Life With Trent Harmon

Part 26: a Day Together (part 3)

You sit down on Trent's bed and look down at your new camera and then back up at Trent.
"It's too much, Trent"
"No. You told me you wanted one, and I had the extra money" he winks at you. And you fight at the smile wanting to take over.
"And i told you. It's for our six months. Half a year is a long time to put up with me."
You let the smile creep up on your face.
"So, stop being hard headed" Trent says as he sits down next to you on his bed and wraps his arm around your waist.
The smile works its way, even bigger on your face at his closeness. The butterflies in your stomach swarm as he leans closer.
"And tell me thank you."
You smile even bigger and whisper "thank you Trent."
"You're welcome, princess" he whispers back and you close the distance between your faces.
Your lips touch his quickly and the kiss ends as quickly as it started. He leans back slightly and looks into your eyes. He smiles slightly, And then pulls you closer to him, so you're practically sitting in his lap. As he touches his lips to yours again, you lay the camera on the table beside the bed and then wrap your arms around Trent's neck and put one hand in his hair. He wraps one hand around your waist, pulling you even closer and puts his other hand on your cheek as the kiss intensifies. The butterflies in your stomach have spread to your whole body and you can feel yourself shaking slightly. You run your hand through Trent's hair as he pushes against you, causing you to lay back. As you lean against the pillow, Trent stretches out and lays down next to you and uses his free arm to pull you closer to him. His hand grazes your side and lands on the space where your shirt has risen up and your skin is slightly visible. When his hand touches your skin, you feel fireworks go off and spread through your body. You scoot even closer to him to where you are practically under him. The kisses continue to intensify and you tighten your grip around his neck and smile into his kiss. He pulls back slightly and stares directly into your eyes and has a questioning look on his face. You answer his questions by pulling his face back to yours and kissing him again. You feel him smile and as he kisses you again, his phone starts ringing. He reaches to the table and hits a button and the ringing stops immediately and he kisses you again. A few seconds later, his phone rings again. You open your eyes and look at him and notice the almost mad look cross his face. He reaches over and takes the phone an answers it without even looking at the caller ID. You lean up and kiss his jaw line as he snaps "hello?"
You faintly hear a voice on the other line and Trent pulls away and sits up as the blood drains from his face.
"Yes mam. Sorry we just uh... we fell asleep and.."
"Yes mam. I gave her her camera and we went to the couch and we were gonna watch a second of tv and uh.. we dozed off.."
You watch him as he tries to hold back the laughter. "Mama I'm sorry. We didn't mean to fall asleep. We are going. I promise. Give us 5 minutes and then we are gone."
"I need 5 minutes cuz I gotta wake (y/n) up."
You stifle a laugh and sit up facing him.
"Yes mam. I will. Okay. Love you. Mom. Love you."
He hangs up the phone and laughs quickly and then says "there are eyes everywhere. She drove by and saw that my car was still here." He says sheepishly and looks up at you.
"People have some great timing, these days" you whisper and scoot closer to him.
"I know..." he says and then starts to say something else, but is stopped by your lips on his again.
Once you break the kiss, you stand up and go in the bathroom and brush your hair. When you walk back out, Trent is off the bed and running his fingers through his hair and glances over at you and then down at his watch. "Three minutes" he says with a laugh.

As he pulls out of the drive way, he slides his hand over and laces his fingers with yours.
"That was fun.." you smile at him.
"Mhm.." he says as a full grin crosses his face.. "a lot of fun.."
Before you can say anything else, Trent says "but you know we can't go further.. right ? Like we talked about at the beach.."
Suddenly you feel yourself get irritated. "Yes Trent. I know." You snap at him and stare out the window. You hear him take a shallow breath and then he releases your hand and turns up the radio and then takes your hand again. As he slowly slides his fingers between yours, you feel your irritation drip away.
After a few minutes of silence, you say "so what are we doing tonight?"
"Well... wanna take some pictures?"
"Of?"
"An engagement?"
"TRENT!!!"
"Clay is proposing to Ash tonight."
"TRENT" you squeak and squeeze his hand.
"They are out eating right now and then they are going to fair park and are gonna walk around, since all of the lights are hung up, and we are gonna be hiding, and I was hoping since you just so happened to get your new camera today, that you could test it out and take some pictures for them."
"Oh Trent, id love to!!"
"I thought you would.." he smiles and raises your hand to his mouth and kisses it.
You pull up to the parking lot across from Fair Park and climb out. The sun is setting and you can see it in the horizon. Trent takes your hand and leads you to the corner of the park where there are a few benches that can't be seen by people walking in the park, but the people on the benches can see the whole park.
You take a few practice shots on your camera, and then turn and snap a picture of Trent. You snap it, and then look at it and laugh out loud at the look on his face. Before he can respond, you notice two people walking hand in hand into the park- opposite the way you and Trent walked in. The closer they get, you realize that it is clay and Ashley. You suddenly get very nervous and prop your camera on the bench in front of you and Trent and start snapping pictures. The sunset in the back ground looks like a back drop and they walk closer and then farther away. You can hear their laughs in the distance, and a cool breeze blows through. Trent scoots closer and wraps his arm around you, careful to not bump your camera. As they get closer, clay seems to know exactly where you are, and turns to face Ashely so that their silhouettes are placed perfectly for pictures. He takes her hands in his for a second and you suddenly start getting more and more nervous. You snap pictures quickly, one after the other. Suddenly, clay releases Ashley's hands and puts his hand in his pocket. You can tell he is talking, but only pick up every few words.
"Love you."
"Always known."
"By me."
"Forever."
As he drops down to one knee, you hear him say "Ashley Elizabeth, will you marry me?"
You snap as many pictures as you can as Ashley's hands jerk up to her face and she stands that way for a second. Suddenly, clay jumps up and wraps his arms around her waist and she wraps her arms around his neck as he picks her up and spins her. You continue to snap pictures and suddenly feel the tears on your cheeks. You watch as clay puts her down and slips the ring onto her finger.
Beside you, Trent starts to stand up.
"Not yet." You say quietly and glance over at them.
"Let them have this time together." He sits back against the bench and smiles. You focus back on taking pictures but you can feel Trent watching you. You glance at him over your shoulder and he quickly touches his lips to yours and a shiver works it's way down your back. He mouths "I love you."
You whisper it back and then go back to taking pictures. After a few minutes, clay motions to where you and Trent are sitting and Trent waves. Suddenly, Ashley sees you and takes off running toward you. You put your camera down just in time for her to come and jump into your lap.
"IM ENGAGED!!!!" She says, with tears running down her face. "I know!!" You say as you wrap her in a hug. Trent stands up and shakes Clay's hand and then Ashely runs over to him. You slowly walk up to clay and wrap him in a hug. "Congratulations, Clayton!!"
"Thank you so much for being here!!!" He says quietly and hugs you back.
"I wouldn't miss it." You say as you look up at him and see tears in his eyes. You hug him again and then the group all comes together.
After you snap a few pictures of Clay and Ashley, and a few pictures of clay with Trent and Ashley with Trent, and the three of them together, you let Trent take a few pictures.
You all stand around and talk for a few minutes and Trent invites them over to his house to celebrate.
A few minutes later, Trent climbs into his car next to you, and starts the engine. Slowly, you reach over and take his hand. He looks over at you and says "there's another surprise..."
You look at him questioning, and he smiles "mama and daddy are throwing them a surprise engagement party at the house. There are a ton of people there now."
"TRENT!!! That's so awesome!!" You say as a huge smile come across your face.
"I love you." He says quietly.
You lace your fingers with his and whisper "I love you more."

When y'all pull up to his house, as Trent turns off the engine and opens his door, you look over at him and smile. He leans over touches his lips to yours softly.
A soft smile crosses your face and you whisper "Trent?"
"Yes baby?" He says with a puzzled look on his face. 
"I'm ready. Whenever you are."
A mixture of shock and fear and happiness and uncertainty crosses his face.
"You don't have to be ready., baby. Not yet."
"But I am. " You say quietly, but confidently. "I am going to spend my forever with you. There's no doubt in my mind. And I might not be completely ready right now, but I know that you will not rush into it. So, whenever you're ready to ask, I'm ready. Whether that be next week, or next year."
"Okay." He says and kisses you and softly and climbs out of the car.
As he opens your door, you ask "now what?"
"Now," Trent smirks. "You wait." He takes your hand and you walk inside and celebrate your two best friends getting engaged. 
When you climb into bed that night, you dream of wedding plans and rings and especially of a blue eyed boy who has your heart.