To Be Alone.

The unthinkable happened.

It started to rain. The trees did nothing to protect us from the falling water. "Oh sh!t!" Tate yelled I just screamed/ laughed. He picked me up and ran through the trees like they weren't there. I started to worry about him tripping over tree roots or the ground.

"Tate. Put me down I don't want you to fall."

"Are you sure?" I nodded. He stopped running and slowed in to a walk then stopped completely. He put me on the ground. I noticed that the tree Tate stopped under gave us a lot more coverage from the rain. I was still laughing and soon he joined in. After we sobered up from our laughing fit Tate hugged me. I hugged him back almost instantly. He pulled away a little. "I had lots of fun" I said pulling his face to mine I rested my forehead on his and looked in his beautiful ocean blue eyes. I just got lost in his eye thinking about how we are still touching.

He clears his throats and says

"I have a question."

I just nod "Ok ask away."

He starts blushing and his face has an expression that tells me he's having an internal battle. I put both hand on the sides of his face and make him look at me. Immediately that look on his face melted away in to a soft smile.

He stutters out the first word "ca-c-can".

He takes awhile to regain his boundary then try's again. "Can I kiss you" he's blushing beet red I don't say anything I just connect our lips. Instantly he kisses back. Tingles shoot through my body. His hands go to my back. Mine shoot to his hair finding tangles. Then. His phone rang. I jumped about a foot away from him. He let a small smile take his face. He answered it on speaker phone.

"Tatum Chance where are you?!" His mom practically yelled

"Mom calm down. We went swimming. It started to rain we are sitting under a tree now waiting for the rain to die down a little. I'll let you know when we are on our way. Love you. Bye."

"Ok love you."

I giggled. He was blushing beet red.

"I'm so sorry." He looked at his feet.

"For?"

He walked to the tree and sat down with a sigh. "My mom."

I squatted down and made him look at me. "It's ok. I love your mom. She's really nice. And can we get some real food on the way home? I'm starving."

He laughed and nodded. I smiled at him. "I love your laugh." I said not meaning to say that out loud. He just smiled. "I love yours to. It's contagious." I was blushing. He laughed and pulled me on top of him. I put my forehead on his and kissed his nose. Smiling he tilted his head up and with no warning at all kissed me. Not that I'm complaining I love his touch it's like mini fireworks under my skin. And major butterfly's in my stomach. He pulled away breathing deeply. And asked me a question I wasn't expecting.

"Who was your first kiss?"

I think for a minuet then realize he was my first kiss. "You." I said confidently.

He cocked his head "Really?" I just blushed nodded and tried to hide my face. That worked for a few seconds but he pulled my hands away from my face and said. "1.) your a really good kisser. 2.) your my first kiss."

I nodded. We sat in silence for about two minuets. Then I said

"How am I not hurting you? I'm still siting on you and you don't even move under my weight."

He shrugged "Your not heavy."

I hung my head so low it was resting on his chest. "Yes I am."

"Not. At. All." He said then brought my head up to look at me then kissed me. Short and sweet. But it still felt like my body was going to explode. When we broke away I tried to move to get off of him. But he put his hands on my knees

"Your not. Stay. Please?"

I sigh and lean forward to hug him. When I get closer I start to realize how cold I am then I started shivering.

"Are you cold?" He asked. His voice laced with worry. I nod

He pulls me closer to him and rubs my arms witch warm up with his touch.

"Come on. We can go home." Tate said.

When I looked away from him I realized it had almost completely stopped raining.

"Wow. Ok let's go to your house." I said still looking out where the trees are.

He grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to him. "It's your home too."

"Thanks." I said smiling lightly.

We walked back to the car slowly hand in hand I realized that we forgot our cover ups. I told Tate he didn't care.

"They will still be there tomorrow. This place is a secret. Not even my mom knows where it is."

"So you trust me?"

"Of course I do." He said I smiled knowing this made my heart do flips. I will not abuse his trust.

"And I will not abuse yours." He said.

"Did I say that our loud?" He nodded.

"Oops."

He just shook his head no, smiled and said. "It's a good thing to know. So where do you want to eat?"

I shrugged. "Where ever we can go with out shirts."

He nodded. "Good point. drive through it is."

"Sonic?" I asked. He laughed at my excitement and nodded.

We pulled into a parking space at sonic.

"What do you want?"

I shrugged "something soft. My throat still hurts a little." He looked concerned. So I added "I'm fine. I promise." He nodded. "Chicken strips? Chili cheese fries? tater-Tots?"

"Tater tots. No drink please."

He ordered and got me a water just in case. After the food came we started home he reached for my hand I took his and didn't drop it until he got out and came around to open my door. Then picked it up again.

"Thanks for to day. I had fun." I said as we walked to the kitchen. He pulled his chair closer to me and sat down. He smiled and handed me my tater tots. Then said. "Your welcome. I hope to do it again" with a wink. I blushed and slowly ate my tater tots after I finished my tots Tate walked upstairs with me. And made his pallet on the floor. As soon as he did I pushed it in to a ball and threw it "Your NOT sleeping on the floor." He sighed. "Fine I'll go sleep on the couch." I shook my head. "Nope you sleep here I'll sleep on the couch. It's your bed." He shook his head. "No. It's OUR bed." When he said that a smile lit up my face and my stomach was doing flips. He picked me up and dropped me on the bed and crawled over me. I snuggled up to him and put my head on his chest, he put his arm around me and was playing with my hair I leaned up and kissed him there are the mini fireworks. I pulled away and rested my head on his chest again. He kissed the top of my head and we drifted off to sleep the last thing that crossed my mind before I drifted to sleep was I have school tomorrow.