Be Ours

Chapter 16 ~ Sky

I had arranged the night before to meet Dylan down on the beach at nine. Early for the weekend, but totally worth it. No would be down the beach for an hour. No one but me and my tall, clumsy, adorable Dylan. I sprinted down to him and knocked him back a little. I blushed but he was laughing loudly.

"Are you feeling better?" He asked me after he finished his laughing fit.

"Sort of. Joe was shouting to me last night. I had to come down to shut him up. It was fine though." I said. I didn't want to think about that though. It was over.

"Yeah, I heard Mum giving him a speech. You're okay, though?" He held my face with one hand and brushed his thumb against my cheek. This little act brought a feeling of warmth inside of me. The corners of my mouth lifted.

"No, it's fine. He didn't stay around too long." I wanted to forget everything a loose myself in my whole new world that was Dylan.

"So, tell me, Dylan. When are you taking me on a proper date?" I smirked.

"This isn't a date?" He nudged my arm.

"Uh, no. We do this all the time, as lovely as it is."

"Fine then. I'll see what I can do."

"I'm intrigued. Now let's go into the sea." I announced.

"What? But it's freezing!" As Dylan was mid sentence, I started dragging him and ran down to meet the shore. Once the icy water was around my knees, I slipped, but Dylan caught me just in time, like a old Hollywood romance movie. Cheesy as it was, I had never felt so happy. I reached to kiss Dylan on his cheek, and he threw me other his shoulders as I yelped. He was a lot stronger than he looked, thank god, because although small, I was heavier than I looked. We fell back on the sand, before turning to face each other in sync. This made us laugh more. If I was on the outside looking in, I would think we were an obnoxious annoyingly giggly couple, but there was no one here to judge, and I didn't care.

"You're so beautiful, Sky." He whispered, as if the words belonged to only us. The words shocked me because I'd never heard them before. Joe hardly ever really complimented me and if he did I was looking "Fit". I accepted it, because really, that's modern romance. Or so I'd thought. I scrunched my nose up at Dylan.

"Still beautiful?" I asked. He chuckled.

"As always." He replied. We both got up, and stood together in an embrace, watching the rolling tide. Just two little people intertwined in a big wonderful world.