Fighting the War (previously known as "Falling")

Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

Ky and I were both resting on the picnic blanket. I was sitting in-between his legs and he had his arms wrapped around my waist, his head resting affectionately against my shoulder. I couldn’t even begin to tell you how blissfully happy I was. I just felt so comfortable in his arms and it felt so right. I soaked up the warmth radiating off of his chest, and I felt every breath he took. We hadn’t talked in awhile, we were just happy sitting here watching the birds and what little other wildlife kept entering the clearing.

"Are you happy?" he whispered in my ear. I turned my head so we were both looking at each other, our lips mere inches from touching.

"Of course." That was all it took and his lips were softly grazing mine. The kiss started out gentle and incessant. Ky needed it just as much as I did. It never deepened, but we didn’t need it to, it was by far the best kiss I had ever had. When he pulled away, my lips were tingling with so much happiness. My heart was going at a million miles an hour, and my breathing had become ragged.

I leaned my head back against Ky’s shoulder and he rested his chin on mine. I never wanted this moment to end. But I knew it would have to sooner or later. It was already starting to get dark, and I didn’t want to walk back when I couldn’t see.

"Are you ready to go somewhere else?"asked Ky, his breathing tickling my ear.

"I’m ready whenever you are," I told him, but really, I didn’t want to go. This moment was just too perfect.

"Alright, but just because we’re leaving here doesn’t mean the date’s over yet," he said and I could feel him smiling against my cheek.

"Good, because between you and me, I’m not ready for it to be over," I said while turning around and planting another kiss on his lips. It wasn’t as intimate as the first one, but it made me smile just the same.

"C’mon let’s get going."

Fifteen minutes later, we had our picnic packed up and we were pulling out onto the highway. Ky told me that we were going for a walk on the beach, which had kind of become our nightly ritual. I had told him that we could do anything together, and he could be sure that I’d have a good time. I loved spending my days with Ky, we just got along so well and he was so easy to talk to.

As we arrived at my condo, I ran upstairs and dropped my shoes off so I wouldn’t have to carry them. As I was walking back to my bedroom, I caught Noah and Lara in a full make-out session in her bedroom. They were totally oblivious to anything outside of each other’s lips.

I met Ky downstairs and we headed to the beach.

"Looks like Lara and Noah are getting along pretty well," I said.

"What makes you say that?" Ky asked.

"Well, I just saw them in Lara’s bedroom, fighting each other for air. They were totally oblivious to anything but what was happening between them," I said while giggling.

"Hmm, I knew she would give in sooner than later," Ky said with a smile on his face.

"What do you mean?"

"Noah told me last night that he wasn’t going to kiss her again until he could get her to agree to a long-distance, long-term relationship. He doesn’t want to get his heart broken, and then there’s the fact that I’m leaving him. All he’s going to have now is Ryder, but the only reason he hangs out with Ryder is because he’s my friend. Noah and him don’t really get along," he explained.

"Oh," was my only response. I really didn’t know what to say to that. I walked closer to Ky and wrapped my arm around his. "Can we not talk about you leaving? I really don’t want to think about that right now."

"Yeah, we don’t have to talk about it right now," he said, emphasizing the words ‘right now’.

We didn’t talk much after that, we just strolled hand in hand down the beach and every once in a while, Ky would pull me close and kiss the top of my head. We had been heading back towards my condo when Ky pulled me to a stop.

I turned around to see confusion on his face.

"Ky, what’s the matter?" I asked.

"Nothing really, I just……I just I can’t do this anymore."

I could feel my heart breaking. Did he seriously just take me out on the most perfect date to tell me that he couldn’t do this anymore? What the hell? I could feel my eyes already starting to fill with tears.

"What do you mean?" I could hear my voice cracking.

"I can’t do this for two weeks, not knowing what I’m going to get out of it…I mean I want you, I really want you. Nat, you’ve stolen my heart in literally no time at all, and I want to be with you. But I can’t keep doing this not knowing if by the end of the two weeks, I’m not going to get the girl. Because if I don’t get the girl it’s going to be hard to even keep myself alive over there…" Ky paused before picking it back up again. "Nat, I want you to be my girlfriend…And if you can’t give me an answer now then I really don’t think I can continue to let myself fall in love with you."

I didn’t know what to say, I really didn’t want to lose him. I had found that when I spent time with him I was happy, happier than I had ever been around anyone. So I decided right then and there that I would take the leap and give him what he wanted.

"Ky……" I said, pausing for effect. He looked so confused, almost hurt. "Will y-you be m-my Dear John?" I finally managed to say.

Ky didn’t even say anything, he just wrapped me up in a hug and swung me around in circles. As he put me back down on the ground, his lips crashed into mine. This time it wasn’t a safe kiss, it was a kiss of passion. Our lips were fighting to gain control of the other’s. Finally Ky ran his tongue along my bottom lip and I opened my mouth in approval. We stood there for God knows how long, just making out on the beach. Ky’s hands were running through my hair, making it a tangled mess, but I didn’t care. All I knew was that I was happy. And being happy was the one and only thing that mattered.