Stargirl

14

Ryder and I's trip to Georgia was nothing short of amazing.

The day after dinner we went tubing with his family and I really got an idea of his brothers' personality.

Ryder was definitely the leader out of the four, Levi was laid back and the calmer one, Colton was the complete wild child - we talked a lot about football, and Elias was witty and easy going.

We all talked about when we planned on merging our families together to meet together. We decided sometime before summer was over.

Nevertheless, tubing with Ryder's family was so much fun. The next day, Ryder and I went horseback riding at his uncle's ranch which was something new.  Considering his name, it wasn't a surprise that Ryder was good at riding horses.

And the day before we left we spent the day hanging out with his parents.

Spontaneous Ryder decided that we would go to Miami with Diego and Avery for a few days.

We were only in NYC for twenty four hours before we were on another plane to Miami.

This was like our last hooray before Ryder started tour in two weeks.

We were spending so much time together that I didn't want him to leave.

Maybe this was the test  to see how strong we really were as a couple.

I could feel our bed shift as I opened my eyes.

"It's almost five at night, are you ever going to wake up?" Ryder spoke gently as he sat down next to me

I could feel him stroking my hair as I rested my head on his legs.

"I'm up." I groggily spoke

"Avery and Diego are going on a date and then to some concert, so I figured tonight could be our night. We could just go to the beach and then I could cook for you." Ryder told me softly

Ryder slid his hand into my shirt and scratched my bare back.

It was heaven.

The boy knew all of my weaknesses.

I raised my eyebrows, "You can cook?"

"Yeah, for you." Ryder smiled as he looked me in the eyes, "We can go to the store and do that coupley shit."

"Okay, let's do it." I agreed

Ryder and I decided on what to cook while he rubbed my back for another five minutes.

We put on our swimsuits and then started our walk to the beach.

"You know, I'm happy we did this." I began as we held hands, "I get to hang out with you and I unexpectedly booked a job for tomorrow."

"I'm so proud of you, Holly." He smiled and he kissed my cheek

I love this boy.

Ryder was the best boyfriend ever and he took pictures of me on the beach for my Instagram.

Then we swam around and laid in a cabana by the pool.

Ryder looked up questions that were supposed to help us grow closer, but most of them were pretty stupid. For instance, iceberg or romaine lettuce.

"Okay, here is a good one, it's kind of morbid though." I began, "What is the worst thing that could happen to you?"

Ryder stared off into space while he thought about the question.

"Probably losing one of my parents or my brothers. I feel like our family would never be the same if that happened." Ryder answered, "I just don't deal with death well."