small town love

the bottom

once taylor and i were back at the rest of the boys, we started talking about everything but food and I was starving.

taylor and chase winked at each other and picked me up together and threw me into the freezing cold pond. when my feet hit the bottom, I knew it would take me a while to get back to the surface, what with this cold water and all.

when I came back up, Taylor's face was covered in worry and chase was laughing his ass off until he heard me gasp for air.

I stepped out of the pond and walked to my car as calmly as I could possibly be. I heard taylor say "fuck she's pissed." and I felt him grab my wrist.

"don't fucking touch me right now." I warned him.

"he didn't mean to throw you that hard. it was his idea. I swear." he said trying to defend himself.

"taylor if you haven't noticed, we're not just childhood friends anymore. we're dating. it's different. you don't do that shit anymore. I fucking touched the bottom when y'all just did that. THE BOTTOM. none of us has ever touched the bottom of that pond. now tell me, do y'all get the award for being the biggest assholes or do I get it for being the first one to touch it?" I said loudly looking back at everyone else to make sure they heard.

I hear them all agree and said "you...."

"oh well thanks guys. and chase? go fuck yourself. Luke don't repeat that." I said turning around to see luke by a tree laying down.

"Luke?" taylor said behind me.

i turned around and looked at Luke. I walked over to him and found Luke with tears streaming down his face.

"baby what's wrong?" I said picking him up and pulling him onto my lap.

he didn't say anything. he just kept on crying. "i hate when y'all fight. it feels like y'all are just slipping farther and farther away from me." he said eventually.

my heart broke. i never knew me leaving meant that much to him. my mom wasn't the most affectionate person all the time and my dad left right after he was born. i never looked at all of us like his own parents.

I hugged him tighter and he laughed like he always does. "just stop fighting. it's not getting y'all anywheres." he whispered softly.

I nodded and agreed with him. he's nine years old and already knows more than I do about my own life. what a kid.

whenever Luke got up, he ran to taylor and taylor picked him up. taylor was always more like a brother to him than chase was.

i saw them talking but I couldn't hear what it was about. i just watched them laughing. taylor was definitely going to make a great dad one day.

TAYLORS POV.

"wait baby no. come see." i said as she walked up to the house without me.

she laughed and turned around with Luke on her back. gosh she was beautiful. i wish she knew how hard i tried with her today to not make out with her in front of everyone. gaw it was horrible how badly I was fighting back the urge.

her mom walked out and saw her outfit and us kissing. "if you two wanna change and break it up I'm sure everyone would appreciate it."

she stepped back and buried her face in her hands and turned to face her mom.

"can we change together?" i said smiling.

"taylor Matthew Davis you better hide behind my little girl cause I can still beat you even though you're 18."

"actually mom, we were gonna change and then go back to school." she said softly.

we both saw it on her face, that sad look that she always tried to cover. "well i guess that's ok."

"well actually, we can stay for a few nights. as long as me and taylor get to stay in my room. together." Wesley said to her mom.

her mom smiled and nodded as she walked inside.

"god I hate whenever she makes that face. it freaking breaks me." Wesley told me softly.

"i know but just go with it." I told her before kissing the top of her head. "go get changed before you get sick."

she kissed me and wrapped her arms around my neck and then let go right as it was heating up and i ran after her and all the boys looked at us cause we were both laughing.

she ran into her room and walked to her bathroom and undid the strap on her bathing suit. "so how about that shower?" she said softly as I walked up to her.

WESLEYS POV

after we got out the shower, he changed into sweats and i did too. i put on a sports bra and he just left his shirt off. before we walked out of my room, he turned around and picked me up.

"i love you Wesley." he said before he kissed me.

"i love you too" I said as we both pulled away smiling.