17 Reasons Why

Chapter 5

We were on the road for a while, with trees still surrounding us, but finally it cleared up.

I thought it would be a while until we got to wherever the heck we were going, so I decided to do my homework that I hadn't finished the other days.

As I was trying my best to write neatly, suddenly, theres one large bump on the road, and then it's smooth. Not completely smooth, like, paved, but like..

sand. I looked up and behold, a beach right in front of me.

It was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L, which is not even enough to describe how pretty it was.

I can't believe he brought me all the way here. He wanted to bring me here!

Gee, no wonder it took forever to get here, I thought.

Josh comes to a stop, gets out of the car, and opens the door for me. He takes my hand, and as we walk closer towards the water, I notice a towel or blanket, something of the sort, and a box. Like, a gift box.

"Wha-"

"This is for you. I found this place not long ago, and I loved it. I come here sometimes for a peace of mind. I decided to set this up this morning during the first half of school. I don't know if you like it; not much," Josh explains.

No wonder I didn't bump into you before lunch.

" 'Not much'? This is beautiful, Josh! I cannot believe you set this up for me! No one has ever done this for me."

We live in Florida, and obviously I knew that we had beaches, but I thought we lived way farther away from one. Guess not.

This beach was the most beautiful one I'd seen yet. The water was a really pretty blue, and it was crystal clear. I could see coral reefs way further out in the ocean. There were few palm trees in the area, and there was a cliff with lots of greenery in the middle of the water, with almost sort of a land bridge connecting to the cliff right next to it. It was like a tropical paradise; I had no idea about this area.

The beach is small, though. I kinda liked that because it's like it was our little beach, our paradise.

"Open the box," Josh tells me. I slowly walk along the shore, and open the gift box wrapped in pretty purple/blue paper. The inside reveals a gorgeous bikini. It was a royal blue color, with a group of diamonds/gems in between the pads. The bottoms were just plain, but the sides had these matching silver + diamond rings linking the bottoms together.

I automatically knew that this was expensive.

"Josh! You did not have to get this for me! It's so expensive! I could've just swam with my clothes on."

"I thought that this would be perfect for you," he smiles. "There goes almost $200..."

I stare at him in disbelief.

"Why did you get this for me?!" I say as I give him a slight punch.

"My gift to you. Now go change behind that cliff, I guess, since that's the only place you could change."

I awkwardly walk over to behind the cliff, and carefully strip my clothes and start to put on the swim suit. It was fitting perfectly.

As I start to slip on my bikini top, I all of the sudden see Josh start to peek around the corner.

I gasp, then quickly cover myself and tie the top.

I walk out and see him standing there, looking as if nothing happened.

I walk up to him, and slap his cheek with all my strength.

"OW! SHIT!"

"Don't ever do that again!" I was actually about to start busting out laughing because his reaction was gold.

After he healed from that, he automatically takes off his jeans with his swim suit already under it. He starts to take off his white t-shirt, and it's like a slow motion scene from a movie.

*que sexy music*

Ho-ly motherf-

He had the BEST abs I think I'd seen compared to the guys in movies. I probably looked really creepy at this moment.

I just stood there, staring.

"Uh, so we, um, going to swim now?" He awkwardly asks.

I snap out of it. "Oh, oh, um yea, I guess."

He takes my hand and I lock fingers with his. His hands were so gentle to my small hands. We walk towards the water, step in, and it was like a dream. Not too warm, not too cool. It was perfect.

We start to swim out a little further until the water reached to our upper chest.

So for like 30 minutes straight, we were just talking, swimming, splashing around, etc. We start to calm down after the laughing, and there was a LOT of laughing. We just look at each other for a whole second, and he runs his hand through my hair, slowly leans in, and kisses me. It started off simple and gentle, until we were fully making out. It was incredible.

Finally, we stopped before we could barely catch a breath.

I looked into his gorgeous, light baby blue eyes, and smiled.

•••

The sun was starting to set along the water, and it was beautiful. We laid on the blanket and were just silently watching the beautiful, bright orange sun set. I held his hand and rested it on his chest, and slowly fell asleep...

•••

I wake up on the towel, out of position. I run over to my bag, check my phone to see what time it was-

But there was no bag. My stuff was gone. I needed to be at school! I had no way of contacting someone for help.

Then I realized that he wasn't there. I looked all around, no him, no car, no nothing. I frantically searched for him and found nothing.

"JOSH! JOSH! Where are you?!"

I started to freak out.

I was stranded by an ocean, and I had NO idea where I was. I had no food, no phone, and only ocean water, a bikini, and a blanket. He even took my clothes!

Was this all set up? Is this a way he's capturing me? Is he not even in love with me?

I sat there on the sand, just feeling hopeless.

All of these thoughts running in my head. I just cannot beli-

Suddenly, I see a hand cover my mouth. I scream. But then...

darkness.
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