my very best friend. (hayes grier)

chapter 17

**two weeks later**

I sit on the edge of my bed and look at the boxes scattered around my room. I leave for florida tomorrow morning. hayes & I haven't hung out at all after our movie night.

beep beep.

hayes; hey! wanna hang out today?

me; sure, where?

hayes; I have it all planned ;). dress nice!

me;okay...

I throw my phone on my bed and rummage through my boxes for something to wear. I decide to wear a dress that reaches about mid-thigh and has sunflowers on it. I curl my hair and leave it half down and half up. I next do my make up, I put on mascara and some eyeliner. feeling satisfied, I slip on my gray vans and go downstairs.

"ready to go?" hailey says from behind me, I jump.

"oh my gosh, you scared me." she laughs and grabs her car keys.

"let's go!" she says and walks out the front door, followed by me. I get in the passenger seat and put on my seat belt and hailey starts to drive.

"so where are we going?" i ask.

"it's a surprise." she smirks and continues to drive. after about 30 minutes we finally arrive at the beach. I turn and give her a confused expression. she smiles and motions for me to get out.

I look around and see a tree with a pink sign on it and walk up to it. it reads;

'Alison, come find me! ;)

-hayes'

I smile and turn around to see hailey one last time, but she already left. figures. I roll my eyes and start to walk on the sand. I look down at my feet and see little red paper hearts making a path so I followed them. I looked up to see hayes standing in front of a blanket with candles around it in the distance. he's wearing khakis and a black v-neck t-shirt and he's holding a rose. I smile and start to run to him and when I get there i jump into his arms.

"thank you so much." i mumble into his shoulder.

"anything for you." he says and puts me down. i look down and play with my hands.

"hungry?" he asks.

"actually, yes." i havent eaten anything all day due to how upset i am about moving tomorrow morning.

"then follow me." he reaches for my hand and intertwines our fingers and starts to walk towards a restaurant on the beach.

"hayes, you're so sweet." I say. a light tint of pink spreads across his cheeks.

"not as sweet as you." he says. I stop and turn towards him.

"I love you." i smile.

"I love you more." he argues. I get on my tippy toes and kiss him quickly.

"let's go eat." i smile and we walk to the restaurant.

"grier." hayes says to the waitress. the restaurant is completely empty.

"oh, right this way!" the perky lady says and leads us to a table by the window. I look out and see the sun setting on the ocean. the sky is a mixture of different pinks and purple and oranges. it's truly beautiful. my eyes start to tear up. hayes did this all for me. and tomorrow I have to leave him. Im going to be hundreds of miles away from the most amazing boy I've ever met. the boy who's cared for me the most.

"al?" i turn my attention to hayes.

"is everything okay?" he asks. he has a sincere look on his face.