L•O•V•E (#wattys2018)

Beaches and Kisses

Jace
The wind blows, the sun is setting giving out a red orange glow, the ocean waves making huge soothing sounds, her dark hair blew away from her making the whole scene breathtaking.

I stare at her from our little picnic spot, empty plastic plates surrounded me, left over vines from grapes and the tops of strawberries, empty water bottles were next to me, basically messy but at the same time not that messy situation.

"Jace come here!" Ivy yells like a little child beckoning for her mother to look at the shiny new toy.

I laugh at her adorable childishness and walk over to her. I wasn't wearing any slippers so the warm sand was a small leap but eventually turned into a satisfying rush.

I wouldn't say that Ivy was my everything but she was that one part in my life that I needed and without it I don't think I would be the same. Her smile, her child like side to her, her daring and bold side, how she wasn't the most perfect person in the world but to me she was enough. All these qualities somehow made me attracted to her.

"What is it?" I asked and wrap my arms around her slightly wide waist and inhale her scent that had the faint ocean tint to it since we were playing in the water awhile ago.

"Look at how beautiful the shells are" She says pointing at the cool and neutral shells. "When I was little I would visit my aunt Mia with my grandma in L.A and whenever my grandma would go to some kind of class thing we would go to the nearest beach and look for shells or do some walking around" She says telling me a little bit of of her childhood memories.

"That's nice, where is she right now?" I asked since I haven't seen her aunt in awhile.

"Oh her and my uncle Mitchell are in Hong Kong for a business thing" She answers and stares back into the beautiful view in front of us. "She was my second mom, honestly I was closer to her than I was with my own mom at the time"

She turns to me and puts her hands on my cheeks, "What?" I asked as she stares at me or into me? She would do that every now and then, but I don't really try to guess why she would do it.

"Nothing" She answers and everything disappears.

••••

I open my eyes to see she is right next to me her long hair against my chest, her eyes closed, her lips gaped to allow some air out as she breathes. I slowly reach my hand out and stroke her soft hair.

I scoot closer to her and hug her figure. She moves around a bit showing she is about wake up. "Morning" I say and kiss her forehead.

"Morning" She responds in the typical morning voice she would have and gives me a smile. "Were you patting my head?"

"Maybe" I say and attack her neck with kisses until I get to her petite lips. She kisses back and wraps her arms around my neck.

"I love you" She says once we come apart.

"I love you too" I answer giving her a smile. "Hey do you want to go the beach today?"

"Sure"