Wildflower | A. IRWIN

Part Fifteen

     After a few dances, laughs, and many many kisses, the two decided to call it a night. Iris was shaking the sand out of her shoes when she felt Ashton sneak up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her, leaving her no choice but to stay close to him, not that she was complaining or anything. "This is crazy," she laughed. Just about a week ago she had met this man and since then she felt like she could do anything with him by her side.

"What is?" Ashton asked, he rocked their bodies slowly in the bright lights from the car.

"You just seemed to have shown up in my life at the perfect time."

Ashton laughed softly, "almost like fate?" He questioned.

"Maybe," she mused, "maybe my life had finally calmed down enough to let some rockstar in and swoop me away." She turned her head and pecked him on the cheek.

"Well I know that I am very grateful for you to be in my life," Ashton said. He thought that was the end of their conversation until she continued on.

"I really like you Ash. Like a lot," she said. A creeping thought came to her as if she was scared that their short affair would end.

"Well in that case." Ashton spun her around so he could look at her better. "You probably have a million reasons to not say yes, but whatever obstacles our lives throw at us, I wanna do it with you, Iris. I wanna call you my girlfriend and watch movies with you and go on dates and just do anything. I wanna be there for you when you're not feeling one hundred percent or you're having a tough time. I want to be with you." He let out a breath, "Iris, will you be my girlfriend?"

She stood looking at him in that moment. The car lights shining against his face. His hair moving in the slow night breeze. Hazel eyes looked down at her in such a way she wished she could wake up to that same sight every morning. Every muscle in her body let the word "yes," slip out of her mouth and she knows that it was right. Everything in that moment was perfect and they were going to keep everything perfect for as long as they could together.

"Awesome..." he whispered. He took her shoes out her hands and led her to the car. "It's getting late," he said, "how about we get going now?" Iris nodded and let him open the door for her. She buckled herself inside as Ashton started up the car.

"I had a really great night, Ash," she said smiling at him.

Ashton returned her smile, "I had a great night as well and I'm sure there will be plenty more that'll be just or even more amazing."

"I look forward to it." Iris leaned her head back against the car seat to look at the man that she could proudly call her boyfriend.