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Chapter 31

I woke up next day extremely fresh. I felt Ryan laying beside me completely dressed. I sat up and glanced at the wall and it was eleven in the noon. "damn! I over slept!" I was a little disappointed about it.

Mrs Dean was going to give an important lecture in calculus. "good morning, Faith." Ryan said politely. "why didn't you awake me?" I asked sharply. "because you looked so peaceful plus I wanted you to sleep in today." I was confuse after hearing him.

Why does he wanted me to over sleep? Is he crazy? I thought. He laughed his cute laugh. "I have something to show you." He said nervously. "what?" I asked curiously while my hand automatically went to his neck.

He kissed me lightly once. "first you should fresh up, then I'll tell you." He said tracing my collarbone which resulted in me shivering from the pleasure. I nodded and left for bathroom.

I took a long warm shower, brushed my teeth. I came back in my room. New clothes were scattered on my bed. The first one was a nude pink off shoulder floral dress with a slit on its left. The other one was a denim romper with a white t-shirt.

I was hella confused.

I knew that Ryan had put them here but the question was why. But then it hit me, this must be the thing he wanted to show me. I was melted already for him.

Why does this lovely creature loves me so much? I wondered thankfully.

There was a note underneath the dress. I took it out and saw a really boyish hand writing, which I recognized.

To my Faith,

I would be really delighted, if you honour me by wearing one of these and pack the other one in a bag with your essentials. Like your wallet, girly stuff, a small first aid box, your glasses, tooth brush etc. And DO NOT pack your charger or phone or headphones or power bank.

From your Ryan.

PS. I love you.

Another PS. Pack your pills for headache. in case.

He was so thoughtful all the time. I wore the romper and packed everything he told me to. My hair wasn't cooperating. I wore a red bandana to cover them. I put Ryan's note safely in my cupboard.

I texted mom, Grace, Monty and Alex about the whole situation and then switched off my phone and left it in the side drawer. I walked downstairs. I looked here and there but couldn't find Ryan. I smelled a great coffee on the kitchen counter.

Under the mug was another note. I smiled to myself and started reading.

Hey, we meet again! I know when you wake up late you need a dose of caffeine in your system, so here you go. But if you want to have a proper breakfast just look inside the microwave.

PS. You must be looking gorgeous, I can't wait to see you.

I was feeling euphoric at that moment. He knew exactly how to make me feel happy. I drank the coffee which taste really good. I looked in the microwave and saw pancakes with melted chocolate spread on them. I was instantly hungry.

I ate all of them. I went upstairs to brush my teeth once more. Put the note safely again. And went outside in search of Ryan. I bumped into Zack on my way and almost fell.

"looking for Ryan?" he asked me. "yes, where is he?" I asked eagerly. "you'll find him in the parking area." He said, a smile plastered on his face. I half walked, half ran towards parking area.

There was nothing unusual there apart from a light blue van. Ryan was bent in the window and I could see his gorgeous ass. He turned around and saw me. He smiled and then blushed.

I ran towards him and kissed him full on the lips. "you make me so happy, Ryan." I told him lovingly. He blushed more. "you look ravishing." He said fixing my bandana. I smiled.

I was looking at the van. It looked cute. "what are you thinking?" he asked me. "I am just trying to understand all this that you did for me, which I loved." I said honestly. "I am taking you to a short road trip." He said nervously while pulling me against his chest, his grip tight on my waist.

"I've always wanted to go on a road trip. You have no idea how much I liked it." I said and kissed him tenderly on his scar. He moaned lightly.

I love him so much!!!

This was a constant thought.

"before it gets any more harder for me to stop myself from kissing you, like KISS you, let's begin the journey." He said seriously. He opened the door for me and I sat. He sat beside me in the driving seat.

I opened the dashboard randomly. Chocolates fell in my lap. Dashboard was full of chocolates, all of my favourites from sneakers, kit Kat to m&ms and Hershey's.

"Are they all mine?" I whispered unbelievably. "yes" he whispered back mimicking my tone. "I love you..." I said. He chuckled. "love you more." He replied.

He started driving at normal speed. "where are we going?" I asked him. "Lake Geneva. It's two hours ride away from Chicago. I've been wanting to see it for my whole life.
And now that I've got an opportunity, I wanted to experience it with you." He said while glancing in my direction after every twenty seconds.

I knew nothing about the lake. But I was so excited. I shifted closer to Ryan and crossed my legs on the seat so they wouldn't touch the gear.

My side was touching his, I started playing with his hair. Every ten minutes or so I ate a chocolate. We talked randomly about stuff. After about two and a half hours, he stopped the car.

I exited the car and saw an amazing view. So many trees scattered, red and green and brown leaves dancing in sync with the air. Blue water looked like crystal due to sunshine.

We were standing just at the edge of the lake, van parked barely two steps away. I slid my hand in Ryan's. "it's beautiful. Amazing." I said. "yes, I'm glad I came here with you." He replied. It was five in the evening.

Ryan opened the back door of the car and motioned me to come and take a look. There was no seats. A soft cotton bed was laid with several pillows and a fluffy blanket.

Windows had small black curtains which looked cute. "you did all this?" I asked completely awestruck. He blushed and messed his hair unknowingly. "Niall and Bryan helped me." He said bashfully.

I touched his face lightly. "thank you." I said tenderly. We sat in the grass for a little while. I was enjoying the fresh breeze, tinkling of leaves, light presence of still water and Ryan beside me, holding my hand.

Looking at him at that moment I felt so in love, so happy, so home. He always emitted a warm, fuzzy vibe for me. I was addicted to him and there was no way out.