juliet Simms kept their relationship quiet for two years? Shows the difference between mainstream celebrities and other celebrities. But, i think I'm ready to tell everyone. I hate the sneaking around and i just want to be able to hold your hand in public and not pretend anymore," I replied. I had thought about the hate and everything that will come with making our relationship public multiple times and i was ok with what would come as long as Vinnie and i could be together and not have to hide it. "Oh, thank god. i don't know how long i'd be able to keep quiet anymore," He laughed. Vinnie was seen as tiktoks 'most eligible bachelor' and 'heartthrob' so it was going to be interesting to see how everyone would react.