The Unexpected

Chapter 8

(EMMA'S POV)

I had troubles sleeping that night. I was staring at the ceiling when my phone vibrated. It was a text from Daniel. I unlocked my phone and saw that it was already half past midnight.

"Hi, are you awake? I can't seem to fall asleep."

"Hey, yeah I'm awake. I can't fall asleep either"

"Do you..want to meet?"

"But it's in the middle of the night. What are we gonna do?"

"Meet me by the pool in 10 minutes."

"BUT ITS SO LATE?! What are we suppose to do?"

"Just meet me by the pool."

"DANIEL!!"

"See you in a while, beautiful."

I gotta admit, that got me.
I got off my bed quietly, trying not to wake my sister and mum up, put on my slippers and a jacket and headed out the door. I heard a little sound so I quickly ran out the door.

(DANIEL'S POV)

I ran out to the little 24 hour convenient near my hotel to grab some bits and pieces to eat.

'I hope she likes this.', I say, as I prepare some sandwiches and some snacks and put it in a little bag. (A nice bag to be fair, where else can he find a nice basket at 12am?)

Surprisingly, my mum and my sister didn't wake up while I was preparing the food. They're such heavy sleepers, which was really helpful for me in this scenario.

I went down to the pool and thankfully, Emma's not there yet. I'm also thankful that the pool's open or all of my plans will be a flop.  I went over to the benches and started to arrange everything including the small candle that I somehow managed to find at the store.

(EMMA'S POV)

"Where are you?" I texted Daniel as I reached the lobby.

"By the pool"

I walked over by the pool and saw that Daniel had set up a little picnic by the pool date. Or at least I think it was a date.

I was in utter shock. I thought we were just gonna sit and talk but no, he prepared a whole lot more. I walked over and sat beside him.

"Daniel..I.."

"Do you like it?" saying it with a nervous look.

"Like? I love it! This is amazing, thank you." I saw his expression went from being nervous to relieved.
I found myself hugging him out of pure excitement.

He smells so good.

I let myself go from the hug and apologised for being too excited.

"Hah, it's all good" he says.

For a while we just talked, laughed and asked each other questions about ourselves.

"What's your middle name?" he asks.

"Katherine. What's yours?"

"James."

"Ha, Daniel James Seavey. I feel like I've heard that name before."

"Wait what? Really? Hm, must be my twin." I can see that he looked scared.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, nothing."

He took out a blanket and laid it on the floor.
'This bitch is prepared' We were both wearing our pajamas which I found really cute.

We laid there, staring at the stars for hours when I realised that it was getting late. I quickly got up and looked at my phone and saw that it was half past 4.

"I need to go back before my mum realises that I'm gone." I say, a little panicked.

"Okay okay hold on, calm down. Let me just put everything back and I'll bring you back to your room."

We quickly went up and when we were outside my hotel room door, I broke the silence and said "I had fun tonight. No one has ever done something like this for me before. Thank you." I smile.

"Anything for you, Em." putting my hair back behind my ear. He grabbed my face.
'Omg ok I'm about to explode. I WANT TO SCREAM.'
We were about to lean in for a kiss but I stopped myself.  I turned around and said "Goodnight." closing the door behind me.