Walk on the Beach - R5 Fanfic

Chapter 19

I was meeting Ross for dinner later, he called me earlier to make the plans. Nothing fancy, probably just pizza. 

I went into the bathroom to get ready.  I changed into my nicest clothes that I brought, which happened to be a dress. Then I tied my hair back as perfectly as I could, finishing the look off with makeup.  I didn't want to look ugly.

I didn't know if people would be taking pictures of me right now.

I went out of my room to tell my mom I was leaving.

"Hey mom, I'm gonna head out."  I said.

"Okay."  She said then looked at me. "Why are you dressed so nice?"  She asked confused.

"Well I think we are going somewhere fancy."  I answered. This was a lie.

"Oh, well have fun honey."  She smiled, then I left.

I walked down the hallway to the elevator. Then got on nervous. I'd never been in a spotlight before, I didn't know how to handle this.

I got to his car and got in, he seemed completely calm.  Obviously ink llllbhe was not bothered by any of this.

"You know we're just going for pizza right? He said looking at me weirdly.

"Oh yeah, I know."  I said, concealing the fact that I was upset still.

"Okay."  He said then we drove down to the shops along the boardwalk. I guess this is where the pizza place was. We had to park a little far away because you had to walk to get to the place.

I hopped out of the car and met up with Ross to walk.  We talked for a while until he mentioned exactly what I didn't want him to.

"The pictures dying down a bit."  He said casually.

"Yeah."  I agreed, then looked at the ground.

"What?"  He asked and I looked back up confused.

"What..?"  I asked.

"Are you okay?"  He asked stopping, I stopped next to him.

"Yeah, I'm fine why?" 

"You've been acting weird all night."  He said then moved so he was in front of me.  "What's up?" 

"Nothing."  I responded. At this point I was trying really hard not to cry again. I looked back down at the ground. He put his hands on my shoulders, and I finally felt a tear roll down my face.

"Hey, whatever it is, you know you can tell me."  He said with a caring voice.

"I just didn't know people could be so mean."  I leaned my head into his chest and hugged him hard.  I felt myself cry harder. I didn't want to cry, not in front of him.

"Hey, hey."  He said and started hugging me tighter.  "What's this about?" 

"That dumb picture, everyone hates me."  I heard him make a realization noise.

"I knew this would happen."  He backed away for a second then looked around. There were people passing us everywhere. "C'mon, let's move somewhere else."  He said then led me out onto the beach where no one was and it was dark.  I tucked in my dress as I sat down on the cold sand.

"Let me see your phone."  He said.  I unlocked it and handed it to him.  I kept my head down as he scrolled through everything. I saw him run his fingers through his hair stressfully as he handed my phone back.  "You can't listen to them."

"I'm trying not to but-"

"No, everything they say is bull shit alright." He scooted next to me and wrapped his arm around me. Then moved his face by mine so I had to look at him. "They don't even know you.  They can't tell you what you are.  Okay."  He kept moving in closer to me. "I know you."  I felt the years slowing down, so I wiped some away, knowing for sure all the makeup is put on was streaming down my face. "I know you're gorgeous inside and out.  Anyone that you can fall in love with in six days must be someone wonderful."  He said lifting his hand to my face and wiping away some of the mascara.  "Okay?"  I nodded. "I know you."  He pulled me in again to look in my eyes. "I love you." 

I repeated his last three words over and over again in my head. He loves me.

"What about after I leave."  I let out.  "The entire idea of us will be gone." 

"After you leave?"  He questioned.  "After you leave I'll do everything I can to make this work.  I'm not going to lose you. You're not something I'm willing to lose."  I leaned my head back on him and cuddled myself against him. He rested his chin on top of my head.   A few minutes passed and he stood up, pulling me with him. "Let's go clean you up and we're gonna go grab some food.  Alright?" 

I swiped my hair from my face as he walked me to the nearest ladies room.  I went in as he waited outside. I went straight to the mirror to see that my face looked terrible. I splashed myself with water and completely washed my face of any makeup. I took a deep breath and walked back out.

"There you are."  He said as I went back over, grabbed his hand and started walking.