Chapter 11

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Still Y/N POV

We begin our hike into the wilderness on a high note, Ryan keeps the mood Light with his hilarious jokes that he is currently telling.
"What did the blanket say when it fell off the bed?" Ryan asked me as he steps over a tree, in the middle of the trail.As I make my way over it I ask.
"What?" He glances back at me.
"Holy sheet!" He yells. I let out a quick gasp because he had startled me and we begin to laugh.
"That was a go-" I begin but am stopped by my lack of focus at the task at hand. and my blatant disregards towards the root, that I am currently tripping over. The ground moves fast towards me but stops its movement when the warmth of Ryan's arms wraps around my waist, picking me up off of my feet. He sets me down.
"Watch where your going Y/N, I won't kill you but you might kill yourself if you don't pay attention!" He says angrily to me.
"I'm sorry." I say like a little kid. He sighs.
"No I'm sorry, you just scared me, i thought you were going to get hurt."
"Well I was until you caught me." I say smiling. He straitens up his back and turns back to the trail
"ONWARDS!" He says.

10 minutes of jokes and laughter later and we reach our destination.
"Here we are." Ryan says as we make our way over a hill. A beautiful meadow, littered with the most beautiful flowers, and a stream,acting as a moat around a whipping willow tree with a tire swing attached to a branch out stretches before me. the sight is breath takingly beautiful. Ryan wraps his arm around my waist and directs me down to the stream where he helps me leap across rocks to the other side. He almost falls in,causing me to laugh.
"Nice one." I say smiling. He smiles back at me.
"Get over here." He says motioning for me to take his hand. I do and he pulls me across to the next rock,and then he hoists me up onto the island of the whipping willow. Ryan picks me up, bridal style and puts me in the tire swing. He begins to push me, causing me to go higher and higher.
"Weeeeeee." I squeal. Ryan laughs.
"How did you discover this place?" I ask him.
"My sister and I used to come here all the time. Now i take my brother here, when ever he wants to. And now you. this place is near to my heart, but so are you." He stops pushing me and stops the swing before it can go upwards again. I jump off and follow Ryan to the other side of the tree, where it is covered in hearts, initials, arrows, names, and dates. There had to be over 50 there.
"Wow." i say admiring the tree. Ryan wraps his arm around me.
"This tree has been here for a long time, and there's a story that runs through my family that once you find someone that you truly love, take them to a Willow tree, carve your name into it and you will have a long, sweet, happy relationship. My dad thought it was stupid and didn't do it. As you may know my dad was abusive towards my mother and I. I'm not crazy about superstition but it doesn't hurt. I've been waiting till I find a girl that drives me crazy, makes me freak out on the inside when ever she looks at me, make me feel like the luckiest man in the world. And I believe that is you Y/N." I turn towards him. Tears in my eyes, I set my had to his cheek and kiss him, his lips are soft, and kind. As we separate, he hands me a knife.
"Choose a spot." He says. I smile and turn towards the tree, walking around to the other side of the tree I hand him the knife and point to the middle of the tree,facing the path. He smiles and carves a heart into the tree, and puts his name on one side and I put my name on the other.

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