locked away - ethma

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emma's pov

"ethan! stop smiling asshole," i giggled at ethan as he wiped the smirk from his lips. he was so pretty when he smiled, i thought. but it isn't time for that. i ran up to ethan and jumped into his arms. he caught me easily, one hand gripping my thigh and the other wrapped around my back so i wouldn't fall. ethan pulled my lips to his, softly kissing me. i closed my eyes as i wrapped my arms around his big, broad shoulders and i eventually broke off the kiss as i laid my head in the crook of ethan's neck, listening to his heartbeat. we stood there a few seconds, enjoying this sweet moment together, when ethan suddenly began sprinting towards his room.
"ethan, what the fuck are you doing?" i playfully screamed at him. we reaching his bedroom and he tossed me onto the bed. i hadn't anticipated what was coming next.

ethan's pov

i threw emma onto my bed, but not roughly enough to hurt her. she thought she knew what was happening, but she didn't. i ran to my closet and grabbed the first pair of shoes i saw, some white converse. i hastily began pulling them on my feet. i paused for a second to look up at emma, who gave me a confused stare.
"emma, come on. get your shoes on! we're going somewhere," i said. an even more bewildered stare came across emma's face.
"uhm, okay... why did you throw me on your bed then? i thought we were gonna have some fun, but whatever." she rolled her eyes at me, and i gave her a wide grin.
"oh, ew! why did you think that?" i asked raising my eyebrows at emma. "i just thought it was the quickest way to bring you in here. your shoes are right there after all." i motioned to emma's air force ones that sat in the corner of my bedroom. emma once again rolled her eyes at me and reluctantly hopped off my bed to put her shoes on.
once she was done. i grabbed her hand and pulled her out of my room. i opened the heavy door of my jeep and practically pushed her inside. i slammed it shut and stuck the key into the ignition, revving the engine. i peeled out of my driveway and headed down ventura boulevard.
"ethan... are we going to a hotel or something? what's going on?" emma was clearly in distress, but i wasn't too worried about it. she would know what was happening soon enough.

emma's pov

where the fuck was ethan taking me? i weighed the options in my head. a hotel? he seemed kinda suspicious, maybe he didn't want to hook up at his house because gray was there? maybe a fancy restaurant or somewhere else for a date. i honestly have no idea.
"come on e, just tell me where we're going," i whined. i gripped his shoulder tightly and squeezed it. he looked over at me with a starry gaze in his eyes. "em! i wanna keep it a surprise. please just wait, i really don't want to ruin it for you."
ruin it for me? what did that mean? i guess i would just have to wait for whatever "surprise" ethan had planned. it better not be an overnight thing, i thought. my mom's coming to town tomorrow and we're having a beach day. this better not get in the way of that.
"just promise me it's not something overnight," i pleaded. ethan's look softened and he smiled warmly.
"no," he stated. "i promise." i nodded my head in approval and he continued driving, his eyes focused on the road.