You wake up one morning in a bed, but not your own. Drowsy and still half asleep, you sit up and pull the blankets off of yourself. Sleeping on the floor is your best friend, Theo. You've had a crush on theo for a very long time, but you've been to nervous to ask him out. Although you've known each other since you were 5 years old, you feel as though it's too late to ask him out. You're turning 17 in a few months, meaning you'll be leaving each other for college in a few years. Theo groans while stretching his arms up and stares back up at you.
"Good morning, y/n," theo says in a sleepy tone.
"Morning," you say back, also still half asleep.
"Are you ready to go now, or do you wanna get breakfast first," he asks. He currently lays on Theo ground with no shirt on. You start down at his abs. Theo raises his eyebrows.
"Earth to y/n, answer me." Theo says while waving his arm at you.
"Oh yeah sorry, we can just go."
You both are sitting in the car along with your 7 friends, Jessica, Pete, Andrew, and Amanda. There wasn't enough seats in the car so you are currently sitting on theo's lap. His arms are rapped around your waist so you don't fall. You can't tell if this is awkward or one of the best things to happen to you. You rest your head against the window and Theo pulls you further into his lap. Before he is able to say anything, you all pull up to a spot next to the ocean you'll all be spending the night at.
All of your friends are standing around throwing a ball up in the air at each other, everyone except for you. You don't feel comfortable wearing a bikini in front of everyone including Theo. You're walking through the water by yourself towards the chairs you had laid out in the sand. You're upset because you've left your sleeping back back at Theo's house, meaning you'll have you sleep with nothing tonight. Out of no where, Theo comes running up beside you.
"Hey y/n, why are you still wearing your clothes?" He asks, "it's hot as hell out here."
"I don't know, it's just that I don't feel comfortable wearing a bikini in front of everyone and showing off my body." You say slightly embarrassed.
"We're you're friends though, we don't mind," he says smiling. You know he's trying to make you feel better. It worked.
Later that night, you're all gather around a campfire chatting away about what you're going to be doing for summer break and having a few drinks. You're not listening to what anyone is saying. You just stare down at the ground with your head in between your knees. Out of the corner of your eye, you catch Theo staring at you.
"Y/n, are you alright," Theo says, no one else is listening.
"Yeah I'm alright," you say tilting your head to the side to look at him.
"Can I talk to you for a second? Somewhere that's not here?"
"Sure."
Theo marches you up to the car, parked just barely out of view of the fire. He brings you into the back seat of the car and sits down next to you. You both sit at opposite ends of the car, but Theo seems to be trying to get closer to you. You begin to assume he's drunk.
"Y/n, I need to tell to you about something," he says.
"Okay..."
He brings you closer into his lap. You both look into each other's eyes.
"For a while now, I've been so in love with you. Your so beautiful, smart, talented, and just all out amazing. Every time I'm with you, I have to hold the urge back to kiss you all the time, and I want to be with you forever and ever." When he says this, you can tell he truly means this.
"Theo, I've felt the exact same way about you for so long. I've never had the courage to tell you because I felt like you'd laugh at me or get mad and never talk to me ever again."
"Y/n, I would never do that to you. I'm so madly in love with you and I don't know what I would do without you."
Now you kissing him, you feel his tongue in your mouth. You can't tell whether you could get any closer than this.
After a long time of just kissing in the car, you both head back for the fire where everyone else is asleep.
"Theo I forgot, I don't have a sleeping back or anything."
"You can share with me then," he says in a low voice.
You both crawl into the sleeping bag together. It's a tight fit, but you manage. Theo raps an arm around your waist and kisses the back of your neck.
"I love you," he says as you drift off to sleep.
