A Reason To Love

Ch. 20

"We have been walking for like two miles! You could give me a piggy back ride or something! These shoes are not made for walking." I fake pouted and Will bent down in front of me and let me jump on his back he put his hands under my knees before readjusting me so I don't slide off of his back.

"Where are we anyways? This is the middle of nowhere." I looked around and gaped at the acres and acres of grassy fields. We were literally in the middle of nowhere with nothing but fields and fields of the most gorgeous flowers and weeping willow trees for miles.

"Just a few miles outside the city, and we are here." He knelt down and I reluctantly climbed off almost pouting when my body left his. Underneath the biggest tree was a red and white patched picnic basket on top of a grey cotton blanket. Are picnics our thing now? Gosh I hope so because I love the alone time with him in the most simple way.

"Are picnics our thing now?" I mumbled as I crawled off of his back.

"I think so." I watched as he sat down and grabbed my hand and pulled me down gently beside him.

"I could get used to this ya know? The views, the scenery, and you." I took a second to look around the miles and miles of fields of colorful flowers. No sounds except for birds chirping and the slight blow of the evening breeze blowing the leaves hanging on the trees.

"You should babe." Will winked at me playfully before he started to unpack the basket. Containers of all sorts of fruits, a whole red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, and sandwiches cut in halves and put into zip lock bags. Sure it may not seem like much but the thought that he put into this date, our first actual date as boyfriend and girlfriend. I can just picture him standing in his kitchen making this picnic for us, for me and the thought of that has me swooning and hard.

"I'm babe now?" I couldn't hide the surprise in my voice. I opened the carton of strawberries and took a bite, it was fresh and sweet. I was going to grab a few more but decided to just hold the damn carton in my lap hogging them for myself.

"Is that okay?" Will asked reaching over sticking his hand in my lap for some strawberries.

"Actually yes it is." I nodded taking another bite of the juicy fruit.

We sat there eating majority of the fruit he packed before we laid down on the blanket gazing up at the stars. The sun had set already and the full moon was now shining its bright light with the twinkle of the stars dancing around it. Crickets chiggering off in the distance made the calmness even more settling.

We talked and teased each other until we were both laughing so hard I had tears streaming down my face. Nothing else mattered right now except for me and him and us, not school or my dads cancer, for the first time in two years I felt happy and like nothing in the world could take that away from me.

"You know I have never heard you laugh like that before." Will scooted closer and I absentmindedly mirrored him until we were laying side by side our bodies touching and like a moth to a flame the tingles ignited across my body like wildfire.

"I usually don't laugh like this around anyone except for Eli and my family." I rolled over on my side so I was facing him.

"You know you're beautiful right?" He asked after staring at me for what felt like minutes but was only a few long seconds.

He started leaning in until our lips were centimeters apart and then they touched for a brief second before Will's arms snaked around my waist pulling me closer before slipping his tongue into my mouth slowly. Our tongues slowly moved in sync neither of us fighting for dominance just moving together as one.

"Like I said, absolutely beautiful." Will reluctantly pulled away. I could tell he didn't want to but I wasn't sure he could hold himself back and I wasn't sure I wanted him to hold himself back, as crazy as that sounds.

"I had such an amazing time with you tonight Will, thank you so much for everything, really." I couldn't fight the smile from spreading across my face.

"I am glad that you had a good time Cammy. You better get used to this because I plan on taking you on many more dates."

"Oh I definitely could get used to that."