Chapter Nineteen

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Warnings: None

Word Count: 1982

Author's Note: I have a feeling all of you are going to enjoy this chapter :)

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"Alright, we're good," Tyler said as he shut the car off. He had spent the last ten minutes painstakingly reversing into spots until you found the one with the best view, which was all part of Tyler's plan to have the perfect date. You quickly unbuckled your seatbelt and started to gather up your things from the backseat. The two of you had borrowed Carter's old truck from your parents, just to make sure you had the best stargazing experience.

"Did you grab the speaker?" you asked as you bumped the door closed with your hip.

"No, I'll do that in a second," Tyler mumbled over the mountain of blankets in his arms.

You tossed the blankets you were carrying into the bed of the truck and then climbed in after them. Tyler added a few more to the pile before going back to grab the speaker and some pillows that you had thought to bring this time. Although blankets worked to support your head while you were staring up at the sky, it wasn't exactly the most comfortable option.

"Pillow incoming!" Tyler yelled, tossing a pillow into the bed of the truck. It bumped into your leg and fell to the ground with a quiet thud. Shortly after, the same thing happened again.

"Would you just get in here and help me set up the blankets," you laughed.

Tyler pulled himself up and practically fell over the side of the truck bed, just barely landing on top of the pile of blankets. He gave you a shy smile as he pulled off his shoes and set them on top of the hood where they wouldn't get lost. You shook your head and handed him a pillow to put where he wanted it.

"This is looking really nice so far," he said as he fluffed up his pillow.

"Thank you. Our stargazing set up is very important."

"Understandable."

Tyler grabbed another blanket and shook it out so that it was no longer a jumbled mess. You, meanwhile, set up your own pillow close to Tyler's, although it didn't really matter. There was a good chance you would just end up laying on his chest.

"Is that everything?" you asked, surveying the little bed you had made. From the looks of it, it was going to be the most comfortable stargazing experience yet.

"I just need to get some music going, then we can get comfortable."

"Then you can get comfortable. I'm getting under the blanket right now."

Although summer was slowly beginning and the weather was steadily getting warmer, the hours after the sun went down still weren't quite a comfortable temperature. Your sweatshirt was just barely keeping your torso warm as you sat out in the cold.

You waited patiently under the blanket for Tyler to finally lay down. As soon as he did, you curled up next to him and wrapped an arm around his stomach, stealing as much body heat from him as you could. Your limbs quickly became a tangled mess until you were both laying comfortably and looking up at the stars.

"You were right, it is really clear tonight," Tyler said. He was idly tracing patterns on your shoulder.

"Remember that one time we spent an hour making snacks for stargazing and drove all the way out here only to realize it was cloudy?"

"Yeah, but then we got thai food and watched movies at my apartment until four in the morning, so it wasn't all bad."

"You're right."

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