Scars Out Of Love

I Love You, Okay?(9)

"So, where exactly are we?"

"Somewhere, don't worry.

"That sounds shady where are we?"

"Shut up."

I stopped talking at Sky's command. She slid her t-shirt off and underneath was a swim top with crossing chains, a little overly accessorized for something to swim in. I didn't even realize before, but she had been wearing matching shorts the entire time. She grabbed my wrist and ran across the smooth sand with me trailing behind. I was pretty sure that she didn't realize my greatest fear was oceans. We ran up to the waters edge and I dug my heels into the soft ground, "Why'd you stop?"

"I'm scared of water" That sounded ninety times more pathetic out loud.

"How the hell can you be scared of water? Like seriously your names River." I laughed at the irony and Skylar smiled too, "Fine I won't make you go in." She sat down in the sand and looked up at me, expectant that I would sit next to her. I sat down and leaned back on my elbows, crossing my ankles. Skylar stood up and with no explanation, walked behind me. I didn't bother to watch where she went, by this time I trusted she would return. I let my eyelids droop and occasionally close, just to be reminded by my brain that they had to stay open. My drowsiness won the battle of consciousness and I dozed off, until I felt two warm arms wrap under my back and beneath my knees. My eyes jostles open and I looked up and saw Sky, shocked that she had the capability of lifting me. She seemed unstable as she carried me, so I used that as an excuse to wrap my arms around my neck. She smiled at me, but it was a smile that his something. I didn't know where she was going and I told my instincts to just trust her. I heard the ocean, but I tried to not focus on the awful death that could possibly be awaiting in it. It wasn't until I heard splashing below me, that I started to get weary of where Sky was carrying me, I gazed down and saw the salty water splashing against her legs. I started to panic and immediately regretted believing that she cared enough not to throw me into my greatest fear, "Sky! Stop! Sky, please don't, please bring me back, Sky!"

"You'll be fine, get over it." She put me down and the water pooled at my waist, "Skyyy!" She laughed in amusement and moved with the waves, "Just relax and float on the water."

"Skylar!"

She turned around and grinned, "Wow you truly are terrified aren't you?"

I nodded. She looked into my eyes in the dim light and placed her hands on my shoulders, her mouth moved in a pattern to form I love you, without actually using her voice. I smiled and looked down at the water, I wanted to say something back, and I thought I did love her, but I wasn't sure.

"Can I kiss you?"

She said the words in such an innocent way, it felt like elementary love on the playground when you plead to hold a girl's hand. I closed my eyes and breathed a breath that reached my soul, if felt right to say yes and saying no would not only crush her, but me too. I had never felt this way, I loved her, "Okay."

I also had never kissed someone. I was expecting a sweet peck and then we would laugh and timidly smile at each other, but when she leaned in and closed her eyes, touching her lips to mine, she moved them rhythmically against mine. As inexperienced as I was, it felt very natural with Sky, I let my eyes fall shut and my lips slid naturally against hers. Her hand got behind my body and rubbed against my bare back, while her other one combed through my hair. I put my hands on her collarbones and circled my thumbs in rhythm with the kiss. Her tongue begged for entrance and I permitted it in, easily allowing it to conquer mine. As the kiss got deeper, Skylar got more aggressive. She position her hands on my hips and pushed towards me, causing me to loose my balance and tumble into the water. I panicked as soon as I was submerged, trying to swim up, I felt a current around my head and figured that it was waves crashing above, I kicked my feet and barely moved, precisely why I was scared of the water. I felt helpless under the moonlit tide and my sense of time got disrupted, causing me believe I had been under for longer than I had. The time in my headed ticked quickly, thinking I had been under for minutes, I moved more sporadically and worried more, until a hand clenched onto my forearm and I instantly relaxed, assuming it was Sky. I heard a distorted sentence from my rescuer including the words swim, storm, and okay. My head bobbed above the surface and I quickly realized how deep the water was, it splashed around my mouth, forcing me to inhale salty liquid with every breath. I tried to gage how far we were from the shore, but the fire that had glowed on it earlier, was either out of sight, or just out. I looked over at Sky, who was also neck-deep in the ocean. She started treading the water and pulled me forward, heading into shallower water I hoped. I tried my best to kick along with her and not to panic, since she was just as calm as usual. It wasn't until I heard thunder that my mind put fear as my top priority. I stopped kicking and just floated, paralyzed in fear, with every wave that passed, she would drag me a few feet closer to the beach. I could hear her exhausted breathing with every inch we moved closer, it almost sounded annoyed that she had to save me. Eventually she pulled me to my feet, when the sand was high enough to touch and I walked the rest of the way out of the water, again holding her hand. I still didn't fully understand how one moment we were kissing and the waves splashed out waists and the next I was tumbling in neck-deep water, "Sky what happened?"