Love In The Rain(bad boy, good girl)

31-Love In The Rain (final chapter)

CORAS POV

Today is the day of Tyler and I's first date. I got up early and mentally and physically prepared for it.

I look at the dress I have picked out. I'm a little nervous about it. I haven't worn it yet because it's a little more edgy than I normally go for. It is a bold red and tight fitting.

I put it on and look at it one more time and decide that it is too late to change my mind.

He should be here in 10 minutes.

My friends are all in one group chat and they are all messaging me to tell them all the details. I roll my eyes at my phone.

The door bell rings. He's here 8 minutes early!

I didn't finish mentally preparing!

I shuffle to the door, fluff my hair a little and then open the door.

He is standing  there and for a second I thought he was a goddess. He looks great. He is in a button up formal shirt and not tucked into his dark jeans.

It almost makes me feel over dressed but then I realize that this is probably as dressed up as he gets.

After a long moment of staring at eachother he breaks the silence. "Shall we go?" I nod my head. We walk to his- wait.... "where is your truck?" I ask as we stand in front of a black kind of fancy car.

"I didn't feel like my truck was date worthy, so I borrowed my mother's car for the night." He looks down.

I smile at the thought of him putting in all this effort for our first date.

He opens the car door for me and then he opens it again when we arrive at the dinner place.

When we enter I look around. It is pretty fancy but also super adorable.

The waiter seats us at a round booth in the corner away from everyone else.

"Can I just say, you look amazing." Tyler says kind of quiet after the waiter leaves. I blush a little. "You're not too bad yourself." I laugh. I feel way too awkward right now. Especially since it is very quiet right now. "Um... so, what are you ordering?" Tyler asks looking up from his menu. 

"I was thinking about getting a boca burger. How about you?" I ask. He flips through his menu. "what the heck is a boca burger? is it good?"

"Yeah. I get it all the time. It is a meatless burger." I smile. He looks confused. "so lettuce and cheese on a bun?"

"no." I laugh. " It is soy and cheese with other veggies formed into a patty with lettuce and cheese on a bun. I am a vegetarian if you couldn't tell." I describe to my best effort.

He still looks confused. "Does it taste like a burger?" 

"Not really. It tastes good though. And I get my protein that I need. You can try mine when it gets here." I smile and then the waiter comes. He takes our order and the we become quiet and awkward again with nothing to talk about.

"Is it just me, or is this quite awkward?" I decide to speak my mind since there is nothing else on my mind. "Yeah. A little. I'm sorry. I'm kind of nervous." He scratches the back of his neck.

"The bad boy? Nervous?" I joke with him "I have feelings too you know. And to be honest I'm not really all that bad anymore." He smiles and I smile back. There is a moment where we are both looking at eachother and it feels like forever. His eyes are a creamy hazelnut brown. I feel like it's a couple shades lighter than usual.  He has a small smile on, and it makes me feel a way I have never felt about a guy before. 

I look away almost as if I'm afraid of this feeling. But I force myself to look again, telling myself not to be afraid of this feeling. When I do look up he is closer to me. Out shoulders touching, and he puts his hand on top of mine. 

I can only think of the feeling I'm feeling and it makes my heart pound so much it hurts. I look away again, still afraid.

"Hey, is everything alright?" Tyler asks noticing the expression on my face. "Yeah." I say and look at him for a short second before my brain gets the best of me and I look away yet again.

"Are you sure? Am I moving too fast?" He looks worried.

"No. You're fine. It's just... I'm afraid of the feeling I'm feeling right now." I frown a little and continue on. "I have only liked one other person in my life. Like you know. like, like. And that was Zack. And he broke my heart. I'm afraid to feel hurt again.  And the scariest part is that my feelings are stronger for you than it was for Zack, and I feel that if you break my heart it will hurt worse." I look away. 

He uses his hand to guide my chin to look at him. " I have never like, liked someone before. And I can tell you for sure that it scares me too. But I don't don't think I could ever have the heart to break yours. You would have to break mine. But I heard this in a song one time. 'follow your heart, even though it will break sometimes'." He says without ever looking away. And the feeling in my heart becomes less of a painful feeling, and more of a feeling I desire.

"Tyler." My voice comes out quiet. Our faces are inches apart. "yes?" He says after a long pause. 

"I think I love you." I say with a shaky voice.

"I Think I love you too." he says and closes the gap between our lips. 

sparks fly and I and the whole world disappears for a moment as we kiss. It is everything I dreamed of and more.

The waiter brings us our food which breaks away our kiss. He awkwardly leaves the food and dashes away as if he didn't already ruin our special moment. we laugh it off, and eat.

I share my burger with him. "It is very weird... but if I didn't it as a burger I would say it is alright, but all I can think about is burger, and that's not what I taste." He says after he finishes chewing. I laugh. "It's just suppose to give me the protein of a burger."

After we finish he pays for the bill and I let him only because we decided that I would pay for the next date for when I have to chose.

We exit the restaurant and discover that it is raining. Of course. Why wouldn't it be raining on a night with Tyler.

we rush to the car and get in. 

After a moment of silence on the road I speak up. "Hey back there. at the restaurant. did you quote One Direction? The follow your heart thing." he turns red. "You quote Taylor Swift all the time." I laugh "I didn't know you were a fan. That song was never even on the radio." 

"You can't tell anyone. But I do indeed enjoy a few of their songs." he doesn't look at me because of how embarrassed he is. I change the subject for his sake.

We soon get to our houses. He walks me to my door. I face him when I get to the door and tell him I had the best night. Even though it is still raining I cant help but stay a little longer outside to kiss him.

Love In The Rain

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A/N: This is the last chapter. I can't believe this book has come to an end. I wanna cry. It was my favorite book I wrote even though it's not the most popular my others. I feel like I put a lot of myself into the character Cora. She is way more awesome than me but I can still relate. 

I kind of wanted to continue the book but I didn't know where to go with it. They fell in love and that was the point of this book. And I am very happy the way it ended. I had it pictured in my head a different way of this story going, but once I got to writing different things ended up happening.  And I feel it was for the better.

I hope you enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed writing it.